Topics A-Z
Patient Education Materials covering a variety of mental health and substance use topics are available for you to download and print. You may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. ...
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Patient Education Materials covering a variety of mental health and substance use topics are available for you to download and print. You may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Alcohol Abuse
- Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue (654 KB PDF) (En Español)
- Alcohol: What You Don’t Know Can Harm You (236 KB PDF)
- Alcoholism: Getting the Facts
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence
- Harmful Interactions: Mixing Alcohol with Medicines (En Español)
- How to Cut Down on Your Drinking
- Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol (826 KB PDF)
American Sign Language (ASL)
- What is Drug and Alcohol Addiction (Audio)
- What is Drug and Alcohol Addiction (Video)
- Suicide Prevention (Audio)
- Suicide Prevention (Video)
- Traumatic Events can Impact Wellness (Audio)
- Traumatic Events can Impact Wellness (Video)
Attention Deficit Disorder/ADHD
- ADHD: What Parents Should Know
- ADHD and Children Who are Gifted
- ADHD Diagnosis – Diagnostic Criteria of ADHD
- ADHD Treatment Guidelines
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Booklet (49 page, 1.1 MB PDF)
- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Causes
- Causes of ADD/ADHD
Autism
Bipolar Disorder
- About Pediatric Bipolar Disorder (En Español)
- Bipolar Disorder: A Detailed Booklet (485 KB PDF)
- Bipolar Disorder and African Americans
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
- Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder
- Types of Bipolar Disorder
- Living with Bipolar Disorder
- Our Kids: What about your child’s school?
- Understanding Bipolar Disorder: What You Need To Know About This Medical Illness
Bullies and Bullying
- 1 in 6 Students Bullied 2 to 3 Times a Month
- Bullying and Your Child (En Español)
- Bullying is Not a Fact of Life (1.1 MB 40-page PDF brochure)
- Bullying Prevention and Response (PDF)
- Dealing with Bullies (for Kids) (En Español)
- Facts for Families: Bullying
- Freedom from Fear
- It Gets Better
- Take Action Against Bullying
Caregiver Resources
Children
- Dual Diagnosis: Adolescents with Co-occurring Brain Disorders & Substance Abuse Disorders (96 KB PDF)
- “Get Connected” on Campus
- Helping Your Child Keep a Healthy Weight
- Keeping Your Teen Drug-Free (680 KB PDF)
- Let’s Talk About Adolescent Depression
- May is Mental Health month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder – Solutions
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder – Tips for Parents
- Our Kids: What about your child’s school?
- Parent Teen Mediation
- Recognizing Mental Health Problems in Children
- Schizophrenia in Children
- Suicide and the School
- Teen Suicide – Facts for Families
- Traumatic Stress and Children – Information for Parents and Caregivers
- What Children Need for Good Mental Health
Cutting/Self-Mutilation/Self-Injury
- Cutting
- How to Stop Cutting Yourself
- Self-Harm Support and Information
- Self-Injury: I Keep Cutting Myself and I Can’t Stop!
Depression
- Child and Adolescent Depression
- Clinical Depression and African Americans
- Depression (En Espanol) (273 KB PDF)
- Depression in Older Adults
- Freedom From Fear
- Let’s Talk About Adolescent Depression
- Major Depressive Episode and Treatment for Depression amongVeterans Aged 21 to 39(260 KB PDF)
- Postpartum Disorders
Diversity
Drug and Alcohol
- Should You Talk to Someone (132 KB PDF)
Eating Disorders & Obesity
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions (297
KB PDF) - Helping Your Child Keep a Healthy Weight
- What is Obesity and Calculating Body Mass Index
Elder Abuse
Faith-Based
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD)
- Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) In Women’s Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (840 KB PDF)
- Birth Mother’s Network (69 KB PDF)
- Concerns and strategies (92 KB PDF)
- Drinking During Pregnancy Graph (575 KB PDF)
- Effects of alcohol on a fetus (235 KB PDF)
- Effects of alcohol on women (279 KB PDF)
- FASD and mental illness (265 KB PDF)
- FASD resources (63 KB PDF)
- FASD stair-step document (285 KB PDF)
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Parents Guide (767 KB PDF)
- Healthy Women, Healthy Babies (274 KB PDF)
- Independent living for people with FASD (282 KB PDF)
- Integrating Sustainable Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders (FASD) Services in Your Existing Service Setting (670 KB PDF) - Is there justice for people with FASD (856 KB PDF)
- National Call to Action 2009 (3.77 MB PDF)
- Overlapping characterisitics chart (92 KB PDF)
- Physical effects of FASD (246 KB PDF)
- Understanding FASD and getting a diagnosis (267 KB PDF)
- When your child faces the juvenile justice system (280 KB PDF)
General
- Dual Diagnosis and Integrated Treatment of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorder
- Dual Diagnosis and Recovery (En Espanol 521 KB PDF)
- Eating Disorders
- “Get Connected” on Campus
- Mental Health: Keeping Your Emotional Health
- National Library of Medicine Launches Mobile MedlinePlus to Meet the Health Information Needs of an On-the-Go Public
- Patient’s Guide for Affordable Psychiatric Medication (38 KB DOC)
- Psychiatric Medications for Children and Adolescents Part II: Types of Medications
- Tips to Improve your Mental Health – Every Day
- What Children Need for Good Mental Health
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Huffing/Inhalants
- About Inhalants
- Fast Facts About Huffing
- Inhalant Abuse (386 KB PDF) (En Espanol (1 MB PDF))
- What Every Parent Should Know About Inhalant Abuse (92 KB PDF)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
Obesity
Parenting
Postpartum Depression
Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia Booklet (235 KB PDF)
- Schizophrenia
Screenings
Stress
- Coping With Everyday Problems
- Coping with the Stress of Ongoing Military Operations: Information for Military Families
- Mind Your Stress – On the Job (164 KB PDF)
- Stress Checklist
- Tips for Coping with Horrific Tragedy
Substance Use
- Cocaine Abuse and Addiction (328 KB PDF) (En Espanol)
- Heroin Abuse and Addiction (427 KB PDF)
- Methamphetamine Abuse and Addiction (108 KB PDF) (En Espanol)
- Methamphetamine Withdrawal
- Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction (210 KB PDF)
- Wikipedia entry on withdrawal
Suicide Prevention
Teens
- Social Networking Sites: Safety Tips for Tweens and Teens
- Teen Drug Intervention | Time to Act
- To Write Love on Her Arms
- Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Veterans
- Major Depressive Episode and Treatment for Depression amongVeterans Aged 21 to 39(260 KB PDF)
Violence, Trauma, and Abuse
- Answers in the Aftermath: A Guide to Mental Health Concerns for Victims of Violent Crime (1.3 MB PDF)
- Sexual Assault Awareness (320 KB PDF)
- Supporting the Survivor of Violent Trauma (1.2 MB PDF)
Related Web Sites:
Abuse
This website serves as an Internet clearinghouse of information, resources, and support. Abuse is one of its focuses. The site’s section on Abuse includes definitions of child neglect, sexual, physical and emotional abuse.
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
This website contains good information about anxiety disorders. It describes the various anxiety disorders, discusses treatment and options, and includes success stories about those who have overcome anxiety disorders. In addition to learning more about this organization, you can subscribe to the organization’s free electronic newsletter, Triumph.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, established in 1979 for mental health clients and their families as a self-help organization dedicated to providing support, education and advocacy to anyone affected by persistent biologically based brain disorders or mental illnesses.
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The mission of this division of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs is to advance the clinical care and social welfare of America’s veterans through research, education and training in PTSD and stress-related disorders. This website includes information on related topics, publications and research.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
This outstanding, comprehensive website is a collaboration among 70 member centers across the U.S. and is funded, in part, by a congressional initiative. This Network blends the academic best practices of clinical research with the wisdom of front-line community service providers. The result is a wealth of information, providing basic definitions to types of traumatic stress, brochures, reading lists, and information specifically for parents and caregivers, schools, the media and mental health professionals. The site also includes information on how to get help for a child, facts and figures, and available web-based training, training videos and much more.
