Medline Plus: Medical Information Resource [web resource]
MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health‘s Web site produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library. MedlinePlus provides information on over 975 diseases and conditions and includes directories, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to clinical trials.
These categories may be of particular interest:
Children and Teenagers
Mental Health and Behavior
Social/Family Issues
The following are direct links to a few relevant resources:
Child Mental Health
Teen Mental Health
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Child Behavior Disorders
Eating Disorders
Anxiety
Depression
Suicide
Internet Safety
Bullying
Teen Violence
Source: Medline Plus | Health Topics, https://medlineplus.gov/healthtopics.html | MedlinePlus contains both copyrighted and non-copyrighted material. Health Topic summary pages are in the public domain. Last reviewed November 2022
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