Mental Health Resources:

Recent News

Coping with Anxiety during High Risk Terrorist Alerts
www.psych.org/news_room/press_releases/copingwithanxietyduringhighalerts021203.pdf

Suicide, Drug Abuse & Injury Prevention

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.afsp.org/index-1.htm

Inclusion of Substance-Related Disorders as Psychiatric Disorders in Any Program Designed to Assure Access and Quality of Care for Persons With Mental Illness--Position Statement
http://www.psych.org/archives/200213.pdf

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Fact sheet and resources from the CDC:
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/suifacts.htm

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention:
www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/default.asp

NCADI Alcohol and other Drugs and Suicide:
ericcass.uncg.edu/virtuallib/depress/abuse.html

Suicide Attempts in Adults Influence Suicidal Attempts in Children -- Study (Press Release)
http://www.psych.org/news_stand/brentajpsuicide0333.pdf

Suicide Prevention Action Network:
www.spanusa.org

Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
1-800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433)
www.yellowribbon.org

Youth & Teen Resources

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
3615 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20015 (202) 966-7300
www.aacap.org

Children, Mental Illness and Medicines
http://www.psych.org/public_info/children.pdf

In The Mix
Reality Television for Teens
1-800-999-9999
24 Hours/7 Days Week
www.inthemix.org

NAMI Youth Resources
(800) 950-NAMI
www.nami.org

Voice of Youth Advocates
http://www.voya.com/

Mental Health Information Resources

"Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America"
from the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov

American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association
1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1825
Arlington, Va. 22209-3901
Phone: (800) 368-5777
Fax: (703) 907-1091
Web: www.psych.org

APA Statement on Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders--Press Release
http://www.psych.org/news_stand/mentaldisorders0339.pdf

A Primer on Mental Disorders:A Guide for Educators, Families, and Students
by Thomas E. Allen, M.D., Lee C. Park, M.D. Mayer C. Liebman, M.D. and William C. Wimmer, M.D.
www.scarecrowpress.com

Carve-outs and Discrimination, Position Statement
http://www.psych.org/archives/200203.pdf

Declaration of Professional Responsibility: Medicine's Social Contract with Humanity Endorsement
http://www.psych.org/archives/200208.pdf

National Institute on Mental Health:
www.nimh.nih.gov/research/suicide.cfm

Media Awareness

Center for Media Literacy
www.medialit.org

Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
www.screenit.com

War & Violence

About The Coaliton to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
http://www.child-soldiers.org

Child Soldiers in Liberia
http://www.liberia-leaf.org/re

Doctors Against Hand Gun Violence Endorsement
http://www.psych.org/archives/200107.pdf

Human Rights Watch: Stop The Use Of Child Soldiers!
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm

Pathways to Peace: Movie
http://www.pathways-to-peace.com/presentation.html

Pathways to Peace: Presentation
http://www.pathways-to-peace.com/presentation.html

Recent Major Disasters
http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/traumaticstress/newcenter.html

Talking to Children about War and Terrorism: Tips for Parents and Teachers (not Children)
http://www.psych.org/news_stand/talkingtochildrenrewarterror.pdf

Toward Freedom Magazine MAY99: Kids with Guns
http://www.towardfreedom.com/1999/may99/kidsguns.htm

TransAfrica Forum: Child Soldiers in Africa: The Problem and The Solutions
http://www.transafricaforum.org/reports/viewpoint072999_childsoldiers.shtml

War Child Home Page
http://www.warchild.org

War-affected children - UNICEF
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm

What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? // National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.org/facts/general/fs_what_is_ptsd.html

Women's Issues

The Louisville Clothesline Project
http://www.louisvilleclothesline.org/

Postpartum Depression
http://www.psych.org/public_info/postpartumdepression111401.pdf