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The Mental Health of Adolescents:
A National Profile, 2008, National Adolescent Health Information Center
This report highlights existing national data about adolescent mental health status, assesses shortcomings of current data, and offers recommendations for change.
Mental Health Care Issues of Children and Youth in Foster Care by Tina Polihronakis, April 2008; National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
The Effect of Lifetime Victimization on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents, Turner, Heather A.;Finkelhor, David.;Ormrod, Richard, Social Science and Medicine (2006).
This paper examines the cumulative prevalence of victimization and its impact on mental health in a nationally representative sample of 2030 children aged 2-17 in the USA.
Developmental Status and Early Intervention Service Needs of Maltreated Children,
Barth, R. P., Scarborough, A., Lloyd, E. C., Losby, J., Casanueva, C., & Mann, T. (2007). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. This study answers several key questions:
- To what extent do maltreated children have developmental problems or are subject to factors associated with poor developmental outcomes?
- What services might these maltreated children be eligible for and what services are they receiving through child welfare systems?
- What child and/or case characteristics influence developmental service receipt by maltreated children?
- What barriers to service provision and solutions have experts in the field identified?
Childhood Loss and Behavioral Problems: Loosening the Links, Marcy Viboch, The Vera Institute (2005)
Effects of Separation and Loss on Children’s Development, Susan Hois, (2008). This brief from Family Development Resources reviews the short-term and long-term impact of separation from or loss of parents due to death, divorce, incarceration, or removal to foster care on children's psychological development.
Woolverton, M., McCarthy, J., Schibanoff, S., and Schulzinger, R. (2000) Welfare Reform: Exploring Opportunities for Addressing Children's Mental Health and Child Welfare Issues
National Institute of Mental Health. Treatment of Children with Mental Disorders, Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Mental Health,
National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services (2004)
A booklet with answers to frequently asked questions about the treatment of mental disorders in children -- includes a medications chart.
Children and Mental Health, Chapter Three from Mental Health: Report of the Surgeon General
Ensuring the Healthy Development of Infants in Foster Care: A Guide for Judges, Advocates and Child Welfare Professionals
Helping Those Who Need It Most: Meeting the Mental Health Care Needs of Youth in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems
Caring for their Children’s Children: Assessing the Mental Health Needs and Service Experiences of Grandparent Caregiver Families (2006)
Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: Several Factors Influence the Placement of Children Solely to Obtain Mental Health Services' (July 17, 2003)
Promising Practices for Addressing the Mental Health Issues Impacting Parents of Children in Foster Care
Audio file of teleconference (and handouts) by the
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning and the Child Welfare League of America
series held January 31, 2006.
Elizabeth Skowron and Dawn H. S. Reinemann, Effectiveness of Psychological Interventions
for Child Maltreatment: A Meta-Analysis, Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training Copyright 2005 by the Educational Publishing Foundation,
2005, Vol. 42, No. 1, 52–71
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