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2010 NAMI Convention, July 1-3, To Address Youth Mental Health; Pediatricians Call For Routine Screening

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will address concerns for child and adolescent mental health at the 2010 NAMI National Convention in Washington, D.C., July 1-3. The 2010 NAMI Convention also will honor journalist Judith Warner with an award for the book, We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication, which explores difficult decisions parents face in finding help for children who "suffer enormously" from mental illness.
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