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1) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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Pub. Date
2024
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English
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"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In [this book], social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need...
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English
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In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous generations. In this book Abigail Shrier argues that the problem isn't the kids, it's the mental health experts. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and young people, Shrier explores the ways the mental health industry has transformed the way we teach, treat, discipline, and even talk to our kids. She argues...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In a tech-saturated world, a return to outdoor play is exactly what our children need. Founder of 1000 Hours Outside shows parents how to help their kids discover the fun-not to mention the physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual benefits-that awaits them beyond the four walls of their home"--
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Edition
Norton pbk. [ed.].
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English
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Stacy Pershall grew up depressed and too smart for her own good, a deeply strange girl in Prairie Grove, Arkansas (population 1,000), where the prevailing wisdom was that Jesus healed all. From her days as a thirteen-year-old Jesus freak, through a battle with anorexia and bulimia, her first manic episode at eighteen, and the eventual diagnosis of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, this spirited and at times mordantly funny memoir...
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Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Motherhood is stressful, but international award-winning speaker and worry management expert Denise Marek is here to tell you that you can stress less by learning to worry wisely! With her proven CALM method, a four-step process that has helped many individuals and organizations around the world connect with their inner peace, overcome their fears, and take the risks that are essential for success, mothers can tackle the stress of parenting. Whether...
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Publisher
Solution Tree Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Educators make thousands of decisions each day, and without an efficient wellness routine, educators' jobs can result in prolonged stress, burnout, and emotional exhaustion. In Educator Wellness: A Guide for Sustaining Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Social Well-Being, authors Timothy D. Kanold and Tina H. Boogren provide a framework to guide and support educators in sustaining a continuous educator wellness plan. The authors explore four core dimensions...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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The mental health system in America is hardly the front-burner issue it should be, despite lip service about reform after each new tragic mass killing. Yet every American should care deeply about fixing a system a presidential commission reported was in "shambles." By some measures, 20 percent of Americans have some sort of mental health condition, including the most vulnerable among us-veterans, children, the elderly, prisoners, the homeless.
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Matt Holt, an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"In times more uncertain than ever before, Dear William answers the call for increased attention to individual and family substance use and mental health. His is a message that students and parents throughout the world need to hear. And as a creator of the national William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi, David Magee is on a mission to find and share solutions to one of America's biggest problems that touches...
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New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"For those struggling with relationship addiction, or "love addiction," a breakup can feel overwhelming. Letting Go of Your Ex offers evidence-based skills and techniques grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy to help combat symptoms such as emotional distress, impulsive behavior, and obsessive rumination. With this compassionate and nonjudgmental guide, readers will find the tools needed to recover from love addiction, create a new life without...
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Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"After a brief crash course in the latest research on trauma and the mind-body connection, we learn to access our innate resilience through body-based practices, mindful awareness, and generating compassion for ourselves and others"--
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Adams Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"When you're autistic, it can be tough to prioritize wellness. Self-Care for Autistic People can help you engage in some neurodivergent self-care-without pretending to be neurotypical. You'll find more than 100 activities that help you accept yourself, destigmatize autism, find your community, and take care of your physical and mental health. You'll find solutions for managing the challenging aspects of autism, as well as ideas to bring out the many...
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English
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Parenting is about to get easier—and a whole lot more effective....
In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they're falling short.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel...
In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they're falling short.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel...
15) In limbo
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health...
16) Peaceful Me
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Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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A young child tells us about the different times when he feels peaceful, as well as how he copes when he needs to find a peaceful state again.
Acclaimed picture-book creators Sandra V. Feder and Rahele Jomepour Bell have teamed up once again to create a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated exploration of peacefulness.
"I like feeling peaceful," the young narrator tells us, then describes the times when he is filled
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