Mental Health

Positive mental health is essential for successful growth and development for people of all ages. According to the Surgeon General's report on mental health, the nation is facing a public crisis in mental health care for children and youth. One in ten children is impaired by mental health problems, and about one in twenty adults is impaired by mental health problems. Almost two thirds of people with diagnosable mental health problems do not seek treatment. Responsibility for mental health care is dispersed across multiple settings, which results in services that are fragmented and inaccessible. Families often need help to identify mental health problems, and, once identified, need easy access to high quality and coordinated care.

The Consortium has released five policy briefs on mental health.

Fall 2003	Mental Health and Aging (vol. 5)	HTML	PDF
	Summary	HTML	PDF
Spring 2003	Mental Health and Parenting (vol. 4)	HTML	PDF
	Summary	HTML	PDF
Fall 2002	Mental Health and Adolescence (vol. 3)	HTML	PDF
	Summary	HTML	PDF
Fall 2002	Mental Health and Early Childhood (vol. 2)	HTML	PDF
	Summary	HTML	PDF
Fall 2001	Mental Health and Families (vol. 1)	HTML	PDF
	Summary	HTML	PDF

 

 

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