Mental Health Issues
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Description: A checklist that highlights key topics to consider in promoting mental health in adolescence.
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Description: This site contains information on child and adolescent psychiatry, fact sheets for parents and caregivers, AACAP membership, current research, practice guidelines, managed care information, awards and fellowship descriptions, meeting information, and much more. A link to information in Spanish is available from the home page.
Author: University of Michigan,
Description: The mission of the University of Michigan Depression Center is to detect depression and bipolar disorders early, treat them earlier and more effectively, prevent recurrences and progression, counteract stigma, and improve public policy.
Description: The mission of The Dougy Center for Grieving Children is to provide support in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can share their experience as they move through their healing process. The site has information and resources for adults on how to help a grieving child or teen. It also has a youth section with separate areas for those 12 and under and those 13 and over.
Description: Kids Konnected was founded under the premise that when a parent gets cancer, the entire family is affected. Children facing the same fears and sharing similar experiences can be helped by others in a similar situation.
Description: This website provides national and state data related to ten domains. The domains include abstinence from drug use and alcohol abuse or decreased symptoms of mental illness with improved functioning; getting and keeping a job or enrolling and staying in school; decreased involvement with the criminal justice system; securing a safe, decent, and stable place to live; and social connectedness to and support from others in the community such as family, friends, co-workers, and classmates; increased access to services for both mental health and substance abuse; increased retention in services for substance abuse or decreased inpatient hospitalizations for mental health treatment; client perception of care; cost-effectiveness; and, use of evidenced-based practices in treatment.
Author: Wulff, Morton
Description: A collection of material on self-injury and suicide, including suggestions for coping, personal stories, poetry, and links to other sites.
Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative
Description: A book about suicide reduction available in print and online.
SA\VE: Suicide Awareness\Voices of Education 
Description: The mission of SAVE is to educate about suicide prevention and to speak for suicide survivors.
School Psychology Resources Online
Description: Research learning disabilities, ADHD, functional behavioral assessment, autism, adolescence, parenting, psychological assessment, special education, mental retardation, mental health, and more.
Self-Injury and Self-Mutilation
Description: Provides information and resources relating to self-injury.
Description: This site provides information about the signs of suicide and suicide prevention.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Description: The Suicide Prevention Resource Center
supports suicide prevention with the best of science, skills and practice.
The Compassionate Friend: Grief support after the death of a child
Description: The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive. The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.
Understanding Depression Following a Disaster
Description: The purpose of this fact sheet is to help families who are experiencing stressful times during a disaster develop an understanding about depression: what it is, what causes it, what are the symptoms, and how is it treated? May be applicable for Gulf Oil Spill response or response to other catastrophic events such as flood, hurricane, earth quake, drought, wild fire, etc.
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Author: Skowyra, Kathleen; Cocozza, Joseph J.
Description: The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice was established in July 2001 to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Description: Education and information about depression and suicide; policy and legislation advocacy; work to eliminate stigma of mental illness.
Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness) In Teens
Description: This fact sheet describes the symptoms and treatment of bipolar disorder in adolescents.
Change Your Mind (About Mental Health): A Get Help Guide for Teens and Young Adults
Description: This is a guide for youth about mental health including stories about young people with mental health issues, triggers and signs of mental health problems, and how to get help.
Clinical Depression and Children/Adolescents
Description: A fact sheet describing clinical depression in children and adolescents including links and other resources about depression.
Commonly Asked Questions: Anorexia Nervosa
Author: Evans, Garret (12 more by this author); Samuel F. Sears
Description: "Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that has been gaining a lot of attention in the last 10 to 15 years. People with Anorexia use extreme measures to lose weight. They often become dangerously thin and suffer significant health problems as a result."
Community is the Healer that Breaks the Silence Fact Sheet
Description: THRIVE (Tribal Health: Reaching out InVolves Everyone) has produced this free suicide prevention fact sheet geared towards American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Description: The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation’s leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses; depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably.
Disordered Eating: Symptoms of Bulimia
Description: This document provides facts and statistics about bulimia among adolescents.
Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
Description: Edreferral.com provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders.
Description: The mission of the Eating Disorders Coalition is to advance the federal recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority.
Eating Disorders in a Disordered Culture
Author: Silva, Kathryn; Robin Lasser, San Jose State University
Description: A site providing information about eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia, stories of people dealing with eating disorders, the history of eating disorders, and resources and organizations for dealing with eating disorders.
Fact Sheet on Suicide: Adolescents & Young Adults
Description: This fact sheet provides statistics and information about adolescent suicide in the United States.
Families for Depression Awareness
Description: The mission and purpose of Families for Depression Awareness is to: help families recognize and cope with depressive disorders; help families recognize and manage the various forms of depression and associated mood disorders; reduce stigma associated with depressive disorder; and unite families and help them heal in coping with depression.
Go Ask Alice: Emotional Health
Description: A collection of Questions & Answers for youth about emotional health topics such as stress and anxiety, depression, communication, obsessive and compulsive disorders, child abuse, and grief.
Helping Adolescents Cope with Grief
Author: Shriner, Joyce (3 more by this author)
Description: This is a fact sheet on helping children through grief with effective communication.
Description: This fact sheets gives parents information about how to help teenagers manage stress.
It's All in the Family--Mental Health Link Between Parents and Children
Description: In families, emotional states and behaviors can influence the moods of others. This article talks about the mental health link between parents and children.
Description: The Mental Health America website addresses all aspects of mental health and illness. Their Web site contains materials about the organization and their activities. It also has information about current mental health issues and resources such as fact sheets about various types of mental illness as well as information on medications, etc.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Description: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) is a unique collaboration of academic and community-based service centers whose mission is to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for traumatized children and their families across the United States. Combining knowledge of child development, expertise in the full range of child traumatic experiences, and attention to cultural perspectives, the NCTSN serves as a national resource for developing and disseminating evidence-based interventions, trauma-informed services, and public and professional education.
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Author: Centers for Disease Contr,
Description: Suicide Facts, Publications links, and other data and resources on suicide
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the launch of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK. The national hotline is part of the National Suicide Prevention Initiative (NSPI)-a collaborative effort led by SAMHSA that incorporates the best practices and research findings in suicide prevention and intervention with the goal of reducing the incidence of suicide nationwide.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Description: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis. If you need help, please dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). You will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. With over 120 crisis centers across the country, our mission is to provide immediate assistance to anyone seeking mental health services. Call for yourself, or someone you care about. Your call is free and confidential.
NCFY Recommends: Help from a Counselor Just a Text Away
Description: National Safe Place created TXT 4 HELP Interactive, which allows youth to text live with a mental health professional, based on research that says youth seeking help for difficult situations are more likely to look for information electronically than in person. Any youth can text the word "SAFE" and the address of their current location to 69866 and receive the address for the closest Safe Place site and a contact number for the local youth shelter. This automated response will now also prompt users to reply with "2CHAT" to be connected immediately to a mental health professional.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Description: This fact sheet describes the symptoms and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents.
School Mental Health Project, Dept. of Psychology UCLA
Description: Newsletter, Materials, Resources
School Shootings: Parents Should Talk to Children of Every Age
Author: McCann, Ellie (2 more by this author); Kathleen Olson, Program Director--Partnering for School Success
Description: When a school shooting occurs, like the Sandy Hook Elementary School or Virginia Tech shootings, it may make your child feel vulnerable. They may need help coping with their feelings. Parents should "check in" with their children of every age to see how they're feeling about the school shooting. It is important to know what children are thinking or feeling and be prepared to support them.
Stand Up Stand Strong Together We Prevent Bullying Fact Sheet
Description: Bullying fact sheet targeted to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Description: Bullying brochure targeted to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Stand Up to Cyberbullying Brochure
Description: Cyberbullying brochure targeted to American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Description: This document provides facts and statistics about suicidal teens. In 2001, 16 percent of Hispanic female high school students reported that they had attempted suicide during the previous 12 months. Of those, about a quarter required medical attention as a result of the attempt.
Description: This fact sheet describes the warning signs of suicide in adolescents.
Teenagers with Eating Disorders
Description: This fact sheet describes the symptoms and treatment of eating disorders in adolescents.
Author: Carlson, Gail (2 more by this author)
Description: This article gives suggestions for keeping holiday stress and depression in check.
Violence in Our Schools: Helping Children Through Grief
Author: Tralle, Minnell (5 more by this author)
Description: Tips for parents when dealing with violence in schools.
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Exploring the impact of deployment on military youth and families: Recent research findings
Author: Huebner, Angela (4 more by this author)
Description: Angela Huebner presents findings from several studies of both adolescents and parents about their experience of parental/spousal deployment since 9/11.
Hot Topic: Understanding and Coping with Mental Illness
Author: Evans, William
Description: With the recent shooting tragedies that have rocked our nation, a conversation about how to meet and support mental health needs has emerged. This is a societal issue that touches all ages and families. Parents and families that have children and members with mental health problems often must overcome a list of concerns before they secure help. But understanding a problem exists and securing support is critical. Stigma, access to support and resources, and costs are all obstacles for those with family members or friends suffering from mental illness. It is often painful for family members to realize someone close to them is sick. But admitting there is a problem and overcoming the discomfort of seeking help is the initial step. Resources do exist to help those suffering from mental illness and who may be a threat to themselves or others. With the goal of putting information at the fingertips of those trying to support those suffering from mental illness, the CYFERnet team recommends the following resources.
Description: A National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities page with resources about children's mental health.
National Network on Youth Transition for Behavioral Health
Description: The Mission of the NNYT Network is to improve practices, systems, and outcomes for transition-age youth and young adults (14-29 years of age) with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties (EBD).
Description: ReachOut is an information and support service using evidence based principles and technology to help teens and young adults facing tough times and struggling with mental health issues. All content is written by teens and young adults, for teens and young adults, to meet them where they are, and help them recognize their own strengths and use those strengths to overcome their difficulties and/or seek help if necessary
Description: This site has many resources for military families related to addressing the mental and emotional health needs of military children.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network website (Military Families Knowledge Bank)
Description: The National Child Traumatic Stress Network website (Military Families Knowledge Bank)
THRIVE (Tribal Health: Reaching out InVolves Everyone)
Description: The mission of THRIVE (Tribal Health: Reaching out InVolves Everyone) is to reduce suicide rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the Pacific Northwest by increasing tribal capacity to prevent suicide and by improving regional collaborations.
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Managing Stress: Turning Challenges into Blessings
Description: All of us experience stress of one kind or another. It seems to be an inevitable part of life. Some stresses may be large and some may be small, but we all have stresses in our lives. Even happy events can be challenging. This resource teaches you ways to turn your stresses into growth, your challenges into blessings.
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A Survival Guide for Parents of Teenagers:What if the next shooting is at my school?
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions for parents in talking with their teenage children about school violence.
Adolescent Coping with Depression Course
Description: The Adolescent Coping with Depression Course (CWD-A) is a skills-based small-group treatment program for actively depressed adolescents. The intervention consists of 16 two-hour sessions delivered over a period of eight weeks. Adolescents are taught several skills hypothesized to relieve depression, including assertiveness, relaxation skills, cognitive restructuring techniques, mood monitoring, increasing pleasant activities, and communication and conflict-resolution techniques. A parent component helps keep parents aware of what their teens are learning in the program, regarding general topics discussed, skills taught, and the rationale for their use.
Adolescent Stress and Depression
Author: Walker, Joyce (3 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet about youth stress and depression.
Assessing the Mental Health of Adolescents: A Guide for Out-Of-School Time Program Practitioners
Description: This brief summarizes the signs and symptoms of depression, suicide risk, and anxiety disorders, and suggests research questions that can help screen or monitor mental health issues. It also provides resources for out-of-school time program practitioners on these topics.
Child’s Stress and Grief Resources
Description: A list of resources to address child stress and grief from the Military One Source website.
Commonly Asked Questions: Bulimia Nervosa
Author: Evans, Garret (12 more by this author); Samuel F. Sears
Description: A fact sheet that describes bulimia nervosa, its symptoms, medical complications, psychological factors, and treatment.
Description: The Coping with Stress Course (CWS) targets adolescents at risk for depression who are experiencing elevated depressive symptoms, or "demoralization." The program involves cognitive-restructuring techniques in which participants learn to identify and challenge negative or irrational thoughts that may contribute to the development of future mood disorders, such as depression.
Description: Summary of an article about students with emotional disturbances
Description: A series of fact sheets for families providing information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families
Families Taking Charge: Helping Teens Cope with Parents' Unemployment
Author: Leech, Irene (1 more by this author); Michael J. Sporakowski
Description: A fact sheet about how to help youth cope with parents' unemployment.
Feds support new national LGBT youth suicide prevention task force
Description: A national task force dedicated to suicide prevention among LGBT youth will be part of the new National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.
Guide for Helping Children and Youth Cope with Separation
Description: This guide was created for parents, relatives, teachers, service members, and community members to help children and youth cope with separation from a parent due to military deployment. This guide was written with children ages 7-18 in mind.
Helping Children Cope with Failure
Author: Todd, Christine
Description: A newsletter article about the importance of helping children cope with failure.
Helping Friends in Trouble: Stress, Depression, and Suicide
Author: Walker, Joyce (3 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet for youth about how to deal with stress, depression and suicide.
Helping Young Adolescents Cope with Stress
Author: Ebata, Aaron (3 more by this author)
Description: A newsletter article about how to help youth cope with stress.
Implementing an Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Program in Your School
Author: O'Connell-Vale, Kerry; Robert Aseltine Jr
Description: Workshop participants will be introduced to The SOS® Signs of Suicide Prevention Program. The program teaches middle school and high school youth how to recognize the warning signs of depression and suicide in themselves or a friend using the ACT® model (Acknowledge, Care, and Tell).
Recognizing Stress in Children
Author: DeBord, Karen (61 more by this author)
Description: Children are the most vulnerable population. Times of disaster and trauma increase their vulnerability. Recognizing children's symptoms of stress is not easy. This fact sheet presents tips on recognizing stress in children, particularly during crises or disasters.
Supporting Young People Following a Suicide
Author: Walker, Joyce (3 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet about how to help youth after a suicide.
Traumatic Grief in Military Children (Information for Educators)
Description: Educators and school personnel play important roles in supporting military children who have experienced loss. Although educators cannot, and should not, take on the responsibility of providing therapy to children who are grieving, they can be valuable partners in observing children, creating supportive environments, and knowing when to suggest referral to a mental health professional.
Traumatic Grief in Military Children (Information for Medical Providers)
Description: As a health-care professional and a trusted adult in many children’s and parents’ lives, you have an opportunity to help when a military family member dies. By carefully observing children who are experiencing childhood or traumatic grief, by offering empathetic support, and by suggesting referrals to mental health professionals and other resources when appropriate, you play a vital role in caring for children of military families.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!: Teens and Depression
Author: Schlessinger, Tamara (1 more by this author); Karen Hintz, Stephen Small; Donna Doll-Yogerst; Mary Huser
Description: A fact sheet for parents about youth and depression.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!: Teens and Suicide
Author: Schlessinger, Tamara (1 more by this author); Karen Hintz, Stephen Small; Donna Doll-Yogerst; Mary Huser
Description: A fact sheet for parents about youth and suicide.
Author: Fetsch, Robert (2 more by this author); D. Whitney
Description: A fact sheet about teen suicide.
– Research –
Author: Skowyra, Kathleen; Cocozza, Joseph J.
Description: The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice was established in July 2001 to assist the field in developing improved policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system, based on the best available research and practice.
Adolescent Help-Seeking Behavior: Role of the Internet
Author: Gould, S.; Kleinman, M.; Parker, S.; Lubell, K.; Munfakh, J. L. H.
Description: This article provides an exploratory analysis on the prevalence of adolescents' use of the Internet for help related to emotional problems and how such use may be associated with demographic variables, severity of problems, and use of other resources for help. (Scroll down to Abstract #77 and click on link to PDF)
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Description: Education and information about depression and suicide; policy and legislation advocacy; work to eliminate stigma of mental illness.
An Ecological, Risk-Focused Approach to Preventing Youth Depression
Author: Bogenschneider, Karen (2 more by this author)
Description: A paper that describes depression in adolescence, factors that influence depression in youth, and a risk-focused, ecological approach for designing community prevention programs.
Description: This Child Trends data indicator explores autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which affect about one percent of U.S. children. Boys are four times as likely as girls to be diagnosed with ASD.
Depression and the initiation of alcohol and other drug use among youths aged 12-17
Description: Youths who faced depression in the past year were twice as likely as those who did not have depression to take their first drink or use drugs for the first time, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Depression in Adolescence: Does Gender Matter?
Author: Gurian, Anita (1 more by this author)
Description: "Before adolescence, equal numbers of boys and girls are depressed. About 10 to 15 percent of all children report moderate to severe signs of depression. By age 13, a dramatic shift occurs, and more than twice as many girls as boys are depressed, a proportion that persists into adulthood.1 This two-to-one ratio exists regardless of racial or ethnic background and has been reported in other countries. What changes occur in early adolescence to cause this disparity? Although a number of explanations have been proposed, it is not likely that the gender difference is due to only one cause. Multiple processes are at work, and research is currently being conducted into the interactive effects of biological, genetic, psychosocial, and family factors."
Does Your Family Have An Emergency Plan?
Description: Brief steps that parents can take to prepare their families for emergencies, such as natural disasters, terrorist threats or outbreaks of violence.
Eating Disorders and Adolescents
Author: Kreipe, Richard (3 more by this author)
Description: This article discusses research findings concerning eating disorders in adolescence.
Helping Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Traumatic Events
Description: “This short report discusses the prevalence of exposure to traumatic events among children and youth participating in two SAMHSA initiatives, the problems that trauma can cause, and available treatments that can help children and youth recover.”
How adolescents perceive the stigma of mental illness and alcohol abuse
Description: A summary of an article about how adolescents perceive the stigma of mental illness and alcohol abuse.
Mental Illness and Mental Health in Adolescence
Author: Whitlock, Janis (5 more by this author); Karen Schantz
Description: This fact sheet provides a brief introduction to mental health with a focus on definition, assessment, and mental health disorders, then offers perspective on promoting positive mental health and protecting against mental health disorders.
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Author: Centers for Disease Contr,
Description: Suicide Facts, Publications links, and other data and resources on suicide
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Description: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis. If you need help, please dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255). You will be routed to the closest possible crisis center in your area. With over 120 crisis centers across the country, our mission is to provide immediate assistance to anyone seeking mental health services. Call for yourself, or someone you care about. Your call is free and confidential.
Positive Support: Mentoring and Depression Among High-Risk Youth
Description: Positive Support examines potential benefits of matching high-risk youth with faith-based mentors. Drawing on surveys and interviews with young people who participated in the National Faith-Based Initiative, we found that mentored youth were less likely to show signs of depression than the youth who were not matched with a mentor. This in turn was related to a variety of other beneficial outcomes, including handling conflict better and fewer self-reported instances of arrests. The report concludes with a consideration of the challenges of implementing a mentoring program for high-risk youth and how they might be overcome.
Preventing Youth Suicide in Rural America: Recommendations to States
Description: This report presents recommendations that approach youth suicide prevention through the lens of America’s rural communities, so that both the strengths and limitations of rural settings can be taken into account to design and implement more effective prevention strategies.
Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research
Author: Zaff, Jonathan (1 more by this author); Nancy Geyelin Margie; Lisa J. Bridges, Ph.D.; Julia Calkins
Description: Child Trends conducted a review of nearly 300 research studies on teens' mental health and emotional well-being.
Research FACTs and Findings: Eating Disorders and Adolescents
Author: Kreipe, Richard (3 more by this author)
Description: An Internet search of “eating disorders†yields 15,000,000 websites and almost 20,000 images. As is often true, when there is a large amount of easily accessed information there is also a large amount of mis-information. The purpose of this article is to inform readers about the facts and recent and emerging research findings about eating disorders.
Research FACTs and Findings: Self Injury
Description: This fact sheet is designed to briefly summarize what is known about self-injury.
School Mental Health Project, Dept. of Psychology UCLA
Description: Newsletter, Materials, Resources
State implementation of evidence-based practice for youths
Description: “The field of children’s mental health services research has identified several evidence-based practices (EBPs) for intervention and treatment of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral challenges and their families, but research on state level implementation is scarce. In these two brief articles, the authors discuss ways in which states are playing a role in the implementation of EBPs.”
Suicidality and help-seeking behaviors in American Indian youth
Description: American Indian youths have the highest suicide rates of all racial/ethnic groups in the United States; First-nation youth in Canada have suicide rates five times higher than the national average. These youth also have significantly lower rates of using professional health services when feeling suicidal. According to recent research, culture plays an integral role in both suicide ideation and willingness to seek help for these feelings.
Suicide Risk and Prevention for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
Description: "This paper highlights the higher risk of suicidal behavior among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth. This higher risk may well extend to transgender (T) youth. Additionally, the paper provides recommendations to reduce this risk by addressing stigma and prejudice at the institutional and individual level; by forming partnerships across youth-serving, suicide prevention, and LGBT youth agencies; by building on recent advances in research; and by responding to the issues of LGBT youth."
The Cutting Edge: Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence Research Facts and Findings
Author: Whitlock, Janis (5 more by this author)
Description: This Research Facts and Findings article and narrated presentation offer a brief overview of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and provide starting points for proactively addressing and responding to NSSI among adolescents. (15 minutes)
The effects of childhood stress on health across the lifespan
Description: The purpose of this publication is to summarize the research on childhood stress and its implications for adult health and well-being. Of particular interest is the stress caused by child abuse, neglect, and repeated exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV).
Description: Studies suggest teens who experience mental health issues during adolescence are more likely than their peers to also experience these issues as young adults. Child Trends' brief, The Persistence of Depressive and Suicidal Symptoms into Early Adulthood: Do Health Insurance and Counseling Matter?, examines whether counseling use or insurance access during adolescence is related to the likelihood of reporting symptoms of moderate to severe depression or suicidality in young adulthood.
Description: "Seventeen states collect detailed data on suicide as part of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Highlights from a pilot for the system (Harvard’s NVISS pilot) are summarized."