Nonfiction
Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Free Press, 1989.
Grass, Gayle. He Shoots! He Scores! Perth, ON: Iris the Dragon, 2010.
SANE Australia. You’re Not Alone: A SANE Guide to Mental Illness for Children. Australia: SANE Australia, 2003.
Fiction
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key. New York: Macmillan, 1998.
Sones, Sonya. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy. New York: HarperTeen, 1999.
Trueman, Terry. Inside Out. New York: HarperTeen, 2004.
Vaught, Susan. Freaks Like Us. New York: Bloomsbury, 2012.
Websites
CAMH
Canada’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health offers a guide just for kids who have parents with bipolar disorder, answering a lot of common questions.
Iris the Dragon
Iris the Dragon offers a number of free e-books on mental health issues, designed for younger people.
Mental Health Reporting
depts.washington.edu/mhreport/facts_violence.php
The University of Washington’s social work department has a wonderful mental health reporting website, to help people who are learning about mental health and disorders sort out fact from myths. They do it “by the numbers,” summarizing actual research results.
The mission of the National Institute of Mental Health, “Envisions a world in which mental illnesses are prevented and cured.” This site has a lot of free information booklets about disorders and also discusses all the research being done to cure them in the United States and worldwide. Parts of the website are pretty technical and heavily science oriented.
SAMHSA
In their own words, “The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.” The website is packed full of information about recovery and resources, and they have a great newsletter.
SANE
SANE Australia has a lot of good guides about mental illness, written for people of all ages. You can read about mental illness overall, or about each specific disorder. You can read guides for people who have family members or friends experiencing problems, or guides for you, if you have a brain disorder.