Child/Adolescent Resources for Parents, Friends & Families
Nurturing a person's well-being requires the support of an entire community. We understand this collective effort and are pleased to provide patients, parents, friends and family with free resources and tools designed to understand and build positive mental health.
Importance Of Good Child Mental Health
Social and emotional development is a primary benefit of good mental health. This affects every part of a child's life. Children who develop good social and emotional skills are able to: make and keep friends, understand and express emotions, achieve success in school, and develop healthy eating and sleeping patterns.
Why is Good Mental Health Important for Your Child?
Good mental health empowers children to live their best lives, positively impacting development, learning, peer interactions, and achieving their full potential.
As a Parent, How Can You Help?
Promoting good mental health involves all of us. Parents and family can play a vital role by recognizing early warning signs in children and adolescents.
How Does Early Identification Help?
It enables parents to find resources, facilitates open dialogue with healthcare providers, and ensures access to needed mental health care for their child.
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A nationwide initiative aimed at communities with children ages 2 to 5, offering families ways to manage common challenges, to simplify everyday activities, and to grow connections.
March 23, 2016 – It was almost a year ago that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists came out unequivocally in favor of universal screening for perinatal depression. In the revised policy statement from ACOG’s Committee on Obstetric […]
March 23, 2017 – The following post was first published in OB/GYN News. Please see our OB/GYN News archives here. Publish date: March 3, 2017 Over the last decade, appreciation of the prevalence of perinatal depression – depression during pregnancy and/or […]
An education and resource organization sponsored by the Office of Mental Health.
DrugCocktails.ca was created to help the youth “get the facts” about the effects and risks of mixing medications they take with substances like cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and other street drugs.
Oversees one of the nation’s largest addiction services systems with approximately 1,600 prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
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A New York State Obstetric Hemorrhage Project Interactive Online Webinar presented by Project TEACH Maternal Mental Health Initiative
