Additional Readings

  • Allen-Meares, P., & Fraser, M. W. (2004). Intervention with children and adolescents: An interdisciplinary perspective. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Burns, B. J., Phillips, S. D., Wagner, H. R., Barth, R. P., Kolko, D. J., Campbell, Y., & Landsverk, J. (2004). Mental health need and access to mental health services by youths involved with child welfare: A national survey. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(8), 960–970.
  • Center for Mental Health Services. (1999). Annual report to Congress on the evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. Atlanta, GA: ORC Macro. Retrieved from http://store.samhsa.gov/home  
  • Costello, E. J., Angold, A., Burns, B. J., Stangl, D. K., Tweed, D. L., Erkanli, A., & Worthman, C. M. (1996). The Great Smoky Mountains Study of youth: Goals, design, methods, and the prevalence of DSM-III-R disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 53, 1129–1136. PMID: 8956679
  • Gerrity, E., & Folcarelli, C. (2008). Child traumatic stress: What every policymaker should know. Durham, NC: National Center for Child Trauma Stress. Retrieved from http://www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/PolicyGuide_CTS2008.pdf
  • Mark, T. L., & Buck, J. A. (2006). Characteristics of U.S. youth with serious mental disturbances: Data from the National Health Interview Study. Psychiatric Services, 57, 1573–1578.
  • Merikangas, K.R., He, J., Burstein, M., Swanson, S.A., Avenevoli, S., Cui, L., . . . Swendsen, J. (2010). Lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in US adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Study-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49(10), 980–989.
  • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. (2001). Families on the brink: The impact of ignoring children with serious mental illness. Arlington, VA: Author.
  • President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. (2003). Achieving the promise: Transforming mental health care in America. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from http://store.samhsa.gov/home
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2005). Transforming mental health care in America: The federal action agenda: First steps. Rockville, MD: Author.
  • Surgeon General. (1999). Mental health: A report from the Surgeon General. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/surgeongeneral/surgeongeneralrpt.asp
  • Surgeon General. (2000). Report of the surgeon general’s conference on children’s mental health: A national action agenda. Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General. Retrieved from http:// www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/cmh/childreport.html