Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Click here to download the 2012 Short Report: Promoting Recovery and Resilience for Children and Youth Involved in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems. (PDF - 2.4 MB)

Click here to download Identifying Mental Health and Substance Use Problems of Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Child-Serving Organizations. (PDF - 3 MB)

Click here to download the "2011 Short Report: Helping Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events". (PDF - 168 kb)

Media & Social Media

Awareness Day Materials

2010 Short Report: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Young Children and their Families. Order the 2010 Short Report here.

2009 Short Report: Working Together to Help Youth Thrive in Schools and Communities (PDF - 1.9MB)

My Feelings Activity Book (PDF format) , from Project ABC in Los Angeles

Also available in Spanish (PDF format) and Mandarin Chinese (PDF format) .

In 2010, National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day celebrated five years of raising public awareness about children's mental health. This Evaluation Update (PDF - 332KB) includes articles to help your community use local and national system of care evaluation efforts to highlight the key message identified by SAMHSA for Awareness Day 2010.