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Publications on Children's Mental Health and Systems of Care
Please locate and order publications using the inventory control number below (CA-____).
Or visit:
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/CB-E201/default.asp
- Your Child's Mental Health: What Every Family Should Know (CA-0001)
Brochure
This brochure describes practices parents can use to nurture children's mental health and provides information on the signs and causes of emotional difficulties. Explains how to get help. 1996.
- You and Mental Health: What's the Deal? Brochure (CA-0002)
Brochure
This brochure provides information on coping with the challenges of adolescence and recognizing the warning signs of mental health problems. Written for teenagers in a question and answer format, it includes a list of resources. 1995.
- Children's and Adolescent's Mental Health (CA-0004)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes mental health problems common in children and adolescents, identifies causes, describes warning signs, and suggests available services. 1997. 4 pp.
- Children's and Adolescent's Mental Health: A Glossary of Terms (CA-0005)
Fact Sheet
This glossary defines words frequently used when discussing the mental health needs of children. 1997. 4 pp.
- Mental, Emotional, and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents (CA-0006)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes mental, emotional, and behavioral problems that can occur during childhood and adolescence and discusses related treatment, support services, and research. 1996. 4 pp.
- Helping Your Child With: Anxiety Disorders (CA-0007)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines anxiety disorders, identifies warning signs, discusses risk factors, describes types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 3 pp.
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents (CA-0008)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, describes the warning signs, discusses types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 3 pp.
- Autism in Children and Adolescents (CA-0009)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines autism, describes the signs and causes, discusses types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 2 pp.
- Conduct Disorder in Children and Adolescents (CA-0010)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines conduct disorder, identifies risk factors, discusses types of help available, and suggests what parents and other caregivers can do. 1997. 2 pp.
- Major Depression in Children and Adolescents (CA-0011)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet describes depression and its signs, identifies types of help available, and suggests what parents or other caregivers can do. 1997. 2 pp.
- Systems of Care (coordination of services) (CA-0014)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet defines systems of care and explains why they are needed to treat children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances. Describes what kinds of services they include, who coordinates the services, and how effective these systems are. 1997. 3 pp.
- Cultural Competence in Serving Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems (CA-0015)
Fact Sheet
Culturally competent mental health service providers and the agencies that employ them are specially trained in behaviors, attitudes, and policies that recognize, respect, and value the uniqueness of individuals and groups whose cultures are different from those associated with mainstream America. These populations are frequently identified as being made up of people of color--such as Americans of African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent.
- CMHS Technical Assistance Centers (CA-0017)
Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides contact information for Technical Assistance, Research and Training Centers and Clearinghouses supported by the Center for Mental Health Services.
- Child and Family Profiles (CA-0018)
Fact Sheet
This publication profiles four children or adolescents with mental health problems and their families who have benefited from family-oriented systems of care. Each family is a client of a grantee site under the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children Program.
- You Recognize This Warning Sign, You Take Action - Can You Recognize a Probelm with Your Child's Mental Health As Well (CA-0019)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement focuses on recognizing the symptoms of mental health problems. 3.pp
- Are They as Healthy as They Look? (CA-0019B)
Print Ad Slick
This print illustrates that even kids who look healthy might have mental health problems.
- Are These Familiar Problems (CA-0019C)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement highlights signs of a potential drinking problem. 1998. 3 pp.
- Friends Don't Watch Friends Fall Apart (CA-0019D)
Print Ad Slick
This camera-ready print advertisement encourages young people to be alert to signs of possible trouble among their friends and to take appropriate action if necessary. 1998. 3 pp.
- Myth of the Bad Kid Article (CA-0021)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article describes reasons behind children's "bad" behavior. 1998. 1 p.
- How Families Can Help Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety (CA-0022)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article provides tips for parents to keep the lines of communication with their children open and alerts parents and other caregivers to common signs of fear and anxiety. 2002. 1 p.
- Teen Mental Health Problems: What are the Warning Signs (CA-0023)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article for parents and caregivers identifies signs of mental health problems in teens, including changes in mood, attitude, and behavior. 1997. 1 p.
- Systems of Care: A Promising Solution for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances and Their Families (CA-0030)
Resource List
This publication provides an overview of the Center for Mental Health Services' Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families which supports grant sites for systems of care nationally. It highlights case studies of typical families who have benefitted from their involvement in systems of care and contains a list of resources, including contacts, suggested readings, and organizations. 1998. 6 pp.
- Learning From Your Child's Teacher (CA-0031)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article provides parents with tips for talking with their child's teacher about mental health issues. 1998. 1 p.
- Helping the Child Who is Expressing Anger (CA-0032)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article presents tips to help parents and other caregivers recognize when a child is withdrawing or exploding in anger from the everyday frustrations of life. 1998. 1 p.
- Your Child's Mental Health: What's Up Doc? (CA-0033)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article helps parents and other caregivers to pick up on the warning signs of children's mental health problems. 2002. 2 pp.
- Caring for Your Child (CA-0034)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article offers simple tips on protecting a child's physical safety and emotional well-being. 1998. 2 pp.
- The Myth of the "Bad" Parent (CA-0035)
Article
This reproducible drop-in article describes management strategies for parents and other caregivers who have children with behavioral problems. 1999. 2 pp.
- The School Bully Can Take a Toll on Your Child's Mental Health (CA-0043)
Article
Ask any child what a bully looks like and he or she is likely to describe someone who is bigger and stronger. Yet, while bullies certainly are known for their ability to overpower others physically, mental bullying can be just as damaging to children.
- National Child Health Day: A Chance to Nuture Children's Mental Health (CA-0044)
Article
National Child Health Day, the first Monday in October, is an occasion for all of us to focus on the health and development of our nation's children.
- May is Mental Health Month: Celebrate Children's Well-Being! (CA-0045)
Article
There are many things that parents and caregivers can do to support children's emotional health and well-being. Make a commitment to help the children and adolescents in your life. May—officially recognized as "Mental Health Month" by Congress since 1949—is the perfect time for parents and caregivers to focus on children's and adolescents' mental health.
- Your Child's Mental Health: Moving: Easing the Transition (Ca-0046)
Article
Easing the transition to a new home is important for children. This short article includes tips for parents.
- Preparing Youth for Peer Pressure (Systems of Care) (CA-0047)
Article
This piece, written for the Caring for Every Child's Mental Health Campaign, provides strategies for parents to help their children deal with peer pressure
- Your Child's Mental Health: Building Self-Esteem in Children (Ca-0048)
Article
This is a short article with a few helpful tips parents can use to build a strong sense of self-confidence in their children.
- Systems of Care - Values Poster (CA-0049)
Poster
This poster advertises the three core principles of a good system of care for children: child centered and family driven; community based; and culturally competent.
- Family Guide Booklet (SMA05-4054)
This frequently requested document helps families and caregivers understand systems of care and their rights and responsibilities as partners in the care for their children as they seek services through community-based systems of care. This revised edition of the Family Guide provides updates to the information that was originally published in 1998.
Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families - Annual Reports to Congress
- Annual Report to Congress, 1997. (CB-E1)
Report
This report to Congress gives a detailed evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Families Program for 1996.
- Annual Report to Congress - 1998 (CB-E198)
Book/Monograph
In this evaluation, the children had a wide range of diagnoses with many having disruptive behavior disorders (43 percent) including conduct disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity.
- Executive Summary, Annual Report to Congress - 1998 (CB-E198A)
Book/Monograph
The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families provides grants to States, communities, territories, and Native American Tribes and tribal organizations to improve and expand local systems of care designed to meet the individualized needs of the estimated 4.5 to 6.3 million children and adolescents with a serious emotional disturbance and their families.
- Annual Report to Congress 1999 (CB-E199)
Book/Monograph
This report provides a comprehensive overview of findings from the evaluation of the Center for Mental Health Services' Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families.
- Annual Report to Congress 2000, Executive Summary and Data Highlights (CB-E200)
Book/Monograph
This report to Congress gives a detailed evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Families Program for 2000.
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