Family Resource Series

When someone you love has been diagnosed with a mental disorder, it can be a difficult and confusing time.

A best in class resource, the TeenMentalHealth Family Series has been developed by mental health experts, parents and young people with lived experience of mental disorders that has been designed to help young people and families who are living with a mental disorder. 

The series contains a number of resources that are designed to help families on the pathway to care by providing the most up-to-date, evidence-based information in a format that both teens and parents can connect with. The resources have been developed for everyone in the family, from a sibling of someone with living with a mental illness to a young person who has a parent with a mental illness, and everything in between.

Studies have shown, that individuals who have the best treatment success are those that work in partnership with their healthcare teams. To do this, it is important to have correct information, and be empowered to ask the right questions. These resources are designed to provide the patient and caregivers with the information they need.

Click on any of the resource titles to be directed to the resource page where they are available for complimentary download or to order a printed copy.

For Teens

Teening Your Parent

Teenagers often have many questions as to what's going on with their body and mind, and sometimes wonder why parents do the things they do and how to best talk to and interact with their parents. This booklet will help explain the types of changes teenagers will see mentally and physically in themselves - while offering advice when it comes to friends, dating, sexual orientation, healthy living and technology/social media. 

My Brother/Sister Has a Mental Illness: A Guide For Young People Ages 11-16

My Brother/Sister Has a Mental Illness: A Guide For Young People Ages 17-24

These guides have collected advice, questions and wisdom from young adults who have a sibling with a mental illness and packaged it together in an easy-to-understand booklet.This informative guide helps readers better understand mental disorders, helps to bust mental illness myths, provides insights on recovery and treatment options, and gives tips for coping and dealing with emotional responses.

MED ED

The first of its kind, the MED ED booklet and accompanying passport are a content rich pair of guides that provide mental health medication education and treatment tracking for children and teens.   The guides contain: frequently asked questions, glossary, as well as tools and checklists to make tracking symptoms, activities and behaviours around medication use easy. You will find important information about anti-anxiety and sleep medications, antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and stimulants.

For Parents

Parenting Your Teen

Parents often have many questions as to what's going on with their teen and wonder why they act the way they do. This book will help explain the changes teenagers will experience, both mentally and physically - while offering parenting advice when it comes to a teenagers friends, dating, sexual orientation, healthy living and technology/social media, and providing parents with an overview of common mental disorders that often begin during adolescence and tips on how to communicate with and improve relationships with their teen.

MED ED

The first of its kind, the MED ED booklet and accompanying passport are a content rich pair of guides that provide mental health medication education and treatment tracking for children and teens.   The guides contain: frequently asked questions, glossary, as well as tools and checklists to make tracking symptoms, activities and behaviours around medication use easy. You will find important information about anti-anxiety and sleep medications, antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and stimulants.

Understanding Brain Injury in Adolescence

An educational resource that provides adults with information on concussion prevention, management and recovery – as well as examining the potential mental health risks.
Designed for the adult in a young person’s life (parent, a coach, a teacher, etc.), this guide helps the reader understand: what a concussion is, what its signs and symptoms are, what needs to be done to help prevent concussions, what must be done if a concussion is suspected and what should be done if a young person sustains a traumatic brain injury.