Update on adolescent mental health

Focus on Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health.

Update on mental health care in Lebanon.

Sir, In 2005–2007 we surveyed mental health services in Lebanon [1]. At the time, we found a paucity of community-based mental health services, deficiencies in education programmes for professionals and the public, misallocation of health care finances, and lack of a clear governmental policy on delivery of mental health services and prevention of mental illness. Several barriers related to the...

School mental health resources and adolescent mental health service use.

OBJECTIVE Although schools are identified as critical for detecting youth mental disorders, little is known about whether the number of mental health providers and types of resources that they offer influence student mental health service use. Such information could inform the development and allocation of appropriate school-based resources to increase service use. This article examines associa...

Update on Adolescent Contraception.

ly and plan for the future. Providers can have more in-depth conversations about healthy and safe relationships, STI prevention and screening, intentions for child bearing, and the importance of contraception in meeting their

IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Section A INTRODUCTION TO CHILD & ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH