American Legion Auxiliary Post 312   &  The New Jersey Parents Caucus invite you to the 1st Annual Morris County Health Fair on July 17, 2010 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  This fun health event will be held at the American Legion Post 312, 78 Abbett Avenue & Legion Place, Morristown, NJ 07960 .

Many health professionals will be on hand for blood pressure screening, Oral Cancer Screening, Hearing Screening, Fat, Sugar & Salt Display, Lead Poisoning Information Table, Epilepsy Information & Referral, Crisis Response Information, Carbon Monoxide Information Table, HIV/Aids Prevention, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Information & Referral Services, Special Education Information & Referral, Mind Probe Personality Screening, NJ Family Care Insurance Information, Early Intervention Services Information, Health and Wellness Information Tables, Organ Donor Information

Free Tee Shirt & Airbrushing will be given to the first 100 Children

Free Barbecue:  Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Soda, Water

There will be an informative conference , Adolescent Mental Health Challenges: from Angst to Calamity in New Jersey on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:00 am ? 4:15 pm.

This  conference will provide insight into the spectrum of behaviors that teens exhibit in response to both internal and external shifts that occur in their lives.  The goal of the conference is to alert clinicians, educators and family members to the signs that indicate a young person has passed the stage of angst and may be about to harm themselves or others.

You can read  more about and register for the Adolescent Mental Health Challenges Conference by clicking this link.

How does addiction, mental health and domestic violence affect pregnancy? If you are a health care professional dealing with pregnant women or family members this seminar is a must to attend. Or you may know a health professional that would appreciate your sharing this information.

Download the conference brochure. It will be held in New Jersey on April, 29, 2010.

Are you looking for help address to cultural and linguistic diversity in delivering health and mental health services?    The National Center for Cultural Competency at  Georgetown University provides a wide range of  resources to navigate these issues.  Check it out!

Much has been learned over the past few decades about early childhood and mental health.  The winter issue of Health Generations, published by the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health, devotes the entire journal to this issue.  You can learn more about these important issues at HGWINTER10

 Twenty percent of children and adolescents experience signs and symptoms of mental health problems. Seventy-five percent of children with diagnosed mental health disorders are seen in the primary care setting, yet most primary care physicians lack the tools and resources to effectively identify and treat mental health problems. Recent recommendations, emerging evidence and policy trends support integration of mental health into primary care but require considerable buy-in and changes to current practice structures and financing mechanisms on the part of providers and health plans.

The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation is pleased to release an issue paper, Strategies to Support the Integration of Mental Health into Pediatric Primary Care, examining the landscape for mental health service delivery to children, including a discussion of the role of federal and state agencies, as well as public and private insurance. With the aim of informing and facilitating discussions on how mental health care can be fully integrated into pediatric primary care, the issue brief reviews information on mental health programs, practices and guidelines and discusses strategies health plans can utilize to improve early identification and treatment for children in primary care.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is pleased to bring you the Improving Mental Health in Primary Care Through Access, Collaboration, and Training (IMPACT) Children’s Mental Health E-News.  The IMPACT Children’s Mental Health E-News is funded through a grant (G95MC05434) from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), to the AAP.We hope that you will find it helpful as you work in your community to ensure the provision of accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective care for all children.

If you have comments, questions or information you would like posted in the electronic newsletter, please contact ahovde@aap.org