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Childhood Psychological Disorders

Information and resources on children's psychological disorders.
How to Help a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma
Trauma in young children may be a result of neglect, abuse, witnessing violence or other stressful experiences during the earliest years. If you know that a child has experienced trauma in his life, you can help the healing process and foster his resilience in everyday life.
Parents' Index to Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
The basics of children's mental health disorders, plus articles and links for coping with children's symptoms at home.
Grief and Children
Learn how children at different developmental stages express grief and how you can help them at each stage.
How to Help Your Child Cope with Stress and Trauma
Growing up is inevitably a stressful endeavor. Children face loss, separation, sorrow, and other painful emotions during family life transitions and crises. Most children are quite adaptable to normal stress, but parents can help by following these principles for coping with stress in the child's life.
Coping with Early Signs of Youth Violence
Do you harbor the secret fear that your child could become out of control and violent as he gets older? Essential coping strategies for parents of children with serious behavior problems.
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