Mental Illness Depression Suicide Print and Web Resources Reba Tierney

Mental Illness in the Family The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks (Mother) The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson (Mother) Jars of Glass by Brad Barkley & Heather Helper (Mother) Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (Mother)

Mental Illness in the Family Notes for another Life by Sue Ellen Bridgers (Father) The Opposite of Music by Janet Ruth Young (Father)

Mental Illness in the Family Black Box by Julie Schumacher (Sister) Memories of Summer by Ruth White (Sister) Without Tess by Marcella Pixley (Sister) Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy by Sonya Sones (Sister)

Mental Illness in the Family A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin (Uncle) Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Wife)

Mental Illness (Personal) Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Cut by Patricia McCormick I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg The Language of Goldfish by Zibby Oneal

Mental Illness (Personal) Inside Out by Terry Trueman Invisible by Pete Hautman Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam Rapp*

Eating Disorders More Than You Can Chew by Marnelle Tokio Purge by Sarah Darer Littman Perfect by Natasha Friend Nothing by Robin Friedman

Depression The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Seventeen: A Novel in Prose Poems by Liz Rosenberg The Fault in Our Stars John Green

Depression Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern Waiting for You by Susane Colasanti Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

Depression/Suicide Hold Still by Nina LaCour Surviving Sam by Karen Rivers Jinx by Margaret Wild

Depression/Suicide Damage by A.M. Jenkins Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper Freewill by Chris Lynch Its Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Suicide of Family Member Walking on Glass* by Alma Fullerton (Mother) Fall for Anything by Courtney Summers (Father) Mercy, Lily by Lisa Albert (Mother) Swimming to Chicago by David-Matthew Barnes (Mother)

Suicide of Family Member Saving June by Hannah Harrington (Sister) Stay With Me by Garret Freymann-Weyr (Sister) What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles (Brother) You Know Where to Find Me by Rachel Cohn (Cousin)

Attempted Suicide Ordinary People by Judith Guest A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby Crash Into Me by Albert Borris

Attempted Suicide Impulse by Ellen Hopkins Glimpse by Carol Lynch Williams Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer Hubbard

Attempted Suicide Trigger by Susan Vaught America by E.R. Frank The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

Suicide Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher After the Death of Anna Gonzales by Terri Fields Aimee by Mary Beth Miller

Suicide The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides The Pact by Jodi Picoult Looking for Alaska by John Green

Non-Fiction Conquering the Beast Within: How I Fought Depression and Won…and How You Can, Too by Cait Irwin I Dont Want to Be Crazy by Samantha Schutz Skin Game by Caroline Kettlewell

Non-Fiction Titles When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens by Bev Cobain (2007) The Power to Prevent Suicide: A Guide for Teens helping Teens by Richard E. Nelson, Ph.D., and Judith C. Galas (2006) Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison

Websites The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Kidshealth Youth Suicide Prevention Program American Foundation for Suicide Prevention SuicideToolkitforSchools.pdf SuicideToolkitforSchools.pdf

Websites Depression-PBS ex.htm ex.htm National Alliance on Mental Illness The Bright Side: Wings of Support bright-side.org/site/thebrightside/ bright-side.org/site/thebrightside/ Mid-Zone: A Mental Health Sight for Teens Mental Health America

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