depression, mental

The author presents a comprehensive examination of mood disorders and depression explaining how they effect nerve cells, brain functions, and the heart, alters judgment, and interferes with family life, and discusses research and treatments to counteract the disease.

The poems sound the depths of depressive illness and grief brought on by illness and the death of loved ones.

Explores how depression affects teens and how it is related to stress, with tips on knowing when to get help, how to cope with stress and sad feelings, and how depression impacts a teen's life at home and at school.

Pat Peoples returns to his parent's home after a lengthy stay at a health facility following the betrayal of his wife, Nikki, and shows how he regains his memory and recovers from his depression and loss.

Explains what causes mood shifts, and offers practical coping mechanisms.

Chronicles the mental breakdown of Esther Greenwood--a brilliant, beautiful, talented, and successful young woman.

When Sonia's father loses his job and she must move from her small, supportive private school to a public middle school, where the half-Jewish, half-Indian sixth-grader experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the school's unfamiliar social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with clinical depression, she finds herself becoming even more confused about herself and her family.

A depressed teacher in early twentieth-century Japan, must deal with constant thoughts of suicide while trying to manage his eccentric class.

The author uses his own experiences with depression to examine the illness in personal, cultural, and scientific terms.