Child and Adolescent Mental Health
In a statement submitted to the Senate Finance Committee for a hearing on protecting children鈥檚 mental health, the AHA urged Congress to lift the caps on physician residency positions and increase scholarships, loan forgiveness and other financial supports to encourage health care providers to鈥
The AHA has joined the Children鈥檚 Hospital Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry as a partner in Sound the Alarm for Kids, an initiative urging Congress to enact legislation and increase funding to better support mental health for鈥
Helen DeVos Children鈥檚 Hospital (HDVCH), part of Spectrum Health, is a 234-bed comprehensive children鈥檚 hospital in downtown Grand Rapids, that not only serves the needs of the local community, but also is a regional referral center for Spectrum Health and western Michigan. During the pandemic,鈥
In a letter to Representative Lauren Underwood, the AHA expresses support for the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act.
Nationwide Children鈥檚 launched a national movement On Our Sleeves to break stigmas around children鈥檚 mental health in 2018, and in March 2020 opened Big Lots Behavioral health pavilion.
The AHA, together with behavioral health and language experts from member hospitals and partner organizations, will release a series of downloadable posters to help your employees adopt patient-centered, respectful language.
Benjamin Van Voorhees, M.D., the University of Illinois Medical Center鈥檚 chief of general pediatrics, is teaching children coping skills through a combination of online learning and traditional counseling. He hopes a technology-based 鈥渂ehavioral vaccine鈥 can reduce the risk of mental illness for a鈥