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Internet Mental Health Encyclopedia of mental health information www.mentalhealth.com
Health Link USA General health information including treatment, diagnosis, support groups, email lists, personal stories www.healthlinkusa.com
Mayo Clinic Information about health matters, including mental health www.mayoclinic.com
Mental Health Net Guide to mental health, psychology & psychiatry www.mentalhelp.net
Michigan Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence Services and Resources in Michigan www.mcadsv.org
Michigan Self-Help Clearinghouse Listings of group meetings in Michigan www.mpas.org
National Alliance for the Mentally IllAdvocacy and resources for the mentally Ill www.nami.org/
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National Foundation for Depressive IllnessSupport, resources & information about depression www.depression.org/
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National Mental Health Self-Help Clearinghouse Listings for self-help groups in the U.S.A. www.mhselfhelp.org
Narcotics AnonymousInformation about program & meeting information www.wsoinc.com
Online Dictionary of Mental HealthAlphabetically ordered information, articles, books, links, associations www.human-nature.com/odmh/
Obsessive-Compulsive FoundationSupport, resources & information about OCD www.ocfoundation.org
Screening for Mental Health Informationon community screening programs for depression, substance abuse, suicidality, etc. http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org
UofM Mental Health Resources Resources for mental health services for students and faculty www .umich.edu/~mhealth
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Building Your Child’s Healthy Self: Podcast 75
Parenting your children can be a humbling experience. This session will focus on helping parents nurture their young child’s emerging self through positive emotional connection, effective limit setting, and creating joy.
Presented by Eileen Bond, L.M.S.W.
Mastering the Challenges of Your Child’s Learning and Attention Difficulties: Podcast 63
Children with learning and attention difficulties present an ever-changing set of challenges to parents. This session will describe the typical difficulties faced by children and their parents, and offer proven strategies for helping to master these.
Presented by Kristen Chapman, M.A.
Talk So Your Partner Will Listen; Listen So Your Partner Will Talk: Podcast 58
Couples typically complain that they “can’t communicate” and that they have the same fights over and over. After a presentation on the nature of couple communication difficulties, this workshop will demonstrate “intentional dialogue.”
Presented by Peggy Buttenheim, Ph.D.
UCCF Lecture Series – The Nuts and Bolts of Postive Parenting: Podcast 55
Being a parent is tough. But “good enough” parenting is possible. This presentation reviews principles and strategies for parenting in a positive and successful manner.
Presented by Jamie Plunkett, Ph.D.
Mastering the Challenges of Learning and Attention Difficulties Session 2: Podcast 41
Children with learning and attention difficulties present an ever-changing set of challenges to parents as they grow. This session will describe the typical difficulties these children face, and offer proven strategies for addressing these. This is part 2 of this 2-session lecture.
Presented by: Kristen Chapman, M.A. and Michelle Stern-Samberg, Ph.D.
Mastering the Challenges of Learning and Attention Difficulties Session 1: Podcast 40
Children with learning and attention difficulties present an ever-changing set of challenges to parents as they grow. This session will describe the typical difficulties these children face, and offer proven strategies for addressing these. This is part 1 of this 2-session lecture.
Presented by: Kristen Chapman, M.A. and Michelle Stern-Samberg, Ph.D.
Lecture Series – Our Children, Ourselves: Calming Down in an Age of Anxiety: Podcast 39
We live in stressful times. Adults and children face anxiety-provoking pressures on a daily basis. The route to helping children relax must begin with their parents. This session will offer a tool box of techniques to help ourselves and our children quiet the tides of negativity and create more positive, healthy emotions.
Presented by: Eileen Bonds, M.S.W.
UCCF Lecture Series – It’s not the Brady Bunch: Making Real Stepfamilies Work: Podcast 37
The realities of stepfamily life are rarely like that seen on television. Merging two families is often a stressful process for all involved. This session offers a framework for understanding stepfamilies, and suggestions for how to create the successful stepfamily you want.
Presented by: Jamie Plunkett, Ph.D.
When Enough is Too Much: Your Children and Screen-Time: Podcast 33
“Screens” are everywhere these days: on computers, TVs, games systems, cell phones. This session will explore the positives and negatives of screen-time, and offer guidance on the best use of them for today’s children and teens.
Presented by: Jerry Miller, Ph.D.
Girl World: Understanding the Strengths and Strains of Pre-Teen and Teenage Girls: Podcast 32
As part of the Strong Moms-Strong Girls project, underwritten by the Junior League of Ann Arbor, this session helps parents understand the psychological and social worlds their daughters face, and offers practical suggestions on helping them to develop confidence and assertiveness.
Presenters: Sharon Gold-Steinberg, Ph.D. and Orli Avi-Yonah, Ph.D.
Marital Survival Skills: Podcast 14
Every couple faces significant challenges in their marriage. This session offers research-based techniques for working with these challenges and building a stronger marriage.
Presented by Jamie Plunkett, Ph.D.
Taming Tantrums and Building Self-esteem: Podcast 13
Young children can easily become frustrated and overwhelmed by their emotions, rendering them helpless and out of control. This session will provide parents with a toolbox for handling negativity, enhancing their child’s self-esteem and helping to build a positive relationship.
Presented by Eileen Bond, M.S.W.
Preventing Teenage Casualties in a World of Sex, Drugs and MySpace: Podcast 8
It seems like there have never been scarier times in which to try to raise teens. In a public lecture series hosted by U-M’s Center for the Child and the Family, Jerry Miller, PhD, helps parents understand present dangers and discusses how to keep teens safe.
Adoption: Navigating Rough Patches: Podcast 7
Adoption can present lifelong challenges for the adoptee, birthparent and adoptive parent. As part of the U-M Center for the Child and the Family public lecture series, “Facing the Challenges of 21st Century Family Life,” Elinor Rosenberg, MSW, discusses some of the more common and predictable rough spots and addresses how all of the participants in the adoption circle can make it through them.
Helping Girls with Gossip, Cliques and Bullying: Podcast 6 (enhanced)
Slights and words between girls can hurt deeply. As part of the U-M Center for the Child and the Family public lecture series, “Facing the Challenges of 21st Century Family Life,” Sharon Gold-Steinberg, PhD, and Orli Avi-Yonah, PhD, offer practical suggestions on helping girls to develop confidence, assertiveness and the skills needed to cope with difficult peer relationships.
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