2021 CPSTF Report to Congress Including a Children’s Mental Health Spotlight

Just released, the 2021 Annual Report to Congress of the Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) features a spotlight on children’s mental health and highlights CPSTF recommendations for school-based cognitive behavioral therapy programs that can help improve children’s access to mental health services. The report summarizes CPSTF’s work in fiscal year 2021, including nine recommendations and findings for intervention approaches that address heart disease, HIV, nutrition, and physical activity, and three economic findings related to asthma, health equity, and heart disease. The report lists critical evidence gaps identified from the systematic reviews that are the basis for the CPSTF recommendations and highlights priority topics selected by CPSTF to guide future reviews. Read the report.