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What are ACEs?
RWJF and a growing network of leaders is pioneering how we diminish the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Learn about what ACEs are, their prevalence and their impact.
Behavioral/Mental Health Care
Grantee News
2013 Children's Symposium
RWJF grantee, Head Start Trauma Smart, is hosting the 2013 Children's Symposium. ad Start Trauma Smart (HSTS) is an early childhood development initiative that addresses the trauma associated with violence, poverty, and illness.
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Mental Health Impact Assessment
RWJF, in collaboration with the Pew Charitable Trusts, is investing in expanding the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) to inform policy decisions across sectors that can influence health. This pilot is aimed at adapting the conventional HIA methodology to assess mental health effects.
Research
Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care
Research conducted by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools reports on strategies to strengthen and sustain children’s mental health services and prevent the onset of problem behaviors.
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The Porch Light Initiative: Improving health through a Philadelphia mural arts program
June 10, 2013 | Video
In Philadelphia, clients of behavior health agencies work together with artists and the community to create large-scale murals. The result: vibrant public art and a deeper, healing connection to the community.
March of Dimes: Treating Mental Health Concerns During and After Pregnancy
June 5, 2013 | New Public Health Post
This year’s arch of Dimes National Communications Advisory Council luncheon focuses on treating mental health conditions in mothers during and after pregnancy.
National Demonstration of Early Detection, Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults
National Program
A model that improves the health and well-being of adolescents by using evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions in the early identification and treatment of adolescents and young adults with severe mental illness.
Is the Mental Health Recovery Movement Best for Patients?
April 16, 2013 | Story
A grantee explores the history and potential of the new approach to mental health policy and care.
Improving the Quality of Child Mental Health Care
March 11, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Bonnie Zima, an alumna of the RWJF Clinical Scholars program, published a study this month that appeared in a special supplement of Pediatrics on child health quality.
Improving Access to Children's Mental Health Care
March 6, 2013 | Report
This report is the second in a series of studies that report on strategies to sustain children’s mental health services and prevent the onset of problem behaviors.
National Quality Measures for Child Mental Health Care
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Work is ongoing to refine child mental health quality measures.
California's Approach to Early Intervention and Prevention of Psychosis
March 1, 2013 | Report
The University of California at Davis is one of six sites participating in a national study of the Early Detection and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis Program (EDIPPP) supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Association Between Optimism and Serum Antioxidants in the Midlife in the United States Study
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Optimism—as well as fruit and vegetable consumption and multivitamin use—found to be positively related to physical health.
Diffusion of a Model for Addressing Behavioral Health Issues in Primary Care Practices
December 5, 2012 | Program Result Report
Prescription for Health developed innovative models to integrate counseling for tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol consumption into primary care. These models spread and became integrated into the national health care system after RWJF's funding ended.