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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.

Essential Health Benefits: HHS Informational Bulletin

Posted on December 18, 2011

HHS Press Release On December 16, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a bulletin outlining proposed policies…

Facebook Provides First-of-a-Kind Service To Help Prevent Suicides

Posted on December 14, 2011

In partnership with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention and SAMHSA, Facebook is announcing a new service that harnesses…

Physicians Highlight Overlooked Connection Between Social Needs and Health

Posted on December 11, 2011

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a “must read” for CMHNetwork members. Four in five physicians say patients’ social…

New CMS Estimates of State-by-State Health Expenditures

Posted on December 10, 2011

The Kaiser Family Foundation held a live interactive webcast on December 7, 2011, to discuss trends in state health care…

Good things happening in San Diego – Family & Youth Roundtable

Posted on December 04, 2011

We have been watching the exciting developments with the Family and Youth Roundtable in San Diego, California.This is an amazing…

Greater than AIDS KNOW: Knowledge is Greater Than Ignorance

Posted on December 04, 2011

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Foster Children Prescribed Drugs At Higher Rate

Posted on December 04, 2011

Foster children in Massachusetts are nearly four times as likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs as other children receiving similar…

USF answering the call to address shortage of qualified professionals…

Posted on November 21, 2011

To address the enormous shortage of qualified, appropriately trained professionals in the children’s mental health field, the University of South…

What we are reading – Faces of Medicaid

Posted on November 13, 2011

Medicaid, the public program that provides health and long-term care coverage for low-income individuals and families, covers about 60 million…