Child and Adolescent Developmental Psychology

The mission of AACAP is to promote the healthy development of children, adolescents, and families through research, training, prevention, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment and to meet the professional needs of child and adolescent psychiatrists throughout their careers.

American Psychological Association topic pages provide resources related to psychological aspects of children.

American Psychological Association topic pages provide resources related to psychological aspects of teenagers.

Center for Disease Control site provides information on children's mental health. Enter your email address to receive updates about this topic.

Provides statistics on children and families in the U.S. across a range of domains, including family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health.

The Belmont Report was written by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The Commission, created as a result of the National Research Act of 1974, was charged with identifying the basic ethical principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects and developing guidelines to assure that such research is conducted in accordance with those principles.

Advocates for the promotion of the mental health and development of children and adolescents through policy, practice and research.

Resources provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Empowers school psychologists by advancing effective practices to improve students’ learning, behavior, and mental health.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health – provides resourced related to understanding and treatment of mental illnesses for children and adolescents.

The Division’s purpose is to encourage the development and advancement of clinical child and adolescent psychology through integration of its scientific and professional aspects.

Works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services. This page is an up-to-date list of all current recommendations for children and adolescents.