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The Children's Emotional HealthLink (CEHL) is dedicated to helping parents, pediatricians, and other providers improve the emotional health of children and families. CEHL provides information designed to empower parents and to assist pediatricians to reach out to children and families in need.
Featured Article
War's Most Vulnerable Victims by Elizabeth Slater, PhD
Since the war in Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) began in 2002, over 2,000,000 American children have had a parent or older sibling deployed there or in the war in Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
In order to appreciate some of the potentially devastating effects on these children, it is necessary first to describe both the changes in the deployed parent and the parent remaining at home.
CEHL In the News
Wall Street Journal: The Informed Patient"…Increasingly, it is falling to pediatricians and family practitioners to cope with the tide of pediatric mental-health issues; …pediatricians are often ill-prepared to provide such care, and fear they won't be reimbursed… The key is going to be getting pediatricians in general more comfortable with the role of talking to families and children about mental-health issues; parents actually welcome such intervention, and one aim of [the Children's Emotional Health Link] training program is to teach pediatricians to gain the confidence of parents, and encourage follow-up visits for open discussions of family problems which may be affecting their child."
Laura Landro (2006). The Informed Patient: New Tools Screen Mental-Health Risks in Children The Wall Street Journal; May 17, 2006; D.4.
Accolades
“The Legislature has made a commitment to improving access and quality of care for children living with mental illness. The training of pediatricians for behavioral health screening is an essential step in building a world class system of care here in the Commonwealth. Dr. King is to be commended for his work to improve pediatric mental health care and for his commitment to teaching others. The experience and leadership he has developed over 50 years is remarkable. The CEHL course is an excellent opportunity for pediatric practitioners to learn more about mental health issues and to improve their skills which will have a far reaching impact on children and families."
Representative Ruth B. Balser, Ph.D., House Chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health & Substance Abuse and a clinical psychologist (January, 2009)
Support
I would like to thank the following for their generous support, without whom this web site and training program would not exist: The Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation, The Alden Trust, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Project INTERFACE (Newton Public Schools and the U.S. Department of Education), the Locke Educational Fund at Newton- Wellesley Hospital, Aetna Health Plan, the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, and the families of my medical practice.I hope you find this site useful and encourage any comments.
- Dr. Howard King, M.D.
