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Mental Health
Mental health is a cross-cutting issue that impacts millions of women, children and families. Title V programs play an important role in ensuring access to mental health services for families, including prevention, intervention, and treatment of mental illness. Because Title V programs already reach families through other services, they are uniquely positioned to provide critical mental health care. The majority of state maternal and child health programs identify mental health as a priority need.
With support from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, AMCHP provides Title V programs with information on mental health resources.
AMCHP Resources
- Building Better Systems for Child and Adolescent Mental Health:
AMCHP and the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) convened invitational meeting on August 15 and October 19, 2006, to begin discussions about improving state maternal and child health (MCH) and child mental health (CMH) program coordination in developing systems to meet the mental health needs of children and youth. The meeting was based on the premise that meeting child and adolescent mental health needs requires a continuum of services. This continuum includes promotion of social and emotional health and development, as well as prevention, early intervention, and care for mental health conditions affecting children and adolescents. To learn more about these meetings and to view presentations on issues related to MCH and children's mental health, click here.
- Mental and Behavioral Health: An Unmet Need (Fact Sheet -August 2007) [PDF]
Tools
Other Resources
- MCH Knowledge Path: Mental Problems and Disorders in Children and Adolescents is an electronic guide to resources from the health, education, social services, and juvenile justice literature on mental conditions in children and adolescents. The knowledge path was produced by the MCH Library to complement Knowledge Path: Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents. The new path identifies tools for staying abreast of new developments in mental health care and for conducting further research. Separate sections contain resources for families and schools and resources about specific conditions. The knowledge path is available at www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_Mental_Conditions.html
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