Sec. 204. Studies on children and adolescents at risk of developing mental illness
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services may conduct, or support, studies on children and adolescents who are at significant risk of developing, show early signs of, or have been diagnosed with mental illness, including a serious emotional disturbance. Such studies, including services research studies, shall examine— early identification and intervention to prevent the further progression of mental illness, including serious emotional disturbance, in such children and adolescents; early identification and intervention to reduce or mitigate the development of behaviors in such children and adolescents that could lead to arrest, incarceration, suicide, property destruction, or other violent behavior; and the extent to which early identification or intervention for children and adolescents at a clinical high risk for psychosis or aggressive behaviors can be scaled up to mitigate or delay the progression of mental illness, reduce disability, and maximize recovery.