Publications Database

Welcome to the National Federation's Publications Database. We have a wide selection of guides, fact sheets, research papers, on topics such as family involvement, systems of care, youth voice, etc. Please take some time to browse through our collection. If you have a publication that you would like to add, please email it to cbrown@ffcmh.org for consideration.

A Workbook on Data Informed and Family Driven Decision Making: Evidence is CoPilot

This workbook is intended for use by family leaders. It is the result of an eightpart web‐based training by the same title provided by the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. Others may find the material useful, but will have to make adaptations for the language that is specific to children’s mental health. We hope the contents will be useful both in workshop or training sessions as well as for those individuals trying to improve their knowledge and skills on their own.

Age-Related Reactions to a Traumatic Event

A fundamental goal of parenting is to help children grow and thrive to the best of their potential. Parents anticipate protecting their children from danger whenever possible, but sometimes serious danger threatens, whether it is manmade, such as a school shooting or domestic violence, or natural, such as a flood or earthquake. And when a danger is life-threatening or poses a threat of serious...

Blamed and Ashamed - Bert Pepper

As a public health physician and psychiatrist who has described the development of people with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders over the past twenty years, I was honored to participate in the session, Blamed and Ashamed, at the recent Federation’s Annual Conference.

The presentation took place in Washington, D.C. on December 2, 2000. I am pleased to recap my remarks for the published report.