They are prevalent in community samples all
around the developed world [1, 2, 3]; are common reasons for referral to
youth mental health clinics [2, 4]; are associated with significant impairment and maladjustment [5]; and have become a considerable source of public
health concern [6, 7].
Mental health problems affect
around one in five
youth in Australia and internationally, 1 with major personal, societal and economic ramifications.2 3 Children's
mental health problems are primarily externalising (eg, oppositional defiance, aggression) and internalising (eg, anxiety, depression) problems.1 Up to 50 % of preschool behaviour problems persist through childhood if left untreated, then into adolescence and adulthood.4 Approaches to improving children's
mental health in the population would ideally involve effective prevention in addition to clinical treatment of severe problems.5 6 Behavioural parenting programmes have the strongest evidence of efficacy to date for treating children's established behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based treatments.
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Youth M.O.V.E. Tennessee consisted of multiple councils made up of middle and high school students in Hickman, Rutherford, or Williamson county that worked together to stomp out the stigma of
mental health and raise awareness
around youth is
youth issues.