Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an "I--give-up" habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for interpreting your behavior, and experience the benefits of a more positive interior dialogue. Extended Description
In this fascinating and practical book, Michael Gurian— the author of the best-selling "The Wonder of Boys"— and Kathy Stevens show parents and teachers how to help boys overcome their current classroom obstacles and failures. Extended Description
First symptoms of depression often occur during teenage years, and it can be a disturbing and confusing time for families as well as the teenager themselves. How can you tell whether it is just typical teenage ups and downs that will pass, or something more serious? How can we reliably identify and support teenagers with depression?
From the author of the best-selling memoir An Unquiet Mind, comes the first major book in a quarter century on suicide, and its terrible pull on the young in particular. An internationally acknowledged authority on depressive illnesses, Dr. Jamison has also known suicide firsthand: after years of struggling with manic-depression, she tried at age twenty-eight to kill herself. Extended Description
On Becoming Teenwise looks at the many factors that make living with a teenager a delight, or a constant struggle and disappointment.
It brings hope to families challenged by the pressure of living with a teen. Practical steps are offered to rebuild and maintain family harmony and a loving relationship that can last a lifetime.
Paperback 252 pages
Reviving Ophelia and Ophelia Speaks explored the challenges teen girls face. In Ophelia's Mom, Nina Shandler continues the dialogue and lets mothers of teenage daughters speak out about feelings and struggles too often considered taboo. Softcover Extended Description
The Other Side of Blue is an anthology of twenty stories, from Australians mainly in their 20s and 30s, that provide hope for those struggling with tough issues in their lives. Paperback 224 pages Extended Description
Through extensive research and hair-raising anecdotes, a journalist exposes the variety and extremes of the epidemic of eating disorders among young women and issues a wake-up call that cannot be ignored. Paperback 382 pages Extended Description
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