Mental Health Links

The following links and book references are listed to provide you with additional mental health care information. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, nor is it an endorsement of the content of the sites.

Websites – General Associations & Institutes

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Psychological Association
• Anxiety and Depression Association of America
• Child Mind Institute
• MentalHealth.gov/
• National Institute of Mental Health
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

Additional Websites based on Specific Areas of Concern

      Suicide Prevention

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

      Depression & Anxiety Related Disorders

• Depression and How Therapy Can Help
• Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder 
• Beyond OCD
• International OCD Foundation

      Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• ADDA – Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIMH
• ADDitude Magazine

      Misc

• Embracing Your Demons: An Overview of Acceptance Commitment Therapy
• History of MBSR- UMass Medical School
• Understood.org For Learning/Attentional Issues
• VIA Institute on Character – 24 Character Strenghts
• What is Positive Psychotherapy? (Benefits & Model)

 

Some Favorite Therapy Related Books

Dawson, Reg & Guare, Richard

• Smart but Scattered

Green, Ross

• The Explosive Child: A New Approach For Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Hanson, Rick

• Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

Kabat-Zinn, Jon

• Full Catastrophe Living, Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness
• Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
• Mindfulness for Beginners

Kabat-Zinn, Jon and Myla

• Everyday Blessings, A Guide to Mindful Parenting

Kaizer Greeland, Susan

• The Mindful Child

Segal, Zindel; Williams, Mark; & Teasdale, John

• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Depression

Siegel, Daniel

• Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
• No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
• Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive

Seligman, Martin

• The Optimistic Child
• Flourish
• Authentic Happiness

Wilson, Kelly & DeFrene, Troy

• Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong

Some Favorite Children’s Books

Cook, Julia

• Baditude: What to Do When Your Life Stinks
• Bubble Gum Brain- Ready, Get Mindset… GROW!
• It’s Hard To Be A Verb
• My Mouth is A Volcano
• The Judgemental Flower
• Wilma Jean the Worry Machine
• Soda Pop Head

Deak, JoAnn

• Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It

Emberley, Ed

• Glad Monster, Sad Monster

Garcia, Gabi

• Listening to My Body

Levy, Adir

• What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Chose Series)

Lite, Lori

• Angry Octopus: Children Learn How to Control Anger, Reduce Stress and Fall Asleep Faster

Vail, Rachel                                      

• Sometimes I am Bambaloo

 

*This list is a work in progress and will be update periodically

 

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