Depression and Mental Health

About Teen Depression
About Teen Depression is a website that provides information about treatment options for teens with depression. Although the target audience for this website is parents seeking help for dealing with depression in teens, it is an excellent source of information for teens who are seeking information about different treatments available for depression. The website provides a number to call for residential treatment options.

Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association DRADA
Phone: (410) 955-4647

Focus Adolescent Services
Focus Adolescent Services provides resources and information for teen issues, including depression and other mental health issues including anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, eating disorder, learning disability, personality disorder, and self injury.

Helpguide
Helpguide was created following the suicide of the creators’ daughter. Helpguide’s purpose is to help people understand, prevent and resolve mental and physical health challenges by providing accurate information on mental health topics. Helpguide’s goal is to provide understanding of a condition and the key approaches for treatment so that people can ask intelligent questions of their health care provider.

Mpower
Musicians for Mental Health is a website dedicated to reaching out to teens about a range of mental health issues, including depression, substance abuse, anxiety, eating disorders and suicide, and providing important resources and information to encourage those in need to seek help. Mpower works with a diverse coalition of artists, music industry executives, mental health advocates and youth leaders. Supporting artists include The Neptunes, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton, Third Eye Blind, and Fat Joe. You can hear what these artists have to say about various mental health issues.

National Institute of Mental Health
Phone: (301) 443-4513

Sue Scheff
Sue Scheff, an experienced parent advocate and founder of Parents Universal Resource Experts, provides information on her website about causes of depression, warning signs, statistics on depression, and anxiety. In addition to information on depression, Sue Scheff provides links to other teen related topics, providing her expertise to those issues.

The Health Center
The Health Center provides mental health resources for adults, teens, and children. The website provides information on the following topics for teens: anxiety, depression, stress, social anxiety, mood swings, ADD/ADHD, and bipolar/manic depression.