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This site provides multiple resources for Marines and their families to deal with deployment-related stress.

The goal of this training is to develop a realistic preview, in the form of a briefing, of the stresses and strains of deployment on Soldiers. Four training briefs have been developed and are available for Soldiers, Leaders, National Guard/Reserves, and are available for Soldiers, Leaders, National Guard/Reserves, and families. Visit http://www.battlemind.org/spouse_battlemind.html for additional information.

Vet Centers are in more than 200 locations within the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Their staff is available toll free during normal business hours at 1-800-905-4675 Eastern Standard Time and 1-866-496-8838 Pacific Standard Time. Local contact information for Vet Centers can also be found in the Blue Pages of your local phone book.

According to the Report of the Surgeon General, more than 14 million children and adolescents in the United States, or 1 in 5, have a mental health disorder. Below is information to assist health care clinicians, families, and communities in promoting mental health and addressing children's behavioral and mental health issues.

If you were to ask a dozen people to define stress, or explain what causes stress for them, or how stress affects them, you would likely get 12 different answers to each of these requests. The reason for this is that there is no definition of stress that everyone agrees on, what is stressful for one person may be pleasurable or have little effect on others and we all react to stress differently. That's easily illustrated by the list of 50 Common Signs And Symptoms Of Stress noted under Effects Of Stress and the attached diagram illustrating how it affects different parts of the body.

This site provides information for parents on parenting teens.

This site provides information and resources about a variety of topics in relation to mental health.

This site provides information on Children's Mental Health, as well as Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.

A booklet with answers to frequently asked questions about the treatment of mental disorders in children — includes a medications chart. (2004)

Helping Children and Families Thrive