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Provides information about anxiety and panic disorders, discussing different types, diagnosis, treatment, how to cope, and other related topics.

Daphne Merkin delves into what it feels like to suffer from a lifetime's worth of clinical depression, beginning in her childhood and stetching into the present, where Merkin lives a high-functioning life.

As a young girl, Temple Grandin loved folding paper kites, making obstacle courses, and building lean-tos. But she really didn't like hugs. Temple wanted to be held---but to her, hugs felt like being stuffed inside the scratchiest sock in the world; like a tidal wave of dentist drills, sandpaper, and awful cologne, coming at her all at once. Would she ever get to enjoy the comfort of a hug?.

Explains what an eating disorder is, what causes it, how it affects daily life, possible treatments, and how people overcome it or learn to live with it.

Twelve-year-old Winifred is being fostered by the eccentric but kind Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems, and mostly Fred is determined not to form any attachments to anybody--until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart, and somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her.

"When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities"--OCLC.

NIV infection rates have changed dramatically in recent years. Women and minorities are now the fastest growing groups of AIDS patients. Hear how some HIV-positive people have dealt with their disease and discover how doctors have taken new approaches to treatment. Learn the astonishing progress researchers have made in the battle against AIDS. People who are HIV-positive can survive because powerful drugs keep the disease in check. Scientists are busy working on an AIDS vaccine by studying people who have a natural immunity to the disease.

The use and abuse of opioids?from illegal ones such as heroin to legal prescription painkillers?is a problem that has grown in scale nationwide and caused great concern among educators, families, law enforcement, government officials, and the public at large. This book offers a jumping-off point for youth dealing with opioid abuse in their lives, whether it is their own addiction or coping with opioid abuse among family members or friends. It empowers readers to identify the problem and seek assistance and therapy to cope with and overcome this intensely personal challenge.

Buck, a dog that has been forced into the harsh life of a sled dog, befriends a man seeking his fortune in the Klondike gold fields, and must ultimately decide whether to stay with his master or obey his instinct to join the wolves.

"This...color picture book uses the metaphor of a train to teach basic conventions of conversation to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)"--Back cover.