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Mental Health
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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Links, fact sheets, and practice guidelines.
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Bipolar Disorder and Children
- Many children and especially adolescents experience mood swings as
a normal part of growing up, but when these feelings persist and
begin to interfere with a child’s ability to function in daily life,
bipolar disorder could be the cause. National Mental Health
Association Fact Sheet.
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Children, Mental Illness and Medicines
- It is unfortunate that childhood offers no protection against
mental illness. In the US, one in five children and adolescents
suffer from mental health problems at any given time.
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Children Of Parents With Mental Illness - Mental illnesses in
parents represent a risk for children in the family. These children
have a higher risk for developing mental illnesses than other
children. When both parents are mentally ill, the chance is even
greater that the child might become mentally ill. American Academy
of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Child mental health problems in the Gaza strip
- This study describes the mental health characteristics of 150
children of 6-13 years of age, who had been referred to different
types of services in the Gaza strip: a community mental health
centre, five primary health centres and a paediatric hospital. Abdel
Aziz Mousa Thabet and Panos Vostanis. Gaza community Mental Health
Programme, PO Box 1049, Gaza, Palestine
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Depression and Children -
All children "feel blue", from time to time, have a bad day, or are
sad. However, when these feelings persist and begin to interfere
with a child’s ability to function in daily life, clinical
depression could be the cause. National Mental Health Association
Fact Sheet.
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Mental Health and Growing Up, Second Edition
- Parental mental illness - the problems for children. Psychiatric
problems are very common. Many children will grow up with a parent
who, at some point, will suffer from a mental illness. Factsheet 17,
Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Mental Health Service (MHS)
- Mental Health Service is an integrated mental health service for
children and young people, who are in need of mental health services
and who are living in the Melbourne western metropolitan region.
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Mental Illness in Children - About 20% of American children
suffer from a diagnosable mental illness during a given year,
according to the U.S. Surgeon General. Further, nearly 5 million
American children and adolescents suffer from a serious mental
illness (one that significantly interferes with their day-to-day
life). WebMD Inc.
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NAMI’s Child & Adolescent Action Center
- The NAMI Child & Adolescent Action Center is working to focus
attention on the critical need for systems reform and to support
communities and families. Our goal is to build and support our
grassroots advocacy to ensure an expanded systems reform agenda at
every level of government.
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Resources for CAMHS - This site provides
links to sites containing information that will be helpful to
professionals working in the Child and Adolescent Emotional Health
Services.
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Schizophrenia in Children -
Mounting evidence indicates that schizophrenia has
neurodevelopmental roots. The appearance of schizophrenic symptoms
before age 12 is rare (less than one-sixtieth as common as the
adult-onset type), but studying these cases is important for an
understanding of this disorder. National Mental Health Association
Fact Sheet.
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The Interdisciplinary Centre for Mental Health
- The Interdisciplinary Centre for Mental Health was established in
2001. Based in the Department of Primary Care, the centre is a
collaboration between The Institute of Applied Social Studies,
Primary Care, Psychology, Psychiatry and the School of Health
Sciences within the University of Birmingham, which formalises the
joint interests and expertise in mental health.
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Young mental health care slammed
- Young people are admitted inappropriately. Young mental health
patients are being put on "inappropriate" hospital wards, research
suggests. A study shows many are admitted to adult psychiatric wards
and general children's wards when they should be in specialist
units. BBC News
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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