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
 It’s 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 Don’t 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
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
 Kidshealth http://kidshealth.org
 Youth Suicide Prevention Program http://www.yspp.org
 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
http://www.afsp.org
 http://www.sprc.org/sites/sprc.org/files/library/Aftera
SuicideToolkitforSchools.pdf
Websites
 Depression-PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/takeonestep/depression/ind
ex.htm
 National Alliance on Mental Illness
http://www.nami.org/
 The Bright Side: Wings of Support http://www.thebright-side.org/site/thebrightside/
 Mid-Zone: A Mental Health Sight for Teens
http://www.copecaredeal.org/
 Mental Health America http://www.nmha.org
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