Arcadia Public Library

"A resource for anyone who's struggling emotionally and looking for help, from the nation's leading community-based nonprofit that addresses the needs of those living with mental illness"--

Addresses all aspects of a young woman's beauty, from skin care and diet to exercise and hair care, providing coverage specifically for the teenage years and for all races, skin types, and lifestyles.

Thirty-one young adult authors share their own struggles with mental illness, ranging from such topics as neurodiversity and addiction to OCD and PTSD.

"Do you freak out at small things? Do you yell at people or things when you don't mean to? Do you sometime cry or get scared and you aren't sure why? Does it sometimes feel like your feelings control you? All of these feelings are a normal part of life for everybody but sometimes they're just too much and it seems like you're the only one the planet that feels them. Our brains are doing their best to help us out, but sometimes we get hurt instead....

Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD....

"Inspired by the wand-wielding, crime-fighting magical girls in your favorite animes and mangas, The Magical Girl's Guide to Life teaches you how your self-care journey starts by uncovering the magical girl within. With fun exercises, journal prompts, and personality tests, you'll quickly learn everything you need to know about your magical girl self, including your magical girl name, what type of power you possess, and what cute companion will perfectly...

Fifteen-year-old Brynn can't stop thinking about death. Her intrusive thoughts and severe anxiety leave her feeling helpless--and hopeless. So after her mom interprets one of Brynn's blog posts as a suicide note, she takes extreme measures, confiscating Brynn's phone, blocking her Internet access, and banishing her to stay with her father who lives "off the grid" on a houseboat in the Florida mangroves. Isolated from her online friends--her only friends--Brynn...

After a chance encounter, loner photographer Len and volleyball star Sage develop an unlikely friendship that enables them to begin facing their inner demons.

Betty, her sister and mother were all shopping at the mall when the shooting happened -- and although they all survived, none of them would be the same after. Betty watches her mother throw herself into activism and away from her family, while her outgoing sister becomes a shadow of her former self. Desperate for answers, Betty finds herself reaching out to the shooter's brother, but all it does is reveal that nothing in life is simple to understand....