Depression in Children and Teens

Other Places To Get Help

Online Resources

KidsPeace
Web Address:	www.kidspeace.org
KidsPeace, a private, not-for-profit organization, educates children, parents, and professionals about how to anticipate and avoid crisis whenever possible. KidsPeace provides a comprehensive range of mental and behavioral health treatment programs, crisis intervention services, and public education initiatives. It also acts as a national liaison for intervention services.
Teen Central Helpline
Web Address:	www.teencentral.net
TeenCentral.Net is a Web site for teenagers created by teenagers and monitored by professionals. The vision behind TeenCentral.Net is to help teens in crisis by giving them a private, anonymous place to receive sound, tested advice from professionals and to relate with their peers in a safe, professionally counseled environment.

Organizations

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
3615 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20016-3007
Phone:	202-966-7300
Fax:	202-966-2891
E-mail:	communications@aacap.org
Web Address:	www.aacap.org
This organization assists parents and families in understanding developmental, behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders that can affect children and teens.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
6001 Executive Boulevard
Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD  20892-9663
Phone:	1-866-615-6464 toll-free (301) 443-4513
Fax:	(301) 443-4279
TDD:	1-866-415-8051 toll-free
E-mail:	nimhinfo@nih.gov
Web Address:	www.nimh.nih.gov
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) provides information to help people better understand mental health, mental disorders, and behavioral problems. NIMH does not provide referrals to mental health professionals or treatment for mental health problems.
National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
2000 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA  22311
Phone:	1-800-969-NMHA (1-800-969-6642). This is a hotline for help with depression. (703) 684-7722
Fax:	(703) 684-5968
TDD:	1-800-433-5959
Web Address:	http://depression-screening.org
The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) has a Web site that includes a confidential depression screening exam available to anyone who would like to take the test. The short test may help you decide whether your symptoms are related to depression.
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut Street
Suite 1207
Philadelphia, PA  19107
Phone:	1-800-553-4539 (215) 751-1810
Fax:	(215) 636-6312
E-mail:	info@mhselfhelp.org
Web Address:	www.mhselfhelp.org
The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse is a consumer-run national assistance center committed to helping mental health consumers improve their lives through self-help and advocacy. This clearinghouse helps consumers plan, provide, and evaluate mental health and community support services. It supplies pamphlets, tool kits, manuals, and a newsletter called The Key.

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Author:	Jeannette Curtis Lila Havens	Last Updated: April 25, 2007
Medical Review:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics Gisele Ferguson, MD, FRCPC - Psychiatry, Child and Youth Psychiatry
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