Depression information
For Young People and Parents


Support groups and organisations
Information sheets
Safety of Antidepressants in Children
Books
Other links

 

Support groups and organisations

Change Our Minds

Cruse Bereavement Care

Depression Alliance

National Self-Harm Network

 

Information sheets

Royal College of Psychiatrists information sheets:

Depression in Children and Young People

Deliberate self-harm in young people

Suicide and attempted suicide

The emotional cost of bullying

Divorce or separation of parents - the impact on children and adolescents

Death in the family - helping children to cope

Children who do not go to school

Chronic fatigue syndrome - helping your child to get better

 

Safety of antidepressants in children

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Safety Messages from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency:

Safety of Venlafaxine (Effexor) in children and adolescents

Venlafaxine question and answer sheet

Safety of Paroxetine (Seroxat) in children and adolescents

Seroxat question and answer sheet

MHRA response to Panorama programme on Seroxat

CSM interim report on SSRI antidepressants

 

Books (if a big blue box appears, please refresh the page as sometimes the books do not load properly the first time)

 

Other links

National Institute of Mental Health information on depression in children and adolescents

 

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