Raising Healthy Children

Welcome to the site dedicated to prevent depression and raise healthy kids by strengthing family connections. Beware...If you proceed further you may feel less depressed!

General Description

  • This is a place where you can learn how to get over the negative effects of depression on your family. This ls a place where you can learn from your depression and raise healthier children. We are also researching whether it's possible to prevent children at high risk of developing depression, from ever getting depressed. If you are a parent who has suffered clinical depression, your children have a high risk of getting depressed.
  • We are a team of Kaiser Permanente, University of Vermont and private (Networks nc.) behavioral health professionals offering a state-wide depression prevention educational program. The program is offered for whole families in five day-long Saturday conferences over one year. We are funded by the Kaiser Permanente Research Institute and generous unrestricted educational grants from Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co., Eli Lilly & Co., and SmithKline Beecham. This program is free and offered to all (regardless of insurance), however, research entrance criteria must be met.

Conference Schedules

  • Day #1-April 10th, 1999
  • Day #2-May 15th, 1999
  • Day #3-October 23rd, 1999?
  • Day #4-To be announced
  • Day #5-TBA

Homework Assignments

  1. From 1st conference-April 10th, 1999 Daily recording of relaxation practice.
  2. From 2nd conference-May 15th, 1999

Bulletin Board (Restricted to program participants)