Children
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- Childhood Loss and Behavioral Problems: Loosening the Links
This report, which draws upon existing research and promising practices, is designed to increase policymakers' and practitioners' awareness of how the loss of a loved one influences children's behavioral problems. - Girls and Boys Town
Girls and Boys Town, the original Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, focuses on the treatment and care of abused, abandoned, and neglected girls and boys. Girls and Boys Town cares for children and families through residential, emergency shelter, family preservation, treatment foster family, and resident ... - US Department of Justice, Justice for Kids and Youth
External Resources
- Early Childhood Violence Prevention
This publication provides information on early childhood violence prevention in terms of what caregivers, parents, and teachers can do. It also explains the effects of violence on young children.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Education - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
This Web site provides many links to information relative to child and adolescent mental health.
Federal Partner: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health - Depression - Children and Adolescents
This Web site provides links to NIMH publications and information on depression in children and adolescents.
Federal Partner: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health - Treatment of Children with Mental Disorders
This publication provides information on the diagnosis and treatment of children with anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorders, and other mental disorders.
Federal Partner: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health - Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters
This publication provides information on ways that children and adolescents react to trauma and ways of helping them. It also provides information on post-traumatic stress disorder and treatment.
Federal Partner: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
see also Adolescents