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Article: Surgeon General Releases A National Action Agenda on Children's Mental Health.

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/ADVANCE/ WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ --

David Satcher, MD, PhD, Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General, today released a National Action Agenda for Children's Mental Health, which outlines goals and strategies to improve the services for children and adolescents with mental health problems and their families. According to the report, the nation is facing a public crisis in mental health for children and adolescents.

In the United States, 1 in 10 children and adolescents suffer from mental illness severe enough to cause some level of impairment. Yet, in any ...

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