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Title Mental health and substance use problems of children and adolescents : identification guide for child services / Elisa Dissarro, editor
Published New York : Nova Publishers, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 214 pages) : illustrations (some color), photograph
Series Substance Abuse Assessment, Interventions and Treatment
Children's Issues, Laws and Programs
Substance abuse assessment, interventions and treatment series.
Children's issues, laws and programs series.
Contents ""MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ""; ""MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""Chapter 1 IDENTIFYING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: A GUIDE FOR CHILD-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS* ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE ""; ""RECOMMENDED CITATION ""; ""ORIGINATING OFFICE ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""About SAMHSA ""; ""Purpose of the Guide ""; ""About the Guide""
""Why Early Identification Is Important """"Some Children and Adolescents Have Mental Illness and Very Real Substance Use Problems ""; ""Many Children and Adolescents with Mental Illness and Substance Use Problems Do Not Receive Treatment ""; ""Early Detection Can Help ""; ""Organization of the Guide ""; ""SECTION 1. PREVENTION AND EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF CHILDREN�S AND ADOLESCENTS� MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS ""; ""The Importance of Social and Emotional Development ""; ""Children and Adolescents Can Have Serious Mental Health and/or Substance Use Problems ""
""Mental Health and Substance Use Problems Are Common in Young People """"Some Children and Adolescents Have a Higher Risk of Developing Mental Health or Substance Use Problems Than Others ""; ""Experiences and Environments Can Increase or Decrease the Risk of Mental Health and Substance Use Problems in Children and Adolescents ""; ""Prevention and Treatment ""; ""A Wide Variety of Interventions Are Used to Help Children, Adolescents, and Families Cope with Mental Health and Substance Use Problems ""
""Prescribed Medication to Treat a Child�s or Adolescent�s Mental Health Problem Usually Should Be Combined with Other Interventions as Part of a Comprehensive Treatment Plan and Always Should Be Carefully Monitored""""SECTION 2. UNDERSTANDING THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS AND TOOLS ""; ""The Value of Early Identification ""; ""Early Identification Allows the Possible Mental Health or Substance Use Problems of Many Children and Adolescents to Be Determined and Treated ""; ""Staff of Child-Serving Organizations Have Opportunities to Identify Possible Problems ""
""Working in Partnership with Caregivers and Families Is Essential """"Developing an Effective Approach to Improve Identification and Access to Care ""; ""Three Essential Elements Improve Identification and Access to Care ""; ""Identification ""; ""Assessment ""; ""Intervention and/or Treatment ""; ""Applying Basic Principles to the Design of an Early Identification and Access-to-Care Program ""; ""First and Most Important: “Do No Harm� ""; ""Risk from Stigma and Labeling ""; ""Perceived Risk of Mentioning Suicide ""; ""Risk of Failing to Find a Problem ""
Summary This book examines the early identification of children and adolescents with mental health and substance use problems in order to provide guidance, tools, and resources for early identification-including a compendium of the most developmentally, culturally, and environmentally appropriate screening instruments. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which evaluates the evidence on the efficacy of various preventive practices, has recommended screening adolescents for depression in primary care; however, it has not yet reviewed the evidence for general, multicondition screening instruments, s
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 05, 2013)
Subject Child mental health -- United States
Adolescence -- Mental health -- United States
Children -- Substance use -- United States
Adolescence -- Substance use -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Children -- Substance use
Child mental health
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Dissarro, Elisa
ISBN 9781628086997
1628086998
162808698X
9781628086980