Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters
byKia Jane Richmond, PhD, is professor of English at Northern Michigan University, where she directs the English Education program. She was selected as the recipient of her university's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2014.
20181231
Libraries Unlimited
Pages | 232 |
Topics | Children's and Young Adult Collection Management |
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9781440857393
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Richmond, Kia. Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters. Libraries Unlimited, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440857393.
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Richmond, Kia. Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters. Libraries Unlimited, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440857393
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Richmond, K. (2018). Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440857393
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This book explores how mental illness is portrayed in 21st-century young adult fiction and how selected works can help teachers, librarians, and mental health professionals to more effectively address the needs of students combating mental illness.
• Offers extensive analysis of contemporary young adult fiction featuring youth with mental illness to help school and youth services librarians make informed collection development and readers' advisory decisions• Examines the symptoms and warning signs of mental illness in adolescents in addition to how various disorders are diagnosed and treated
• Offers strategies for teachers and librarians to integrate quality texts into middle and high school curricula and into community initiatives aimed at confronting the stigma associated with mental illness
• Follows a standardized chapter format that makes it easy for readers to learn about the books and the mental illnesses they highlight
• Provides an extended list of resources at the end of each chapter that includes additional young adult fiction and nonfiction as well as adult fiction texts
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters
Author(s): Richmond, Kia;Contributors: Richmond, Kia;Abstract:This book explores how mental illness is portrayed in 21st-century young adult fiction and how selected works can help teachers, librarians, and mental health professionals to more effectively address the needs of students combating mental illness.
• Offers extensive analysis of contemporary young adult fiction featuring youth with mental illness to help school and youth services librarians make informed collection development and readers' advisory decisions• Examines the symptoms and warning signs of mental illness in adolescents in addition to how various disorders are diagnosed and treated
• Offers strategies for teachers and librarians to integrate quality texts into middle and high school curricula and into community initiatives aimed at confronting the stigma associated with mental illness
• Follows a standardized chapter format that makes it easy for readers to learn about the books and the mental illnesses they highlight
• Provides an extended list of resources at the end of each chapter that includes additional young adult fiction and nonfiction as well as adult fiction texts
SortTitle: mental illness in young adult literature: exploring real struggles through fictional charactersAuthor Info:Kia Jane RichmondauthorKia Jane Richmond, PhD, is professor of English at Northern Michigan University, where she directs the English Education program. She was selected as the recipient of her university's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2014.
eISBN-13: 9781440857393Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440857393.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440857386Imprint: Libraries UnlimitedPages: 232Publication Date: 20181231Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Acknowledgments ix10
- Introduction 112
- Chapter 1: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Related Disorders 1324
- ADHD Defined 1324
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 1425
- Treatment Options 1425
- Club Meds 1526
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 1526
- Psychiatric Treatment 1526
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 1627
- Motorcycles, Sushi, and One Strange Book 1728
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 1829
- Psychiatric Treatment 1930
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 2031
- Conclusion 2233
- Additional Books on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 2334
- References 2334
- Chapter 2: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 2536
- Schizophrenia Defined 2536
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 2637
- Treatment Options 2738
- Your Voice Is All I Hear 2738
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 2839
- Psychiatric Treatment 2940
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 3041
- Freaks Like Us 3142
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 3243
- Psychiatric Treatment 3243
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 3344
- Challenger Deep 3445
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 3445
- Psychiatric Treatment 3647
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 3748
- Schizo 3849
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 3950
- Psychiatric Treatment 4051
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 4152
- Conclusion 4253
- Additional Books on Schizophrenia 4354
- References 4455
- Chapter 3: Bipolar Disorder and Related Disorders 4657
- Chapter 4: Depressive Disorders 5970
- Depressive Disorders Defined 5970
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 6071
- Treatment Options 6071
- When Reason Breaks 6172
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 6172
- Psychiatric Treatment 6374
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 6475
- Get Well Soon 6576
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 6576
- Psychiatric Treatment 6677
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 6778
- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock 6879
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 6879
- Psychiatric Treatment 7182
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 7182
- It’s Kind of a Funny Story 7384
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 7384
- Psychiatric Treatment 7485
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 7687
- Conclusion 7788
- Additional Books on Depressive Disorders 7889
- References 7889
- Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorder and Related Disorders 8091
- Anxiety Disorder Defined 8091
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 8293
- Treatment Options 8293
- The Nature of Jade 8293
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 8394
- Psychiatric Treatment 8495
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 8596
- Finding Audrey 8697
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 8798
- Psychiatric Treatment 89100
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 90101
- Highly Illogical Behavior 90101
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 91102
- Psychiatric Treatment 92103
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 93104
- Conclusion 94105
- Additional Books on Anxiety Disorders 95106
- References 95106
- Chapter 6: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders 97108
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Defined 97108
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 98109
- Treatment Options 98109
- Not as Crazy as I Seem 99110
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 99110
- Psychiatric Treatment 100111
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 101112
- Every Last Word 103114
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 103114
- Psychiatric Treatment 105116
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 106117
- Turtles All the Way Down 107118
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 107118
- Psychiatric Treatment 109120
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 110121
- Conclusion 111122
- Additional Books on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders 112123
- References 113124
- Chapter 7: Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 115126
- Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 115126
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 116127
- Treatment Options 117128
- Something Like Normal 117128
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 118129
- Psychiatric Treatment 119130
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 120131
- The Impossible Knife of Memory 122133
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 122133
- Psychiatric Treatment 123134
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 124135
- The Way I Used to Be 126137
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 126137
- Psychiatric Treatment 127138
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 128139
- Conclusion 128139
- Additional Books on Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 129140
- References 130141
- Chapter 8: Feeding and Eating Disorders 132143
- Feeding and Eating Disorders Defined 132143
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 134145
- Treatment Options 134145
- Wintergirls 136147
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 136147
- Psychiatric Treatment 138149
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 139150
- Pointe 141152
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 142153
- Psychiatric Treatment 143154
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 144155
- Starved 145156
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 145156
- Psychiatric Treatment 146157
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 147158
- Sugar 148159
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 149160
- Psychiatric Treatment 150161
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 150161
- Conclusion 151162
- Additional Books on Feeding and Eating Disorders 153164
- References 154165
- Chapter 9: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 155166
- Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 155166
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 159170
- Treatment Options 159170
- Beneath a Meth Moon 160171
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 161172
- Psychiatric Treatment 162173
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 163174
- Dope Sick 164175
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 164175
- Psychiatric Treatment 166177
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 166177
- Clean 167178
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 167178
- Psychiatric Treatment 169180
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 171182
- Conclusion 172183
- Additional Books on Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 174185
- References 174185
- Chapter 10: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Behavior Disorders 177188
- Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Behavior 177188
- Related and Comorbid Disorders 179190
- Treatment Options 179190
- Girl in Pieces 180191
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 181192
- Psychiatric Treatment 183194
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 184195
- Suicide Notes: A Novel 187198
- Warning Signs/Symptoms/Diagnosis 187198
- Psychiatric Treatment 188199
- Reactions from Peers, Parents, and Others 188199
- Conclusion 189200
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