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Explains family therapy to children and teens.
http://www.ncpamd.com/Family_Therapy.htm
Learn what mental health is and how things like bullying and stress affect your feelings. Play games and puzzles. [Games require free Flash download.]
http://www.headroom.net.au/cubby/index.html
Find information on a range of mental health issues, chat with other teenagers, and view the photo gallery.
http://www.headroom.net.au/lounge/index.html
Answers questions about what it is, if it's bad, why it feels bad, dealing with stress, and things that don't help.
http://familydoctor.org/278.xml
Explains what mental health is, how to handle stress and information on problems like depression, self-harming, and eating disorders. Includes links to health agencies and Youthline in Auckland, New Zealand.
http://www.headspace.org.nz/young-people/index.htm
Free New Zealand youth helpline for kids and teens ages 12 and up. Includes helping ideas, stories, FAQs, information, resources and map of Youthline Centres locations.
http://www.youthline.co.nz/
The kids and teens on George Street teach about handling bullies, making friends, moving to a new school, homework problems and respecting other people.
http://www.helpingkidsgrow.co.uk/
Article explains how to get support, stay calm, express feelings, try to solve the problem, and be positive.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/5_steps.html
Learn more about how to talk to parents and other adults about how you feel about things.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/talk_feelings.html
Find out what worry means and the top eight things kids ages 9 to 13 worry about.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/poll_worry.html
Articles on peer pressure, self-esteem, bullying, and other aspects of adolescence.
http://www.fenichel.com/adolhealth.shtml
Advice includes handling emotional, physical, intellectual, and social growth out of childhood toward adulthood.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5230.html
Personal stories from teens about self-esteem, pregnancy, abortion, and drugs. Includes inspirational thoughts and quotes.
http://www.gravityteen.net/
Describes healthy and unhealthy ways teens react to stress, warning signs of depression, and suicide danger signals.
http://www.extension.umn.edu/dis...ion/youthdevelopment/DA2787.html
Information on assessing personal strengths, learning to recognize warning signs, and facts about mental health disorders.
http://www.copecaredeal.org
Learn how to be less shy. Also find out why being shy is sometimes a good thing.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/shy.html
Take this quiz and learn if you have trouble saying what you think and what's on your mind. Offer tips for wimpettes, u-go-girls, and wombats.
http://www.girlzone.com/quizzler/FeelingFried_qu.html
It's not easy to get along. Help Maria and her friends solve their problems peacefully.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/index.html
Explains why self-esteem is so important, how kids get it, and what kids who have low self-esteem can do.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/self_esteem.html
Learn how to manage stress when you are worried or uncomfortable about something, and you feel angry, frustrated, or afraid.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/stress.html
Moving isn't easy for anyone. Scared, excited, and angry are just a few of the feelings kids may have about moving.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/moving.html
Companion to the PBS broadcast explores the meaning of "normal" by introducing stories of teens who live with social or physical challenges and work to defy stereotypes.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/whatsnormal_index.html
Tips on how to enjoy relationships with family and friends.
http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/person/person1.html
Take a ride on the E. Motion Express and explore your feelings through interactive stories and games.
http://www.cyke.com/
Everyone gets angry, and anger can even be a good thing. Learn how to use and deal with strong feelings.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/anger.html
Explains why kids feel anxious sometimes and tells what a phobia is.
http://www.ncpamd.com/Kids_Pages.htm#Why Do We Get Nervous?
Learn about how you deal with anger in this quiz. Explains the range from hot tempers to icy silence and what's healthy and not healthy about each.
http://www.girlzone.com/quizzler/UnseasonableTemps_qu.html
What's it like to go to a psychologist, psychiatrist, or therapist? Learn why kids go and what kinds of things they do when they're there.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feelin.../emotion/going_to_therapist.html
Encyclopedia.com article about what psychotherapy is.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/p1/psychoth.asp
Answers common questions that teenagers have about psychotherapy.
http://www.baytherapy.com/teenpage/
Offers free and confidential information, advice and counselling to young people under 25 in and around Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
http://www.YouthLineCounselling.co.uk/
Interactive quiz helps young people discover if they're saying things to themselves that they wouldn't say to anyone else in the world.
http://www.girlzone.com/quizzler/TalkingToYourself_qu.html
A magazine for kids about the dangers of gambling.
http://wannabet.org/
Tells what nightmares are, why people have them, and what to do about them.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/nightmares.html
Provides resources and information about shyness for teens. Includes books, Q and A, exploring talents, making friends, and building confidence.
http://shykids.com/teensdirection.htm
Offers information and help with shyness for kids ages 4 to 12. Includes books, making friends, how to be more confident, and ways to start a conversation.
http://shykids.com/kidsdirection.htm
Explores types of teen stress. Includes exams, parents, bullying, family problems, and ways to cope with each kind.
http://www.channel4.com/health/m...4health/teenlife/has_people.html
Offers programs to help disadvantaged youth in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Includes role models, finding inspiration, support links, and information about sex and sexual abuse.
http://www.roar.asn.au
Meet Moozie the Cow and learn about kindness. Play games and puzzles, color pages or share a picture, help Moozie write a story, and see pictures of the farm.
http://www.moozie.com/