Children's Mental Health: An Overview and Key Considerations for Health System Stakeholders

This resource presents facts about current mental health services and key policy considerations for promoting and advancing comprehensive mental health systems for children and adolescents. It provides background information on children's mental health, and discusses financing mental health services for children and adolescents, building systems to support mental health needs, and selected national initiatives. There is also information on evidence and issues for specific mental health treatments for children and adolescents, and links to additional resources.