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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
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Description
When Margaret's fiancé, John, is hospitalized for depression, she faces a choice: carry on with their plans, or back away from the suffering it may bring her. She decides to marry him. What follows is the unforgettable story of what unfolds from this act of love and faith. At the heart of it is their eldest son, Michael, a brilliant, anxious music fanatic, and the story of how, over the span of decades, his younger siblings-the responsible Celia...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Anxiety and depression are a huge problem for millions of people. Compounding the problem is the common mistaken belief that these disorders result from bad character or weak will. In fact, recent cutting-edge brain science has shown that they result from brain dysfunction, and if they are diagnosed and treated correctly, the quality of life for millions of sufferers (and their families) can change dramatically. Dr. Daniel Amen, a pioneer in uncovering...
4) Damage
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old football hero Austin, trying to understand the inexplicable depression that has drained his interest in life, thinks that he has found relief in a girl who seems very special.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"Adventures in Dealing with Everyday Struggles, Getting Help, and Doing Just OK Sometimes. Just Peachy is a comic series that explores what the day-to-day is like with depression and/or anxiety. The all-too-real cartoon protagonist gives readers a character to empathize with, and helps explain some of the not often talked about consequences and symptoms of having depression. The comics also explore the themes of heartbreak, finding love, dealing with...
9) Depression
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Explains what depression is, how it is typically diagnosed, and how it is treated.
Feeling sad sometimes is a normal part of being human. But for some people, the sad feelings overtake everything else, leaving them hopeless and empty. The things that used to make them feel happy don t make them feel that way anymore. Having depression is a very common and very serious mental disorder. However, there are ways to fight depression, get treatment, and...
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
“Laura Jean Baker has written a beautiful and brave memoir of motherhood and its discontents, which are indistinguishable from its joys. This is a warmly intimate yet intellectually provocative personal document of originality and considerable charm.” Joyce Carol Oates With the birth of her first child, soon-to-be professor Laura Jean Baker finds herself electrified by oxytocin, the “love hormone”the first effective antidote to her lifelong...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When Mads discovers a dead body while she's swimming in the lake, she begins to obsess over who the woman was and what led her to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. But when she starts to fall for Billy the woman's troubled son Mads isn't sure how much longer she can keep her obsession a secret"--
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD....
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A sweetly comedic manga about a cat who cooks, cleans, and succeeds at adulting more than the woman who expected him to be a pet--and don't miss the anime! Saku is an ordinary young woman who works long hours and lives alone with her cat, Yukichi. Yukichi, however, is not an ordinary house cat. For one, the temperamental feline towers over Saku and walks around on two legs. Instead of playing with toy mice, he scours supermarket flyers for good deals...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"17-year-old Morgan is a black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and blackness as something to be politely ignored"--
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A princess and a peasant girl, who hides a sorrow in a town where everyone lives with unending joy, embark on a dangerous quest to outwit a centuries-old warning foretelling the fall of the Monarchy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her sixteen-year-old sister is hospitalized for depression and her parents want to keep it a secret, fourteen-year-old Elena tries to cope with her own anxiety and feelings of guilt that she is determined to conceal from outsiders.
Author
Publisher
Levine Quendo
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"I have never felt like I belonged to my body. Never in the way rhythm belongs to a song or waves belong to an ocean. It seems like most people figure out where they belong by knowing where they came from. When they look in the mirror, they see their family in their eyes, in their sharp jawlines, in the texture of their hair. When they look at family photos, they see faces of people who look like them. They see faces of people who they'll look like...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Izzy's life just seems to get more and more complicated: she is upset by her father's new marriage, and a new baby on the way; she is expected to look out for her ten-year-old cousin, Oliver, who has moved in with her family since his mother committed suicide, because his father is depressed and having trouble coping; and now Ben, the rebellious sixteen-year-old son of Izzy's mother's boyfriend, is also living with them--but when Oliver's...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
"An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that the world is brimming with messy complexities, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Erika L. Sánchez. Belén Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She’s at risk of not graduating. And Leti,...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sometimes, the world is too much for Mona Starr. She’s sweet, geeky, and creative, but it’s hard for her to make friends and connect with other people, and her depression seems to take on a vivid, concrete form. She calls it her Matter. The Matter seems to be everywhere, telling Mona she’s not good enough and that everyone around her wishes she’d go away. But with therapy, art, writing, and the persistence of a few good friends, Mona starts...
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