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"Adventures in Dealing with Everyday Struggles, Getting Help, and Doing Just OK Sometimes. Just Peachy is a comic series that explores what the day-to-day is like with depression and/or anxiety. The all-too-real cartoon protagonist gives readers a character to empathize with, and helps explain some of the not often talked about consequences and symptoms of having depression. The comics also explore the themes of heartbreak, finding love, dealing with...
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"After an entire summer trying to figure out how to go back to being the person she was before her depression and anxiety diagnosis, twelve-year-old Pluto finds out--with the help of the Hayden Planetarium hotline, a new tutor, and a new friend--that there is no old or new Pluto, there's just Pluto, growing up"--
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Defining depression -- Symptoms of depression -- Causes of depression -- Winter blues -- The negative effects of alcohol and street drugs -- Choosing positive thoughts -- The power of perspective -- Learning to let go -- The gift of the moment -- Higher power help -- Healthy self-esteem -- feeling loved -- Believing in yourself -- Asserting yourself -- Using social skills -- Talking tips from Al -- Good communication skills -- Managing conflict and...
7) Back from the brink: true stories and practical help for overcoming depression and bipolar disorder
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Collects first-hand stories from celebrities on their own struggles with depression and bipolar disease, including the steps that they took to get a handle on their own mental health and begin moving forward.
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When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasonswhy she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
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Ever since her mother left, Maia has struggled with depression, which has only gotten worse since her father remarried; so Maia decides run away to Canada to find her mother, together with Billy, a boy who now lives in a group home and has his own familytragedy--but when they finally arrive in Tadoussac, Quebec, Maia discovers that even her mother has been keeping secrets.
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Recovering from a difficult childbirth, a woman caring for her newborn alone while her husband travels for work suffers a psychological unraveling that causes her to see the ghost of famed children's book author Margaret Wise Brown.
After giving birth to her first child, Megan is raising her newborn alone while her husband travels for work. Physically exhausted and mentally drained, she is also wracked with guilt over her unfinished dissertation--...
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"Beauty in the Browns author Paul Asay knows this from personal experience--his and his son's. As he shares their stories in an honest, practical, sometimes painful, and occasionally humorous way (with input from mental health professionals), you'll find someone who understands what it means to live as a Christian with depression. He offers hope and help to those suffering from mental illness as well as those trying to help them. Even in the bleak...
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The internationally recognized teacher, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love argues that our desire to avoid pain is actually detrimental to our lives, disconnecting us from our deepest emotions and preventing true healing and spiritual transcendence. Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, world-renowned teacher, and one of the most important spiritual voices of our time. In Tears to Triumph, she argues that we--as...
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"Why are we losing the fight against depression? In this groundbreaking work, psychologist Jonathan Rottenberg explains that despite advances in pharmaceutical science, progress has been hampered by our fundamental misunderstanding of depression as a psychological or chemical defect. Instead, Rottenberg introduces a surprising alternative: that depression is a particularly severe outgrowth of our natural capacity for emotion; it is a low mood gone...
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"Professional party planner turned stay-at-home-mom, Brynn Hallman always imagined she'd be the ideal mother for her little boy, Cody. But her plans go awry with a series of medical complications that send her into a tailspin. Fueled by bad reality TV and a growing obsession with an Instafamous mommy influencer, Brynn falls deeper into her growing depression and turns inward, shutting out her pre-baby friends and pretending to her husband, Kyle, that...
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""Strategies for managing teenage depression and preventing suicide among teens; also covers related issues such as self-esteem, eating disorders, PTSD, anxiety, bullying, and substance abuse; includes helpful testimonials from teens who have suffered depression and recovered."--Provided by publisher"--
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Publisher Annotation: When Liam Cooper's older brother Ethan is killed in a hit-and-run, Liam has to not only learn to face the world without one of the people he loved the most, but also face the fading relationship with his two best friends. Feeling more alone and isolated than ever, Liam finds themself sharing time with Marcus, Ethan's best friend, and through Marcus, Liam finds the one person that seems to know exactly what they're going through,...
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Depression Doesn't Always Have to Be Depressing is based primarily on the experiences Dr. James R. Holmes, PhD, shared with clients in the 45 years he served as therapist and coach for courageous people who have struggled with being depressed. It is also based on a framework of concepts known as Descriptive Psychology developed by Peter Ossorio, PhD, and his colleagues. Descriptive Psychology helped Dr. Holmes make sense out of how and why a person...
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When Going Through Hell.. Don't Stop!: A Survivor's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Clinical Depression, is the e-book version of the print book that was published in 2000. It is a memoir that tells the story of how one person survived a life-threatening depressive illness through adopting a holistic recovery program that included, physical self-care, mental/emotional self-care, spiritual connection and social support. Ultimately, Douglas's recovery...
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