Mental Health Teens

The Beasts in Your Brain is a guide and companion equally for you and your loved ones, here to provide that essential first dose of information, understanding, and validation about mental illness and how it affects the young people of today.

Shattered Dreams and Broken Hearts is a spiritual and inspirational guide for family survivors who have lost someone to suicide. Expressing her grief through poetry, is not only therapeutic to the author, but can also be therapeutic to others suffering from similar losses. One can relate to the various stages of grief that one must go through in order to survive a horrible tragedy or senseless loss. One never knows when it is going to affect their family. It happens unexpectedly like an eagle swooping down for its kill.

We girls know what it's like to feel inadequate. Despite our best efforts, we constantly compare ourselves to the models in magazines, the selfies we see on Instagram, and even our closest friends.

An intense, beautiful debut about the power of finding your voice and sharing your story after trauma. Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Kathleen Glasgow. Seventeen-year-old Virginia makes bad choices. In fact, she’s That Kind of Girl, according to the whispers. But as long as she has her...

Zeca tem muito orgulho de ser quem é–um jovem inteligente, cheio de bom humor e bem-resolvido com a própria sexualidade. Ele acabou de entrar na faculdade de Letras e tem um futuro brilhante pela frente. Além disso, vive cercado de grandes amigos e conta com o apoio incondicional da mãe. Mas uma notícia inesperada está tirando seu sono. Seu pai, que se mudou para Santa Catarina com a nova esposa anos atrás, está voltando para o Rio de mala e cuia.

Is it asking too much to live a typical 12th grade existence? Kelsey Kendler just wants to earn some money for university, hang out with friends, maybe even snag a boyfriend. But her pill-popping mom and distant dad scare off anybody she tries to bring home, making those last two things feel impossible.

Hamburg, Juni 1945, die Stadt liegt in Trümmern... Ausgebrannte Häuser, Schutt und Ruinen, britische Soldaten, dazwischen die drei vierzehnjährigen Jugendlichen Jakob, Hermann und Traute. Jakob verschweigt, dass er Jude ist, und gibt sich vor den anderen als Friedrich aus. Als Hermann dies herausfindet, will er nichts mehr mit Jakob zu tun haben... Kirsten Boies berührende Erzählung um schuldig sein und sich schuldig machen, um Wahrheit und Lüge, Freundschaft und Hoffnungen in einer schwierigen Zeit - einfühlsam gelesen von Jodie Ahlborn.

Anne verbringt zusammen mit Freunden ein Wochenende in einer einsamen Hütte im Wald. Wenn nur noch das Überleben zählt - was bist du bereit zu tun? Anne verbringt zusammen mit Freunden ein Wochenende in einer einsamen Hütte im Wald. Doch was entspannt startet, wird bald zum puren Horror. Zuerst nimmt Anne einen seltsamen Schatten wahr. Kurz darauf hören die Freunde einen Schrei im Wald. Schließlich bekommen alle dieselbe anonyme Instagram-Nachricht: Geh nicht raus, wenn du am Leben bleiben willst.

From the founder of Inspiring My Generation Corporation, this workbook is designed as a fun interactive activity meant to engage our youth in mental health. The workbook includes coloring pages, activities, and a guide to creating coping mechanisms in between pages of educational information. The goal is to help normalize emotions, teach kids ways to get in touch with their emotions through different forms of expression, and help kids learn how to cope with their emotions.

Imaginaria es un viaje al interior de la mente de un niño que trata de escapar de su realidad. Cansado de estar triste todo el tiempo, decide olvidar. Sin embargo, sus amigos imaginarios le harán recordar su camino hacia la oscuridad.

Joshua Goldmann is the perfect student, perfect friend, perfect son—but the pressure of acting perfect all the time gets to him. One night, he finds himself standing on the edge of an abandoned bridge, when a stranger talks him down. The two begin a friendship that eventually deepens into something more, but as Josh deals with his personal and family issues, his new relationship is put at risk.

As Amy Brock struggles with anger and depression she thinks is caused by her parents' divorce, she starts dreaming about a beautiful gazebo. However, as her life falls apart because of drugs and a bad relationship, her gazebo falls apart, and her dreams turn into nightmares.

Music was his life...until the night a high-speed car crash changed everything. After that, Charlie Anderson could not play piano, or finish school, or get back on the only path to happiness he ever had. Nobody - not his parents, teachers, or friends - could help him figure out what to do next. This is an inspiring story for teenagers and young adults struggling with their own challenges.

"Had mig, elsk mig" er en rørende ungdomsroman om identitet, seksualitet og hate crime af Tomas Lagermand Lundme. "Bjørn ryster spraydåsen med den sorte maling. Så skriver han med store bogstaver BØSSE på asfalten. Bøsse. Så går han lidt tilbage og betragter sit værk. Det var sådan, det skulle være. Det var sådan her, han skulle gøre det. Han tjekker sin mobil. Nej, der mangler noget. Så skriver han JOHAN ER foran bøsse. Nu har han gjort, som de sagde, han skulle. Snart er han ligesom dem." Bjørn og Johan går i 9. klasse.

Benito's father, Xavier, has been in Iraq for more than a year. When he returns, Benito's family life is not the same. Xavier suffers from PTSD - post-traumatic stress disorder - and yells constantly. He causes such a scene at a school function that Benny is embarrassed to go to back to Southside High. Benny can't handle seeing his dad so crazy, so he decides to run away. Will Benny find a new life? Or will he learn how to deal with his dad - through good times and bad?

Farrah Rauch died by cop at the culmination of a long and difficult adolescence. Her family sought help for her, but multiple institutions and treatment facilities failed to reach her. Her friends and siblings tried to help her feel accepted but failed to reach her. Her father, Steve, tried to guide her to better life choices but failed to reach her—until 14 bullets cast their connection for eternity.

Eine berührende Geschichte, über zwei Jugendliche, die trotz oder gerade wegen ihrer Unterschiede perfekt füreinander sind. Kit und David könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Sie ist beliebt, er mit Asperger-Syndrom gilt an der Highschool als Außenseiter. Doch als Kits Vater bei einem Autounfall stirbt, kann sie nicht weitermachen wie bisher. Deshalb setzt sie sich in der Mittagspause von nun an zu David. Denn während alle anderen sie bemitleiden, ist seine schonungslose Ehrlichkeit genau das, was Kit gerade braucht.

For the past eight years, 16-year-old Emilia DeJesus has done her best to move on from the traumatic attack she suffered in the woods behind her elementary school. She's forced down the memories. Most of all, she's tried to forget about Jeremy Lance, the boy responsible, the boy who caused her such pain. Emilia believes that the crows who watched over her that day, who helped her survive, are still on her side, encouraging her to live fully. And with the love and support of her mother, brother, and her caring boyfriend, Emilia is doing just that.

Small-town Wisconsin high school senior Allison Smith loves her life the way it is - spending quality time with her widowed father and her tight-knit circle of friends, including best friend Marian and maybe-more-than-friends Neil. Sure she is stressed out about college applications...who wouldn’t be? In a few short months, everything’s going to change, big time. But when Ally files her applications, they send up a red flag...because she’s not Allison Smith. And Ally’s - make that Amanda’s - ordinary life is suddenly blown apart.

It's the '90s! Not everyone's heard of Nirvana yet, and audiotapes are barely outdated. The live music scene is alive and well, and bands still make things like "demo tapes" and "albums." After missing her best opportunity to attend a prestigious art school, 17-year-old Salvador Dali devotee Zero begins dating Mike, a drummer in an up-and-coming punk band. As their tentative relationship blooms, Zero confronts a ton of baggage holding her back from her art career.