Mental Health Resources
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Co-Occurring Disorders
General/ Publications
- ADHD Disorder in Children and Teens: What You Need to Know (NIH, 2021)
- ADHD and Coexisting Disorders
- Recovery Coaching Interventions for Families Involved with the Child Welfare System: Moving Toward Evidence-Based Practices
- Family Therapy Can Help: For People in Recovery from Mental Illness or Addiction
- Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
- Promoting Positive Mental Health Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Children: Ensuring and Enhancing Services, Programs, and Resources
- Children's Mental Health Matters
- Helping Children and Adolescents Cope With Disasters and Other Traumatic Events
- General Anxiety Disorder: When Worry Gets Out of Control
- Social Anxiety Disorder: More Than Just Shyness
- Eating Disorders: More Than About Food
- Teens and Depression
- Supporting Children of Parents with Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
- Children and Mental Health: Is It Just a Stage? (NIMH, 2018)
- Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens (NMIH, 2015)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: The Basics (NIMH)
- Treatment of Children with Mental Illness (NIMH)
- A Family Guide to Children's Mental Health Services and Supports (DCF)
- Tips for Teachers and School Staff from Students with Mental Health and Behavioral Challenges (2015)
- Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Children and Adolescents at High Risk (2015)
- Mental Health Problems in Foster Care Children
- Parenting a Child With Mental Health Issues
Residential Treatment
- Florida Statewide Inpatient Psychiatric Program Services (AHCA)
- Rights in a SIPP Program(Disability Rights Florida)
- Tip Sheet for Families Considering a Residential Program (Building Bridges Initiative)
- Your Life, Your Future: Inside Info on Residential Programs from Youth Who've Been There (Building Bridges Initiative)
Suicide
- 2020-2023 Florida Suicide Prevention Interagency Action Plan
- Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices (Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 2020)
- Suicide Factsheet (Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- The National Institute of Mental Health Answers Questions about Suicide (NIMH)
- Suicide in America: Frequently Asked Questions
- American Association of Suicidology
- Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline *1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- Take 5 to Save Lives - (National Council for Suicide Prevention)
- The Trevor Project - Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ Youth
- Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255 and Press 1)