Annual Research Conference

Call for Papers Update

Submission Deadline has been extended to Friday November 6th at 5PM EST.

23rd Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference

March 7-10, 2010
Hyatt Regency Tampa
Conference Website

This year's conference will be hosted by the University of South Florida Department of Child & Family Studies (CFS) and represents an exciting step forward to sustaining the RTC quest to provide a forum for constructive dialogue about key innovations in the field of children's mental health.

The following special interest areas will be highlighted at the conference:

  • Research within and across systems, policy and practice
  • Research regarding family and youth roles in children’s mental health
  • Applying a public health approach to mental health
  • Community-based approaches to reducing disparities
  • Implementing evidence-based practices within school and community settings
  • Youth leadership and transition to independence
  • Family-to-family support
  • Innovative approaches to research, evaluation and performance measurement in complex settings
  • Early childhood mental health
  • Substance abuse and dual diagnosis
  • Community-based participatory research
  • Research on organizational and/or system effectiveness