Esherick, Joan

Provides information for teenagers about sleep deprivation.

Explains different mood disorders, what they are, and how they are treated.

An exploration of stress management, discussing causes of stress, the physical effect of stress, how to handle stress, and other related topics.

Explains how the FDA approves psychiatric drugs for public use.

An exploration of drug- and alcohol-related health issues, discussing reasons teens use drugs, how chemical substances affect the brain, different types of drugs, and other related topics.

Explains what it means for a child to have special needs, lists physical and mental disorders that quality as special needs, discusses the history of discrimination against children with special needs, and looks at laws designed to protect their rights.

Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how investigators use case studies from history, FBI profiles, and behavioral science to recover information and solve crimes and other mysteries.

Discusses the passage and enforcement of laws protecting young people with special needs and examines how such laws relate to education, medical care, and equal access to jobs, public places, and social services.

Provides information for teens about suicide and self-destructive behaviors, examining the difference between healthy and unhealthy risk-taking, discussing substance abuse, risky relationships, self-injury, eating disorders, and suicide, and including resources for further study.

Describes the causes and effects of and therapies for cerebral palsy, amputation, traumatic spinal cord injury, spina bifida, and muscular dystrophy, and features a short story about a teenage girl who, missing her best friend who moved away, reluctantly gets to know her new neighbor, who has a physical disability.