Teen Mental Health

Coping

1.	Helping Your Children Navigate Their Teenage Years White House Council on Youth Violence http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/SVP-0013/default.asp




2.	Dealing with a Health Condition Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/deal_chronic_illness.html




3.	Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violenc National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm




4.	Understanding Your Teenager's Emotional Healt American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/590.xml

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	Teen Mental Health Problems: What Are the Warning Center for Mental Health Services http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/Ca-0023/default.asp




2.	Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/eval.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Glossary of Symptoms & Mental Illnesses Af American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/about/glossary/index.htm




2.	Glossary of Terms: Child and Adolescent Mental Hea Center for Mental Health Services http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/Ca-0005/default.asp

Directories

1.	Mental Health Services Locator Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.mentalhealth.org/databases/

National Institutes of Health

1.	Child and Adolescent Mental Health National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/childmenu.cfm

Organizations

1.	Center for Mental Health Services http://www.mentalhealth.org/




2.	American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatr http://www.aacap.org/




3.	KidsHealth Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/index_noflash.html




4.	National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/




5.	National Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/

Overviews

1.	You and Mental Health . . .What's the Deal? Center for Mental Health Services http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/CA-0002/default.asp




2.	Your Child's Mental Health: What Every Family Center for Mental Health Services http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/CA-0001/




3.	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center for Mental Health Services http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/CA-0004/default.asp

Related Issues

1.	Talking to Kids about Mental Illness American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/84.htm




2.	Use of Medication in Treating Childhood and Adoles American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association http://www.parentsmedguide.org/parentsmedguide.htm




3.	How Can I Help a Friend Who Cuts? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/friend_cuts.html




4.	When Your Child Needs Substance Abuse Treatment Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration http://www.family.samhsa.gov/get/treatment.aspx




5.	Why Am I in Such a Bad Mood? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/bad_mood.html

Research

1.	Adolescent Brains Show Reduced Reward Anticipation National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2004/niaaa-25.htm




2.	New Program Treats Rural Youth and Targets Barrier National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jul2003/nimh-28.htm




3.	Obesity Can Be Harmful to Your Child’s Men American Psychiatric Association http://www.psych.org/news_room/press_releases/childrenobesity92903.pdf




4.	Program Effective at Reducing Depression in Teens American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZW3Q0T84E&sub_...




5.	Psychiatric Disorders Common among Detained Youth National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2002/nimh-09.htm




6.	Combination Treatment Most Effective in Adolescent National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/nimh-17.htm

Specific Conditions

1.	Bipolar Disorder Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/bipolar.html




2.	What Is Trichotillomania? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/trichotillomania.html




3.	Social Phobia Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/social_phobia.html




4.	Adolescent Self-Harm American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy http://www.aamft.org/families/Consumer_Updates/Adolescent_Self_harm.asp




5.	All about Anxiety Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/anxiety.html




6.	Body Image Problems Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/body_image/body_image_problem.html




7.	Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: An Update National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/schizkids.cfm




8.	Cutting Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/cutting.html




9.	Depression Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/depression.html




10.	Fears and Phobias Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/phobias.html




11.	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/ocd.html




12.	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/ptsd.html




13.	Seasonal Affective Disorder Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/sad.html




14.	Self-Injury National Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/selfinjury.cfm

Treatment

1.	Children and Antidepressants: Sorting through the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=MH00059




2.	Going to a Therapist Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/therapist.html




3.	Psychiatric Medications for Children and Adolescen American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/medquest.htm




4.	Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsFam/86.htm




5.	Youth in a Difficult World (Multisystemic Therapy) National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/youthdif.cfm




6.	11 Questions to Ask Before Psychiatric Hospitaliza American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/11qustin.htm




7.	Antidepressant Medications for Children and Adoles National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/antidepressant_child.cfm