Mental Health for Children & Adolescents
Like adults, children and adolescents can have mental health disorders that interfere with the way they think, feel, and act. Mental health influences the ways individuals look at themselves, their lives, and others in their lives. Like physical health, mental health is important at every stage of life.
Below are a number of links that may help you and your family better understand mental illness and find supportive programs:
Youth Friendly Website
The North Central Action Network and the Ohio Department of Mental Health have rolled out a campaign that will help students become more aware of mental health issues. The posters, bookmarks, and T-shirts for the project read See Hear My Feelings, Help Your Friend, Help Yourself. The products display a web address www.seemehearmyfeelings.com that links students to youth-friendly mental health information. There are twelve topics on the web link (e.g., awareness charts, artwork, music, depression, drugs and alcohol, bullying/violence, suicide prevention, attention problems, feelings about, autism, learning disabilities). Visitors to the website also can listen to youth discussing their mental health issues. If you would like further information about campaign, please contact Kathleen Oberlin, NCAN, Heartland Behavioral Healthcare, at:330-923-7545.
Please visits these additional links for more information:
National Association for Children of Alcoholics
NIDA for Teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse
TeenZeen: Teenage Drug and Alcohol Abuse Information