Mental Health

The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry provides resources for families to help understand childhood mental illness. Contains clinical trial information, facts for families, glossary of symptoms, and information on medication. Also contains an online video.

Describes different types of treatment to help modify behavior and make positive changes in children and adolescents who have a mental illness.

Information for parents from the National Institutes of Mental Health about treatment for children and adolescents.

An article from Kids Health written for the parents of children suffering from depression. Explains causes, diagnosis, and methods of recognizing depression in children.

Information written for kids to help them understand what depression is.

An overview of depression written for a teen audience. Outlines types of depression, symptoms, and ways to get help for depression. Provides links to other helpful mental health resources.

The ADHD Resource Center provides facts for families, video clips, and where to find help to evaluate and treat mental health concerns.

CHADD provides resources for parents with children suffering from ADHD. This information seeks to help parents and the patient to understand the diagnoses, how it affects life, and how to deal with it as a family.

The CDC provides a resource that helps parents/caretakers recognize ADHD symptoms in children and how they may differ from adults. It also provides information on how to educate and live with ADHD.