Mental health

Early life stress is associated with default system integrity and emotionality during infancy.

Background Extensive animal research has demonstrated the vulnerability of the brain to early life stress...

Childhood adversities and adult psychiatric disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication II: Associations with persistence of DSM-IV disorders

Context: Although significant associations of childhood adversities (CAs) with adult mental disorders have been widely...

Preventing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders among young people: Progress and possibilities

Several decades of research have shown that the promise and potential lifetime benefits of preventing...

Time trends in adolescent mental health

Background:  Existing evidence points to a substantial rise in psychosocial disorders affecting young people over...

Service utilization for lifetime mental disorders in U.S. adolescents: results of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

Objective Mental health policy for youth has been constrained by a paucity of nationally representative...

Programs for prevention of externalizing problems in children: Limited evidence for effect beyond 6 months post intervention

Background Preventing externalizing problems in children is a major societal concern, and a great number...

Return on investment: Evidence-based options to improve statewide outcomes (Document No. 12-04-1201)

This technical appendix describes the latest version of the Washington State Institute for Public Policy...