Mental Health Resources

Access resources on the mental health system and those served by the system, links for more information from related mental health organizations, and answers to frequently asked questions about the mental health system.

  • Publications
    Research, reports, issue briefs, and fact sheets on the mental health system and children, youth, and families with mental health challenges.
  • Useful Web Sites
    Access organizations, resource centers, and clearinghouses with additional information about mental health.
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    Brief answers to questions often raised by system of care communities in understanding mental health challenges, screening, and treatment and how the mental health system is financed.
  • Presentations
    Presentations on improving mental health services for children in the system.

What's New

Early Experiences Matter: A Guide to Improved Policies for Infants and Toddlers (PDF)

Zero to Three (2009)

Provides a comprehensive set of tools to help educate policymakers on how good policies and programs help give very young children a good start, allowing them to grow up healthy.

To Live to See the Great Day that Dawns: Preventing Suicide by American Indian and Alaska Native Youth and Young Adults(PDF)

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (2010)

Designed to support American Indian/Alaskan Native communities and those who serve them in developing effective, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate suicide prevention plans by laying the groundwork for comprehensive prevention planning, with prevention broadly defined.

Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know (PDF)

National Center for Children in Poverty (2009)

Outlines the risks faced by young children with social, emotional, and behavioral problems, as well as barriers to eligibility, access to services, and service utilization.

Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood: What Every Policymaker Should Know (PDF)

Youth Transition Funders Group (2010)

Offers a summary of recommendations on how foundations can work to encourage effective policy solutions on issues affecting youth in transition to adulthood.