Mental Health

The UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General -- Chapter 3: Children and Mental Health
US Department of Health and Human Services
1999
www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec1.html
Overview of the state of mental health in America's children.
Topics covered include:
- Normal development
- Overview of risk and prevention factors
- Overview of types of disorders
- Attention-Deficit Disorder
- Depression and suicide
- Anxiety disorders
- Autism
- Disruptive Disorders
- Treatment or Intervention
New Protections for Children in Medicaid Psychiatric Residential Treatment Centers
US Department of Health and Human Services
May 2001
www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20010521.html
Explains the new protections for children to prevent the inappropriate use of restraints and seclusion in certain Medicaid psychiatric centers.