- Headroom: Cubby House - http://www.headroom.net.au/cubby/index.html
Learn what mental health is and how things like bullying and stress affect your feelings. Play games and puzzles. [Games require free Flash download.]
- Headroom: Lounge - http://www.headroom.net.au/lounge/index.html
Find information on a range of mental health issues, chat with other teenagers, and view the photo gallery.
- Stress: Who Has Time For It? - http://familydoctor.org/278.xml
Answers questions about what it is, if it's bad, why it feels bad, dealing with stress, and things that don't help.
- Headspace.org: Young People - http://www.headspace.org.nz/young-people/index.htm
Explains what mental health is, how to handle stress and information on problems like depression, self-harming, and eating disorders. Includes links to health agencies and Youthline in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Youthline - http://www.youthline.co.nz/
Free New Zealand youth helpline for kids and teens ages 12 and up. Includes helping ideas, stories, FAQs, information, resources and map of Youthline Centres locations.
- Helping Kids Grow - http://www.helpingkidsgrow.co.uk/
The kids and teens on George Street teach about handling bullies, making friends, moving to a new school, homework problems and respecting other people.
- KidsHealth: Five Steps for Fighting Stress - http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/5_steps.html
Article explains how to get support, stay calm, express feelings, try to solve the problem, and be positive.
- Kid's Aid - http://kidsaid.com/
Site for and by kids for grief support and peer support. Stories, poems, artwork, and an online support group.
- Adolescent Mental Health - http://www.fenichel.com/adolhealth.shtml
Articles on peer pressure, self-esteem, bullying, and other aspects of adolescence.
- GravityTeen - http://www.gravityteen.net/
Personal stories from teens about self-esteem, pregnancy, abortion, and drugs. Includes inspirational thoughts and quotes.
- MindZone - http://www.copecaredeal.org
Information on assessing personal strengths, learning to recognize warning signs, and facts about mental health disorders.
- KidsHealth: Shyness - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/shy.html
Learn how to be less shy. Also find out why being shy is sometimes a good thing.
- GirlZone: Feeling Fried - http://www.girlzone.com/quizzler/FeelingFried_qu.html
Take this quiz and learn if you have trouble saying what you think and what's on your mind. Offer tips for wimpettes, u-go-girls, and wombats.
- KidsHealth: The Story on Self-esteem - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/self_esteem.html
Explains why self-esteem is so important, how kids get it, and what kids who have low self-esteem can do.
- KidsHealth: The Story on Stress - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/stress.html
Learn how to manage stress when you are worried or uncomfortable about something, and you feel angry, frustrated, or afraid.
- What's Normal?: Overcoming Obstacles and Stereotypes - http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/whatsnormal_index.html
Companion to the PBS broadcast explores the meaning of "normal" by introducing stories of teens who live with social or physical challenges and work to defy stereotypes.
- You Are a Special Person - http://www.eastchester.k12.ny.us/schools/ms/person/person1.html
Tips on how to enjoy relationships with family and friends.
- Cyber Knowledge and Emotion - http://www.cyke.com/
Take a ride on the E. Motion Express and explore your feelings through interactive stories and games.
- KidsHealth: Dealing With Anger - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/anger.html
Everyone gets angry, and anger can even be a good thing. Learn how to use and deal with strong feelings.
- Why Do We Get Nervous? - http://www.ncpamd.com/Kids_Pages.htm#Why Do We Get Nervous?
Explains why kids feel anxious sometimes and tells what a phobia is.
- Girl Zone: Unseasonable Temperatures - http://www.girlzone.com/quizzler/UnseasonableTemps_qu.html
Learn about how you deal with anger in this quiz. Explains the range from hot tempers to icy silence and what's healthy and not healthy about each.
- Going to a Psychologist, Psychiatrist, or Therapist - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/going_to_therapist.html
What's it like to go to a psychologist, psychiatrist, or therapist? Learn why kids go and what kinds of things they do when they're there.
- Psychotherapy - http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/p1/psychoth.asp
Encyclopedia.com article about what psychotherapy is.
- Teens and Therapy - http://www.baytherapy.com/teenpage/
Answers common questions that teenagers have about psychotherapy.
- YouthLine - http://www.YouthLineCounselling.co.uk/
Offers free and confidential information, advice and counselling to young people under 25 in and around Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
- Watch Your Mouth - http://www.girlzone.com/quizzler/TalkingToYourself_qu.html
Interactive quiz helps young people discover if they're saying things to themselves that they wouldn't say to anyone else in the world.
- Wanna Bet? - http://wannabet.org/
A magazine for kids about the dangers of gambling.
- KidsHealth: Nightmares - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/nightmares.html
Tells what nightmares are, why people have them, and what to do about them.
- Shykids.com: Teens - http://shykids.com/teensdirection.htm
Provides resources and information about shyness for teens. Includes books, Q and A, exploring talents, making friends, and building confidence.
- Shykids.com: Kids/Tweens - http://shykids.com/kidsdirection.htm
Offers information and help with shyness for kids ages 4 to 12. Includes books, making friends, how to be more confident, and ways to start a conversation.
- Young Lives Under Pressure - http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/teenlife/has_people.html
Explores types of teen stress. Includes exams, parents, bullying, family problems, and ways to cope with each kind.
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