Child Mental Health
Child Mental HealthAddresses mental disorders, behavioral disorders, child abuse, trauma, disaster and advocacy issues.
Provides information including child mental health news, topics and research results.
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Breast feeding and Resilience to Stress
Children's Health Insurance Crisis
Early Childhood and TV Viewing
Child and Adolescent Suicide at Highest Rate in Fifteen Years
Children and Medication - a multimodal presentation
Video on Helping Children Cope
Tom Cruise’s Today Show Interview
Worried about antidepressants used in children? See ParentsMedGuide.org Resource
Disaster help for parents and children
Calming the Injured Child - Issues related to disaster and trauma intervention
Childhood Schizophrenia - Diagnosis, characteristics and findings
Children’s Understanding Disease Processes - how kids come to understand disease processes, cause, and prevention
Eating Disorders and Anorexia Nervosa - Approaches to treatment and the reduction of relapse rates
Infant Mental Health - Infants and Toddlers
PANDAS: Identification and Possible Treatment
Rett's Disorder - Past and Present : Diagnosis, characteristics and treatment
Selective Mutism - clinical features and treatment
Suicidal Behavior - Practice Parameters from the AACAP
Violence - Findings, prevention and intervention
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder information resources include recent testimony in Pennsylvania or CHADD.
Treatment update from Penn State's College of Medicine for Bipolar Disorder in Children
Protocol for the Admission of Children to Psychiatric Treatment Facilities
The Sexual Abuse Evaluation is a difficult area for most families, attorney, courts and mental health professionals to navigate.
Children and families need to be aware of the legal, judicial and forensic proceedings that involve mental health issues.
Agencies advocating for persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness and the client assistance programs are listed in State Protection and Advocacy Agencies.
Psychiatric hospitalization of children is addressed in this fact sheet.
Many psychiatric issues are addressed through the American Academy of Child Psychiatry Facts for Families.
Mental health resources listed by the American Academy of Pediatrics
About Child Mental Health and The Child Advocate
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