Mental Health

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Children
Alzheimer's, Anxiety, Depression, Eating Disorders, Perfectionism, Schizophrenia, Self-Esteem, Suicide

Mental Health

General Resources

Dorothea Lynde Dix: K-12 TLC Guide.

Anxiety Disorders Education Program, National Institute of Mental Health.
Eating Disorders: K-12 TLC Guide.
The History Channel:

Jailing the Mentally Ill, American Radio Works.

Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities:
Mayo Clinic:
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General:
Mental Health Net.
National Public Radio:

Abortions Don't Cause Mental Health Issues.
Adjusting to Life on the Outside:
- Part I: (audio: 22:00).
- Part II: (audio: 9:45).
Bible Study in a Mental Hospital (audio: 3:00).
Binge Eating Officially Defined as a Mental Disorder.
Businesses and Mental Health (audio: 4:30).
Caffeinated Women May Be Fighting Depression.
Can Marijuana Ease PTSD?
Charlie Lord, Mental Ward Photographer and Activist.
Colleges See Rise in Mental Health Issues.
'Cutting' Elevated from Symptom to Mental Disorder.
Depression on Campus (audio: 4:00).
Does Getting Angry Make You Angrier?
Happiness: It Really Is Contagious.
Hungarian WWII Prisoner Released (audio: 8:00).
Justice & Mental Health (audio: 5:00).
Manic Depression - Sarah's Story (audio: 8:00).
Massachusetts' Northhampton Hospital (audio: 6:37).
Mental First Aid: How to Help in an Emotional Crisis.
Mental Health Abuses in Mexico (audio: 10:15).
Mental Health & Managed Care (audio: 4:25).
Mental Health of Disaster Relief Not Always Clear Cut.
Mental Illness From The Inside.
Mentally Ill Languish in Hospital Emergency Rooms.

'My Lobotomy': Howard Dully's Journey.

Office Yoga (audio: 3:32).
Our Understanding of Mental Illness (audio: 4:18).
Postpartum Depression Clinic the First of Its Kind.
Reaction of Mental Health Advocates (audio: 3:28).
Real 'Sybil' Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake.
Singing: The Key to a Long Life.
U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher :
- 12/13/99 (5:30).
- 12/14/99 (47:00).
Vascular Depression (audio: 5:00).
Where is the Mango Princess? (audio: 11:00).

Pinel, Dr. Philippe: K-12 TLC Guide.
Synesthesia: K-12 TLC Guide.
Treatment Advocacy Center.
YAHOO: Health: Mental Health.

Mental Health

Alzheimer's

The Alzheimer's Association.
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center.
Deutsche Welle:

Using Retina Scans to Diagnose Alzheimer's.

Fisher Center Foundation.
National Public Radio:
The Nun Study: Uncovering Alzheimers (photo essay), TIME.

Mental Health

Anxiety

Student Health Service, Duke University.
Mayo Clinic:
- Depression.

Mental Health

Children

Asperger's Syndrome: K-12 TLC Guide.
Attention Deficit Disorders: K-12 TLC Guide.
Bullying: K-12 TLC Guide.
Munchausen Syndrome: K-12 TLC Guide.
Violence and Video Games: K-12 TLC Guide.

Poussaint, Alvin F.: K-12 TLC Guide.

BBC:

Persistent Depression Risk Doubles in Abused Children.

Don't Laugh at Me Project (DLAM).
National Public Radio:
- 50-75% of Juvenile Offenders Are Mentally Ill (audio: 4:00).
- Antipsychotic Drugs Add to Kids' Weight.
- Child Sports Psychologist (audio: 9:00).
- Chilean Children Suffer from Quake's Mental Shocks.
- Childhood & Mental Health (audio: 9:30).
- Children Labeled 'Bipolar' May Get a New Diagnosis.
- Emotional Training Helps Kids Fight Depression.
- Kids with Mental Health Issues Make Less Money as Adults.
- Mental Health Services in Schools:
  - Problems Creating Programs: 4/19/2000 (audio: 6:00).
  - One School's Approach: 4/19/2000 (audio: 6:00).
  - Colleges:
- One Man Tackles Psychotherapy for the Amish.
- Parents Stand Guard After Teen Deaths.
- Psychiatric Drugs & Children:
  - 2/22/00 (4:30).
  - 3/3/00 (4:30).
  - 3/20/00: White House Conference (4:00).
- Student's Suicide Highlights Bullying Over Sexuality.
- Teens, Suicide Clusters and the Media.

Mental Health

Depression

Australia Broadcasting Corporation:

Painting A Brighter Future: Art Weaves a Way Out of Depression.

Depression and Bipolar Disorder Alliance.
Duke University.
Families for Depression Awareness.
Mayo Clinic.
National Academy of Sciences (pdf).
National Public Radio:

Mental Health

Perfectionism

Emotional Health, Duke University.

Mental Health

Schizophrenia

Mayo Clinic:
- Schizophrenia.
National Public Radio:

Mental Health

Self-Esteem

Mental Health

Suicide

Death: K-12 TLC Guide.

Emotional Health, Duke University.
National Public Radio:
- Parents Stand Guard After Teen Deaths.
- Teens, Suicide Clusters and the Media.
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, Knowledge Exchange Network.

Mental Health

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, William Styron:
- Amazon.com.
Visiting Mom; An Unexpected Gift, Sherry Bell:
- Amazon.com.
- National Public Radio: 10/05/00 (audio: 5:20).
Where is the Mango Princess?, Cathy Crimmins:
- Amazon.com.
- National Public Radio: 9/23/00 (audio: 11:00).

Mental Health


Dix, Dorothea

Kindergarten:
- Magnificent Me,
  Sheri Anderson, Paula Hopkins, Betsy Short, Beth Steele,
  The Henry County School System, GA.
Grades 1-8:
- Feeling Flashbacks, Bonnie Custer,
  St. Agatha School, OR,
  Columbia Education Center.
Grades 4-7:
- Self-Esteem Activity,
  Myrna Caron, New Meadows, ID,
  Columbia Education Center.
Grades 4-12:
- What Is Self-Esteem, Nykki L. Holton,
  Bastian High School, NV,
  Columbia Education Center.
Grade 5:
- Jean Sutherland, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:
  - Building Dreams� Who is There to Help You?.
  - The Family That Endured.
Other:
- AskERIC, Syracuse University.
- Education World:
  - Ten Activities to Improve Students' Self-Concepts.
  - Using Student Essays To Build Coping Skills and Self-Esteem.
- Identity: A Path to Self-Esteem, Gwendolyn Hampton, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
- Project Self, Ohio Literacy Research Center.

If you find links that are either unsuitable or no longer current, please contact the TLC.

This guide last edited 11/15/2011
This guide last revised 10/19/2007