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Georgia’s Cold Case Project Improves Outcomes for Children “Lost” in the Foster Care System
December 2, 2020 | NWI
This article describes how Georgia’s Cold Case Project enables a team of attorneys, psychiatrists and others to find homes and improve outcomes for Georgia’s foster children and youth.
As schools reopen, addressing COVID-19-related trauma and mental health issues will take more than mental health services
August 3, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
This article recommends a comprehensive approach to addressing the mental health impacts of Covid-19 in children as they return to school, either in person or via distance learning.
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Alameda County’s Youth Transitions Partnership Program: A Promising Model for Supporting Transition-Age Youth in Foster Care
June 17, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
This brief from Chapin Hall goes over the results of a study of a program for transition-age foster youth in Alameda County, California.
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Researchers Call for Youth Exercise Programs in Inpatient Mental Health
June 7, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
This article looks at recent research that examined the benefits of implementing exercise and diet-based interventions with young people in residential and inpatient treatment facilities, from both a treatment outcomes and human rights standpoint.
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How Therapists Are Using TikTok to Reach Teens & Talk Mental Health
May 28, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
Therapists are using popular social media and content creation platform TikTok to introduce young people to the concept of therapy and share mental health education.
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Mental health experts race to help children cope with stay-at-home life amid coronavirus closures
April 10, 2020 | Maria Hermsen-Kritz
How providers are responding to the difficulties posed by Coronavirus-related closures and adapting their interventions to new virtual platforms, and tackling the associated challenges
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Mental Health Care Provider Shortage Impacting Children
December 13, 2019 | Emily Taylor
This recent article published online in HuffPost describes the national statistics on the lack of mental health professionals and includes interviews with some affected families. The article cites research published in Pediatrics that although the number of child psychiatrists increased in the U.S. by 20% between 2007 and 2016, it is insufficient for the estimated 17 million children in the U.S. with diagnosable psychiatric disorder.
Research: How to Protect Babies from Trauma Before it Happens
August 21, 2019 | Emily Taylor
This article discusses the work of The JPB Research Network on Toxic Stress, a multi-university group of researchers working to develop measures to identify children’s relative vulnerability to stress, in hopes of allowing for earlier intervention and prevention.
Research on New Approach to Reduce Stress in Parents and Children
July 10, 2019 | Emily Taylor
Two recent studies led by Philip Fisher at the University of Oregon Center for Translational Neuroscience focus on combining neuroscience, psychology and biology to address childhood mental health. One study used video-coaching to help caregivers recognize child-supportive behavior and the other looks at the relationship between oxidative stress and psychological disorders in children.
Study on Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care
July 10, 2019 | Emily Taylor
A study published in the July 2019 issue of Pediatrics tested an integrated behavioral health model in a large, primary pediatric care network in the Boston, MA area for five years. The findings suggest that integrating behavioral health (BH) in the pediatric setting can increase access to quality BH services without adding substantial costs.