Hinshaw, Stephen P

Using details from his father's life, clinical psychologist Stephen Hinshaw explores the ways in which the mental health community can help debunk the many stigmas surrounding diagnosis, hospitalizations, and periods of highs and lows in patients.

A guide to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder discussing its diagnosis, medications and therapy, symptoms, contributing factors, and more.

Combines personal stories about girls and their families with research into genetic risk, vulnerability, and cultural influence to provide strategies and tools for parents to teach their daughters to deal with today's pressures in positive ways.

Combines personal stories with research to examine the pressures faced by teenage females, discussing how expectations, cultural trends, and mixed messages are leading to a high number of girls experiencing aggression, eating disorders, depression, and other negative effects, and providing advice on how to help.