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Very short introductions volume 504
Pub. Date
2017.
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What is depression? What is bipolar disorder? How are they diagnosed and how are they treated? Can a small child be diagnosed with depression and treated with antidepressants - and should they be? Covering depression, manic depression, and bipolar disorder, this Very Short Introduction gives a brief account of the history of these concepts, before focussing on the descriptions and understanding of these disorders today. Jan Scott and Mary Jane Tacchi...
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Dr. Francis Mark Mondimore, author of the best-selling book Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families, here explains depression - its causes and symptoms, and its treatment. He discusses depression in all age groups and in both sexes, as well as bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorders, and depression that accompanies illness. This edition encompasses more than a decade of new research, advances in pharmacology, and changes in public...
89) Depression
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Pub. Date
c2010
Description
This book discusses depression, a mood disorder; describes the symptoms typically associated with the disorder; and explains the treatments of medication and psychotherapy.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
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When his mother leaves to live with another man, nine-year-old Jeremy faces his own pain and loss, his father's depression and sister's distance, the pity of friends and strangers, and his father's remarriage two years later, finding solace in fishing and his artwork.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
From New York Times bestselling author and blogger Heather B. Armstrong comes an honest and irreverent memoir-reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire-about her experience as one of only a few people to participate in an experimental treatment for depression involving ten rounds of a chemically induced coma approximating brain death. For years, Heather B. Armstrong has alluded to her struggle with depression on her website, dooce....
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Pub. Date
2010
Description
• See the Ragged Edge series of original art quilts which were shown in the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C.
• Written in everyday language-no medical jargon.
• Learn about causes, symptoms, and treatments.
• Discover the many facets of depression beyond the physical (biochemical) and the emotional.
• Find out how to navigate the medical Establishment and how to communicate effectively with your doctor.
This...
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Pub. Date
©2014
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Forced to abandon his ornithology work after being wounded in combat, World War II veteran Jim Carroway secludes himself on a tiny island off the coast of Maine, where an old friend's captivating daughter draws him out of isolation during the month before she starts college.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"When 10-year-old Thomas's mother, who suffers from depression, disappears, he creates a fantasy narrative in which his mother is safe and sets in motion a path of healing, not just for himself, but for his father and aunt as well"--
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Walsh family volume 5
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
As the youngest of the five Walsh girls, Helen has had a tough time finding her way in the world; at thirty-three, she has her job as a private investigator that has proven less than fruitful and after losing her flat, she has moved back in with Mammy Walsh. Her hunky new boyfriend, Artie, and his three adorable children are a great distraction, but his beautiful ex-wife lives a little too close for comfort. Meanwhile, Helen runs into her ex-boyfriend...
97) Hold still
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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As she reads the journal left by her best friend, who committed suicide, Caitlin struggles with powerful feelings of loss, sadness, and guilt, but friends and a first love help her to cope with her negative emotions.
99) The bridge
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean Catholic women with the use of rhythm and blues music, and befriends a solitary Vietnam veteran and his dog, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression.