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• Where to Start

  a Survival Guide to Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mental Health Challenges

  Mental Health America,

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  Features: jargon-free information about all the most common mental illnesses, including a first self-assessment test; tips on how to get professional help and how to talk about your mental health with friends and family; essential tools, including…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here I Am, I Am Me

  An Illustrated Guide to Mental Health

  Bean, Cara,

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  By portraying complex neuroscience concepts with a cast of illustrated brain part characters, the book explains what is really going on in the reader's head in an accessible, approachable way that ultimately serves to empower the reader.

• Heads Up

  Changing Minds on Mental Health

  Siebert, Melanie,

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  This nonfiction book for teen readers is a guide to understanding mental health and coping with mental illness, trauma and recovery. It features real-life stories of resilient teens and highlights innovative approaches to mental-health challenges.

• Your Brain Needs a Hug

  Life, Love, Mental Health, and Sandwiches

  Earl, Rae,

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  Filled with Earl's friendly advice, coping strategies and laugh-out-loud moments to get you through the difficult days. Witty, honest, and enlightening, this is the perfect read for feeling happier and healthier and learning to navigate life without…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Trans & Gender Diverse Teen Resilience Guide

  Essential Skills for Building Community, Well-being, and Mental Health

  Peta, Jayme,

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  It's important for you to know that there are other teens out there just like you—as well as a whole community of folks who have been where you are now, and who are thriving as adults. Finding hope, happiness, and community takes time. In the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Resilient Teen

  10 Key Skills to Bounce Back From Setbacks and Turn Stress Into Success

  Raja, Sheela,

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  More than ever, teens need tools to manage stress and increase resilience. Based on the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, The Resilient Teen offers ten key skills to help readers bounce back from difficult situations, deal with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ab(solutely) Normal

  Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

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  In this inspiring, unflinching, and hope-filled mixed-genre collection, 16 authors draw on their own lived experiences with mental health conditions. Through powerful prose, verse, and graphics, the characters in this anthology defy stereotypes as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• (Don't) Call Me Crazy

  33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health

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  To understand mental health, we need to talk open about it. This collection explores a wide range of topics, from the authors' personal experiences with mental illness and understanding how our brains are wired, to exploring the do's and don'ts of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Signs of Distress

  Recognizing and Helping Someone in Need

  Mount, Sara Rowe,

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  With the rise in poor mental health among teenagers, it is likely that one will encounter a friend, family member, or acquaintance who might be struggling.

• Being There

  Tips for Supporting a Friend in Crisis

  Currie-McGhee, Leanne, 1971-

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  Over the past decade, the mental health crisis among teens has reached alarming levels. Being there for a friend in need can have a major impact if they are in a time of need. The effectiveness and impact of peers helping one another through mental…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hello, Cruel World

  101+ Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws

  Bornstein, Kate, 1948-

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  An unconventional approach to the prevention of teenage suicide offers a variety of alternatives to help teens cope with life and survive.

• Lavender Clouds

  Comics About Neurodivergence and Mental Health

  Ollerton, Bex,

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  Ollerton translates her experiences with Autism, ADHD, and mental health into a series of colorful, emotionally resonant comics that tell stories of neurodiversity and resilience. Among the many topics addressed in the book are the folly of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Brain Is Different

  Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders

  Monzūsū (Comic book writer),

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  In this manga essay anthology, follow the true stories of nine people (including the illustrator) navigating life with developmental disorders and disabilities. This intimate manga anthology is about the struggles and successes of individuals…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie

  (*well, Almost Everything!)

  Lindsay, Toni,

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  Specifically tailored for the stresses faced by the 14-25 age group, with concise, impactful chapters and strategies that can be realistically applied even in a busy and changeable time of life. Themes include management of uncertainty, values-based…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• DBT Skills for Teens With Anxiety

  Practical Strategies to Manage Stress & Strengthen Emotional Resilience

  Hiller, Atara,

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  Licensed psychologist and DBT Certified Clinician Atara Hiller shares practical therapy techniques from five areas of DBT: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and the Middle Path--to help you find calm…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Anxiety Club

  How to Survive Modern Life

  Fanget, Frédéric,

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  In The Anxiety Club we are introduced to three characters, each with a different form of anxiety. After hearing their stories, we follow them into the therapy room, where they discover the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional tools to help free…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fighting Invisible Tigers

  Stress Management for Teens

  Hipp, Earl, 1944-

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  Book for teens teaches proven techniques and stress management skills to face the rigors of growing up. Packed with useful information on how stress affects physical and emotional health, readers will learn assertiveness, positive self-talk, time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens

  CBT Skills to Help You Deal With Worry & Anxiety

  Tompkins, Michael A.,

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  Between school, friends, dating, the latest drama on social media, and a bunch of confusing changes going on with your body, being a teen can be super stressful! And while stress is a normal part of life, it can also get in the way of reaching your…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your New Playlist

  the Student's Guide to Tapping Into the Superpower of Mindset

  Acuff, Jon,

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  Acuff partners with his daughters to help teens tackle overthinking by replacing self-defeating thoughts with a positive, healthy mindset that pushes them forward in life rather than holding them back.

• Take in the Good

  Skills for Staying Positive and Living Your Best Life

  Biegel, Gina M.,

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  This activity journal, for kids ages 13 and older, contains 50 fun, focused, supportive art projects, writing prompts, and exercises to help you make this shift--and to find ways to feel more calm, confident, resilient, and more able to take care…Read moreRead more of this annotation