LibGuides: ARHS Recommended Reading Lists: Depression

Depression

Insatiable : the compelling story of four teens, food and its power by Eve Eliot.
Call Number: 616.85 ELI

ISBN: 978-1-55874-818-7

Publication Date: 2001

Recounts the experiences of four high school girls whose feelings of shame, fear, and confusion compelled them to use or refuse food in misguided attempts to feel safe and in control of their lives.
Understanding teenage depression : a guide to diagnosis, treatment, and management by Maureen Empfield and Nicholas Bakalar.
Call Number: 616.85 EMP

ISBN: 0-8050-6761-2

Publication Date: 2001

A guide to dealing with and understanding teenage depression that provides information on its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and management.
Depression-free for life : an all-natural, 5-step plan to reclaim your zest for living by Gabriel Cousens with Mark Mayell.
Call Number: 616.85 COU

ISBN: 0688165001

Publication Date: 2000
Almost lost : the true story of an anonymous teenager's life on the streets by edited by Beatrice Sparks
Call Number: 616.85 ALM

ISBN: 0-380-78341-X

Publication Date: 1996

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.
When life stinks : how to deal with your bad moods, blues, and depression by Michel Piquemal with Melissa Daly ; illustrated by Olivier Tossan ; [translated by Jane Moseley].
Call Number: 305.235 PIQ

ISBN: 0-8109-4932-6

Publication Date: 2004

Offers suggestions for young adults on overcoming depression and the blues connected with puberty and addresses issues dealing with the physical and emotional changes that occur as a result of growing up.
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Call Number: 92 JAM

ISBN: 0679763309

Publication Date: 1997-01-14

International authority on manic-depression tells the story of her own battle with the illness which revealed itself through episodes of violence, bouts of madness and attempts of suicide.