This is the Third edition of this popular publication which now
includes 36 factsheets covering an even wider range of mental
health issues. The aim is to provide practical and up-to-date
information about the emotional and psychiatric disorder which can
affect children and young people.
The factsheets are particularly useful for adults who look
after children, especially parents and teachers, and they will also
be helpful for young people who may be concerned about themselves
or a friend.
For parents and teachers:
- 1. The restless and excitable young
child
- 2. Good parenting
- 3. Dealing with tantrums
- 4. Behavioural problems and conduct
disorder
- 5. ADHD and hyperkinetic
disorder
- 6. Stimulant medication for hyperkinetic
disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- 7. Sleep problems in childhood and
adolescence
- 8. Children who soil or wet
themselves
- 9. Children who do not go to school (this factsheet is
currently under review).
- 10. The child with general learning
disability
- 11. Specific learning
difficulties
- 12. Understanding autism and Asperger's
syndrome
- 13. Worries and anxieties - helping
children to cope
- 14. Divorce or separation of parents -
the impact on children and adolescents
- 15. Death in the family - helping
children to cope
- 16. Parental mental illness - the
problems for children
- 17. Domestic violence - its effects on
children
- 18. The emotional cost of
bullying
- 19. Child abuse and neglect - the
emotional effects
- 20. Traumatic stress in children - how
parents can help
- 21. Schizophrenia
- 22. Bipolar affective disorder (manic
depression)
- 23. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in
children and young people
- 24. Eating disorders in young
people
- 25. Suicide and attempted
suicide
- 26. Deliberate self-harm in young
people
- 27. Chronic physical illnesses: the
effects on mental health
- 28. Medically unexplained physical
symptoms
- 29. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS):
helping your child to get better
- 30a. Alcohol and drugs: what parents
need to know
- 30b. Information about drugs: what
parents need to know
- 31. Child and adolescent psychiatrists:
how they can help
For young people:
- 31. Child and adolescent psychiatrists:
how they can help
- 32. Coping with stress
- 33. Psychotic illness
- 34. Depression in children and young
people
- 35. Worries about weight
- 36. Drugs and alcohol
British Sign Language
(BSL)
Many of the factsheets have now been translated into BSL.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is grateful
to Dr Andy Holwell and Herbert Klein, National Deaf Services at SW
London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust and Joel
Kellhofer (AC2.com Productions Ltd) for translating our Mental
Health and Growing Up factsheets into BSL.
Sign Health is a charity set
up to help with the needs of deaf people in the community focusing
on mental and physical healthcare.
www.signhealth.org.uk/
Deafinfo is a central
place for information about deaf mental health. You will find
information about mental health, about deafness, and about the
special services available to support deaf people who experience
mental distress.
http://www.deafinfo.org.uk/
Society for Mental Health and Deafness: is an
international Non-Government Organisation for the promotion of the
positive mental health of deaf people in Europe
http://www.esmhd.org/eu/
Also available for Parents, Teachers and Young
people:
Caring around the Clock Booklet designed
to help young carers cope with the pressures they face.
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