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The selection of materials below has
been put together on behalf of the Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry Faculty based on recommendations received from child and
adolescent mental health professionals and members of the FOCUS
network around the country. Other colleagues working in the field
have also been instrumental in creating the list.
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Video For Young
People
Mental illness - Does It Blow Your
Mind?
17 minute video which features
powerful interviews with two young people who have overcome the
difficulties of serious mental illness. Produced by the
Manic Depression
Fellowship (Wales)
CD-ROM for Young People
and Teachers
Changing Minds: A multi-media CD-ROM about
mental health
ISBN 1901242927, RCPsych
A multi-media CD-ROM on mental health
which looks at Addictions, Stress, Eating Disorders, Depression,
Schizophrenia and Self-Harm. Aimed at 13-17 years, it also provides
teacher's notes linked into PSHE.
Liverpool Social Services and Barnados Young Carers
Project produce an excellent resource pack aimed at
teenagers It covers mental illness, looking after yourself as a
young person and people who can help. Tel: 0151 225 6363/4. Email:
info.social-services@liverpool.gov.uk
Websites
- The Child
Psychotherapy Trust produces a number of publications and
leaflets written by experienced child psychotherapists which give
insight into the child's feelings and view of the world and help
parents, and those who work with children, to make sense.
- Great Ormond Street
Hospital: Aimed at teenagers, this website acts as a one-stop
educational resource, signposting users to further sources of
specialist help and information. The content, which has all been
clinically approved by Great Ormond Street Hospital, in
collaboration with other organisations, covers many aspects of
mental health related conditions, treatments and therapies.