Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature : Exploring Real Struggles Through Fictional Characters.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Young Adult Literature: Definition, Historical Context, and Inclusion in the Curriculum -- Definition of Mental Illness and its Presence in Young Adult Literature -- Focus and Organization of this Book -- Overview of Chapters -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 1: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Related Disorders -- ADHD Defined -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Club Meds -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Motorcycles, Sushi, and One Strange Book -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- References -- Chapter 2: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders -- Schizophrenia Defined -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Your Voice Is All I Hear -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Freaks Like Us -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Challenger Deep -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Schizo -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Schizophrenia -- References -- Chapter 3: Bipolar Disorder and Related Disorders -- Bipolar Disorder Defined -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Crazy -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- This Is How I Find Her -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis.

Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Bipolar Disorder -- References -- Chapter 4: Depressive Disorders -- Depressive Disorders Defined -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- When Reason Breaks -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Get Well Soon -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- It's Kind of a Funny Story -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Depressive Disorders -- References -- Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorder and Related Disorders -- Anxiety Disorder Defined -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- The Nature of Jade -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Finding Audrey -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Highly Illogical Behavior -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Anxiety Disorders -- References -- Chapter 6: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Defined -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Not as Crazy as I Seem -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Every Last Word -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others.

Turtles All the Way Down -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders -- References -- Chapter 7: Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders -- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Something Like Normal -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- The Impossible Knife of Memory -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- The Way I Used to Be -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders -- References -- Chapter 8: Feeding and Eating Disorders -- Feeding and Eating Disorders Defined -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Wintergirls -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Pointe -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Starved -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Sugar -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Feeding and Eating Disorders -- References -- Chapter 9: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders -- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Beneath a Meth Moon -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Dope Sick -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis.

Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Clean -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders -- References -- Chapter 10: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Behavior Disorders -- Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Behavior -- Related and Comorbid Disorders -- Treatment Options -- Girl in Pieces -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Suicide Notes: A Novel -- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis -- Psychiatric Treatment -- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others -- Conclusion -- Additional Books on Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal-Behavior Disorders -- References -- Resources for Exploring Mental Illness through Young Adult Literature in the Classroom -- Sample Lesson Plan for When Reason Breaks -- High-School English Language Arts-Grades 9-10 -- Common Core State Standards Addressed -- AASL Standards Addressed -- Sample Lesson Plan for the Impossible Knife of Memory -- High-School English Language Arts-Grades 11-12 -- Common-Core State Standards (CCSS) Addressed -- AASL Standards Addressed -- Classroom Activity: Close Reading and Language Analysis -- Classroom Activity: Mental-Health Professionals and Treatments in Young Adult Literature -- Textbooks on Young Adult Literature -- Community-Health Resource List -- Index -- About the Author.

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