*DBSA offers the following brochures (free PDFs available on their website,
small fee to order copies):

--Is It Just a Mood...or Something Else?: Mood Disorders for Young People
--Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Guide for Families
--The Storm in My Brain: Kids and Mood Disorders (written for children)
--Helping a Friend or Family Member with a Mood Disorder
--What Helps and What Hurts

Families for Depression Awareness offers a nice booklet for families titled
"Helping Someone Who is Depressed"**




***On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Julie McKinney <
julie_mcKinney at worlded.org> wrote:


> Hi Shirley,

>

> This website Talking With Kids, includes information on discussing

> everything BUT mental health, but click on the Resources button for a

> listing of other places that might lead to you to some good information.

>

> http://www.talkingwithkids.org

>

> As you have probably noticed, "mental health literacy" is a very

> resource-poor topic! I'd love to hear what folks recommend!

>

> Good luck,

> Julie

>

> Julie McKinney

> Health Literacy List Moderator

> World Education

> jmckinney at worlded.org

> >>> "Shirley Berger" <sberger1 at health.nyc.gov> 09/10/08 9:33 AM >>>

> Hi,

>

>

>

> I'm interested in finding good educational materials on child mental

> health topics that are written for parents/caregivers and also for the

> children/teens themselves.  In my work in child mental health services

> in NYC, I am sometimes asked to recommend materials that providers can

> give to families they work with (the latest example is a request for

> materials that primary care physicians can distribute to families about

> adolescent depression).

>

>

>

> I have found helpful information on the following websites:

> www.kidshealth.org <http://www.kidshealth.org/> ; www.familydoctor.org

> <http://www.familydoctor.org/> ; http://www.family.samhsa.gov

> <http://www.family.samhsa.gov/>  ; www.reachout.com.au

> <http://www.reachout.com.au/> ; http://www.nmha.org

> <http://www.nmha.org/>  ; www.nami.org <http://www.nami.org/>  . Some

> are easier to navigate and offer more accessible information than

> others. My office has also been involved in piloting a strategy to

> engage NYC teens on mental health issues using social networking sites

> (including MySpace http://www.myspace.com/nycteen_mindspace ), and we

> included fact sheets in that online campaign.

>

>

>

> I'm interested in knowing whether anyone on this list has other

> suggestions of written materials or websites in the area of child mental

> health... or has any ideas about "mental health literacy" in general.

>

>

>

> Thanks!

>

>

>

> Shirley Berger, MA, MPH, CHES

>

> Research and Policy Coordinator

>

> Bureau of Child and Adolescent Services

>

> NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

>

> 93 Worth Street, Room 1210

>

> New York, NY 10013

>

> Tel: 212-219-5390

>

> Fax: 212-219-5392

>

> E-mail: sberger1 at health.nyc.gov

>

>

>

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