Behavioral and Mental Health
Learning
Addressing Pediatric Suicide
The latest solutions, resources and data on the current mental health crisis for children's hospitals and health systems.
How a Children's Hospital Is Identifying Mental Illness Early
Children's Nebraska is equipping primary care providers to identify mental illness to allow early intervention — and better outcomes.
Preventing Youth Suicide With Evidence-Based Care
Discover how a quality improvement initiative using the Zero Suicide Framework decreased adolescent patients’ suicidal thoughts by 54% at discharge.
Insights
Firearm Injury Prevention Is Youth Suicide Prevention
In 19 states, suicide accounted for more than 50% of all firearm deaths among 10- to 19-year-olds from 2016-2021.
Mental Health Safety Planning Belongs in the ED
A pediatric emergency physician discusses how evidence-based tools can help providers reshape the ED’s role in mental health care.
Why Medicaid Matters for Children's Mental Health
Threats to Medicaid coverage put youth mental health care at risk. Learn why preserving access for kids and teens is more urgent than ever.
Solutions
Innovative Solutions for the Youth Behavioral Health Crisis
Children's hospitals are using bold strategies, community partnerships, and creative workforce initiatives to address the youth behavioral health crisis.
How a National Approach Transformed Youth Suicide Prevention
Learn how the Preventing Youth Suicide National Collaborative has improved the care of children at risk of suicide.
Meet TABBICAT: A Framework for Advancing Mental Health Services
Discover how Akron Children Hospital’s data-driven behavioral health continuum of care is transforming pediatric mental health services.
About Children's Hospital Association
Children's Hospital Association is the national voice of more than 200 children's hospitals, advancing child health through innovation in the quality, cost and delivery of care.
