Perspectives on mental health

Discusses panic disorder and panic attacks, answering questions about the illness and how it can affect teens; and provides information about treatment, recovery, and prevention.

Discusses the issue of compulsive overeating, providing a definition of the disorder, examining its effects on teens, and offering advice to young people on how to deal with their own eating problems, as well as those of others. Includes addresses and Internet sites for further information and assistance.

Presents a discussion of suicide, examining some of the reasons why teens kill themselves, and offering advice to young people on how to help themselves and their friends deal with feelings and situations that might lead to suicide. Includes addresses and Internet sites for further information and assistance.

Presents a discussion of anorexia, providing a definition of the eating disorder, examining its effects on teens, and offering advice to young people on how to respond to the problem in themselves and others. Includes addresses and Internet sites for further information and assistance.

Presents a discussion of bulimia, providing a definition of the eating disorder, examining its effects on teens, and offering advice to young people on how to respond to bulimia in themselves and others. Includes addresses and Internet sites for further information and assistance.