This is such important information and I hope some of you will find it useful and helpful as parents, educators, health care providers, etc
Today I attended Day 2 of a 2 day conference led by Dr. Stan Kutcher, an internationally-renowned expert in the area of adolescent mental health and a national and international leader in mental health research, advocacy, training, policy, and health services innovation.
His website, Teenmentalhealth.org is an award-winning website dedicated to helping improve the mental health of youth by the effective translation and transfer of scientific knowledge. Teenmentalhealth.org is developed by Dr. Stan Kutcher and the Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health. He has a blog and if you go there you will find many resources/checklists that are excellent to use with adolescents.
The wealth of information is unbelievable and it was truly a very informative day...we have a great deal to do with respect to educating our youth about the stigma around mental health disorders and depression. We caregivers and parents have to become better at identifying the symptoms, understanding the diagnosis, and treatment and even what to do with relapse....it was a great day...I will certainly be using this information and hopefull will be able to better recognize this terrible illness in adolescents.
http://tmh.thinkfresh.ca/