• American Academy of Pediatrics—Provides current news from the AAP as well as advocacy and research information.

• Bright Futures—Offers health care information and resources.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention— Access a list of health topics, including vaccinations and vaccine safety.

• Vaccine Management—Recommendations from the CDC for handling and storage of selected biologicals.

• Allergen immunotherapy: A practice parameter second update

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Behavioral health practice guidelines and training resources

State guidelines
The following are adult and child utilization management guidelines mandated by the state of Texas. These are recommended assessment guidelines and are foundational to the TCHP behavioral health program. TCHP will provide any of these resources in hard copy format upon request.

• Child Texas Recommended Assessment Guidelines (TRAG)
• Adult Texas Recommended Assessment Guidelines (TRAG)

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Guidelines

• National Institute of Mental Health—Child and Adolescent Mental Health

• Primary Care Integration: The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare 

• Improving Cultural Competency in Children’s Health Care: Expanding Perspectives

• Depression and Primary Care: The Macarthur Initiative

• Achieving Treatment Goals in Bipolar Disorder:
  A Collaborative CareApproach 

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Community/national resources 

• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Greater Houston

• The ARC of Greater Houston

• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

• National Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

• Children at Risk (Houston)

• Texas Mental Health Consumers

• Texas Council of MHMR