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Editorial: National Trends in Child Mental Health Disorders Signal Opportunities and Challenges for Precision Child Psychiatry

Improving access to child mental health care is a national priority area. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), recently awarded $68.5 million in grants that support behavioral health education, training and community programs to help address mental health and substance use conditions.

One of the 4 guiding principles of SAMHSA's 2023-2026 Strategic Plan is a commitment to data and evidence to inform resource allocation, with priority on timely, high-quality data. The Behavioral Health Services Information System (BHSIS) is an integrated statistical data system that provides information at national, state, and local levels on the facilities and services available for substance abuse and mental health in the United States, as well as characteristics of individuals receiving care.

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Editorial: National Trends in Child Mental Health Disorders Signal Opportunities and Challenges for Precision Child Psychiatry

Improving access to child mental health care is a national priority area. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), recently awarded $68.5 million in grants that support behavioral health education, training and community programs to help address mental health and substance use conditions.

One of the 4 guiding principles of SAMHSA's 2023-2026 Strategic Plan is a commitment to data and evidence to inform resource allocation, with priority on timely, high-quality data. The Behavioral Health Services Information System (BHSIS) is an integrated statistical data system that provides information at national, state, and local levels on the facilities and services available for substance abuse and mental health in the United States, as well as characteristics of individuals receiving care.

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Real-World Adoption of Mental Health Support Among Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the California Health Interview Survey
Authors aim to examine the extent to which patterns of adoption of counseling services and digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) shifted in recent years (2019–2021), the impact of distress on adoption of mental health support; and reasons related to adolescents' low adoption of DMHIs when experiencing distress.
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Real-World Adoption of Mental Health Support Among Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the California Health Interview Survey
Authors aim to examine the extent to which patterns of adoption of counseling services and digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) shifted in recent years (2019–2021), the impact of distress on adoption of mental health support; and reasons related to adolescents' low adoption of DMHIs when experiencing distress.
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Changes in Mental Health Services Use Under the ACA in One State: Role of Mental Health Provider Shortages
This study aimed to examine whether changes in mental health services use under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) differed in Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (MHPSAs) versus non-MHPSAs. Multiple waves of data from the California Health Interview Survey (2011–2018) were analyzed.
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Changes in Mental Health Services Use Under the ACA in One State: Role of Mental Health Provider Shortages
This study aimed to examine whether changes in mental health services use under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) differed in Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (MHPSAs) versus non-MHPSAs. Multiple waves of data from the California Health Interview Survey (2011–2018) were analyzed.
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Determinants to Tele-Mental Health Services Utilization Among California Adults: Do Immigration-Related Variables Matter?
Researchers investigate the relationship of predisposing, enabling, need, and immigration-related factors to tele-mental health services utilization among California adults. They conducted a secondary analysis of two waves of the CHIS collected between 2015 and 2018.
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Determinants to Tele-Mental Health Services Utilization Among California Adults: Do Immigration-Related Variables Matter?
Researchers investigate the relationship of predisposing, enabling, need, and immigration-related factors to tele-mental health services utilization among California adults. They conducted a secondary analysis of two waves of the CHIS collected between 2015 and 2018.
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Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Problems in New Caledonia and French Polynesia
Indigenous people experience poorer mental health compared to the general population. Socioeconomic gaps partly explain these disparities. However, the variability between indigenous and nonindigenous populations in French overseas territories is understudied.
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Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Problems in New Caledonia and French Polynesia
Indigenous people experience poorer mental health compared to the general population. Socioeconomic gaps partly explain these disparities. However, the variability between indigenous and nonindigenous populations in French overseas territories is understudied.
Housing Insecurity and Mental Health policy brief cover and infographic
Policy Brief
California Adults Who Experience Housing Insecurity Also Experience Psychological Distress, With Few Seeking Mental Health Care
Understanding the role of housing as a determinant of mental health is crucial to developing new policies and strategies to address not only the housing, but also mental health challenges facing many people in California. This policy brief utilized data from the 2022 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to examine the relationship between housing insecurity and mental health among the California adult population.
Housing Insecurity and Mental Health policy brief cover and infographic
Policy Brief
California Adults Who Experience Housing Insecurity Also Experience Psychological Distress, With Few Seeking Mental Health Care
Understanding the role of housing as a determinant of mental health is crucial to developing new policies and strategies to address not only the housing, but also mental health challenges facing many people in California. This policy brief utilized data from the 2022 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) to examine the relationship between housing insecurity and mental health among the California adult population.
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Loneliness and Psychological Distress Among Older Californians: The Moderating Roles of Citizenship Status and English Proficiency (The Journals of Gerontology Series B)
The United States has 2 types of degree programs that educate physicians: allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Authors determine whether quality and costs of care differ between hospitalized Medicare patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians. Patients studied were a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries hospitalized with a medical condition during 2016 to 2019 and treated by hospitalists.
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Loneliness and Psychological Distress Among Older Californians: The Moderating Roles of Citizenship Status and English Proficiency (The Journals of Gerontology Series B)
The United States has 2 types of degree programs that educate physicians: allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. Authors determine whether quality and costs of care differ between hospitalized Medicare patients treated by allopathic or osteopathic physicians. Patients studied were a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries hospitalized with a medical condition during 2016 to 2019 and treated by hospitalists.
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The Social Context of Mental Health, Bereavement, and Grief (American Journal of Public Health)
This special issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) addresses improving the conditions that promote mental health and prevent mental disorders.
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The Social Context of Mental Health, Bereavement, and Grief (American Journal of Public Health)
This special issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) addresses improving the conditions that promote mental health and prevent mental disorders.
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Policy Brief
Immigrants in California Have Increased Psychological Distress and High Rates of Unmet Need for Mental Health Care
Anti-immigrant rhetoric and restrictive immigration policies are widely acknowledged to have harmful impacts on the mental health of immigrant populations. Using data from the 2015 to 2021 California Health Interview Surveys, authors show changes in serious psychological distress and rates of unmet mental health care needs among immigrant adults in California. 
covers of a policy brief on immigrant mental health and an infographic
Policy Brief
Immigrants in California Have Increased Psychological Distress and High Rates of Unmet Need for Mental Health Care
Anti-immigrant rhetoric and restrictive immigration policies are widely acknowledged to have harmful impacts on the mental health of immigrant populations. Using data from the 2015 to 2021 California Health Interview Surveys, authors show changes in serious psychological distress and rates of unmet mental health care needs among immigrant adults in California. 
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Investing in Children's Mental Health
The authors argue that the mental health of children represents one of the most important areas for investments that we can make as a society. They explain how and why we are currently failing to make the best investments in this area; outline opportunities to improve how we address children's mental health through policies, programs, and practices; and recommend how practitioners, child-serving organizations, policymakers, and other stakeholders can promote such investments.
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External Publication
Investing in Children's Mental Health
The authors argue that the mental health of children represents one of the most important areas for investments that we can make as a society. They explain how and why we are currently failing to make the best investments in this area; outline opportunities to improve how we address children's mental health through policies, programs, and practices; and recommend how practitioners, child-serving organizations, policymakers, and other stakeholders can promote such investments.