depression in adolescence

Offers advice on how to cope with such feelings as sadness, anger, and anxiety related to various problems faced by many teenagers.

Provides exercises and advice designed to help teenagers who suffer from depression, discussing coping with difficult feelings, being more assertive, making friends, and how to ask for help.

Explores the causes, treatment, and management of adolescent depression; and offers tips on dealing with the disorder both at school and at home.

Explains the different forms of depression due to environment, chemical imbalance, or genetics, and indicates remedies or agencies that can help.

Gail Griffith chronicles her efforts to save her teenage son from the throes of teen depression, sharing how her son's suicide attempt impacted their family and her own feelings of self-worth.

Discusses the different types of stress that can affect teenagers, the anxiety and depression that may result, and ways of coping with these situations.

Describes the different types of antidepressants, their uses, the most common side effects, and alternative approaches to dealing with depression.

A collection of fifteen essays in which the authors provide information and insights on serious, long-term depression.

The story of a young man's recovery from depression after leaving home, becoming a member of a gang, and finally being overwhelmed with his seemingly no-way-out situation.

Discusses mental depression, its causes, its effects, and some of the ways it can be dealt with.