Mental Health Tips For Teens – Recently In Book Mail

In the last couple of months I’ve read inspiring articles about men and women in their 90s leading exciting, active lives. Another SLJ Battle of the Books 2017 Judge Revealed A Newbery Medalist! Updated with Sydney Taylor Book Awards! Illustration by Andrea Cobb. Nonetheless, bIm308LPNc All about SEL on our February cover. Get the latest SLJ reviews each month, subscribe day and save up to 35percentage. Thanks for recommending it. Of course I will add Counting 7s to the ASD list and confirm with the author. Anyways, it’s funny since the description just mentions eccentricity and genius. It looks like a fantastic read. It’s one of those instances where I wouldn’t find it had you not mentioned it. I’m not really sure whether it mentions autism in the text, both of those descriptions often seem to add up to the ASD diagnosis.

Thanks, Cass! Do you remember? I am a school librarian in South Africa and just seek for to say well done -this excellent post. Quite a few the books got picked up by other students before the class even met! Should add Babysitter Murders by Janet Young to OCD. We recently put on a large display of books on mental illness, for a senior research class. Accordingly the other upside was that with the graphic signs, those students who ordinarily would have been hesitant to voice their requests, didn’t have to do so. Thank you for the information and invaluable lists. Now look. Very illustrative. On p of this, I’m so glad you had a flawless display.

I think this and my Halloween/Horror display may are my best circulating ones all year.

I found really similar thing.

I might steal your signage idea for the in the future the display goes up.). Please check my YA books, COURAGE IN PATIENCE and HOPE IN PATIENCE, that deal with PTSD, recovery from childhood sexual abuse, the powerful connection between a talented therapist and his patient, and disassociation. Thanks! Anyways, chapter previews of my books are available on my website. Seriously. My 2014 release, BIG FAT DISASTER, deals with compulsive overeating, bulimia, and suicide ideation, and bullying. With the loss of his dad, he deals with bullying -and the discovery that his father was the victim of childhood sexual abuse. Moulton, so it is this particular thoughtful and important article. I teach college writing, and in my developmental courses have always used SPEAK, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME and THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PARTTIME INDIAN. It might be one you’d like to add to your list. My novel, THE NAMESAKE, centers on Evan Galloway, a 15yearold grappling with in the aftermath of his father’s suicide.

I’m also a ‘traditionallypublished’ YA author.

Ms.

In the meantime, thanks on behalf of all those teen readers you’re helping. You can learn more about the book on my website. Ok, and now one of the most important parts. These books connect with students who have endured similar circumstances -and as importantly -foster compassion in those who may not share these experiences. Full disclosure. I will definitely be reading some amount of these. I just wanted to say thank you soooo much for writing this book list. I love reading about mental illnesses and gaining a better insight on them. Certainly, I’ve learned that books can heal you, I wasn’t even aware I was doing it.

It’s so difficult to be able to tell which books are the ones that are right for me.

As someone who has suffered her share of illnesses, mental and physical, bibliotherapy has always been an amazingly effective escape.

That said, this list will definitely be put to good use. To better have a grasp of the people around me, mainly being that I’m a psych major. You see, thank you a lot. I often find myself looking for books like these to no avail. I’m sure you heard about this. Those are great lists as well. Just not quite as specific as I needed in this particular instance. I like the realistic fiction book list, especially the death and dying and the body image list! Ah yes, thanks for the reminder. You can specify age for different lists. When you go into Novelist, marla the recommended read lists are on the left.a bunch of good ones there, really like that they would’ve been willing to share?

I’d like to do so so that is tasteful and not offensive, By the way I want to do one as well.

Kudos to you, and to SLJ for publishing this, consequently give us your book list is invaluable, it should have been great to just read the article as a reminder that fiction can and should’ve been suggested for growth. So learning. Thank you very much for this! We reinvent the wheel just like this list is helpfulI can check to see which of these books I have, perhaps order some I don’t that sound valuable, add my own library’s details about location, and have a book list I didn’t have to painstakingly research and create myself, as teen librarians.

Wow, so it’s a great post! I have struggled with an eating disorder for as long as knitting helps him deal with his tics and outbursts, one is nicknamed Needles, not because of drugs or anything like that. Normally, fALLING INTO PLACE by Amy Zhang, BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS I’LL BE DEAD by Julie Ann Peters, and the January ’15 release, MY HEART AND OTHER BLACK HOLES by Jasmine Warga are good reads about depression and suicide.

Thank you!

Erin, that’s a fabulous post and resource!

So there’s no question in my mind that reading about characters suffering from mental health problems reassures those who share it, and informs those who don’ Under depression, you may seek for to consider BLUE FISH by Pat Schmatz, HOLD STILL by Nina LaCour and Jo Knowles’ LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL which could also go under abuse. Instead of actively paying attention and listening, as a caring professional, And so it’s easy to jump in much will have wrongly assumed. Sending them on their way. On p of that, this was a well written, thought provoking and valuable article, and I enjoy the booklist. On p of that, we often forget that teens may not be clearing articulating or clarifying exactly need they mean or look for. Essentially, I was especially enthused about 2 subjects the author broached.

Lots of teens enjoy reading about colorful characters, and survivors, who have mental health problems, as a type of bibliotherapy, even if, they themselves, may not have mental health problems. Whenever searching for their own selfactualization in a sometimes confusing world, Reading about an outsider who finds ways to survive and cope, is of interest to most teen readers. Now I reckon I can tailor my questions more accurately, I have also read heavily in the section. I feel like I stumbled with that first patron multiple times before actually getting him what he needed. Now regarding the aforementioned fact… Starting with the positive foot forward seems to a bit.

We actually need to see if we can find the book you’re looking for and hereupon roll out the reference interview.

I think books can I tend to start by saying something like Oh yes, we have lots of great books on that topic, or oh yeah, the majority of my favorites are in that category. Now please pay attention. It seemed like when I asked a question it almost came off as prying and, inadvertently, sent him running for the door. My hope is that one day it might be one of those things we can all talk about with a lot more ease. On p of that, it deals with a very common but littlediscussed sides of OCD.

People who have these thoughts have trouble getting treatment being that many counselors and therapists don’t recognize the symptoms as OCD.

Please add my book THINGS I SHOULDN’T THINK to the list of titles on OCD.

Did you know that a young person my be highly unlikely to even tell anyone that she or he was having thee thoughts. On p of this, having suffered from this type of the illness myself, Actually I thank you for bringing it to the attention of librarians. Furthermore, ADD, autism, and Asperger’s are not mental illnesses and shouldn’t be added to your list. That must be like calling dyslexia a mental illness. One way to distinguish mental illness from other conditions is that mental illness is temporary, or can be with the right treatment. As a result, as well as categorized as mental illnesses by the National Institute for Mental Health, they are categorized as such in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Mental Illness lists Asperger’s, ADHD, and autism. That’s right! I appreciate the discussion you’ve opened here. I’m fascinated by these definitions, as a novelist with a strong interest in not only mental illness but society’s perceptions of it. Also, like Asperger’s, it also lists mental retardation, that, I would have considered a trait rather than an illness.

Autism, and ADD/ADHD as mental illnesses, as to the categorization of Aspergers.

The majority of the books that I have read by Natasha Friend have dealt with family problems like alcoholism, step families which are not really dealt with on your list but have definitely been received and enjoyed by any student that I have recommended the books to.

Obsessive compulsive The butterfly clues by Kate Ellison, A couple of additional titles for eating disorders would by Perfect by Natasha Friend,. Besides, I am so glad that 20 years later very much more is available. That’s interesting. It hits me on two levels. As a teen who was super anxious I could’ve so very much used books just like this. So it’s incredibly useful and I hope it makes the rounds. Actually, thanks a lot for this. Actually, I also thank you, as a librarian and a parent.

That’s this type of a fantastic and inspiring article.

Thanks for writing it!

Now I’m off to double check whether we have these titles on the shelves! I’ve always felt that fiction is a a lot better sort of therapy than nonfiction for teens seeking help. I actually would also suggest removing Tourette Syndrome from a mental health ‘list Tourette’ Syndrome is a neurological condition, and while TS is often accompanied by ‘cooccurring’ diagnoses of OCD or ADHD that would fall under the mental health category, so that’s not always the case. Instead of PTSD, a few other comments, I would be inclined to call the PTSD category Trauma/PTSD. Furthermore, will you please add my verse novel ORCHARDS which deals with bipolar disorder and depression.

Thank you again for this article and list.

I hope this list or a version of it’s continuously updated!

Surely it’s a great resource for teachers, librarians, students and caregivers. By the way I am commenting rather late. Thoughtful article and book list that I missed when it came out! Thank you for this comprehensive list. Not a report of hope you’d like to send to teens especially before they have stopped developing, PD’s are pervasive and some should argue almost untreatable. In my clinical opinion, lots of BPD traits can be better accounted for by other mental health problems, insecure attachment to caregivers, trauma histories. For example, it’s not appropriate to diagnose BPD and most personality disorders in adolescents. Teen behavior is by nature impulsive, exploratory, boundary pushing, defiant, etc…and as teens learn to cope with their often conflicting emotions many erratic behaviors can look like they have BPD or Bipolar DO.

BPD is the most commonly diagnosed personality disorder, a lot more than the others which is telling.

I have not read through all the comments to see if anyone else weighed in on this -but just wanted to suggest that Undoubtedly it’s best not to pathologize BPD in teens and that is why you wouldn’t find books on this disorder.

I am a metal health therapist. And now here is a question. How must librarians present material that may upset some students? For example, trigger Warnings and Emotional Distress.