Mental Health of Children

By following the links below, you will find information and research on mental health issues and services for children, starting from birth, and their families.

If you would like to explore sites that cover mental health issues for children, take a look at:

Updated December 2007

 

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Title:   Asperger syndrome
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Asperger syndrome is the name given to a group of problems that some children (and adults) have when they are trying to communicate with others.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Family break up - supporting children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Children of all ages can experience grief, anger, sadness and confusion over the breakup of their family. Sometimes, they may blame themselves. You can help your child by giving them honest explanations and emotional support.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Resilience - Don't let things get you down
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Imagine you have each end of a piece of elastic in your hands. Pull your hands apart and the elastic stretches. Let go of one end and the elastic bounces back to its original size. That is resilience.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Being happy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The dictionary says that happiness is the state of being happy! It also says that good fortune, feeling content, pleasure or gladness can make a person feel happy.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Stepfamilies
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Stepfamilies, or blended families, are common in Australia. Establishing a blended family has advantages and disadvantages, depending on the people involved. Generally, patience, love, commitment and time help to overcome most problems.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Family conflict - how to cope
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Conflict can happen when family members have different views or beliefs that clash. Peaceful resolution needs skills in open, two-way communication, negotiation, compromise and respect for the other person's point of view. Seek professional advice if you think you need help to resolve long-standing issues of conflict.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Starting boarding school
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   This fact sheet contains information about making the choice to go away to school, leaving home and making life easier at school
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Being teased
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes everything seems to go wrong at once. Maybe the teacher is giving you a hard time. Maybe your parents are giving you a hard time. Maybe your brother/sister/cousin/best friend is giving you a hard time too.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Grief and loss package
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the contents of this Novita package of information and resources for parents who are experiencing loss and grief.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Grief and loss
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the range of emotions commonly experienced by people who suffer a loss of some kind.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Facing the reactions of others
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   An outline is provided of many of the common reactions of other people when they discover that people have a child with a physical disability. Practical suggestions are provided to help parents, siblings and other relatives deal with these reactions.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Adjustment
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the issue of adjustment to having a child with a physical disability for parents.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Depression - when you feel sad most of the time
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes feeling sad and low is a normal feeling but if someone is feeling like this all or most of the time, then it could be depression.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Anger
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Everyone has feelings. Sometimes we feel sad or lonely. Sometimes we feel happy and excited. Sometimes we feel peaceful and contented. Sometimes we feel angry. Have you ever felt really angry about something?
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Anger - being the boss of your anger
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes you just get so angry that you feel like you are going to burst! It seems like your anger will be the boss of you, instead of you being the boss of your anger. What can you do to work through that anger and keep yourself and others safe?
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Asperger syndrome
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   People with an Asperger syndrome have problems in the development of communication and social skills and with particular repetitive behaviours.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Treatment Foster Care for improving outcomes in children and young people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Five studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. All were conducted in the USA. Four focussed on young delinquents or children with a range of behaviour problems. The fifth examined the effectiveness of TFC for young people in a state menta...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Going to boarding school
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Most kids go to school during the day and come home to their families or caregivers at night. Sometimes kids can't go home every night so they 'board' or live at school during term time and go home during the holidays.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Stepfamilies - adjusting to changes
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Kids of different ages tend to feel different things when they first become part of a stepfamily. It takes time to adjust to all the changes, and you might feel confused and upset at first.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Foster families
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   A family that takes a kid into their home for a while and takes care of him or her is called a 'foster family'. 'Foster' means to take care of, to help to grow and develop - and that is what a foster family does for the kid.
Date:   Aug 2007
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