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National Institute of Mental Health-Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Complete and current information on the mental health problems that interfere with normal development and functioning of children and adolescents. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch of the Federal Center for Mental Health Services promotes and ensures that the mental health needs of children and their families are met within the context of community-based systems of care. This site offers links to child, adolescent, and family programs, on-line publications, events and resources.
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American Medical Association's Adolescent Health Site
The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. The American Medical Association Program on Child and Adolescent Health provides a variety of links and information on adolescent health.
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Healthy Youth Adolescent Health: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) seeks to prevent the most serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents and young adults. This site offers a variety of information on adolescent health including statistical data and links to national, state and local programs.
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The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) is a nonpartisan policy and program resource center located at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. CHHCS was established to explore ways to strengthen the well being of children and youth through effective health programs and health care services in schools. This site offers information on a variety of health issues that affect adolescents as well as news alerts and parents' resources
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International Association for Adolescent Health
This site offers world wide information pertaining to issues of adolescent health. The aim is to provide relevant information, links and details of conferences held by IAAH and other organisations. There are two separate entry points to the information for adolescents and health professionals.
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SAM: The Society for Adolescent Medicine
the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) is a multidisciplinary organization committed to improving the physical and psychosocial health and well-being of all adolescents through advocacy, clinical care, health promotion, health service delivery, professional development, and research. This site contains information that promotes the development, synthesis, and dissemination of scientific and scholarly knowledge unique to the health needs of adolescents.
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The Canadian Association for Adolescent Health
The Canadian Association for Adolescent Health is a non-profit organization which concentrates its efforts in promoting the health and the well being of adolescents, particularly those between 10 and 19 years old, to set standards in healthcare and services for adolescents, to promote cooperation between healthcare professionals and organizations working in the field. This site offers information on a wide variety of adolescent health topics including mental well-being and sexual health.
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The National Training Initiative in Adolescent Health
The National Training Initiative in Adolescent Health (NTIAH) is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary training program offered by the Canadian Pediatric Society for professionals working with youth. This site gives information about the course including its unit-based materials that consist of an overviews of adolescent health issues, supplemental detailed resources.
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Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. This site provides informationn on training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
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