InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health

The foundations of mental health are built early in life. Early experiences—including children’s relationships with parents, caregivers, teachers, and peers—interact with genes to shape the architecture of the developing brain.

This video explains how improving children’s environments of relationships, exposures, and experiences early in life can prevent initial difficulties from disrupting later development, mental health, and well-being.

Learn more about the foundations of mental health in this guide from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/r...

This video is an overview of “Establishing a Level Foundation for Life: Mental Health Begins in Early Childhood,” a Working Paper by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/r...

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