Mental Health

Mental Health

Children are experiencing a significant and growing mental health crisis. Urgent support is needed to bolster capacity and infrastructure for pediatric mental health.

Focusing on Children's Mental Health

Learn more about the children's mental health crisis and how children's hospitals are addressing the challenges.

CHA and Cardinal Health Commemorate Suicide Prevention Day with Continued Focus on Youth Mental Health

Early findings show almost 320,000 children and youth have been screened, and 15% need mental health support and services.

Sep. 10, 2024

Pediatric Workforce Shortages Persist in 2024

Children’s hospitals continue to experience shortages across pediatric care fields with an outsized impact on mental and behavioral health specialties.

July 19, 2024

Governors’ FY 2025 Proposed Funding for Pediatric Behavioral Health Initiatives

CHA has completed a review of governors’ proposed fiscal year (FY) 2025 state budgets to track proposals to fund pediatric behavioral health initiatives.

June 28, 2024

A Better Tomorrow for Children's Mental Health Depends on Today’s Actions

Addressing the youth mental health crisis has been a long-standing priority for CHA and children's hospitals across the nation.

May 31, 2024

CHA's FY 2025 Appropriations Priorities

As Congress evaluates funding this fiscal year, we encourage them to prioritize and consider the unique needs of children and the providers that serve them.

May 14, 2024

2024 Policy Priorities for the 118th Congress

Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) advances child health through innovation in the quality, cost, and delivery of care in children’s hospitals and health systems.

April 04, 2024

States’ FY 2024 Funding for Pediatric Behavioral Health Initiatives

View our updated FY 2024 Enacted State Budget Pediatric Behavioral Health Tracker with all states’ pediatric behavioral health initiatives included.

Dec. 21, 2023

The Role of Children's Hospitals

Children’s hospitals are driving initiatives to address the needs of children and advocating for policies that support pediatric patients and the workforce that cares for them.

Dec. 21, 2023

Mental Health Disorder Codes

Download the codes from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders Classification System (CAMHD-CS).

Dec. 08, 2023
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For the Record

View CHA communications to federal policymakers such as statements for the record, RFI responses, regulatory comment letters and more.