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- Art From Adversity: A Life With Bipolar
- Kids Power: Healing Games for Children of Alcoholics
- Red Chocolate Elephants: For children bereaved by suicide. (A book and DVD resource)
- Making Mummy Better: A Child's Experience of Postnatal Depression
- After the Disaster: Family Coping Plan
- Dads handbook: A guide to the first 12 months
- Emotional Health During Pregnancy and Early Parenthood: Information for Parents of Multiple Birth Children
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- Anna and the Sea - A story to help children understand a parent's mental illness
- When Someone in Your Family has a Mental Illness
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- Your Child from Birth to Eight (3rd Edition)
- Clinical Skills in Infant Mental Health, The First Three Years (2nd Edition)
- You Can't Hide An Elephant - A Children's Book About Mental Health.
- David's Story
- Darcy Daisy and the Firefly Festival: Learning about Bipolar Disorder and Community
- Rain, Hail or Shine: Exploring change, loss and grief in a carer's world (NZ)
- Lockie Leonard - Legend.
- The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Our Family's Journey with Bipolar
- A Terrible Thing Happened: A story for children who have witnessed violence or trauma
- The Best for Me and My Baby: Managing mental health during pregnancy and early parenthood.
- The beyondblue guide for carers: Support and caring for a person with depression or anxiety (also available in Greek, Italian, Chinese simplified, Vietnamese, Arabic and Dari)
- Big and Me
- Big Red Book: A Directory and Handbook for People who work with Young People in the ACT (Version 6)
- Bipolar Bears - A storybook for children who have a mum or dad with bipolar disorder
- The Blue Polar Bear
- Can I Catch It Like A Cold? (Canada)
- Carers guide to information sharing with mental health clinicians: Communicating for better outcomes
- Caring around the clock (United Kingdom)
- Communicating with carers and families: Information sharing for better outcomes
- Families where a parent has a mental illness: A service development strategy
- Family Minded: Supporting children in families affected by mental illness (U.K.)
- Family Talk: Tips and information for families where a parent has a mental health problem or disorder
- Family to Family: Telling it like it is
- Finding My Way: A Teen's Guide to Living with a Parent Who Has Experienced Trauma
- The Flying Dream
- Forgotten Australians: Supporting survivors of childhood institutional care in Australia
- Handle with care: A workbook about mental illness for 8-12 year olds.
- Healthy Babies for Mothers with Serious Mental Illness: A case management framework for mental health clinicians
- Hearing Our Voices
- Hearing the silent need: Assessing children who have a parent with a serious mental illness
- Helicopter Man
- Helping To Piece The Puzzle Together: Early childhood worker's booklet
- I'm Not Alone: A Teen's Guide to Living with a Parent Who Has a Mental Illness
- The Illustrated Mum
- 'Improving children's outcomes by supporting parental physical and mental health' (U.K.)
- Improving opportunities and outcomes for parents with mental health needs and their children (U.K.)
- Infants of Parents with Mental Illness: Developmental, clinical, cultural and personal perspectives.
- Investing in the Early Years: A National Childhood Development Strategy 2009
- Joint Working Protocol: Safeguarding children whose parents/carers use drugs/alcohol or have mental health needs (UK)
- Journeys with the Black Dog: Inspirational stories of bringing depression to heel
- Just Being Me
- Keeping the Family In Mind: A briefing on young carers whose parents have mental health problems (U.K.)
- Making progress: The health, development and wellbeing of Australia's children and young people
- Making Time to Talk (Scotland)
- Maternal Depression? Making a Difference Through Community Action: A Planning Guide.
- Mental Health Recovery - Philosophy Into Practice: A workforce development guide
- Mental Illness In Your Family
- Mums and Dads - Parents with experience of mental illness share their stories (NZ)
- My Parent's Keeper
- National practice standards for the mental health workforce
- Need to Know: A guide for young people who have a parent with mental illness
- Out of the Darkened Room: When a Parent is Depressed; Protecting the Children and Strengthening the Family
- Out of the Shadows: Daughters growing up with a 'mad' mother
- Parental Mental Health Vulnerability
- 'Parenting' in the 'Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia'
- Families and Mental Health: A Parenting Resource
- Parenting Well When You're Depressed
- Parents in Hospital: How mental health services can best promote family contact when a parent is in hospital (UK)
- Piecing The Puzzle Together: Raising young people when mental illness is part of your life
- Principles and Actions for Services and People Working with Children of Parents with a Mental Illness
- Puerperal psychosis - A carer's survival guide
- Results of the 'Give Childhood a Chance' project (2002-2006)
- Robby Rose and Monkey
- Saving Francesca
- Saving Francesca: Ideas for Secondary School Teachers
- Shrink Rap Press Books - Various Titles
- Something Has Happened: An activity book for young people (NZ)
- Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry
- What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A kid's guide to overcoming anxiety
- When Tough Stuff Happens: An activity book for tough times for 7-12 year olds
- Why Are You So Sad? A Child's Book About Parental Depression
- The Wise Mouse (U.K.)
- Wishes and Worries: Coping with a parent who drinks too much alcohol
- Wishing Wellness: A workbook for children of parents with mental illness (U.S)
- Working Together to Support Disabled Parents (U.K)
- The Worry Tree
- You're Not Alone
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- It's only 1/1000th of me - Amy's Story
- What you need to know - A playlist of video clips for young people who have a parent with a mental illness
- 'About mental illness': Video clips for young people who have a parent with mental illness
- Intangible Storytelling Project
- Craig's Story
- Being Seen and Heard: The needs of children with parents with a mental health illness (U.K)
- Feelings - A Sesame Street Video Playlist
- My side of the story
- Keeping the Family in Mind Resource Pack - 2nd Edition (U.K.)
- When a parent has a mental illness - video (U.K.)
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- Getting mental health help in Western Australia
- Kookaburra Kids
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- Helping Minds
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- Working with young people - when their parent has a mental illness
- KidsMatter eLearning course - Connecting with Families: Conversations that Matter
- Children's Mental Health Ontario
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- All Treatment
- PeerZone: Peer led workshops in mental health and addiction
- Recovery Hub
- Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA)
- Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness
- Kids World Game - A Kid's Guide to Changing Families
- 'Best for Kids' - Family law information for children and parents
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- Australian Breastfeeding Association Website
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- beyondblue - Depression. Anxiety
- The Black Dog Institute
- Blue Pages - Depression Information
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- Chronic Condition Self-Management Project - Online learning
- COMIC (Children of Mentally Ill Consumers)
- Australian Government Department of Health
- DepressioNet
- Dual Diagnosis Resources - for Workers and Families
- Parental substance misuse - eLearning course
- Families where a Parent has a Mental Illness (FaPMI) - Information for professionals in Victoria
- Family Relationships Online
- Family Separation: A Guide for Teens
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- MindMatters - Mental health for secondary schools
- Mining Family Matters - Empowering families in mining, oil and gas
- Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA)
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- mychild.gov.au
- Mychild Website
- The National Children’s and Youth Law Centre
- Support in Mind Scotland - Action for people affected by mental illness
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- Raising Children Network - The Australian parenting website
- Parenting SA
- ReachOut.com
- Research in Practice - Supporting evidence-informed practice with children and families
- Parental mental illness: the impact on children and adolescents
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- Zero To Three - National centre for infants, toddlers and families (USA)
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- Checklist for Family Sensitive Practice for the Alcohol and Other Drug Field
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- Checklist for participation with children and young people who have a parent with mental illness
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- Community Mental Health Service - Family Friendly Checklist
- Inpatient Mental Health Service - Family Friendly Checklist
- Checklist for professionals coming into contact with children of parents with mental health problems
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- The Psychological Toolkit
- 'Supporting Our Family' Kit
- 7 Steps to Safety
- Families and Mental Illness DVD Kit
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- Mental health and substance use - Toolkits
- Family Toolkit (Canada)
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- Minds, Myths and Me (UK)
- SMILES Program: Kit downloads
- The Coloured Kit: Supporting families where a parent has mental illness/dual diagnosis
- Toolkit: 'Carers of people with mental illness'
- You Can Ask! Guide for parents and caregivers
- Factsheet/infosheet
- Talking with teenagers about mental illness
- Supporting children of parents with a mental illness - A resource for primary school workers
- Working with parents with mental illness: Overview of guidelines
- KidsMatter Information Sheets for Families
- Dads - Finding support
- Dads - Partners in parenting
- Dads - Looking after your physical wellbeing
- Dads - Looking after your emotional wellbeing
- Dads - Understanding and managing mental illness
- Parenting - Being a Dad
- Working with parents with mental illness - Guidelines for GPs
- Connecting with babies about mental illness
- Talking about mental illness with toddlers
- Talking about mental illness with childen
- Talking about mental illness with teenagers
- Evidence-based research summaries - COPMI 'GEMS'
- At a glance - Think child, think parent, think family: a briefing for senior managers
- Carers and confidentiality in mental health: Issues involved in information-sharing
- GP Notes: Relapse Signature
- Centrelink social workers - who and how they help
- It's About You Too! A guide for children who have a parent with a mental illness
- SANE Facts and Guides
- Working with parents with mental illness: Clinical interview prompt sheet
- Working with parents with mental illness: Guidelines for mental health clinicians
- Working with parents with mental illness: Risk and protective factors
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- Mental Health Resilience in the Adolescent Offspring of Parents with Depression: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
- Reviews of the 'SMILES program' for young people with a parent or sibling who has a mental illness
- Parents with mental health issues: Consequences for children and effectiveness of interventions designed to assist children and their families
- Supporting parents, supporting children: A Victorian early parenting strategy
- Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: Exploring Competencies for the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce (Final report)
- Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) NSW Framework for Mental Health Services 2010-2015
- Children's needs: Parenting Capacity. The impact of parental mental illness, problem alcohol and drug use, and domestic violence on children's development
- Update to the Early Childhood and Parenting Services Scoping Study
- Fourth National Mental Health Plan: An agenda for collaborative government action in mental health 2009-2014
- Interactive Use of Genograms and Ecomaps and Genograms
- Melbourne Charter for Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Mental and Behavioural Disorders
- Mental Health Services Consumer and Carer Participation Review -Sept. 2009
- Living Well: A Strategic Plan for Mental Health in NSW 2014-2024
- Patient Experiences - You'd think this roller coaster was never going to stop
- Parents as patients: Supporting the needs of patients who are parents and their children
- Preventive interventions in families with parental depression: children’s psychosocial symptoms and prosocial behaviour
- Promoting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people from families with a parental mental illness: Key Findings and Promising Practices
- Protecting Children is Everyone's Business: National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children (2009-2020)
- SCIE Guide 30: Think child, think parent, think family - a guide to parental mental health and child welfare
- SCIE Research Briefing 29: Black and minority ethnic parents with mental health problems and their children
- Stress and resilience factors in parents with mental health problems and their children
- Think child, think family: How adult specialist services can support children at risk of abuse and neglect
- Why Draw Genograms Anyway?
- Working together with families and carers: Chief Psychiatrist's Guideline
- Worksheet/reflective exercise
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