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Children’s Mental Health Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month around the country with a theme of Pathways to Wellness. To promote it, get a toolkit from Mental Health America or materials from SAMHSA. Or check out these webinars on children’s mental health from the Child Mind Institute.


Flash mob of high school students celebrate Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day in Madison, Wis., in 2012.

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DSM-5 Changes to Autism, ADHD Definitions Could Impact Millions of Children
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A new edition of the psychiatric "bible" will be released May 17, arriving on a wave of controversy that may have a profound influence on children’s mental health care in the United States, particularly around the diagnosis and treatment of autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

At OJJDP Experts Address Best Ways To Tackle Issue of Underage Drinking
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“I don’t need to tell you that alcohol use by young people is dangerous,” said Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Administrator Robert Listenbee at a webinar held this week by the Interagency Coordination Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD.) In a recorded message, Listenbee said alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug in the United States, stating that it played prominently in the nation’s youth homicide, suicide and violent crime rates.

Long Wait for Mental Health Services for Youth in Nation’s Capital
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A Children’s Law Center report released last week finds that young people in Washington, D.C. are not receiving speedy assistance from the District’s mental health services.

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OP-ED: President’s Budget Includes Crucial Funding for Juvenile Justice

This year, President Barack Obama's budget reflects more of the juvenile justice field's priorities than ever before. These funding proposals will be crucial in advancing juvenile justice reforms in a number of ways.

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