mental health

A teacher of emotionally disturbed children tells of her work with a silent and withdrawn eight-year-old girl who is the possible victim of ritual abuse.

Discusses research on the restructuring processes the human brain undergoes during the teen years and examines potential links between this "rewiring" and teenagers' behavior and mood swings.

A number of teens describe their struggles with depression; and offers a survival guide that provides advice on how to cope with being depressed.

Discusses the causes, symptoms, and sometimes deadly effects of depression and provides information on where help is available for those suffering from this illness.

Discusses the issues of stress and stress management, providing a definition of the problem, examining its effects on teens, and offering advice to young people on how to deal with stress in themselves and others. Includes addresses and Internet sites for further information and assistance.

Provides information on cutting and self-harm, including different reasons people do it, side effects from long term injuries, and how therapy can help those who purposely injure themselves.

Presents information for teenagers on mental health topics including issues and dilemmas teens face; common types of mental illness; suicide; and treatment; and provides contact information for help organizations in mental health, alcoholism, and substance abuse.

Presents an objective overview of issues related to teenage mental illness, providing primary source materials, facts, and statistics, and discussing what teenage mental illness is, what causes mental illness in teenagers, treatment options for mental illnesses, and related topics.

Examines the prevalence of mental illness among gay individuals, and discusses how readers can reduce or eliminate threats that would cause a homosexual person to become depressed and suicidal.