Mayo Clinic to Issue New Mental Health Warning Signs for Youth
Mayo Clinic:
WHAT: |
Mayo Clinic researchers — in partnership with numerous national mental health advocacy organizations — are issuing new simple-to-understand tools to help identify youth who may have mental health disorders. |
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After surveying more than 6,000 parents and children about mental health services in the United States during the past decade, researchers created a mental health disorder tool kit, “Action Signs”, to help easily identify symptoms for youth who may be experiencing mental disorders. Click here for a copy. |
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WHO: |
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-- Peter Jensen, M.D., Mayo Clinic — primary investigator of the findings, Action Signs |
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-- Gary Blau, Ph.D., Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — Child, Adolescent and Family Branch |
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-- Lisa Hunter Romanelli, Ph.D., executive director of the Resource for Advancing Children's Health (REACH) Institute |
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-- Darcy Gruttadaro, J.D., director of the Child & Adolescent Action Center at National Alliance on Mental Health Illness |
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-- Representatives from the National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American Academy of Pediatrics |
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WHEN: |
Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 - at 9:45 a.m. EDT, call 1-800-705-4155 (toll-free) to get access to the conference. At 10 a.m., each speaker will be introduced and have a brief opportunity to discuss the new mental health Action Signs tool kit. A facilitator will moderate a Q-and-A with news reporters. |
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WHERE: |
For those who plan to attend the conference in person, the site is the National Alliance on Mental Illness Headquarters, 3803 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203. |
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NOTE: |
Please RSVP if you plan to attend or call in. The findings and epidemiology that led to the toolkit are published in the journal Pediatrics on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. |
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