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Note: The Children’s Mental Health Network ceased operation in December, 2023. This archived website is available for you to peruse past articles and our vast library of research articles and news sources on children’s mental health, dating back to 2012.

Mental health care disparities persist for Black and Latino children

Posted on July 05, 2012

Disparities in the use of mental health services, including outpatient care and psychotropic drug prescriptions, persist for black and Latino…

5th annual Fatherhood Solutions conference a success

Posted on July 04, 2012

Sixteen years ago, Dr. Hershel Swinger of the Children’s Institute created Project Fatherhood. Dr. Swinger passed last…

Growing Up Under a Foreboding Budget Cloud: The Forecast for Government Spending on Children

Posted on July 04, 2012

Determining how government spends money and who benefits reveals our priorities. The Urban Institute’s Kids’ Share project seeks to…

Allies, adversaries, or strange bedfellows? The relationship between research, politics and policy

Posted on July 04, 2012

Make arrangements to participate in this worthy issue forum hosted by Mathematica Policy Research and The Association for Public Policy…

Health reform quiz

Posted on July 03, 2012

Okay Network faithful, quiz time! Test your knowledge about the Affordable Care Act with this quiz from the Kaiser Family…

Sign of the times: Louisiana bracing for deep Medicaid cuts

Posted on July 03, 2012

Faithful followers are well aware of the Network’s concern over the perception that Medicaid funding will be the panacea for…

Not aware of SCOTUS ruling – Really?

Posted on July 03, 2012

The Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a poll and found that 41 percent of individuals surveyed between Thursday and Saturday said…

The Epidemic: Adolescents at risk of HIV/AIDS

Posted on June 30, 2012

Increased public awareness and advancements in medicine over the past three decades have led to remarkable strides in preventing the…

What the Supreme Court decision means for the Children’s Mental Health Network

Posted on June 29, 2012

For those of you who may have been hiding under a rock for the past 24 hours and haven’t yet…