mental health

Offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research and findings related to the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with attention difficulties, including Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Asperger syndrome.

Six health care professionals discuss ways in which parents and educators can distinguish between gifted and pathological behaviors when diagnosing disorders such as ADHD, ODD, Bipolor, OCD, autism, or Asperger's.

A guide to the challenges adolescents with Asperger syndrome face that offers parents, educators, and those with Asperger's themselves practical suggestions for dealing with the many issues the disorder presents.

Offers over one hundred quizzes, activities and tips based on cognitive behavioral therapy to help teens overcome anxiety.

A collection of writings by teens in which they share their experiences, both good and bad, with therapy and therapists and their insights on what it takes to make therapy work.

Examines the psychological effects of the Vietnam War on the men who fought in it, comparing them with those of the soldiers in the Iliad.

Draws on Homer's "Odyssey" to illuminate the real problems faced by combat veterans reentering civilian society.

Readers will learn about mental and emotional health, gender dysphoria, hormone replacement therapy (including puberty-blocking hormones), gender affirmation surgery, and more.

Presents information for teenagers on mental health topics including issues and dilemmas teens face; common types of mental illness; suicide; and treatment; and provides contact information for help organizations in mental health, alcoholism, and substance abuse.