There are some links around the web that deal specifically with mental illness symptoms in children and teens....i'm pretty sure i found some on both
www.nami.org and
www.dballiance.org (?)...and there's a new site Liveweyered found that i would be VERY surprised if it didn't have some very good info on it and i think that link is
www.depressionforums.org.
mental illness, just like addiction, is very much genetic....so it's awsome that you are learning all this now!!! Just think of how much easier your life would have been if your parents had passed along to you much of the information you are learning now about mental illness!!! Your son is lucky to have a mom like you!!! This just totally makes my day b/c this is how things SHOULD be happening in families in this day and age of information. You rock!!!