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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “spellbinding” (The New York Times Book Review) novel, the author of Still Life with Bread Crumbs creates an unforgettable portrait of a mother, a father, a family, and the explosive, violent consequences of what seem like inconsequential actions.
“In a tale that rings strikingly true, [Anna] Quindlen captures both the beauty and the breathtaking...
“In a tale that rings strikingly true, [Anna] Quindlen captures both the beauty and the breathtaking...
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Author Peggy J. Parks tackles a crucial reality of being a teenager, depression. She offers young readers and researchers a means of understanding depression and its ramifications. Readers will be given essential insight into what causes depression, how people live with it, and the latest information about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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Jen's 15-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days. When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over. But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police draw a blank. The once-happy, loving family return to London, where things start to fall apart. Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and sleeping with the light on. As Lana stays stubbornly silent,...
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Based on the latest scientific findings, a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of teenage depression.
Each year thousands of American teenagers are diagnosed with clinical depression. If ignored, poorly treated, or left untreated, it can be a devastating illness for adolescents and their families. Drawing on her many years of experience as a pychiatrist working with teenagers, Dr. Maureen Empfield answers the questions parents and...
5) Depression
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"Teen years are often plagued by low self-esteem, stress, and anxiety. Sometimes these issues can indicate a deeper mental health problem depression. One in five teens will struggle with depression at some point during their adolescence. Fortunately, help is available. In this valuable guide, readers will learn how to identify depression, what coping strategies they can put into practice, and how and where to get the support they need. Depression...
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ReferencePoint Press
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2022.
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English
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"Many people who have anxiety also have depression and vice versa. Almost 50 percent of people diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety and depression are the most common mental illnesses. According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2019, 15 percent of the US adult population reported anxiety symptoms and 18.5 percent reported depressive symptoms within the previous two weeks. According to experts,...
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For young people, leading a healthy lifestyle requires education and empowerment. In Understanding Mental Health, readers will explore the history and social aspects of mental illness, teen mental health issues, and ways to help themselves and others. Sidebars challenge and expand readers' thinking while relating topics to 21st Century skills and themes--from creativity and innovation to financial literacy. Book also includes a table of contents,...
8) Me (Moth)
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
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"The teen years can be extremely challenging-and this is especially true for teens with coexisting depression and anxiety. In The Anxiety and Depression Workbook for Teens, psychologist Michael Tompkins offers straightforward and easy-to-implement cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help teens manage symptoms, connect with friends, try new things, bounce back from setbacks, and start feeling better"--
13) Detached
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Anna is not like other people. She’s always felt like she didn’t belong: not with other kids, not with her family, not in her body. It isn’t until her grandparents are killed in a tragic accident, however, that Anna starts to feel untethered. She begins to wonder what it would be like if she didn’t exist, and the thought of escaping the aimless drifting is the only thing that brings her comfort. When Anna overdoses on prescription painkillers,...
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""Strategies for managing teenage depression and preventing suicide among teens; also covers related issues such as self-esteem, eating disorders, PTSD, anxiety, bullying, and substance abuse; includes helpful testimonials from teens who have suffered depression and recovered."--Provided by publisher"--
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New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"A hero's journey always begins with a struggle, what's yours? For the first time ever, psychologist Janina Scarlet and Marvel and DC Comics illustrator Wellinton Alves join forces to create Superhero Therapy, a dynamic, illustrated introduction to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you vanquish your inner monsters, explore your unique superpowers, and become a Superhero questing for what matters to you. Haven't you ever wanted to be...
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2017.
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A sports journalist relates the story of Ivy League freshman and track star Maddy Holleran, who seemingly had it all and succeeded at everything she tried, but who secretly grappled with mental illness before taking her own life during the spring semester.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 19
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On March 11, 2001, seventeen-year-old Will ingested a near-fatal dose of his antidepressant medication, an event that would forever change his life and the lives of his family. In Will's Choice, his mother, Gail Griffith, tells the story of her family's struggle to renew Will's interest in life and to regain their equilibrium in the aftermath.
Griffith intersperses her own finely wrought prose with dozens of letters and journal entries from family...
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
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This book contains specific tips, recommendations, and case examples to help make parenting a depressed child less challenging. Seeing your child suffer in any way is a harrowing experience for any parent. Mental illness in children can be particularly draining due to the mystery surrounding it, and the issue of diagnosis at such a tender age. The book gives parents and caregivers an understanding of pediatric depression, its causes, its symptoms,...
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Ash does not remember the day she fell out of her friend Solomon's tree house, but ever since that day Solomon has retreated into a dark fantasy world and Ash believes the key to saving him is recovering her lost memory.
"A crucial, genre-bending tale, equal parts Ned Vizzini and Patrick Ness, about the life-saving power of friendship. Solomon and Ash both experienced a traumatic event when they were twelve. Ash lost all memory of that event when...