Early Childhood Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness is important for all ages, and the early we can intervene and treat, the better! Nurse Rona and guests discuss how to serve young children and reduce the stigma of social and emotional problems. This episode first aired on January 24, 2010.
• Deborrah Bremond, PhD, MPH, director of Family Support and Services at First 5 Alameda.
• Cío Hernández, MFT, licensed mental health practitioner for the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services, and chair of First 5 Marin Children and Families Commission.
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