The Columbia TeenScreenTM Program: Providing Mental Health Checkups to Youth
Author: Laurie Flynn.; Leslie Craft McGuire.; David T. Crandall.
Source: Volume 02, Number 04, Fall 2002 , pp.83-86(4)
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Abstract:
It is estimated that one in 10 American children and adolescents suffers from mental illness and experiences impairment, but only one in five receives treatment. In 2000, the Carmel Hill Center in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University launched a national initiative to identify untreated mental illness and prevent suicide in youth. We are working to accomplish this goal by collaborating with communities throughout the country to implement screening programs in schools and other settings that serve youth.Keywords:
Affiliations:
1: Carmel Hill Center for Early Diagnosis; 2: TeenScreenTM Program; 3: Carmel Hill Center.