The National Resource Center helps capture what is occurring in the field across the country. Each week, we monitor hundreds of media outlets to learn what is being said about early childhood mental health and youth violence prevention, and we share it with you. Take a moment to review a sampling of news stories and find out what others across the country are doing to promote the overall well-being of children, youth, and their communities.
Early Childhood
Kids with psychiatric problems may face struggles as adults
Reuters ▪ July 21, 2015
“The effects of childhood problems persist even if the problems themselves do not, and this persistence was seen for problems that don’t meet conventional thresholds for mental illness.” – William Copeland, lead study author and research at Duke University Medical Center
How to prevent mental health problems? Begin at the beginning with infants and toddlers
The Huffington Post ▪ May 3, 2015
“A new report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows a downward trajectory in severe mental health issues for children between the ages of 6 and 17. On the surface, this is good news. Yet on the flip side, the study also reveals a troubling pattern of young people without access to mental health treatments from which they can truly benefit.”
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Hispanic youth and the struggle to acquire mental health assessment and treatment
Latin Post ▪ June 12, 2015
“There is a big problem in providing mental health services to youth, particularly Latinos and African Americans. They tend to get shunted into the juvenile justice system rather than the mental health system, and I see that as a huge problem. The approach to juvenile justice and mental health issues raise[s] a whole quandary of problems and complications.” – Dr. Luis Vargas, Child Psychologist and Treasurer of the National Latino Behavioral Health Association
Underage drinking, binge boozing by minors is on the decline
USA Today ▪ June 11, 2015
"We as a country could all do a much better job… to really start to drive those numbers down because I don't think any of us are comfortable with an alarmingly high rate of binge drinking among that population, especially when we know the consequences related to it." – Rich Lucey, Special Assistant to the Director at SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse
How a public health approach can curb violence
Journal Sentinel ▪ May 7, 2015
“Public health’s wide lens looks at populations and places to find comprehensive solutions. Our investigative tools harness the power of data to more fully describe community problems and assets. We search for patterns and predictors over time, across many cases, in hardest hit places. We evaluate what really works, what doesn’t and why.” – Bevan Baker, City of Milwaukee Commissioner of Health and Adjunct Faculty Member at the Zilber School
Childhood bullying ‘worse for mental health’ than maltreatment by adults
Medical News Today ▪ April 28, 2015
“Teens can be the victim of face-to-face bullying in school, electronic bullying outside of the classroom and dating violence. Each of these experiences [is] associated with a range of serious adverse consequences.” – Dr. Andrew Adesman, Senior Investigator of Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY
