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What are ACEs?
RWJF and a growing network of leaders is pioneering how we diminish the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
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2013 Children's Symposium
RWJF grantee, Head Start Trauma Smart, is hosting the 2013 Children's Symposium. ad Start Trauma Smart (HSTS) is an early childhood development initiative that addresses the trauma associated with violence, poverty, and illness.
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Mental Health Impact Assessment
RWJF, in collaboration with the Pew Charitable Trusts, is investing in expanding the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) to inform policy decisions across sectors that can influence health. This pilot is aimed at adapting the conventional HIA methodology to assess mental health effects.
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Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care
Research conducted by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools reports on strategies to strengthen and sustain children’s mental health services and prevent the onset of problem behaviors.
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Researchers Study Role of Local Advocacy Groups in Mental Health Care for Youth
July 30, 2009 | Program Result Report
Investigators conducted two waves of a study of local mental health advocacy organizations that support families of children and adolescents with mental health needs.
Mental Health Problems and Help-Seeking Behavior among College Students
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Mental health disorders often go untreated on college campuses. This literature review summarizes research into the mental health of college students.
Community Coalitions in Action
December 18, 2009 | Report
A Case Study of the Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Partnership of Larimer County, Colorado
Improving Disaster Mental Health Care in Schools
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines post-disaster counseling services in schools following Hurricane Katrina. The researchers conducted focus groups to identify counseling services offered and barriers to care in schools.
2005 Addiction Health Services Research Conference Publishes Proceedings in Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
July 29, 2009 | Program Result Report
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the RAND Corporation co-hosted the annual Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference in Santa Monica, Calif., on October 25–26, 2005.
New Nonprofit Entity Manages Mental Health Services for Youth in New York
June 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Starting in January 1996, the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Albany, N.Y. developed a method — through the education, social services, juvenile justice, and mental health systems — to purchase and manage individualized services for seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents to divert them from unnecessary placements and hospitalizations.
Child Mental Health Treatment Shifts from Specialists to Pediatricians, and So Does Concern
July 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine held a one-day conference on children's mental health care issues and produced a monograph including a literature review, conference proceedings and recommendations.
Mental Health Services Program for Youth Replication
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Mental Health Services Program for Youth Replication was a national program set up by RWJF to follow-up on the results of the Mental Health Services Program for Youth that ran from 1988 to 1998.
Michigan Initiative Helps Children with Emotional Disturbances
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 1997, under the Michigan Interagency Family Preservation Initiative, the State of Michigan Department of Mental Health, Lansing, Mich., piloted innovative models for serving children and families, particularly children with serious emotional disturbances.
Massachusetts Integrates Services and Improves Mental Health Care for Youth
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Boston, coordinated a pilot project to integrate medical, mental health, social support and non-traditional services for children and adolescents who had serious emotional disturbances within a traditionally organized system of care.