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Resources For Teens and Parents of Teens and Children

The following is a list of brochures, books, web sites, videos, conferences and organizations that can help parents, and teens with depressive disorders.

Books

Depression Wellness Guides (one for teens with
depression, one for parents of teens and children with depression, and one for
adults) Depression Wellness Guides

(one for teens with depression, one for parents of teens and children with depression, and one for adults)

by Families for Depression Awareness

Bipolar Disorder and Depression Bipolar Disorder and Depression by Susan Gold and Linda Zamvil

For pre-teens and teens, four young people describe their struggles with bipolar disorder and depression. Includes helpful diagrams and photos.

Conquering the Beast Within

Conquering the Beast Within: How I Fought Depression and Won..and How You Can Too
by Cait Irwin

Irwin tells her story of how the "beast" of depression gradually took over her life, accompanying simple yet eloquent text with her own comic-style drawings.

The Bipolar Child

The Bipolar Child by Demitri F. Papolos MD, Janice Papolos

For any caregiver experiencing life with a bipolar child, Demitri and Janice Papolos's The Bipolar Child will be an indispensable reference guide.

Depression Is the Pits, but I'm Getting Better: A Guide for Adolescents

Depression Is the Pits, but I'm Getting Better: A Guide for Adolescents
by E. Jane Garland

Discusses the symptoms and types of depression, how to get help.

Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D

Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D
by Lizzie Simon

Simon interviewed six other young successful people with bipolar disorder all between ages 16 and 30 chronicling their stories.

he Storm in My Brain by Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation

The Storm in My Brain by Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation .
by bpkids.org

Easy to understand, colorful booklet that speaks to children about how it feels to have a mood disorder.

The Disappearing Girl. by: Lisa Machoian

Harvard researcher Machoian sets out to determine why so many young women seem to emotionally withdraw and to explain how parents and others can help them.

Help Me, I'm Sad

Help Me, I’m Sad by David Fassler and Lynne Dumas

Discusses how to tell if your child is at risk; how to spot symptoms; depression’s impact on the family; teen suicide; finding the right diagnosis, therapist, and treatment; and what you can do to help.

More Than Moody

More Than Moody
by Harold S. Koplewicz, MD

Offers practical advice and guidance to families with children who have depression. Also helps parents distinguish between normal teenage angst and true depression.

Out of the Darkened Room

Out of the Darkened Room: Protecting the Children and Strengthening the Family by Dr. William Beardslee

Dr. William Beardslee presents his effective program to bolster suffering parents with strong tools for healing; and most importantly, to promote resilience in their children.

Raising a Moody Child

Raising a Moody Child by Mary Fristad and Jill Arnold

This book explains how treatment works and what additional steps parents can take at home to help children with mood disorders — and the family as a whole — improve the quality of their lives.

Will's Choice

Will's Choice
by Gail Griffith

Four years ago, Griffith's 17-year-old son, Will, attempted suicide. Book discusses the suicide attempt, both and her son's depression and her own struggles with the illness.

 

Videos

Day for Night: Recognizing Teenage Depression, Vanderpool Films
To order: Call (410) 955-5647,http://www.depressedteens.com

Various videos that you can watch online:
www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Depression/toc_video.asp

Web sites

ParentsMedGuide.org
http://parentsmedguide.org
Helping parents help their kids.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/, Assisting parents and families in understanding developmental, behavioral, emotional and mental disorders affecting children and adolescents.

TeenScreen Program, Columbia University
http://www.teenscreen.org/, The Columbia University TeenScreen Program is an adolescent mental health and suicide-screening initiative active in 40 states.

Ulifeline
http://www.ulifeline.org/, The Jed Foundation's web-based mental health resource providing college students with information, screening, answers to questions and direct access to their respective college's mental health center.

About Our Kids
http://www.aboutourkids.org,
The NYU Child Study Center offers science-based, research-driven psychiatric care to children and adolescents with learning, behavior and emotional disorders.

Brochures

Teens Health
Depression: What It Is and What to Do About It.
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/depression.html

Is It Just a Mood or Something Else? Information on mood disorders for young people, http://www.dbsalliance.org/bookstore/JustAMood.html.

Depression Training

For students in middle and high schools, their parents, and school staff: -The Science of Mental Illness, National Institute of Health, Grades 6-8, national.
http://science-education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/MSMental

SOS Signs of Suicide for high school and middle school students, national, screening for mental health.
http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/schools/index.aspx

Red Flags, Ohio area
http://www.redflags.org

Yellow ribbon, Colorado area
http://www.yellowribbon.org

Preventing Depression: A toolkit for schools, Boston area, Adolescent Wellness.
http://www.adolescentwellness.org

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