Maternal and Infant Mental Health
This paper discusses the impact of maternal depression on the social and emotional health of young children.
Source: zerotothree.org
Understanding of Mental Illness
Thomas Insel, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for depression and schizophrenia? The first step in this new avenue of research, he says, is a crucial reframing: for us to stop thinking about "mental disorders" and start understanding them as "brain disorders."
Source: ted.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_insel_toward_a_new_understanding_of_mental_illness
Mistakes Divorced Parents Make
WebMD spoke with family and divorce expert M. Gary Neuman, who gives exes pointers on how to split up without emotionally destroying their kids.
Source: webmd.com
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/top-5-mistakes-divorced-parents-make
Power Your Life
A website with information on how women's health can play into the health of thier families, especially how health of mothers can affect pregnancy and infants.
Source: poweryourlife.org
Parenting Articles about Anxiety & Depression
Even after a diagnosis, it's not easy to know how to respond to teen depression or child anxiety. This website provides articles to help parents deal with depression and anxiety, and how to best help their children.
Source: empoweringparents.com
http://www.empoweringparents.com/category-Anxiety-And-Depression.php
Depression
Kevin Breel didn't look like a depressed kid: team captain, at every party, funny and confident. But he tells the story of the night he realized that -- to save his own life -- he needed to say four simple words.
Source: ted.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_breel_confessions_of_a_depressed_comic
NIMH - Teen Depression
A resource for learning the signs and symptoms of depreesion, but also for discovering ways to cope with and treat depressive symptoms.
Source: nimh.nih.gov
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression-in-children-and-adolescents/index.shtml
Mother's Care
An article to discuss the effects of maternal mental illness on children
Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hope for Suicide Survivors
TEDtalk about the experience of surviving a suicide attempt and the need for better resources for those that attempt suicide and survive
Source: ted.com
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Resources for families, Information about the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Concise, up-to-date information on mental health issues affecting children, teenagers, and their families.
Source: aacap.org/
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Family_Resources/Home.aspx