Resources for Health Professionals
“Mental health conditions and disorders don’t only affect adults. Children and teens can experience mental health problems too. In fact, research has now shown that most mental disorders follow a developmental course that typically starts early in life. This is true not only of conditions such as autism and ADHD, which are well known for having onset in childhood, but also for mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders. So, many people who suffer from depression, social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia showed signs before they were 24 years old.” ~ http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
Select each category below to find resources for mental health.
Websites & Documents
- AAP Mental Health Toolkit: Addressing Mental Health Concerns in Primary Care – A Clinicians Toolkit
- California Mental Health Services Authority: Integrated Behavioral Health Project
- The Family Experience with Primary Care Physicians and Staff: A Report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness
- SAMHSA: Talking to Your Adult Patients about Alcohol, Drug, and/or Mental Health
- Integrating Primary Care in Behavioral Health Settings: What Works for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
- Approaches to Integrating Physical Health Services into Behavioral Health Organizations
- AACAP: A Guide to Building Collaborative Mental Health Care Partnerships in Pediatric Primary Care
- Quick Start Quick into Integrating Behavioral Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse: Medical and Health Professionals
- Self-Harm Resource Sheet
- Mental Health Community Resources (Santa Clara County & San Mateo County)
Apps
- Clinical Scales: clinical assessment app that acts as handy pocket reference for variety of mental disorders
Media
- DVD: Competent Caring: When Mental Illness Becomes a Traumatic Event (Reduce anxiety of health care staff by providing tools and strategies to recognize and respond correctly when an individual is experiencing a mental health crisis)
- TED Talk: Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness – Thomas Insel (Director of NIMH)
- NIDA: Videos for Medical and Health Professionals
Books
- Mental Health Care Services by Family Physician
Hotlines
- (888) 724-7240
- (800) 273-TALK (8255)
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