When her famous romance-novelist mother is secretly hospitalized in an expensive mental facility, sixteen-year-old Alice tries to fulfill her mother's contract with her publisher by writing a love story--with the help of Cupid.
Fashion-loving twelve-year-old Tess moves with her deaf younger brother and impulsive single mother to Schenectady, New York, where they open an ice-cream shop and lead a campaign for urban renewal.
An introduction to clinical depression that examines the different forms of depression, including bipolar disorder, postpartum depression, and seasonal affective disorder, their symptoms, and treatment options.
Presents a discussion of bipolar disorder, providing a definition of the problem, examining its effects on teens, and offering advice to young people on how to deal with their own fluctuating emotions, as well as those of others. Includes addresses and Internet sites for further information and assistance.
Discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, cause, and treatment of bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, a mental illness that causes a person's moods to swing from happy and energized to extremely sad.
