National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Fostering healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral development in children and youth: A national agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 390 pp. Annotation: This report focuses on measures to promote mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) development and health among children and youth, with an emphasis on achieving population-level effects. The report is divided into the following sections: Part I. Mental, emotional, and behavioral development, including information on the neurobiological basis of MEB outcomes, preconception and prenatal factors, infancy and childhood, adolescence, family influences, chronic illness and severe health problems, and societal influences; Part II: Strategies for fostering health mental, emotional, and behavioral development in children and youth, including parenting interventions, strategies for educational settings, strategies for healthcare settings, and policy strategies; Part III: Implementation and scale-up of effective interventions; Part IV: Next steps, including a sampling of promising efforts at the federal, state, and local levels, and a plan for a comprehensive, national approach. Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Keywords: Adolescent mental health, Adolescents, Child mental health, Children, Families, Federal programs, Mental health, Mental health services, Policy development, State programs |