• Child Advocate: Child Mental Health: A variety of resources intended for parents, doctors, and researchers including information on diagnosis, medication and psychotherapy.
  
  
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Factsheet: Facts, signs, and other sources of information about mental health issues facing youth. Written by SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center.
  
  
• Epocrates Online: Free online version of popular medication reference used by physicians. (Requires free registration).
  
  
• Glossary of Children's Mental Health Terms: Definitions of terms commonly used within the field of child and adolescent mental health. Maintained by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health at Portland State University.
  
  
• HealthyPlace.com's Medications Page: Information on usage, dosage, and side effects of various medications written in narrative format.
  
  
• Internet Mental Health: Medications: Alphabetically-organized list with information about specific medications.
   
  
• Locate a Clinical Social Worker: Contact information and online access to the National Association of Social Workers' Register of Clinical Social Workers.
  
  
• Locate a Psychologist: Contact information, as well as a web-based psychologist locator, maintained by the American Psychological Association's Practice Organization.
  
  
• ParentsMedGuide.org: Guides and other resources written for parents of children diagnosed with clinical depression.
  
  
• Psychopharmacology Tips from Dr. Bob: Indexed list of discussions from a forum where physicians discuss recent news in psychiatric pharmacology, edited by Dr. Bob (Robert Hsiung, MD, professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Chicago).
  
  
• Medicate or Not?: A review of the American Psychological Association's 2006 report on Psychotropic Medication Use for Children and Adolescents. The entire report, which includes information on various drugs being used for a number of disorders, as well as reviews of assessment and psychosocial interventions for these disorders, can be found here (PDF).
  
  
• MedlinePlus: Drugs & Supplements: Information on all types of drugs and supplements, including drug warnings and recalls, as well as product safety information from the National Institutes of Health.
  
  
• Social Work and Social Services Topical Index: Index of Web-based content on a wide variety of human service topics, including mental health, pharmacology, and psychotherapy. Maintained by the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.
  
  
• Talking to Children About Mental Illness: Some tips on how to talk with children of different ages about mental illness. Written by the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
  
  
• Treatment of Children With Mental Disorders: A guide for parents including an FAQ and medications chart. Maintained by the National Institute of Mental Health.
  
  
• United Kingdom National Mental Health Drugs Telephone Hotline: Staffed by experienced pharmacists at the Maudsley Hospital in London, the mental health drugs hotline is open Monday through Friday, 11am-5pm UK time. (5am-11am US Central). To call from the United States, dial: 011-44-020-7919-2999.
  

Books With Useful Information About Psychiatric Medication for Children (links direct to their Amazon.com pages)

• Diller, L.H. (2002). Should I medicate my child? Sane solutions for troubled kids with-and without- psychiatric drugs. New York: Basic Books.
  
  
• Preston, J., Talaga, M.C. & O'Neal, J.H. (2006).  Child and adolescent clinical psychopharmacology made simple. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
  
  
• Roberts, E.J. (2006). Should you medicate your child’s mind? A child psychiatrist makes sense of whether or not to give kids meds. New York: Marlowe & Company.
  
  
• Wilens, T.E. (2004). Straight talk about psychiatric medications for kids. New York: Guilford.