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Mental Health

Assessing the Mental Health of Adolescents: A Guide for Out-Of-School Time Program Practitioners

Publisher: 
Child Trends

This brief summarizes the signs and symptoms of mental health problems among adolescents, including depression, suicide risk, and anxiety disorders and suggests research questions that can aid prog

Building on Practice-Based Evidence: Using Expert Perspectives to Define the Wraparound Process

Publisher: 
Research and Training Center for Family Support and Children's Mental Health

This brief describes a consensus-building process that was used to develop a description of the activities involved in the wraparound process for children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavioral problems.

Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention

Publisher: 
Suicide Prevention Resource Center, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

This best practices guide specific to suicide prevention is divided into three sections, including Evidence-Based Programs, Expert and Consensus Statements, and Adherence to Standards.

Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders

Publisher: 
The Annenberg Foundation Trust, Oxford University Press

This searchable resource provides an evidence-based survey of treatments and preventions for adolescents with mental health disorders.

Postvention, Community Response to Suicide

Publisher: 
National Association for Mental Illness, SAMHSA

This publication discusses how providers can create a collaborative approach between multiple systems that includes a framework of specific steps and protocols for each discipline to take in respon

National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC)

Publisher: 
SAMHSA

The NCTIC is designed to help publicly-funded health and human service systems integrate trauma-informed approaches and interventions into their programs to improve efficacy and outcomes.

22 Juvenile Probation Departments Volunteer to Begin Screening Program Using MAYSI-2

Publisher: 
Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges Commission

This January 2007 newsletter of the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges Commission features an article on the use of the Massachusetts Adolescent and Youth Screening Inventory (MAYSI-2).

A Blueprint for Change: Improving the System Response to Youth with Mental Health Needs Involved with the Juvenile Justice System

Publisher: 
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice

This research briefly discusses the Blueprint for Change model, which offers a framework for juvenile justice and mental health systems to use when developing strategies and policies aimed at impro

National Mental Health Anti-Stigma Campaign

Publisher: 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This national awareness public service advertising campaign works to decrease negative attitudes that surround mental illness, especially amongst young adults.

National Adolescent Health Information Center Briefs and Fact Sheets

Publisher: 
National Adloescent Health Information Center

This portion of the National Adolescent Health Information Center's Web site contains fact sheets and briefs on demographics, mental health, mortality, reproductive health, substance abuse, suicide