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Children's and Adolescents' Mental
Health
Like adults, children and
adolescents can have mental health
disorders that interfere with the
way they think, feel, and act.
Mental health influences the ways
individuals look at themselves,
their lives, and others in their
lives. Like physical health, mental
health is important at every stage
of life.
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Child, Adolescent and Family Branch
The Child, Adolescent, and Family
Branch of the Federal Center for
Mental Health Services promotes and
ensures that the mental health needs
of children and their families are
met within the context of
community-based systems of care.
Systems of care are developed on the
premise that the mental health needs
of children, adolescents, and their
families can be met within their
home, school, and community
environments.
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Caring for Every Child's Mental
Health
Systems of Care the Caring for Every
Child's Mental Health communications
campaign is a public information and
education program to:
- Increase
public awareness about the
importance of protecting and
nurturing the mental health of
young people.
- Foster
recognition that many children
have mental health problems that
are real, painful, and sometimes
severe.
- Encourage
caregivers to seek early,
appropriate treatment and
services.
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The National Child Traumatic Stress
Network
The mission of the National Child
Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is
to raise the standard of care and
improve access to services for
traumatized children, their families
and communities throughout the
United States. This site includes an
article on school planning for
disasters and the aftermath of
September 11, 2001.
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Youth Violence Prevention
The CMHS initiative on school
violence focuses on the collective
involvement of families,
communities, and schools to build
resiliency to disruptive behavior
disorders.
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Make Time to Listen,
Take Time to Talk 15+
The campaign is part of the CMHS
School Violence Prevention
Initiative and is designed to
provide practical guidance to
parents and caregivers about "how
to" create time to listen and take
time to talk with their children.
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Listening Dads Are Champs 15+
Children whose fathers are highly
involved with them in a positive way
do better in school, demonstrate
better psychological well-being and
lower levels of delinquency, and
ultimately attain higher levels of
education and economic
self-sufficiency.
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Youth Violence: A Report of the
Surgeon General
This Surgeon General's report seeks
to focus on action steps that all
Americans can take to help address
the problem, and continue to build a
legacy of health and safety for our
young people and the Nation as a
whole.
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