Bringing the Village to the Child: Addressing the Crisis of Children’s Mental Health, An Issue of ChildAnd Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

In this issue of <i>Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics</i>, guest editors Drs. Tami D. Benton, Barbara Robles–Ramamurthy, and Wanjiku F.M. Njoroge bring their considerable expertise to the topic of <b>Bringing the Village to The Children: Addressing the Crisis of Children&rsquo;s Mental Health</b>. In this biannual AACAP presidential issue, top experts in the field discuss how child and adolescent psychiatrists can leverage strategic partnerships to shape the future of children&rsquo;s mental health by advancing policy, practice, and research in health care innovation; promoting school and community-based interventions and community partnerships; and reimagining their role from clinicians and researchers to public health experts.<ul><li>Contains <b>18 relevant, practice-oriented topics</b> including the declaring of the children&rsquo;s mental health crisis and the role of health care partnerships to address children&rsquo;s mental health; strengthening support for community mental health programs through partnerships and collective impact; collaborative approaches to universalize suicide prevention; workforce initiatives to advance health equity and diverse representation; media and innovation; and more.</li><li>Provides in-depth <b>clinical reviews on the crisis of children&rsquo;s mental health</b>, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.</li><li>Presents the <b>latest information on this timely, focused topic</b> under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.</li></ul>