Resources
My memoir and website are designed to raise awareness about mental health and cultivate understanding and empathy for those of us living with our own mental illness, or with the mental illness of someone we love.
I have created a list of resources that I hope may be helpful to you or a loved one.
You can also share your story about mental illness with me here.
ADHD
Don’t Punish a Child for Behavior Beyond His Control
Addiction
The Relationship between Mental Illness and Addiction
An Empathic Understanding of Self-Medication and Addiction
Substance Abuse as a Symptom of a Larger Problem
The Treatment for Addiction is Different from Mental Illness
Addiction: What Does it Mean to Detach with Love?
Addiction: What are Al-Anon Meetings?
Developmental Disorders
Grief
Complicated Grief: Losing a Child with Special Needs
Grief from the Perspective of an Old Man
Help for Understanding Sadness
Sad Book, by Michael Rosen
Have You Seen Marie?, by Sandra Sisneros
Learning Differences
What is a Learning Disability/Difference?
Supporting the Emotional Needs of Children with Learning Differences
Learning Differences and Self-Esteem
The Relationship between Learning Differences and ADHD
Understanding Your Child’s Trouble with Social Skills
The Benefits of Social Skills Groups
Mental Illness
9 Ways to Fight Mental Health Stigma
Mental Illness (cont.)
Helping Kids with Panic—What Not to Say
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Helping an Adolescent with Bipolar Disorder
Tips for Coping with Bipolar Disorder in the Family
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
What is Oppositional Defiance Disorder?
Things I Wish I’d Known While Raising a Son with Bipolar Disorder
Caring for Your Marriage While Parenting a Child with Mental Illness
Parenting
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Who Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic, by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
Parenting by Heart, by Dr. Ron Taffel with Melinda Blau
Staying Connected to Your Teenager—How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They’re Really Saying, by Michael Riera, PhD