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Janine Francolini | Posted 06.06.2013 | Impact
Read More: Mental Illness, Flawless Foundation, Elyn Saks, Mental Health, Brain Disorders, Obama Mental Health Conference, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Illness Stigma, Childrens Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Impact News
Janine Francolini

Awareness! And Awareness is what we have been focusing on this past month, as President Obama signed a proclamation declaring May as National Mental Health Awareness Month (the first president to do so!)

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Anti-Bully? Sure -- But What About Pro-Friend?

Carlin Flora | Posted 05.28.2013 | Parents
Read More: Friendship, Depression, Children's Mental Health, Bullying, Mara Brendgen, Bullies, Pro-Social Behavior, Teachers, Schools, Social Skills, Friendfluence, Parents News
Carlin Flora

It only takes one. Just one friend, that is, to reduce a child's chances of being bullied, and, if he is bullied, of developing depression as a result.

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Dad Of 6-Year-Old With Asperger's: "There Was Not A Lot Of Guidance"

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.17.2013 | Parents
Read More: Children's Mental Health, Asperger's Parents, Child Mind Institute, Sensory Processing Disorder, Aspergers Treatment, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Speak Up for Kids, Asd, Aspergers Help, Asperger's in Girls, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Aspergers Parents, Children's Health, Parents News

It took Brian and his wife, Susanna, a lot of research and trial and error before they got their daughter, Arizona, help that really worked. Their 6-y...

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Pushing for More Progress in the District's Children's Mental Health System

Judith Sandalow | Posted 05.08.2013 | DC
Read More: David Catania, Law, Lawyers, D.C. Department of Mental Health, Mental Health, Trauma, Children, National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, Washington DC, Report Card, DC News, Mental Illness, Health Care Finance, Children's Mental Health, Vincent Gray, Children's Health, Truancy, Advocacy, DC News
Judith Sandalow

Last year Children's Law Center published a plan with practical recommendations to improve the children's mental health system in the District. Today, Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, we are releasing a report card that assesses progress in the areas outlined in our plan.

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Research Identifies Psychopathic Traits Seen In Children's Brains

Posted 05.02.2013 | Parents
Read More: Psychopaths, Psychopathic Kids, Psychopathic Traits in Kids, Kids Mental Health, Childrens Mental Health, Psychopathic Traits in Children, Psychopathic Children, Parents News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/02/2013 12:07 PM EDT on LiveScience Children with severe behavioral problems have ...

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The Barriers to Mental Health Care for Kids and How to Overcome Them

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 05.01.2013 | Parents
Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Health, Speak Up for Kids, Children's Mental Health, Newtown Elementary School Shooting, National Mental Health Awareness Month, Cynthia McFadden, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Health Treatment, Newtown, Child Mind Institute, Parents News
Dr. Harold Koplewicz

In the wake of the Newtown shooting, President Obama called for a national conversation about mental health. But that conversation really begins in your home and your community, and it doesn't start and stop with individual tragedies.

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Bus Stop to Nowhere

Raquel Regalado | Posted 04.08.2013 | Miami
Read More: Miami Education, Children's Mental Health, Mental Health, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami-Dade County, Miami News
Raquel Regalado

In the following months we will discuss school security at the national, state and school board levels and work to safeguard the physical safety and mental health of our students. At Miami-Dade County Public Schools we have taken a first step.

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Experts Warn About 'Huge Gaps' In Kids' Mental Health Care

Reuters | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
Read More: Kids Health, Psychological Problems in Kids, Mental Health, Children's Mental Health, Children Mental Health Screening, Reuters, Kids Mental Health Screening, Children Mental Health, Parents News

* Huge gaps in mental health for children * Most disorders appear before high school * Only one-quarter of kids who need...

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Most Kids Who Need Mental Health Care Don't Get It -- GAO

Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.12.2013 | Home
Read More: Education News, Education, Children's Mental Health, Mental Health, Newtown Shooting, Gao Report Children's Healthcare, Joy Resmovits, Joy Resmovits on Education, Tom Harkin, Gao Report, Rosa DeLauro, Foster Care, Government Accountability Office, Health, Health Care, Mental Health Care in America, Home News
Joy Resmovits

Hot off the presses, here's a report from the Government Accountability Office on the state of children's mental health care. It reveals some major pr...

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Newtown and the Nation's Mental Health

Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D | Posted 02.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Newtown Elementary School Shooting, Mass Shootings, Healthy Living Health News, Healthcare System, Sandy Hook, Mental Health Issues, Junk Food Kids, Mental Health Care, Junk Food, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Children's Health Care, Children's Mental Health, Children's Health, Child Mental Health, Healthcare, Healthy Living News
Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D

There have been 29 mass shootings in the United States between the events of April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School and the Dec. 14, 2012 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I propose these shootings were, in part, a health care issue.

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Children's Mental Health After the Shooting in Newtown

Eva Alisic, Ph.D. | Posted 02.15.2013 | Healthy Living
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Eva Alisic, Ph.D.

In the wake of a disaster of horrific impact and proportions, many wonder about children's responses to traumatic events and how best to support them.

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Smart Investment: Children's Mental Health

Judith Sandalow | Posted 01.15.2013 | DC
Read More: David Catania, D.C. Department of Mental Health, Children's Health, Children's National Medical Center, Children's Mental Health Dc, Children's Mental Health, Children's Health DC, Dc Impact, DC News
Judith Sandalow

For all the children in D.C. who need these services, funding mental health programs and building capacity is a smart investment.

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Violence Highlights Need for Children's Mental Health Services

Judith Sandalow | Posted 08.27.2012 | DC
Read More: Dc Council, Children's Mental Health, Mental Health, Children, Washington DC, Washington Post, Special Needs Children, Children's Health, Dc Impact, DC News
Judith Sandalow

Growing up in the District of Columbia can be like growing up in a war zone. Every day, battles rage between adults within homes and on city streets, and far too often children bear witness to this violence.

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QUIZ: Facts And Myths About Children's Mental Health

Posted 05.10.2012 | Parents
Read More: Sensory Disorders, Child Mind Institute, Anorexia, Speak Up for Kids, Myths About Children's Mental Health, Adhd, Autism, Facts vs. Myths, Health Quiz, Childrens Mental Health, Parents News

Your child is acting out. Does that mean he has ADHD? Do your daughter's mood swings mean she's plagued by full-blown depression? In honor of National...

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Disorder Many Parents Don't Know To Look Out For

| Posted 05.10.2012 | Parents
Read More: National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, Child Mind Institute, Children's Mental Health, Mental Health, Beth Arky, Sensory Issues, Parenting Advice, Speak Up for Kids, Parents News

Written by Beth Arky. This story is part of Speak Up for Kids, an annual public education program held during National Children's Mental Health Awa...

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It's National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week: Know the Signs, Make a Difference

Tamar Chansky | Posted 05.10.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Anxiety, Mental Health, Parenting, Prevention, Children's Mental Health, Depression, National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, Mental Health Issues, Eating Disorders, Mental Health Services, Child Mental Health, Children Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Tamar Chansky

It's National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week -- and with it, the opportunity for parents, teachers, coaches and troop leaders to make a difference in a child's life by keeping on the look out for signs that a child is struggling with a mental health issue.

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What Is ADHD, and Why Do People Say It Doesn't Exist?

| Posted 05.09.2012 | Parents
Read More: Kids With Adhd, Children's Mental Health, Child Mind Institute, Steven Kurtz, Speak Up for Kids, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Health Awareness Week, Adhd, Parents News

Written by Dr. Steven Kurtz This story is part of Speak Up for Kids, an annual public education program held during National Children's Mental Heal...

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Speak Up for Kids Mental Health This Week

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 07.04.2012 | Parents
Read More: National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, Child Mind Institute, Harold S. Koplewicz M.D., Adhd, Children's Mental Health, Add, Speak-Up-for-Kids, Parents News
Dr. Harold Koplewicz

The public perception of child and adolescent mental illness hasn't changed along with the possibilities that have opened up to treat or even prevent it.

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The Global Search for Education: On Success

C. M. Rubin | Posted 01.15.2012 | Home
Read More: High Achievers, Challenge Success, The Global Search for Education, Student Suicide, Student Stress, Race to Nowhere, College Admissions, Stanford University School of Education, C. M. Rubin, Dr. Denise Pope, Children's Mental Health, Childhood Depression, Emotional Health, Academic Pressure, Parental Pressure, Education Reform, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Home News
C. M. Rubin

The desire for successful children in a performance-based culture often consumes us before we realize it.

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A Prescription For America's ADHD Epidemic

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 12.13.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: ADHD Medication, Children's Mental Health, Adhd, Add, Adderall, Healthy Living Health News, Children and Add/Adhd, Mental Health, Children and Adderall, Healthy Living Mind, ADD Medication, Healthy Living News
Lawrence Diller, M.D.

The United States of Adderall will continue at least into the near future until our values change substantially or, more ominously, we experience some social catastrophe from the adult use of these drugs.

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She's Not a Time-Bomb: Are Men Teaching Kids to Respect Women?

Yashar Ali | Posted 08.29.2011 | Women
Read More: Motherhood, Respect, Placate, Children's Mental Health, Love, Children, Daughters, Women News
Yashar Ali

This past weekend, I overheard a man tell his kids they needed to rush home for dinner because, "We don't want mommy to get really upset." It occurred to me that a seemingly innocuous sentence could place an incredible amount of weight on kids.

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Why Are People So Divided When It Comes To Children's Mental Health?

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Dr. Harold Koplewicz

There are many important and complicated issues in child mental health. We're only beginning to understand healthy brain development and what happens in the brain when psychiatric disorders emerge.

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7 Myths About Child Mental Health

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Child Mental Health, Children's Mental Health, Child Psychology, Health, Child Psychiatry, Children Mental Health, Psychiatric, Healthy Living News
Dr. Harold Koplewicz

Debunking myths about child mental health is critical to getting more children the help and understanding they deserve.

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Madgirl: What Happened to Sally's Psychoanalysis on Mad Men?

Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Neuroscience, Children's Mental Health, Madmen, Psychoanalysis, Alcoholism, Mad Men, Mad Men Sally Draper, Healthy Living News
Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon

I was really looking forward to seeing what happened next after Sally Draper's initial visit to a child analyst in episode 5 of this season's Mad Men. But Sally and her problems and her treatment didn't show up at all in the subsequent episode.

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Solving the Mental Health Crisis for Our Children

Rosalynn Carter | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mental Health, Children's Health, Health Advice, Rosalynn Carter, National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, Children Mental Health, Children's Mental Health, Foster Care, Child Mental Health, Foster Care for Children, Healthy Living News
Rosalynn Carter

Today we need to acknowledge that too many children in our nation are left to struggle with a host of stressful circumstances--violence, divorce, poverty, war, to mention just a few, without effective supports.

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