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Systems of Caregiving: The Promotion of Positive Mental Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents

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The Challenges of Mental Health Caregiving

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Promoting mental health and preventing mental disorders in children and adolescents is critical to the overall health of our country. National estimates indicate that about six to nine million children in the USA suffer from a major mental illness. Successful efforts in promoting mental health for children and adolescents require attention from a range of caregiving systems, including mental health, education, juvenile justice, child welfare, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and the primary care sector. This chapter addresses research, practice, and policy implications as multiple caregiving systems work to promote positive mental health outcomes for children and adolescents.

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  1. Division of Policy and Research on Medicaid and Medicare, Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina, 1600 Hampton Street, Suite 524, 29208, Columbia, SC, USA

    Patricia Stone Motes PhD

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

    Chaundrissa Oyeshiku Smith PhD, ABPP

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    Gregory L. Fricchione

  3. Dept. Health Policy and Management Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Benjamin G. Druss

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Motes, P., Smith, C. (2014). Systems of Caregiving: The Promotion of Positive Mental Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents. In: Talley, R., Fricchione, G., Druss, B. (eds) The Challenges of Mental Health Caregiving. Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8791-3_6

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