Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network - Links

Links to resources for young people

• 4YP - 4YP offers advice for young people on issues such as mental health.
• At Ease - At Ease is an interactive and informative website for young people under stress or who are worried about their thoughts or feelings.
• Barnardo's Action with Young Carers Liverpool - Barnardo's Action with Young Carers Liverpool aims to provide a flexible, responsive, and culturally sensitive service for young carers in Bolton and Liverpool.
• Change our Minds - The Change our Minds website provides information for young people about depression and suicide.
• Headroom - Headroom provides mental health information for 6-18 year olds and for parents and teachers.
• Jacqueline Wilson - This is the website of author Jacqueline Wilson who has written several children's books about mental health.
• Kids Company - Kids Company is a charity founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh in 1996 which offers practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner city children and young people. The services offered are holistic, child-centred and multi-disciplinary.
• Mind and Seek - Mind and Seek is an online game developed for young people.
• Partners in Care - The Partners in Care campaign highlights the problems faced by carers.
• Read the Signs - Read the Signs in a mental health website for young people.
• RUOK? - RUOK? is an interactive site for teenagers, developed by educational psychologists, psychiatrists and GPs, to promote mental well being.
• RUOK West Yorks - RUOK West Yorks was developed by young people who use the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in West Yorkshire.
• There 4 Me - There 4 Me is an NSPCC site providing information and free online counselling for young people on any issue.
• Young Minds - YoungMinds is the national charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people.
• Youth in Mind - Youth in Mind includes sections for young people, teachers and parents. The book-finder and website-finder sections allow you to search for resources relating to specific age groups and problems.

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