Mental Health Awareness - Young Adults

Created on May 10, 2022, 6:42 am

Last Updated May 1, 2024, 5:09 pm

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and May 5-11, 2024 is Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental Health Awareness Month was established in 1949 to increase awareness of the vital importance of mental health and wellness in Americans’ lives and their overall health and well-being and to celebrate recovery from mental illness. It is also a time be aware of resources and information to support individuals and communities who may need mental health support. For more information, see www.samhsa.gov/mental-health-awareness-month, www.nimh.nih.gov, www.nami.org/get-involved/awareness-events/mental-health-awareness-month, www.thenationalcouncil.org/mental-health-awareness-month, and www.mhanational.org/mental-health-month.

1) 10 Days In A Madhouse

Author

Barry, Caroline

Description

Based on her sensational book, 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE, tells the true story of world-renowned journalist, Nellie Bly who, at 23 years old, had herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum. Working for Joseph Pulitzer and the World Newspaper, Bly went undercover to expose the atrocities, abuse, rape, and murders that took place in the asylum.

2) 10 things I can see from here

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Maeve, a sufferer of severe anxiety, moves in with her recovering alcoholic father and her very pregnant stepmother and falls for a girl who's not afraid of anything.

3) 100 days of cake

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Goldhagen, Shari

Description

"Molly suffers from depression, and when she finds out that the exotic fishstore she works at is closing down, her whole life, which is already hanging on a thread, starts to crumble"--

4) The 9:09 project

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Parsons, Mark H

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Seventeen-year-old Jamison finds hope after the loss of his mother, and recognizes the role that family, friends, and even strangers can play in the healing process if you are open and willing to share your experience with others.

5) Ab(solutely) normal: short stories that smash mental health stereotypes

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Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD....

6) Academic Anxiety

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Teen Challenges

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This book explores academic anxiety and how it affects people both mentally and physically, examining the causes and symptoms of academic anxiety as well as strategies to overcome it. Features include a glossary, online resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

7) ADD and ADHD

Author

Shea, Therese M

Series

Teen Mental Health

Description

With 10.4 million young people diagnosed with ADHD each year, and with the diagnosis being embarrassing to some, this title is essential in educating those who have ADHD and those close to them about the condition. Readers will learn exactly what ADHD is, its symptoms, where to seek help, what medications are available and safe, and how to live happily and productively, such as Justin Timberlake does, a person profiled in this book who has ADHD. With...

8) Addictive Personality

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Teen mental health

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There is no right way to characterize an addictive personality. Some researchers consider the concept of addictive personality controversial, as there are no personality traits that predict addiction. Other researchers argue that an addictive personality

9) The ADHD Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Gain Motivation and Confidence

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Honos-Webb, Lara

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Focus on Your Strengths and Overcome ADHD! Symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, can strike at any time-during class, when you're listening to a friend's story, while doing homework, and did we mention during class? You might find it difficult to pay attention and sit still when your impulses are constantly tempting you to do the opposite. In The ADHD Workbook for Teens, you'll learn simple skills you can use to confidently...

10) Aimee

Author

Miller, Mary Beth

Description

Everyone believes that Zoe helped her friend Aimee commit suicide. Through writing in her journal, Zoe comes to realize no one could have helped Aimee, but Zoe can help herself.

11) All alone with you

Author

Coombs, Amelia Diane

Description

To boost her college applications, seventeen-year-old Eloise, a loner girl struggling with her mental health, volunteers at a senior support center where she meets a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy who challenge her to step out of her comfort zone.

12) All my rage

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Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else...

13) All the bright places

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Niven, Jennifer

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When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It's only with Violet that Finch can be himself--a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who's not such a freak after all. And it's only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them....

14) All the things we do in the dark

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Mitchell, Saundra

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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"Something happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. Ava would rather keep that something hidden--buried deep in her heart and her soul. But in the woods on the outskirts of town, the traces of someone else's secrets lie frozen, awaiting Ava's discovery--and what Ava finds threatens to topple the carefully constructed wall of normalcy that she's spent years building around her. Secrets leave scars. But when the secret in question is...

15) American road trip

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Flores-Scott, Patrick

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Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

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Brothers Teodoro and Manny Avila take a road trip to address Manny's PTSD following his tour in Iraq, and to help T. change his life and win the heart of Wendy Martinez. Includes information and resources about PTSD.

16) America's Mental Health Crisis

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Current Controversies

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Approximately one in five adults in the United States experience mental illness on an annual basis, and emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders are just as prevalent among young people. Issues like homelessness and mass violence have brought mental illness into the spotlight, but have significant strides been made in addressing mental health issues in recent years or are these disorders still widely stigmatized? This volume explores the questions...

17) And the trees crept in

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Kurtagich, Dawn

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Sisters Silla, seventeen, and Nori, four, are trapped in their aunt's cursed manor and can only escape with the help of a mysterious boy. When Silla, seventeen, and Nori, four, arrive at their aunt's home, it's immediately clear that the manor is cursed. The creaking of the house and the stillness of the woods surrounding them would be enough of a sign, but there are secrets that Silla can't ignore. Who is the beautiful boy that's appeared from the...

18) Anger is a gift

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"Moss Jeffries is many things--considerate student, devoted son, loyal friend and affectionate boyfriend, enthusiastic nerd. But sometimes Moss still wishes he could be someone else--someone without panic attacks, someone whose father was still alive, someone who hadn't become a rallying point for a community because of one horrible night ... Moss can't even escape at school--he and his friends are subject to the lack of funds and crumbling infrastructure...

19) The Anger Management Workbook for Teen Boys: CBT Skills to Defuse Triggers, Manage Difficult Emotions, and Resolve Issues Peacefully

Author

Harbin, Thomas J

Description

CBT skills for coping with angry thoughts, expressing your emotions, and putting an end to angry outbursts-once and for all. Being a young man is tough, and you're not always equipped to deal with the ongoing challenges of school, work, family, and relentless peer pressure. First of all, it's not all your fault. Our society encourages boys to repress their emotions-both positive and negative. You may have been told to "suck it up," or "just be a man."...

20) The Anger Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Deal with Anger and Frustration

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Lohmann, Raychelle Cassada

Description

Fully revised and updated based on reader feedback! This second edition of The Anger Workbook for Teens includes brand-new activities to help you understand and interact with your anger, and tips for managing it in constructive ways. Does your anger often get you into trouble? Do you react to situations and later regret how you behaved? Does your anger cause problems with other people? If so, you aren't alone. Between family life, friends, social...