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AACAP/CWLA Foster Care Mental Health Values Subcommittee-Policy Statement (2002)

AACAP/CWLA Policy Statement on Mental Health and Substance Use Screening and Assessment of Children in Foster Care (2003)

Adolescent Pregnancy and Abortion (1982)

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (1986)

Children and Guns (2008)

Coercive Interventions for Reactive Attachment Disorder (2003)

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists Role in Collaboration With Other Mental Health Professionals (2004)

Corporal Punishment in Schools (1988)

Criteria for Clinical Privileges for Physician Members of Medical Staff (1990)

Evidence Based Practice (2006)

Facilitated Communication (1993)

Family Intervention in the Assessment and Treatment of Infants, Children, and Adolescents (1997)

Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Parents(1999)

Governance of the Academy Website (1997)

Guidelines for the Clinical Evaluation for Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse (1990)

HIV/AIDS and Children and Adolescents (1997)

HIV and Psychiatric Hospitalization of Children and Adolescents (1991)

Inpatient Hospital Treatment of Children and Adolescents (1989)

Issues in Utilization Management (1990)

Juvenile Death Sentences (2000)

Model for Minimum Staffing Patterns for Hospitals Providing Acute Inpatient Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Psychiatric Illnesses (1990)

Parity and Access for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care (2003)

Placement of American Indian Children (1977)

Position Statement on Intelligence (1995)

Position Statement on Newborn Infant Adoptions (1997)

Prescribing Psychoactive Medication for Children and Adolescents (2001)

Privatization of Publicly Funded Community Mental Health Services (2004)

Protecting Children Undergoing Abuse Investigations and Testimony (1989)

Psychiatric Care of Children in the Foster Care System (2001)

Psychiatric Diagnostic Evaluations (2002)

Psychotherapy as a Core Competence of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (1998)

Enhancing Transparency in Research (2007)

Research on Depression (2007)

Restrictions on the Prescribing Practices of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists by Managed Care Formularies (1997)

The Role of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Organized Systems of Care (1991)

The Role of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in Reviewing Medical Necessity of Care (2001)

Roles and Responsibilities of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Field of Developmental Disabilities (1986)

Screening Children for Lead: Guidelines for Children and Adolescent Psychiatrists (1995)

Seclusion and Restraint (2000))

Secretin in the Treatment of Autism (2002)

Sexual Harassment (1991)

Sexual Orientation and Civil Rights (1993)