Life Issues
Anxiety & Stress Relief
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- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Helping Teenagers With Stress
- The "Facts for Families" link contains many topics of information related to teens, including this one on stress.
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Children, Teens, and Resiliency
- Identify what is causing your stress, and what can be done to get rid of it!
- Teen Health - Anxiety
- Explanation of anxiety and anxiety disorders including tips on coping with anxiety.
- Teen Health - Stress
- Information about stress and how it affects the teen body and mind. Good and bad stress is explained along with several tips on reducing feelings of stress.
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- Attwell, Khleber Chapman. 100 questions & answers about anxiety.
- 616.8522 At88o 2006
- This book is designed to answer common questions about anxiety. The intention is to serve as a roadmap for understanding the shape of basic anxiety disorders, and for manifestations of clinical anxiety.
- Caletti, Deb. The nature of Jade.
- Fiction Caletti Teen (2007)
- Seattle high school senior Jade's life is defined by her anxiety disorder and dysfunctional family, until she spies a mysterious boy with a baby who seems to share her fascination with the elephants at a nearby zoo.
- Connolly, Sucheta. Anxiety disorders.
- 616.8522 C76289a 2006 Teen
- Presents an introduction to anxiety disorders in children and teenagers, discussing how they can be identified, the medications that can be used to lessen their symptoms, and the types of psychotherapies used to treat them.
- Cooper, Evan. Um, like ... om: the girl goddess' guide to yoga
- 613.7046 C7849u 2005
- Accompanied by real-life teen stories, words of wisdom, and fun sidebars, a guide to yoga not only details various techniques but also shows how teenage girls can use yoga to overcome challenges and embrace the girl goddess within.
- Johnston, Joni E. The complete idiot's guide to controlling anxiety.
- 616.8522 J644c 2006
- Schutz, Samantha. I don't want to be crazy.
- 811.6 Sch888i 2007 Teen
- After going away to college and finding the independence she desired difficult to handle, the author begins to suffer from incapacitating anxiety attacks that change everything she had planned.
- Testa, Anne-Renée. The bully in your relationship: stop emotional abuse and get the love you deserve.
- 158.2 T286 2007
- In this inspiring and life-changing book, acclaimed psychologist and relationship expert Anne-Renée Testa, Ph.D., shows you how to find your inner strength, learn to stand up for yourself, and finally get the love and respect you deserve.
- Vizzini, Ned. It's Kind of a Funny Story
- Fiction Vizzini Teen (2006)
- Craig Gilner, an ambitious new student at a prestigious Manhattan high school, suddenly finds that he is an average kid among a group of brilliant students, a discovery that leads to increasing anxiety and a battle with clinical depression at a psychiatric hospital, during which he encounters a motley crew of fellow patients battling their own problems.
Updated August 2008