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Prevention and the concept of collective impact on population
health is the focus of this issue led by Aradhana Bela Sood.
Primary, secondary, and tertiary themes run throughout each article
with evidence base explicitly stated. An Appendix presenting select
programs for prevention concludes this issue. Topics include: Early
childhood mental health: Neurobiological underpinnings of early
brain development and Health promotion and prevention in
non-psychiatric settings; Prevention in childhood; Mindfulness and
alternative and complementary therapies; Prevention of violence;
Bullying; Depression and suicide; HIV and AIDS; Substance use
disorders; Obesity in children and youth; Delinquency and
prevention; Public policy and system building. Some programs
presented in the Appendix are Blueprint for violence prevention;
Nurse-family partnership; Harlem Children's Project, and others.
According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the goal of
a social justice approach for children is to ensure that children
"are better served and protected by justice systems, including the
security and social welfare sectors." Despite this worthy goal, the
UN documents how children are rarely viewed as stakeholders in
justice rules of law; child justice issues are often dealt with
separate from larger justice and security issues; and when justice
issues for children are addressed, it is often through a siloed,
rather than a comprehensive approach. This volume actively
challenges the current youth social justice paradigm through
terminology and new approaches that place children and young people
front and center in the social justice conversation. Through
international consideration, children and young people worldwide
are incorporated into the social justice conversation.
According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the goal of
a social justice approach for children is to ensure that children
"are better served and protected by justice systems, including the
security and social welfare sectors." Despite this worthy goal, the
UN documents how children are rarely viewed as stakeholders in
justice rules of law; child justice issues are often dealt with
separate from larger justice and security issues; and when justice
issues for children are addressed, it is often through a siloed,
rather than a comprehensive approach. This volume actively
challenges the current youth social justice paradigm through
terminology and new approaches that place children and young people
front and center in the social justice conversation. Through
international consideration, children and young people worldwide
are incorporated into the social justice conversation.
In the wake of the April 2006 Virginia Tech shootings, governor
Timothy Kaine appointed an independent panel to investigate the
incident and to recommend potential policy changes that might
prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. The incident itself
and the work of the panel mobilized the entire nation to examine
many aspects of the tragedy, most centrally university mental
health systems. Certain aspects of the case raised issues that were
not addressed by the resulting report, such as the role of the
college mental health system in the lives of young adults, the
complexity of identifying the mental health needs of students, and
the shortcomings of mental health delivery systems within colleges
as well the larger community. The Virginia Tech Massacre is based
on the experience and unique perspective of Dr. Aradhana Bela Sood,
a panel member appointed to the special independent review
committee which was asked to consult specifically on the mental
health system implications of the VA Tech shooting. This book
discloses Sood's personal experience as a child psychiatrist and
panel member, and her role in shaping the final report. Sood, along
with co-editor Dr. Robert Cohen, who has been involved in studying
and reforming mental health policy for more than 40 years, and
carefully selected expert contributors take readers on a journey
examining the mental health vulnerabilities of youth transitioning
to adulthood, the limitations of existing warning tools for
violence, and local, regional, and national gaps in mental health
service delivery across the United States. This book offers
examples of effective mental health services, policies, and
strategies, and it provides concrete and pragmatic recommendations
for how to begin overhauling the delivery of mental health
services. The Virginia Tech Massacre is topical and timely, given
the widespread interface between violence in the public arena and
mental health issues. It will be a critical resource to mental
health professionals, policymakers and legislators, state and local
government officials, higher education personnel, and social
workers and others in the human service fields. It will also be of
interest to those concerned about gun violence and mental health
and students in psychiatry, psychology, social work, and public
health.
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