Young people's mental health
This section contains information for young people, parents and carers, about young people's mental health.
It is written by psychiatrists and young people working together. We hope you find it useful.
We believe everyone needs to make informed decisions about their health, and aim to produce information which is evidence-based, accessible and up to date.
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Info for young people
- Bipolar disorder: for young people
- Cannabis and mental health: for young people
- Club Drugs
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): for parents and young people
- Coping with stress: for young people
- Depression in children and young people: for young people
- Drugs and alcohol: for young people
- Eco distress: for young people
- Exercise and mental health: for young people
- OCD: for young people (being updated)
- Preparing for a blood test or vaccine: for young people
- Problem gambling
- Psychosis - for young people
- Schizophrenia: for young people (being updated)
- When a parent has a mental illness...
- When bad things happen
- Who is who in CAMHS?: for parents, teachers, young people and carers
- Worries about weight and eating problems: for young people
- Worries and anxieties - for young people
- You can cope! how to cope when life is difficult - for young people
Info for Parents and Carers
- Alcohol and drugs what parents need to know
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and hyperkinetic disorder: for parents and carers
- Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders: for parents and carers
- Behavioural problems and conduct disorder: for parents and carers
- Bipolar affective disorder for parents and carers
- Bipolar disorder information for young people
- Child abuse and neglect - the emotional impact on children and adolescents for parents and carers
- Children who soil or wet themselves: for parents and carers
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) - helping your child get better
- Chronic physical illnesses - the effects on mental health: for parents and carers
- Dealing with tantrums: for parents and carers
- Death in the family - helping children to cope: the impact on children and adolescents: for parents and carers
- Depression in young people - helping children to cope: for parents and carers
- Divorce or separation of parents - the impact on children and adolescents: for parents and carers
- Domestic violence and abuse - its effects on children: the impact on children and adolescents: for parents and carers
- Eating disorders in young people: for parents and carers
- Eco distress: for parents and carers
- Good parenting: for parents and carers
- Moving on from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): The transition
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and young people: for parents and carers (being updated)
- Parental mental illness: the impact on children and adolescents: for parents and carers
- Preparing for a blood test or vaccine: for parents and carers
- Psychosis: for parents and carers
- Schizophrenia: for parents and carers (being updated)
- Self-harm in young people: for parents and carers
- Sleep problems in childhood and adolescence: for parents and carers
- Specific learning disabilities: for parents and carers
- Surviving adolescence: for parents and carers
- The child with general learning disability: for parents and carers
- The emotional cost of bullying: for parents and carers
- The restless and excitable child: for parents and carers
- Traumatic stress in children: for parents and carers
- Who is who in CAMHS?: for parents, teachers, young people and carers
- Worries and anxieties - helping children to cope: for parents and carers
