This collection of papers presented at a 1996 conference on children's mental health focuses on early intervention approaches. Papers have the following titles and authors: (1) "Child Maltreatment and Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs: Some Preliminary Findings" (Patrick A. Curtis and Mary Wood Schneider); (2) "Evaluation of the Total Family Strategy Program" (Liang Wu and Oliver T. Massey); (3) "The Public Mental Health and Head Start Partnership in the Ventura County System of Care" (Donald W. Kingdon and others). (Individual papers contain references.) (DB)