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Mental Health Awareness

Mental Health Awareness
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Mental Health Awareness month gives providers the opportunity to focus on the mental health pf patients and families, and raise awareness of childhood mental illness, childhood depression, and childhood mood disorders.  Related resources: Iowa PBS documentary film, Facing Suicide in Iowa Discussion of the film, Facing Suicide in Iowa…
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Mental Health Surveillance Among Children

Mental Health Surveillance Among Children
Mental Health Surveillance Among Children – United States, 2013 to 2019 MMWR Supplements / February 25, 2022 / 71(2);1–42 Iowa’s EPSDT Care for Kids team recommends a recent article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, “Mental Health Surveillance Among Children – United States, 2013 to 2019.” From the article Summary: Noting the important role that…
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Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts

Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts
Study Examines Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts Article Discussion Addresses Major Public Health Concern An article in the January 2019 issue of Pediatrics, “Parent-Adolescent Agreement About Adolescents’ Suicidal Thoughts,” examines responses of participants in a study related to adolescent suicide. The article notes adolescent suicide is the second leading cause of death among 10- to…
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