Mental Health Services
Prevention, Screening, Referral and Community Consultation
- Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health
Prevention efforts focus on promoting healthy lifestyles and healthy communities for all youth and families. Prevention efforts also focus on reducing risk factors, minimizing possible trauma, and increasing a person's ability to recover quickly.
Other prevention (e.g., treatment) efforts focus on reducing any trauma and poor functioning created by a difficult event or situation. The prevention efforts may focus on one or more of the following:
- Work with families, community groups, schools, and other health and child care providers to improve situations/environments for children and families through education, consultation, and training
- Education activities about mental health for the public at large
- Screening and referral