Mental Health Teens

Whether you're working on self-acceptance, navigating mental health challenges, or looking to become a more active advocate, this guide is your essential resource. Start your journey toward empowerment, resilience, and change today!

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to the dead - to people like Janis Joplin, Heath Ledger, Amelia Earhart, and Amy Winehouse - though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating the choppy waters of new friendships, learning to live with her splintering family, falling in love for the first time, and, most important, trying to grieve for May.

In the past, being a “difficult bitch” was bad. Girls weren’t supposed to call people out for their BS, stand up for themselves, or do their own thing. This book embraces the insult with irreverent humor, encouraging listeners to be themselves no matter what, including an exploration of the ways this phrase can be interpreted differently among people of different backgrounds.

Secure friendships, social confidence, stress-free lunch times... It all awaits you! You’re in school for around 180 days a year, which means 180 lunchtimes. How does that make you feel? Are you someone whose heart races when the bell rings for lunch? Sure, you’re ready to eat and not think about math, but the lunch hour can be more stressful than math. Maybe you have conflicting friendship groups, and every choice seems wrong, or perhaps you’re used to standing on the sidelines, trying to start a conversation, terrified of rejection.

Mila Falks Welt gerät kurz vor ihrem 16. Geburtstag aus den Fugen, als ihre Mutter ein Jobangebot annimmt, das die Familie ins fremde Zürich führt. Mila kämpft mit der Trennung von ihrer besten Freundin Juno und der Einsamkeit an ihrer neuen Schule. Trost findet sie zunächst im Essen, doch als sich das äußerlich bemerkbar macht, gerät sie in die gefährliche Spirale einer Essstörung. Nach einem Zusammenbruch wird Mila in eine Klinik eingewiesen. Dort trifft sie Nicolas, den Sohn des Klinikdirektors, und verliebt sich in ihn.

Postpandemic America. A youth mental health crisis the likes of which we have never known. The dark night of suicide. School failure. Unable to move out and get a job. Young people isolated from their families and dependent on social media and video games for peer socialization. Parents unable to find support for their teens to twentysomethings as they face their own life challenges of aging parents, faltering health, unemployment, financial strain, and social disconnection.

À 15 ans, Henri Lamothe se voit déjà entrepreneur. Débordant d’énergie, d’idées et de débrouillardise, il met son talent au profit de son école et du Club des arts métis de Sainte-Rita. En lançant sa première entreprise en ligne, le jeune homme profite des ressources de sa communauté métisse tout en y découvrant ses points sensibles. Quand Henri dégringolera de héros à zéro dans ses affaires professionnelles et personnelles, qui viendra à sa rescousse?

Seventeen-year-old “Hank” has found himself at Penn Station in New York City with no memory of anything - who he is, where he came from, why he’s running away. His only possession is a worn copy of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau.

And so he becomes Henry David - or “Hank” and takes first to the streets, and then to the only destination he can think of - Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Cal Armistead’s remarkable debut novel is about a teen in search of himself.

La Dra. Stem ha creado el libro Preguntas y respuestas para chicas adolescentes para para responder a las preguntas que suelen surgir en esta etapa de la vida, sin temor a ser juzgada o avergonzada. Este libro cubre todo, desde los cambios emocionales y físicos de tu cuerpo hasta la presión de los compañeros y cómo abordar las citas. Está lleno de preguntas comunes, respuestas perspicaces y oportunidades para que reflexiones sobre ti misma.

From Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel comes a sharply written YA about a girl grappling with a dark, painful secret from her past, perfect for fans of All My Rage and The Way I Used to Be. It’s eighteen-year-old Gita Desai’s first year at Stanford, and the fact that she’s here and not...

Awakening the Five Champions: Keys to Success for Every Teen by Brian E. Razzino, Ph.D., is a motivational and practical guide designed to help teens not just survive these challenging years—but truly thrive. Dr. Razzino, a licensed clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with children and families, offers real tools and relatable stories to help teens overcome everyday struggles with school, friendships, family, self-doubt, and stress.

Imagine waking up every day and looking in the mirror, feeling a sense of warmth and appreciation for yourself despite the challenges that life throws your way. You find solace in understanding that self-love is not about perfection or meeting societal standards, but rather about accepting yourself with all your unique qualities and imperfections. As you navigate the complexities of adolescence and young adulthood, this realization becomes a guiding star, illuminating your path towards self-acceptance and empowerment.

"Empowering Young Women: A Guide for Kids to Discover Their Strengths and Achieve Their Dreams" by VentureNest Books is a transformative guide designed to inspire young girls to overcome societal pressures and unlock their full potential. It addresses common challenges such as self-doubt, low self-esteem, and uncertainty about leadership capabilities, providing a roadmap to self-discovery and empowerment.

Para evitar el acoso, debe desarrollar su confianza en sí mismo y su autoestima, mantener una comunicación abierta con adultos de confianza y evitar situaciones en las que es probable que ocurra el acoso permaneciendo en grupos y cerca de adultos. Si lo acosan, informe el incidente a un adulto de confianza, mantenga la calma y aléjese de la situación. Para el acoso en línea, proteja su configuración de privacidad, no comparta información personal y mantenga informados a sus padres sobre sus actividades en línea.

Unlock your child's potential with expert insights and practical strategies for every developmental stage, from toddler to early adulthood. "Parenting Kids and Teens with ADHD" is a compassionate guide that provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for parents navigating the challenges and triumphs of ADHD.

Adolescence is widely viewed as the most difficult stage of parenting. Yet despite its importance, we have a limited grasp of what it actually takes to help teens through adolescence. In Letting Go, Demie Kurz offers a deeper understanding of the demanding work of parenting teens and sheds new light on what it takes to produce a successful child. Based on numerous interviews with a diverse group of mothers, Kurz details the negotiations with teens and young adults as well over control, trust, and letting go to offer a portrayal of the real dilemmas contemporary parents face day-to-day.

Lara Lekutat kennt die Schattenseiten des Schulalltags nur zu gut. Über Jahre hinweg hat die Lernexpertin Werkzeuge entwickelt, um mit Sorgen, innerem Druck und der ewigen Selbstkritik umzugehen. Sie teilt persönliche Erfahrungen aus ihrer eigenen Schulzeit, gibt wertvolle Tipps für Lernen und Freizeitausgleich und zeigt, wie sich Schüler von der Angst nicht mehr aufhalten lassen. Lara weiß, wie Motivation gefördert werden kann, was gegen Selbstzweifel hilft und dass Versagensängste oft dann leiser werden, sobald man merkt: Man ist damit nicht allein.

Want to spark your teen’s passion for the outdoors? Looking for a fun, engaging way to boost their independence and self-reliance? If they’re glued to screens and missing out on epic adventures, you’re not alone. This “Ultimate Guide” helps teens embrace the wild, tackle survival scenarios, and develop skills that build confidence and resilience. Through hands-on projects, your teen will discover the thrill of nature while learning essential techniques and taking on responsibility.

The essential go-to workbook for shy and socially anxious teens - now fully revised and updated with skills for dealing with social media anxiety and “social perfectionism”. Do you feel shy when meeting new people? Do you freeze up when speaking in front of a group? Do you worry about what others think of you? If you struggle with shyness or social anxiety, you may try to avoid situations that cause you to feel uneasy. The problem is, avoiding stuff can also lead to missing out on friendships, fun, and opportunities.

Carley would rather have been anywhere but here: a town deep in Minnesota’s farm country, with nothing plentiful except poverty. Still, staying with his Uncle David and his family was better than reform school - which was where Carley was heading. Something was eating away at him, making him do crazy things. No one could understand why - least of all Carley himself. But then David took Carley to his blacksmith forge. And under the grim nights and days of the Minnesota fall, under the glow of hot steel, and the most exhausting work he had ever known, Carley began to see a way to shape his life.