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Chapter 21 - Children’s services

from Section 4 - Systems of development for special populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2014

By
Margarita Alegría ,
Anne Valentine ,
Sheri Lapatin ,
Natasja Koitzsch Jensen ,
Sofia Halperin-Goldstein  and
Anna Lessios
Edited by
Samuel O. Okpaku
Samuel O. Okpaku
Affiliation:
Center for Health, Culture, and Society, Nashville
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Summary

Today's youth face unprecedented global challenges to their well-being and cognitive development. Many live in poverty without access to proper nutrition, health care, or education. This chapter describes challenges associated with the assessment of children's mental health and functioning, and identifies risk and protective factors, best practices for prevention, and promising interventions that can be utilized in resource-poor settings. The development of mental health disorders in youth is multifactorial; risk and protective factors for mental health cross biological, psychological, and social domains. Substantive research and resources have been dedicated to understanding and ameliorating mental health service provision among children and adolescents in high-income countries, and thus effective evidence-based treatments for most mental health disorders exist. The tenets of the interventions framework of SAFE (Safety and security, Access to health care, Family and others support, and Education) have useful application to all children facing adverse and difficult life situations.

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non-governmental organizationsmental health interventionsmental health workforcemiddle-income countriesprimary healthcare workersstrategy developmentmental health care modelshuman resource availabilitylow-income countries
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Essentials of Global Mental Health , pp. 195 - 203
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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