depression (psychology)

"Studies indicate that approximately four percent of adolescents experience serious depression. Depression and other mood disorders such as bipolar disorder, occur across all age groups, genders, economic classes, and ethnic groups. This informative title examines the causes and symptoms of depression and other mood disorders and provides information about treatment options. A chapter on caring for others discusses the difficulties young people encounter living with or caring for siblings or parents who are depressed or have a mood disorder"--Publisher.

Jaris Spain has been in love with the beautiful Sereeta Prince since junior high, but her refusal to even acknowledge Jaris plunges him into a depression and makes him consider drastic measures to get her attention.

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 feel better.

We all have down days as well as happier days. For people with a bipolar disorder, feelings of sadness and happiness can be more extreme. There is an alternation between feeling very up and very down. It can feel like their moods are in control of them. Fortunately, there are ways to treat this disorder and feel more balanced.

The death of seventeen-year-old Jonah Daniels's father left a gaping hole in his family. As Jonah and his siblings try to maintain their father's restaurant while their mother struggles with debilitating depression, Jonah finds himself drawn to Vivi, the new girl who just rolled into their small California town. Since Vivi refuses to be hindered by the medication that could regulate her bipolar disorder, Jonah finds himself riding the highs and lows of her illness with her, and falling in love with her determination to live life to the fullest.

Young adults learn the best way to interact with a loved one who has PTSD or learn whether their own symptoms warrant seeking further help.

At her grandparents' North Carolina mountain home during the summer of 1963, grief-stricken after the death of her newborn sister and isolated by her mother's deepening depression, eleven-year-old Annie Winters finds comfort holding an oblong stone she calls her "rock baby" and befriends a reclusive mountain woman with a devastating secret.

While living with her Gram in Vermont, eleven-year-old Aubrey writes letters as a way of dealing with losing her father and sister in a car accident, and then being abandoned by her grief-stricken mother.

After being sexually assaulted by a football star, Maggie drops out of college but cannot escape the fact that everyone blames her for what happened.