Young People

I’m a young person and one of my parents has a mental illness. What can I do?

Someone else’s illness is not your fault. You also can’t control how someone else feels, their illness, or the things they do or say. What you can do is take care of yourself. Learning more about your parent’s illness can make it a bit easier to understand what they experience.

Help your Child Overcome Perfectionism

Perfectionistic children and teenagers often have rigid “black-and-white” thinking. Things are either right or wrong, good or bad, perfect or a failure. Help your child see the gray areas in-between. For example, something can have a flaw, and still be beautiful.

How to Cope with Nightmares

Nightmares are common childhood experiences, but can be stressful events for both parents and children, especially when they occur frequently. After waking from a nightmare, children often seek support from parents by calling out or running to their room.

Falling Off a Cliff at 19

Transitions are periods of change. The change can be positive, negative or both. How a person makes a transition is often dependent upon the degree of support that is available to them. This holds true whether it’s an adult making a move between jobs or an adolescent moving from being a teenager to a young adult.

Young People: Transitions

Young people face numerous challenging transitions as they grow up and make their way into their adult years. Throughout this journey young people with mental health or substance use problems often face extra obstacles. In this issue we explore the complexities of these transitions, the factors that can help or hinder them, as well as the people and programs that are working to support young people as they go through these important life changes.

Treatments: What Works?

It seems like everyone has an opinion when it comes to treatments for mental health or substance use problems. To add to the confusion, it isn’t always obvious who is basing their opinions on real evidence and who is not. And while we often hear people talk about evidence-based treatments, it’s also clear that complementary and alternative medicine approaches are helpful for some.

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Young People

Young People

I’m a young person and one of my parents has a mental illness. What can I do?

Help your Child Overcome Perfectionism

How to Cope with Nightmares

Falling Off a Cliff at 19

Young People: Transitions

Treatments: What Works?

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Young People

Helping Your Child Cope with Back-to-School Anxiety

Helping Your Anxious Child or Teen

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Young People