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This index provides specifically tailored information for young people, parents, teachers and carers about mental health.
*(all information cross referenced in blue)
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General Topic areas
Young People
Parents and Carers
Full a - z
Alcohol and drugs: what parents need to know
Alcohol: Drugs and alcohol: information for young people
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and hyperkinetic disorder: information for parents, carers and anyone working with young people
Autism and Asperger's syndrome: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Bipolar affective disorder (manic depression): information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
(The) Child with general learning disability: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Children who soil or wet themselves: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with children
Child abuse and neglect - the emotional effects: the impact on children and adolescents: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) - helping your child to get better: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Chronic physical illnesses - the effects on mental health: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Depression:Self-harm in young people: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Death in the family - helping children to cope: the impact on children and adolescents: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Divorce or separation of parents - the impact on children and adolescents: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Domestic violence - its effects on children: the impact on children and adolescents: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Eating disorders in young people - what parents need to know: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Good Parenting: information for parents, carers and anyone working with young people
Learning Disability - general (The child with): information for parents and carers
(Specific) learning disabilities: information for parents and carers
Manic Depression (Bipolar affective disorder): information for parents and carers
Parental mental illness: the impact on children and adolescents: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Parenting: Good Parenting: information for parents, and carers
Psychosis: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Schizophrenia: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Self-harm in young people: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Specific learning disabilities: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Tiredness: Sleep problems in childhood and adolescence: for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
Worries and anxieties - helping children to cope: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people
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The film is aimed at young carers themselves. Young carers talk about their lives caring for a parent with mental illness. Narrated by Chineye, a young carer herself, the film also explains in a very simple and visual way how the brain works and what happens when things go wrong.
If you have problems viewing the film on full screen, please right click on your mouse and go to view full screen.
This film was produced by Dr Alan Cooklin with funds from the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Images of Psychiatry Campaign.
If you would like to download the file please click here (right-click button and "Save As").
Broadcast on BBC3 August 2010
Tulisa Contostavlos is best known for being the girl in the pop band N-Dubz, but she is also a carer for her mum who has suffered from a mental illness since before Tulisa was born. In this personal, authored documentary, Tulisa finds out what life is like for some of the 80,000 other young people in Britain caring for a parent with mental health problems.
Tulisa: My Mum and Me from Rowan Deacon on Vimeo.