title: Integrating Children's Mental Health into Primary Care.
abstract: Children's mental health problems are among global health advocates' highest priorities. Nearly three-quarters of adult disorders have their onset or origins during childhood, becoming progressively harder to treat over time. Integrating mental health with primary care and other more widely available health services has the potential to increase treatment access during childhood, but requires re-design of currently-available evidence-based practices to fit the context of primary care and place a greater emphasis on promoting positive mental health. While some of this re-design has yet to be accomplished, several components are currently well-defined and show promise of effectiveness and practicality.
authors.affiliation: Center for Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care, Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 703 Hampton House, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: lwissow@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Lawrence S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Wissow
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychological Sciences and Health Services, Institute of Psychology, Health & Society, University of Liverpool, Waterhouse Building, 2nd Floor Block B, 1-5 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK.
authors.forename: Nadja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Ginneken
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychological Sciences and Health Services, Institute of Psychology, Health & Society, University of Liverpool, Waterhouse Building, 2nd Floor Block B, 1-5 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK.
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chandna
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychological Sciences and Health Services, Institute of Psychology, Health & Society, University of Liverpool, Waterhouse Building, 2nd Floor Block B, 1-5 Brownlow Street, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK.
authors.forename: Atif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010372:Pediatrics; D011320:Primary Health Care
keywords: Children/youth; Mental health; Prevention; Primary care