Behavioral and Mental Health
Learning
Trust First: Building Behavioral Health Access with an Indigenous Nation
A personal connection helped expand developmental care for children.
De-escalation Training and Documentation
Join PLS to explore how one hospital created a safer care environment for patients, family, and staff.
Preventing Youth Suicide With Evidence-Based Care
Discover how a quality improvement initiative using the Zero Suicide Framework decreased adolescent patients’ suicidal thoughts by 54% at discharge.
Insights
Addressing Pediatric Suicide
The latest solutions, resources and data on the current mental health crisis for children's hospitals and health systems.
Firearm Injury Prevention Is Youth Suicide Prevention
In 19 states, suicide accounted for more than 50% of all firearm deaths among 10- to 19-year-olds from 2016-2021.
Why Medicaid Matters for Children's Mental Health
Threats to Medicaid coverage put youth mental health care at risk. Learn why preserving access for kids and teens is more urgent than ever.
Solutions
Youth Suicide Intervention Clinic Has 100% Success Rate
The pilot clinic trains future providers to save lives today.
How a National Approach Transformed Youth Suicide Prevention
Learn how the Preventing Youth Suicide National Collaborative has improved the care of children at risk of suicide.
Innovative Solutions for the Youth Behavioral Health Crisis
Children's hospitals are using bold strategies, community partnerships, and creative workforce initiatives to address the youth behavioral health crisis.
About Children's Hospital Association
Children's Hospital Association is the national voice of more than 200 children's hospitals, advancing child health through innovation in the quality, cost and delivery of care.
