title: Child rights and mental health.
abstract: This article introduces the principles and articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and discusses the implications of this new conceptualization of childhood for child mental health. Consistent with the articles of the CRC, Canadian and US health administrations call for including the perspectives and participation of children in promotion of their own mental health and in the planning of mental health services. Examples of the incorporation of the CRC into programs and services for children and youth are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. mary_carlson@hms.harvard.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002203:Capital Punishment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003709:Democracy; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008603:Mental Health; D014480:United Nations