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) by Families for Depression Awareness
	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: 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 by Demitri F. Papolos MD, and 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 by E. Jane Garland Discusses the symptoms and types of depression, how to get help.
	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.
	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 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 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: 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 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 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

Project CATCH-IT
http://catchit-public.bsd.uchicago.edu/index.html — This site was developed with support from the NARSAD and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Mental Health to evaluate how adolescents would respond to Internet based depression prevention.

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

Information on mood disorders for young people — Is It Just a Mood or Something Else?, 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

Support Groups

Teen Online Moderated Support Group

The teen online-moderated support group is a safe place for teens (ages 12-19) to talk about issues related to their own or a family member’s mood disorder. This is a supportive environment, moderated by adults, in which teens can share ideas and thoughts about how to help one another.

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