A safe web site for young people to directly access for better understanding mental illness is called the Experience Journal (www.experiencejournal.com) created by Boston Children’s Hospital.
Also for direct use by youth is this iGROW tip sheet on loss and grief.
Suggestions for parents are provided by Riverside Community Care in this summary – Talking with Your Children About Traumatic Events and this iGROW tip sheet reminds us of how to maintain the conversation.
Referral for advice and counsel can start with a pediatrician; several communities may access assisted referral through www.MSPPreferral.org. McLean Hospital offers a remarkable depression treatment resource without charge for certain youth, please read page two of McLean study with healthy adolescents.
An article addressing mental illness and the actions of Adam Lanza may be read at: http://thebluereview.org/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother/