depression, mental

Explains the difference between being sad and being clinically depressed and discusses ways a child can deal with having a parent who is sad or depressed.

Briefly discusses what makes people feel sad or depressed and some ways to handle these feelings.

Steve Nugen can't understand why he has been forced to live at the institution of Burnstone Grove; but as he begins to write in his journal, he learns important things about himself he had never been able to see before.

Explores some causes of depression, ways to overcome this illness, and where and when to seek help.

New York City teenager Craig Gilner succumbs to academic and social pressures at an elite high school and enters a psychiatric hospital after attempting suicide.

Since Eureka's mother drowned, she wishes she were dead too, but after discovering that an ancient book is more than a story Eureka begins to believe that Ander is right about her being involved in strange things--and in grave danger.

An autobiographical novel of Esther Greenwood, a brilliant and talented young woman, who goes to New York and begins a descent into mental illness.

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

Amber Appleton, living in a school bus with her mom, refuses to give in to despair and continues visiting the elderly at a nursing home, teaching English to Korean women, and caring for a Vietnam veteran and his dog, but a fatal tragedy may prove to be one burden too many for the seventeen-year-old girl.

The author reflects on the legacy of mental illness in his family, discussing the family members who suffered from it, some who committed suicide, and how it effected his relationship with his brother.