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Children's Mental Health
Contact Information for Children’s Mental Health Services
Mental health refers to:
- How a child thinks, feels and acts when faced with life's situations.
- It is how children look at themselves, their lives and the other people in their lives; evaluate the challenges and the problems; and explore choices.
- This includes handling stress, relating to other children and adults, and making decisions.
1. CT Behavioral Health Partnership:
ENHANCED CARE CLINICS CHILD AND ADOLESCENT CENTER
Provides a list of all Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Facilities
http://www.ctbhp.com/members/enhanced_care_clinics.htm
2. Clifford W. Beers Child Guidance Clinic
| Walk In & Emergency Services 93 Edwards Street, New Haven, CT 06511. Mental Health Services for Children & Adolescents http://www.cliffordbeers.org |
3. Out-patient referrals- 203-777-8648
Parent/ guardian must initiate the call for care- serving Greater New Haven communit.
4. Bridges provides a comprehensive range of outpatient mental health, addiction, community support & home-based services for children & families residing in Milford, Orange, West Haven and their surrounding communities
www.bridgesmilford.org |
5. Child Guidance Clinic of Greater Bridgeport
| 180 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport, CT 06604 Phone: (203) 394-6529 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Children |
6. Important behaviors parents and caretakers should pay attention to.
- Changes in mood – such as irritability, sadness or anxiety
- Changes in sleep patterns or appetite
- Changes in behavior patterns at school, at home, in peer relationships, social and academic behavior
- Feelings of wanting to hurt him or herself, or hurt others
7. HUSKY Health provides benefits for kids up to 19 or even 21 years, in certain circumstances.
8. HUSKY covers all aspects of health care for children.
9. Call 211 from anywhere you are in the State on CT and ask for information about available psychiatric facilities for children; you can also walk into any emergency room if you have reason to believe that your child is in danger of hurting him/herself or others.
10. The CT Behavioral Health Partnership has Enhanced CARE CLINICS and Child & Adolescent Centers throughout the state of CT. Call 211 to find out where there is a clinic near you. 10. Resources for Dyslexia on the Web Chosen by OneWorld, Inc. Click HERE!
To Learn More: Helpguide's ADD / ADHD Series
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For more information see Diagnosing ADD & ADHD:
Making the Diagnosis in Children and Adults.
Helping a child with ADD / ADHD:
Guide to the signs and symptoms of ADD or ADHD in children. Includes tips on how to get an accurate diagnosis and what parents can do to help.
www.helpguide.org/mental/adhd_add_signs_symptoms.htm
Finding elder care and adequate health care support for loved ones as they age is a challenge.
will help you to start out in the right direction.
Copies of our programs are available by sending us an email to: twentyfirsttalk@yahoo.com, or calling us at (203) 407-0250 to order a copy.
CT Dept. of Social Services has an Aging Services Division that offers
a range of services and connects people to various resources.
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Connecticut Community Care, Inc. is a regional service which has both a public qualified division and a private Care Management Associates division.
CCCI serves those who do not qualify for the public program through its private division.
Connecticut Community Care, Inc. (CCCI) makes it possible for elders or individuals with disabilities to live independently at home.
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