Mental Health Surveillance Among Children — United States, 2013–2019
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities · Health Resources and Services Administration · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Mental health encompasses a range of mental, emotional, social, and behavioral functioning and occurs along a continuum from good to poor. Previous research has documented that mental health among children and adolescents is associated with immediate and long-term physical health and chronic disease, health risk behaviors, social relationships, education, and employment. Public health surveillance of children's mental health can be used to monitor trends in prevalence across populations, increase knowledge about demographic and geographic differences, and support decision-making about prevention and intervention. Numerous federal data systems collect data on various indicators of children's mental health,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 169.82
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 143
Authors
21- RHRebecca H. BitskoCorresponding
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- AHAngelika H. Claussen
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- JCJesse C. Lichstein
Health Resources and Services Administration, VA Office of Research and Development
- LILindsey I Black
National Center for Health Statistics
- SESherry Everett Jones
VA Office of Research and Development, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Department of Human Services, AID Atlanta, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services
Topics & keywords
- Mental health
- Psychological intervention
- Psychiatry
- Public health
- Suicide prevention
- Anxiety
- Medicine
- Feeling
- No poverty