The NV PAL Library offers a free, open-access library of quick summary guides designed to help primary care providers get a better understanding of mental health conditions and challenges impacting child & adolescent populations in Nevada. Each guide includes diagnosis, treatment, medication protocols, and more.
If you’re a PCP looking to expand your understanding of a mental health diagnosis or substance use disorder, browse our A-to-Z list of topics below. If you’re a PCP dealing with a topic we haven’t covered, please contact us to let us know!
Early Onset Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Guide
Early Onset Psychosis
Early Onset Psychosis Guide
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
FASD Guide
Intellectual Development Disorder (IDD)
IDD Guide
Language Disorders
(LD)
Language Disorder Guide
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
ODD Guide
What is Mental Health?
What is Mental Health?
Pediatric Psychiatric Medication
Ped Psych Med Guide
Special Education & Related Services
Special Education Guide
School Services
School Services Guide
Neuropsych & Psych Evaluation
Evalulation Guide
Social Media & Kids: for Peds
Social Media Guide
Guide to Healthy Sleep
Healthy Sleep Guide
- Parent's Guide to Youth Mental Health in Nevada
- Hospital Guide to Youth Mental Health Crisis Holds in Nevada
- The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, family resource center
- The Parent’s Med Guide (information about diagnoses and medicine which is NOT related to a drug company)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) youth page
- CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD) parent page