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This companion to our larger general mental health glossary covers terms commonly used in mental health in the context of children and adolescents.

After several weeks of testing, our Medications Centre now includes the latest drug research abstracts from the medical and pharmacological literature. This library of the latest drug research covers a range of medications commonly used for mental health purposes and is updated regularly, every single day; if you can’t find it here, it probably hasn’t been published yet!

Information on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder specifically in children provides background on signs, prevalence and causes of ADHD, as well as offering suggestions on help available for families.

This consumer guide to mental health services, along with a companion guide to mental health treatment and therapy options, addresses some of the most common questions about mental health services (with a focus on services in the United States).

Some of the same organizations which have issued press releases highlighting the impact of the Asian tsunami on mental health, or which have publicly bemoaned the lack of trained mental health professionals available to work with those affected by the disaster, have turned out to be poorly prepared to make rapid use of trained professionals volunteering to help.