Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Practice and Advocacy

This indispensable resource provides primary care clinicians with a framework for addressing pediatric mental health problems in the primary care practice. Gain guidance on integrating healthy social-emotional development of children and adolescents with other aspects of health supervision. Obtain surveillance and screening tools to identify early signs and symptoms of mental health disorders and obtain evidence-based interventions to care for children and adolescents with mental health issues. Gain in-depth guidance on the care of special populations of children who may be at increased risk for mental health problems: those exposed to adverse childhood experiences; children in military families; lesbian, gay and bisexual youth; children with gender expression and identity issues; children affected by racism; adolescents who are pregnant or parenting, and much more.

Topics include

• Strength-Based Approach to Promoting Healthy Child Development
• Healthy sleep, weight, use of media, and active living
• Children exposed to adverse childhood experiences
• Violence Prevention
• Caring for families new to the United States
• Children in foster or kinship care or involved with child welfare
• Children of divorce
• Adopted children
• Children with chronic medical conditions
• And more