National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) Mission:
The National Alliance for Caregiving is a non-profit coalition of national organizations who share a vision of a society that values, supports and empowers family caregivers to thrive at home, work and life. Its mission is to build partnerships in research, advocacy, and innovation to make life better for family caregivers. Read more about their Mission on their website: https://www.caregiving.org/mission/
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How To Tell If Your Child Needs Therapy
Anxiety and depression don’t necessarily look the same in young kids. “Psychological disorders come in two general types,” explained Meyers, who emphasized he was speaking in broad brushstrokes. “The first type are acting out disorders, like ADHD or oppositional children. Those symptoms are typically easy to spot, because they’re visible and they’re impacting the lives of other people.”
“The second set are what are called internalizing disorders,” Meyers continued, “and they include anxiety and depression, which can be harder to spot because those symptoms are mostly disrupted thoughts and feelings rather than disrupted behaviors.” Read more here from the Huffington Post:
www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-tell-if-your-child-needs-therapy_l_5d41eb12e4b01d8c97859aba
Mission:
Mental Health America (MHA)'s work is driven by its commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need them; with recovery as the goal.
General Mental Health Data
Nearly 1 in 5 American adults will have a diagnosable mental health condition in any given year. [Source]
46 percent of Americans will meet the criteria for a diagnosable mental health condition sometime in their life, and half of those people will develop conditions by the age of 14. [Source]
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