TOPIC: Emotionally/Mentally Disturbed Children
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General Info
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ABCs for Children's Mental Health
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Assessing Parental Satisfaction with Children's Mental Health Services with the Youth Services Survey for Families (2005) S. Riley, et al, Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14(1) 87-99
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Addressing Confidentiality Concerns in School-Linked Integrated Service Efforts
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Anti-Stigma Home Page
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Challenges and Opportunities in Children's Mental Health: A View from Families and Youth. (2006) National Center for Children in Poverty.
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Causes of and Solutions to Children's Mental Health Problems: Parent & Professional Views
- CECP Executive Summary: Effectively Serving Children with Emotional Disorders
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Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Fact Sheets
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Child and Youth Emergency Mental Health Care: A National Problem (2007) J. Cooper & R. Masi.
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Children's Mental Health: An Overview and Key Considerations for Health System Stakeholders
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Children's Mental Health Needs, Disparities, and School-Based Services: A Fact Sheet
- Children's Mental Health Plan (New York State Office of Mental Health)
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Columbia Guidelines for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Referral
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Does
My Child Have an Emotional or Behavioral Disorder?
- Emotional Disturbance
- ERIC/EC Article: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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Evaluation
and Treatment of Children's Major Psychiatric Disorders
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"Factors Associated with Stigmatization of Persons with Mental Illness" (2004) C. Mann & M. Himeliein, Psychiatric Services, 55(2) 185-187
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Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
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Family Resiliency: Building Strengths to Meet Life's Challenges
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From Privileges to Rights: People labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak for Themselves
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Grading the States: A Report on America's Health Care System for Serious Mental Health Illness
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Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Clients
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Handling Your Psychiatric Disability in Work and School
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"Helping Children with Emotional Problems Succeed" (2003) M. Henley and N
Long in Classroom Leadership , 7(2)
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Helping
the Child Who is Expressing Anger
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Impact of Adolescent Mental Disorders and Physical Illnesses on Quality of Life 17 Years Later
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Inner-city Child Mental Health Service Use: The Real Question is Why Youth and Families do not use Services (2004) M. Harrison, et al, Community Mental Health Journal 40(2) 119-131
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Institute for Mental Health Initiatives
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Juvenile Firesetting: A research overview
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Knowledge Path: Mental Problems and Disorders
in Children and Adolescents
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"Making the Right Choices: Reforming Medicaid to Improve Outcomes for People Who Need Mental Health Care" (2203) Bazelon Center Issue Brief
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Medications
- Mental Health/Mental Illness Decade of the Brain
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Mental Care for Youth
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Caregiver - Child: Mutual influences on mental health (2008) J. Walker, et al.
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Mental,
Emotional, and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents
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Mental
Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Chapter 3 - Children and
Mental Health
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Mental Health America - Stigma Watch
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Mental Health America Fact Sheets
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Mental Fealth: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity - A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
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The Mental Health of Adolescents: A National Profile, 2008
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Mental Illness and the Family, Stigma: Building Awareness and Understanding about Mental Illness
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"National Mental Health Awareness Campaign"
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National Standards to Protect the Privacy of Personal Health Information, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
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National Trends in the Outpatient Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Antipsychotic Drugs
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Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family
- Outdoor Education for Behavior Disordered Students
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"Parental Beliefs about the Causes of Child Problems: Exploring Racial/Ethnic Patterns". (2004) M. Yeh, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(5) 605-612
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Participating Dialogues: A Guide to Organizing Interactive Discussions on Mental Health Issues Among Consumers, Providers, and Family Members
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Pathways into and through Mental Fealth Services for Children and Adolescents (2003)
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Resources in Cultural Competence Education for Health Care Professionals (2003)
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Rapport-Building with Resistant Children: Reconceptualizing Relational Dynamics (2006)
- The Role of Education in a System of Care: Effectively Serving Children with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
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"SAMHSA Model Programs" National Registry of Effective Programs
- The Scale for Assessing Emotional Disturbance
- School-Based Prevalence Assessment of the Need for Mental Health Services: Survey Development and Pilot Study
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Social and Economic Determinants of Disparities in Professional Help-Seeking for Child Mental Health Problems: Evidence from a National Sample
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Stigma and Mental Illness
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Stigma as a Barrier to Recovery: The Consequences of Stigma for the Self-Esteem of People with Mental Illnesses
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The Stigmatization of Mental Illness in Children and Families
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Strengthening Social Support: Research Implications for Intervention in Children's Mental Health
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Suicide in the US
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Systems
of Care: A Promising Solution for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances
and Their Families
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Systems of Care: Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health
- Teaching Eemotionally Disturbed Students
- The "Teaching Students with Emotional Disorders Test"
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Ten Things You Can Do to Fight Stigma and Discrimination
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Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders
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Twenty-third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
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Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
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What works? Integrating Multiple Data Sources and Policy Research Methods in Assessing Need and Evaluation Outcomes in Community Based Child and Family Service Systems
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Will I Go Crazy
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Youth Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet
Data Trends Summaries and Statistics
Resource Centers and Organizations
Clearinghouse Archived Materials
Related Agencies and Websites
Relevant Publications That Can Be Obtained through Libraries
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Adolescent Mental Health Handbook. Exec. Director Martha T. Schriver (mschriver@MHAGC.net). Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago.
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Child Psychopathology. Edited by Eric J. Mash and Russell A. Barkley. (2003).
New York : Gilford Press.
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Handbook of Serious Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents. Edited by D. T. Marsh and M. A. Fristad. (2002). New York : J. Wiley.
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Understanding and Teaching Emotionally Disturbed Children and Adolescents. By Phyllis L. Newcomer.(2003).
Austin, Tex. : Pro-Ed.
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Personal perspectives on emotional disturbance/behavioral
disorders. edited by B.L. Brooks and D.A. Sabatino. (1996). Austin:
Pro-Ed.
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