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Table of Contents


	Preface	ix
PART ONE	MAINTAINING MENTAL WELLNESS
Chapter 1	What is Mental Health?	3
Chapter 2	Coping with Life’s Challenges	9
Chapter 3	Resilience for Teens: Got Bounce?	19
Chapter 4	Building Healthy Self-Esteem	23
Chapter 5	Coping with Stress	33
Chapter 6	Getting Along with Family and Friends	43
Chapter 7	Love, Romance, and Heartbreak	57
Chapter 8	Dealing with Your Parents’ Divorce	67
Chapter 9	The Moving Blues	73
Chapter 10	Dealing with Grief	79
PART TWO	MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS
Chapter 11	Depression	93
Chapter 12	Premenstrual Syndrome	103
Chapter 13	Seasonal Affective Disorder	113
Chapter 14	Bipolar Disorder	121
Chapter 15	Generalized Anxiety Disorder	129
Chapter 16	Panic Disorder	133
Chapter 17	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	137
Chapter 18	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	149
Chapter 19	Social Phobia	155
Chapter 20	Specific Phobias	159
PART THREE	BEHAVIORAL, PERSONALITY, AND PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
Chapter 21	Adjustment Disorders	167
Chapter 22	Conduct Disorder	171
Chapter 23	Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder	175
Chapter 24	Impulse Control Disorders	183
Chapter 25	Eating Disorders	193
Chapter 26	Compulsive Exercise	205
Chapter 27	Self-Injury	209
Chapter 28	Factitious Disorders	213
Chapter 29	Personality Disorders	219
Chapter 30	Borderline Personality Disorder	231
Chapter 31	Psychosis	241
Chapter 32	Dissociative Disorders	249
Chapter 33	Schizophrenia	255
Chapter 34	Schizoaffective Disorder	267
PART FOUR	GETTING HELP FOR MENTAL ILLNESS
Chapter 35	Mental Health Professionals: What they Are and How to Find One	271
Chapter 36	Going to a Therapist	275
Chapter 37	Counseling and Therapy: A Summary of Mental Health Treatments	283
Chapter 38	Mental Health Medications	291
Chapter 39	Electroconvulsive Therapy	299
Chapter 40	Alternative Approaches to Mental Health Care	303
Chapter 41	St. John’s Wort	309
Chapter 42	Meditation	315
PART FIVE	OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH IN TEENS
Chapter 43	Abuse and Neglect	323
Chapter 44	Addiction	329
Chapter 45	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	335
Chapter 46	Autism Spectrum Disorders	343
Chapter 47	Bullying	351
Chapter 48	Dating Abuse	357
Chapter 49	Learning Disabilities	365
Chapter 50	Puberty	371
Chapter 51	Running Away	379
Chapter 52	Suicide	383
Chapter 53	Tourette Syndrome	387
Chapter 54	Youth Violence	393
PART SIX	IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION
Chapter 55	Crisis Helplines and Hotlines	403
Chapter 56	A Directory of Mental Health Organizations	407
Chapter 57	Additional Reading About Mental Wellness and Mental Illness	417
	Index	425