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Explains what eating disorders are and how they are treated.

Explains what dissociative disorders are and how they are treated.

Defining cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's and others.

Discusses disorders in children and teens and various drug therapies used to treat the disorders.

Explains what chemotherapy is, how it works, what the side effects are, and how to counteract them.

Examines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and the drug most commonly prescribed to treat it: Ritalin. Identifies the recreational misuse of Ritalin by college students and young professionals, the side effects of using the drug, and how Ritalin abuse is being treated.

This witty inspirational book gives life lessons on how to get through the cancer experience from the perspective of a cancer survivor.

With her parents by her side and new friends to tell her bad jokes, eleven-year-old "soccer princess" Izzie Salida learns to cope with her leukemia diagnosis and treatment.