?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Child+and+Adolescent+Mental+Health+Around+The+World%3A+Challenges+for+Progress&rft.creator=Belfer%2C+Myron+L&rft.subject=Journal+of+Indian+Association+for+Child+and+Adolescent+Mental+Health&rft.description=Child+and+adolescent+mental+health+is+an+essential+component+of+overall+health+and+its%0Aimportance+is+gaining+increased+recognition.+Current+events+have+heightened+an+interest%0Ain+the+mental+health+of+youth.+Unfortunately%2C+too+often+this+is+due+to+concerns+about+the%0Amental+health+consequences+of+war%2C+prolonged+conflict%2C+natural+disasters%2C+AIDS%2C+and%0Asubstance+abuse.+Special+populations+of+repatriated+child+soldiers+and+street+children+are+a%0Avivid+reminder+of+the+many+children+who+have+been+deprived+of+an+environment+that%0Acould+support+healthy+development.+Further%2C+there+is+an+increased+understanding+that%0Achildren+who+are+not+mentally+healthy+can+have+an+adverse+impact+on+the+stability+and%0Aeconomic+viability+of+nations.+Of+particular+importance+throughout+the+world+is+the+fact%0Athat+positive+mental+health+plays+a+role+in+supporting+compliance+and+adherence+to+a%0Abroad+spectrum+of+health+regimens.%0AYet%2C+the+almost+universally+expressed+recognition+of+the+importance+for+societies%2C+as+well%0Aas+for+the+individual%2C+to+have+children+and+adolescents+attain+adulthood+with+good+mental%0Ahealth+has+not+brought+forth+the+economic+and+human+resources+necessary+to+meet+the%0Aobservable+need.+The+reasons+for+this+gap+are+several+and+include+the+world%E2%80%99s+ambivalent%0Aview+of+the+worth+of+children+in+societies%2C+the+view+of+children+as+family+property+to+be%0Aused+for+work%2C+a+lack+of+comprehension+that+children+have+a+mental+life%2C+and+a+failure+to%0Aunderstand+developmental+psychopathology+(WHO%2C+2003).+It+is+only+now+with+progress%0Abeing+made+in+the+eradication+of+infectious+diseases+and+the+improvement+of+nutritional%0Astatus%2C+and+improved+health+education+in+many+locales+that+it+may+become+possible+for%0Asocieties+to+consider+the+mental+health+of+children+as+a+priority+issue.&rft.publisher=Indian+Association+for+Child+and+Adolescent+Mental+Health&rft.contributor=Sharma%2C+I&rft.contributor=Sagar%2C+Rajesh&rft.contributor=Srivastava%2C+Mona&rft.contributor=Johnson%2C+Beena&rft.date=2005-01&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4207%2F1%2FJiacam05_1_3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Belfer%2C+Myron+L++(2005)+Child+and+Adolescent+Mental+Health+Around+The+World%3A+Challenges+for+Progress.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4207%2F