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The
Children's Mental Health Matters Campaign is a comprehensive national
grass roots initiative geared toward educators, primary care providers
and families to increase their understanding that children's mental
health disorders are real, common and treatable.
The campaign will undertake
the following objectives through grassroots outreach, strategic alliances
and media relations:
- Increase public awareness
of children's mental illnesses,
- Combat the stigma and
myths that surround these disorders, and
- Improve the detection
and treatment of children's mental disorders.
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Key
Messages
- Mental health is essential
to children's overall health and well-being.
- Mental disorders in children
are real, common and treatable.
- Early identification,
diagnosis and treatment help children and families reach their full
potential.
- Left untreated, children's
mental health disorders can lead to problems at home, trouble in school,
substance abuse, and even suicide.
- Children's mental health
matters!
Children’s Mental Health Matters
is an initiative of the National Mental Health Association’s Campaign
for America’s Mental Health. This nationwide public education campaign
is supported by a coalition of national organizations and state and
local Mental Health Associations and their partners. Together, they
educate and screen diverse audiences, generate media exposure, and advocate
on behalf of people with mental illness. NMHA offers educational materials
for children and their families on a variety of topics including anxiety
disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, mood disorders
(bipolar disorder and childhood depression), and mental wellness.
Children’s Campaign Sponsors: ALZA Corporation; The E.H.A. Foundation,
Inc.; National Institute of Mental Health.
For more information National
Mental Health Association - 1-800-969-NMHA
Children's
Mental Health Matters Campaign Partners
- Alliance for Children
and Families
- American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatrists
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Association for
World Health
- American Occupational
Therapy Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological
Association
- American Psychiatric Nurses
Association
- American School Counselor
Association
- Capstone Institute/Center
for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk, Howard University
- Center for the Advancement
of Children’s Mental Health
- Center for Mental Health
Services (SAMHSA)
- Center for Mental Health
in School (UCLA)
- Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention (SAMHSA)
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar
Foundation
- Child Welfare League of
America
- Children and Adults with
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Federation of Families
for Children’s Mental Health
- Generations United
- Head Start Bureau, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
- Indian Health Services,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- International Society
of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses
- National Alliance of Pupil
Services Professionals
- National Association of
Elementary School Principals
- National Association of
School Psychologists
- National Association of
School Nurses
- National Association of
State Directors of Special Education
- National Association of
State Mental Health Program Directors
- National Education Association
- National Medical Association
- National Parent Teachers
Association
- New York University Child
Study Center
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Foundation
- School Social Work Association
of America
- Society for Prevention
Research
- Washington Business Group
on Health
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