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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

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If you are wondering what mental health and child welfare services KVC provides and in which areas, this guide is for you! Get ready to learn how you or others can take advantage of KVC’s child and family services. KVC Hospitals – Children’s Psychiatric Treatment.

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Colorado task force’s solution to stop children from running from residential treatment: Fence ‘em in & lock ‘em up!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

When NCCPR released a comprehensive report on Colorado child welfare in September 2023, we included a section called Tapeworm in the System. Even more restrictions, more onerous treatment for any child the assessment tool thinks might run away? And what, exactly, does that mean? Later she changed the age to 5.)

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New KVC Thriving Magazine: Find Out Why KVC Is a Great Place to Work and Read New Success Stories

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Hope is a 15-year-old girl who experienced depression and tried to end her life in multiple ways. But when she came to KVC Hospitals, she received comprehensive medical and psychiatric treatment. KVC Hospitals Kansas City is commemorating 30 years of providing compassionate psychiatric treatment to youth to help them heal.

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5 Reasons Children Bully and How Parents Can Help

KVC

Perhaps even more importantly, parents hope their own child doesn’t become the aggressor and want to understand the reasons children bully. The bully’s attempts to antagonize another child or person can come from a variety of motives. Words can hurt. Why Do Kids Bully? .

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20 Success Stories: Mental Health, Family Reunification, Foster Care and Adoption Support Transform Lives

KVC

These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

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CBT for Kids: How You Can Improve the Mental Health of Younger Clients

Relias

It is used to treat a wide range of issues including health-related distress, family and school problems, and numerous psychiatric disorders. As noted above, anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric conditions among youth, affecting between 15-20% of children and adolescents.

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What Effect Does the Environment Have on Your Health & How We Can Improve Community Health

KVC

As a result, they experience higher rates of health problems like heart disease, diabetes and depression. It’s become clear that there’s been a drastic increase in the mental health issues surrounding loneliness, depression and suicide. These include hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, obesity, anxiety and depression.