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Articles about Mind, Mood & Emotion from the Teen Health & Wellness database.

Includes sections on emotional health and getting help. (You'll need a library card to access this database.)

Articles about Grief & Loss from the Teen Health & Wellness database.

Includes sections on death, suicide, and dealing with the loss of a friend or loved one. (You'll need a library card to access this database.)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Leading federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people in the United States. CDC's web site contains a number of fact sheets and publications on relevant issues, such as: "TIPS 4 Youth" Teens who smoke are more likely to suffer from depression.

Center for Mental Health Services

Leads federal efforts to treat mental illness by promoting mental health and preventing the development or worsening of mental illness, when possible. Available at the CMHS website are a number of fact sheets and other information, including "Major Depression in Children and Adolescents."

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention

This site provides information about suicide and suicide prevention efforts, and links to other resources. It includes advice and numbers to call if you, or someone you know, may be considering suicide.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

This site describes the symptoms of depression and offers suggestions for obtaining help.

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Cobain, Bev. When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide For Depressed Teens

(1998) A guide to understanding and coping with depression, discussing the different types, how and why the condition begins, how it may be linked to substance abuse or suicide, and how to get help.

Call number: 616.8527 C632w 1998

Demetriades, Helen A. Bipolar Disorder, Dpression, And Othere Mood Disorders

(2002) Identifies the causes, symptoms, and treatment of mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, which can have environmental, genetic, or physiological aspects.

Call number: 616.8527 D3948b 2002

Esherick, Joan. Drug Therapy And Mood Disorders

(2004) Describes the characteristics and drug treatment of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar.

Call number: 616.8527061 Es35d 2004

Forsyth and Hyde, Elizabeth H. and Margaret O. Depression: What You Need To Know

(2002) Discusses the causes and symptoms of depression, who suffers from this condition, and how it can be treated.

Call number: 616.8527 H994d 2002

Klebanoff and Luborsky, Susan and Ellen. Ups and Downs: How To Beat The Blues And Teen Depression

(1999) Examines the nature, causes, and effects of depression, where to turn for help, and ways to cope with it.

Call number: 616.85227 K67u 1999

Lennard-Brown, Sarah. Stress and Depression

(2001) Explains stress and depression, their causes, different responses, and coping techniques and treatments.

Call number: 616.85527 L5479s 2001

Marchetta, Melina. Saving Francesca

(2004) Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.

Call number: Fiction Marchetta

Miller and Reynolds, Mark D. and Charles F. Living Longer Depression Free: A Family Guide To Recognizing, Treating, And Preventing Depression

(2002) The authors, both doctors, draw on their experience in geriatric psychiatry to help elderly persons, their families, and their physicians accurately diagnose and treat late-life depression.

Call number: 618.9768527 M6163L 2002

Moragne, Wendy. Depression

(2001) Outlines what depression is and what it isn't, describing various disorders that fall under the heading of "depression" and offering a reasuring, straight-talking look at the diagnosis, treatment, and help available to sufferers of this debilitating disease.

Call number: 616.8527 M791d 2001

Piquemal and Daly, Michel and Melissa. When Life Stinks: How To Deal With Your Bad Moods, Blues, And Depression

(2004) Presents information about adolescent depression, including the signs of depression, and explanation of its causes, and advice on different strategies adolescents can use to overcome it.

Call number: 616.8527 P662w 2004

Rapp, Adam. Under the Wolf, Under the Dog

(2004) Sixteen-year-old Steve struggles to make sense of his mother's terminal breast cancer and his brother's suicide. Steve Nugent is in a facility called Burnstone Grove. He used to go to a gifted school. Keeping a journal, in which he recalls his confused and violent past, Steve is left to figure out who he is by examining who he was.

Call number: Fiction Rapp

Smith, Linda Wasmer. Depression: What It Is, How To Beat It

(2000) Describes the difference between simply feeling blue and having clinical depression, details the different types of clinical depression along with their symptoms and treatments, and provides information on getting help and relieving stress.

Call number: 616.8527 Sm619d 2000

Stewart, Gail B. Teens and Depression

(1998) Text and first-person accounts present the experiences of teenagers who have coped with and tried to overcome depression.

Call number: 616.8527 St49t 1998

Thakkar, Vatsal. Depression and Bipolar Disorder

(2006) The depresive disorders-- The bipolar spectrum disorders--Other mood disorders--Mood disorders and suicide--Occurrence of mood disorders--The development of mood disorders--Treatment of mood disorders.

Call number: 616.8527 T3267d 2006 TEEN

Waltz, Mitzi. Bipolar Disorders: A Guide To Helping Children And Adolescents

(2000)

Call number: 618.92895 W179b 2000

Weeldreyer, Laura. Body Blues: Weight And Depression

(1998)

Call number: 616.85236 W418b 1998

Wilson, Jacqueline. The Illustrated Mum

(2005) Ten-year-old Dolphin is determined to stay with her family, no matter what, but when her sister goes to live with her newly-discovered father, sending their mother further into manic-depression, Dolphin's life takes a turn for the better.

Call number: Fiction Wilson

Winkler, Kathleen. Cutting and Self-Mutilation: When Teens Injure Themselves

(2002) Explains how teens cut and self-mutilate, exploring why some young people deliberately injure themselves, and how they can find help.

Call number: 616.8582 W7295c 2003

Winkler, Kathleen. Teens, Depression, And The Blues: A Hot Issue

(2000) Discusses the causes, symptoms, and sometimes deadly effects of depression and provides information on where help is available for those suffering from this illness.

Call number: 616.8527 W7295t 2000

Wittlinger, Ellen. Blind Faith

(2006) While coping with her grandmother's sudden death and her mother's resulting depression and fascination with a spiritualist church, whose ministers claim to communicate with the dead, fifteen-year-old Liz finds herself falling for a new neighbor whose mother is dying of cancer.

Call number: Fiction Wittlinger TEEN

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• Academic and Behavioral Health Center 323-9835
• Children to Children (Grief Support Center) 322-9155
• The Fountain Counseling Center 797-7950
• Help On Call Crisis Line (24-hour line) 323-9373
• Independent Behavioral Health Associates 325-4837
• Information and Referral Services 881-2794
• The Mentor Network 323-0062
• Our Town Crisis Intervention Line (24-hour line) 1-800-53RTOWN
• Our Town Family Center (24-hour line) 323-1706
• Palo Verde Behavioral Health 324-4850
• Palo Verde Hospital (stay on line; choose no option) 324-4937
• Palo Verde Mental Health 324-4340
• Teen Lifeline 1-800-248-8336

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