Mom! Dad! Ask About My Emotional Development Too, were developed with the generous support by the AAP and the Friends of Children Fund, to promote discussion of emotional development and mental health during well-child visits.
Click here to download the flyers to post in your office, ads for your newsletters, or smaller versions for your Web site or Facebook page! Also available in Spanish!
These sheets provide tips and resources for parents, early education and child care providers, and pediatricians to promote social-emotional health.Among Young Children
Among Teens
The Family Experience With Primary Care Physicians and Staff is a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) that provides results from a survey they performed on family experiences with primary care doctors in treating children and adolescents living with serious mental illness. The survey responses came from parents and caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. The survey asked parents and caregivers a variety of questions related to their experiences discussing and addressing mental health concerns with their child's primary care physician and staff. The survey report provides a comprehensive overview of their responses, thoughts, and comments.
NAMI also developed a brochure for primary care providers that includes valuable tips on how to create a primary care setting that is more welcoming to conversations about mental health, encourage open communication about mental health and take action to support families who have a child living with a mental illness.
A Family Guide: Integrating Mental Health and Pediatric Primary Care is a guide developed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness to provide families with practical information about integration to help them get involved in the integrated care movement and improve the quality of care their child receives in the pediatric primary care setting.
After a disaster, children may have difficulty coping and may develop a range of symptoms, including depression, anxiety, or bereavement. This Web page includes resources that pediatricians can use or offer to children and families to help them understand and cope with loss.
