Selected Resources

SAMHSA Health Information Network (SHIN)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provides the latest information on the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders as well as websites, publications, and information specialists available by phone, email, and in person.

Child and Adolescent Health and Mental Health Care
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Publications and website addressing the health and mental health of children and youth in foster care.

National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Resources, publications, and training materials to help States in delivering effective, culturally competent and appropriate mental health services for children and families.

Related Information Gateway Topics

Adoption: Postadoption services - Help for families: Counseling, support groups, and Respite care
Child abuse & neglect: Impact - Long-term consequences of abuse and neglect: Health and mental health
Out-of-home care: Casework practice in out-of-home care - Casework practice with children and youth in out-of-home care: Mental health issues and services in out-of-home care
Systemwide: Assessment - Comprehensive family assessment: Assessing needs and strengths-Child: Assessing child mental health
Systemwide: Cultural competence - Cultural competence in mental health services
Systemwide: Service improvement/systems reform - Interagency collaboration: Collaborations with health and mental health services
Systemwide: Service improvement/systems reform - Systems of care