Opportunities to Promote Children's Behavioral Health : Health Care Reform and Beyond: Workshop Summary PDF
by Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, Youth, and Families Board on Children, Affective, and Behavioral Health Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive
Edited by Noam I. Keren, Steve Olson
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the behavioral health of children and adolescents in the United States. It requires that many insurance plans cover mental health and substance use disorder services, rehabilitative services to help support people with behavioral health challenges, and preventive services like behavioral assessments for children and depression screening for adults. These and other provisions provide an opportunity to confront the many behavioral health challenges facing youth in America.
To explore how the ACA and other aspects of health care reform can support innovations to improve children's behavioral health and sustain those innovations over time, the Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health held a workshop on April 1-2, 2015. The workshop explicitly addressed the behavioral health needs of all children, including those with special health needs. It also took a two-generation approach, looking at the programs and services that support not only children but also parents and families. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions of this workshop.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:120 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:20/11/2015
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- ISBN:9780309377751
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:120 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:20/11/2015
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- ISBN:9780309377751