Health and Medical Guide to Mental Health and Behavior Teen Mental Health Health information topics about 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 Childâ??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. 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