self-help groups

Seventeen-year-old Marek feels alienated from the disabled kids in the support group he attends because of the physical disfigurement he suffered from an encounter with a dog, except for a beautiful girl in a wheelchair named Janne.

Analyzes the phenomenon of self-help groups in America and their common characteristics.

Inspired by a true story, Queen Latifah stars as an HIV positive drug abuser who is trying to make a difference in the world by helping AIDS sufferers.

Handbook for girls nine to fourteen encouraging self-esteem, confidence, and strength and asks girls to explore issues crucial to their development.

Handbook for girls nine to fourteen encouraging self-esteem, confidence, and strength and asks girls to explore issues crucial to their development.

After she has a near-death experience, teenager Olive Bell's perfect life in Vista Valley, California, suddenly does not seem so perfect. She starts attending Near-Death Society meetings and meets Nick, with whom she has a whirlwind romance and begins to live again, until Nick reveals a secret that threatens their love.

This book describes the most common types of eating disorders and discusses the different forms of support that are available for the recovery process.

Discusses eating disorders in relation to support groups, the interactions occurring in such groups, what happens in a meeting, how to start a group, and the positive benefits available from such support.