Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents

Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP, has spent more than 35 years in pediatric primary care, public health, administration, and medical teaching. Her special interests include mental health services in pediatric primary care and school settings, access to health care for underserved populations, primary care of children with special health care needs, and residency training in mental health, community pediatrics, and advocacy.Dr Foy received her bachelor of arts from Wellesley College and her doctorate of medicine from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She completed her residency training in pediatrics at University of North Carolina hospitals. She has held several academic positions and is currently professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and medical director of the Northwest Community Care Network (a regional network of North Carolina Medicaid providers). She is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), having served as chair of the AAP Task Force on Mental Health from 2004 to 2010 and currently serving as past chair of the AAP National Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health; member of the AAP Mental Health Leadership Work Group, and member of the AAP Board of Directors. Roles in other organizations have included the presidency of the North Carolina Pediatric Society (North Carolina Chapter of the AAP) from 1998 to 2000 and cofounder and director of the School Health Alliance for Forsyth County from 1999 to 2011.

• Promoting Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Practice and AdvocacyIntroductionPart I: Promoting mental health in the pediatric medical homeGeneral Principles1. Strength-Based Approach to Promoting Healthy Child Development2. Family-Centered Care: Applying Behavior Change Science3. Culturally Effective Care4. Interviewing Adolescents5. Counseling Parents of AdolescentsInterconnected pathways to resilience and mental health6. Family Support7. Healthy Sleep8. Healthy Weight9. Healthy Use of Media10. Healthy Active Living11. Violence Prevention12. Healthy Sexual Development and SexualityCare of special populations13. Children Exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences14. Caring for Families New to the United States15. Children in Foster or Kinship Care or Involved With Child Welfare16. Adopted Children17. Children in Poverty18. Children of Divorce19. Children in Military Families20. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth21. Children with Gender Expression and Identity Issues22. Children in Gay- and Lesbian-parented Families23. Children in Self-care24. Homeless Children25. Children Affected by Racism26. Children with Chronic Medical Conditions27. Adolescents who are Pregnant or Parenting28. Children in the Juvenile Justice SystemPart II: Promoting mental health beyond the medical home29. Promoting the Mental Health of Young Children30. Promoting Adolescents’ Mental Health31. Promoting Mental Health in SchoolsAppendixes1. Algorithm: A Process for Integrating Mental Health Care Into Pediatric Practice2. Mental Health Practice Readiness Inventory3. Sources of Key Mental Health Services4. Mnemonic for Common Factors Communications Methods:5. PracticeWise: Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions*6. Common Elements of Evidence-Based Practice Amenable to Primary Care: Indications and Sources