4299.0 Children's mental health: Treatment and use

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
This session describes challenges in diagnosis and treatment of children’s mental health needs and strategies to improve children’s mental health service use.
Session Objectives: Describe disparities in mental health service use among children and youth. Describe strategies to improve timely assessment and use of mental health services for children. Discuss progress toward integration of primary and mental health care for children.
Moderator:
Kathleen Thomas, PhD

2:30pm
Ethnic Differences in Mental Disorders and Service Use among Children and Adolescents: Evidence from the 2001-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Frank Charlie Bandiera, MPH, Katholiki Georgiades, PhD, Jian-Ping He, MD, Msc, Marcy Burstein, PhD and Kathleen R. Merikangas, PhD
     
2:45pm
Changing Practice Procedures to Better Diagnose and Treat Mental Health Problems in Children and Adolescents: The Reaching Children Initiative
Kelly MacArthur, MA, Richard E. Adams, PhD and Danielle Laraque, MD
3:00pm
Show Me Bright Futures: Community application of the public health approach to children's mental health
Christopher L. Fulcher, PhD, Patsy Carter, PhD and Ellen B. Kagen, MSW
     
3:15pm
Integrating behavioral and physical health care for Children: Evaluating progress
Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Eileen Dryden, PhD, Shalini Tendulkar, ScD, ScM, Alice Knowles, Joel Goldstein, MD, Lee Ann Jarnigan, PNP and David Link, MD
     
3:30pm
Characteristics and Outcomes among Children Reporting Suicide Ideation
Robert M. Bossarte, PhD
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, School Health Education and Services, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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