The following selection of information leaflets available to order for a small charge from the Royal College of Psychiatrists provides further initial information on some of the most common mental health conditions. Please click through to the relevant links.
Alcohol & Drugs — What parents need to know
Drugs & Alcohol: Information for young people
Cannabis and mental health: Information for young people
Coping after a traumatic event
Traumatic stress in children: Information for parents and carers
Worries and anxieties – helping children to cope
Worries and anxieties: Information for young people
Death in the family – helping children to cope
Bipolar disorder – information for young people
Bipolar disorder – information for parents, carers and people working with young people
Depression in children and young people
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Eating disorders in young people: Information for parents and carers
Worries about weight – information for young people
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Information for young people
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in children & young people: Information for parent and carers
Perinatal OCD: Information for carers
Coping with a physical illness
Chronic physical illnesses — the effects on mental health: Information for parents and carers
Complementary & alternatives medicines for mental health problems
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Helping your child to get better
Coping after a traumatic event
Psychosis: Information for young people
Psychosis information: Information for parents and carers
Postpartum psychosis: Information for carers
Antipsychotics in pregnancy and breastfeeding
Schizophrenia: Information for parents and carers
Schizophrenia: Information for young people
Self harm in young people: Information for parents and carers
Sleep problems in childhood and adolescence: Information for parents and carers
When a parent has a mental illness...
Parental mental illness: The impact on children and adolescents
