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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
by Mary Pipher  Publisher Comments Why are more American adolescent girls prey to depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before? According to Dr. Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist who has treated girls for more than twenty years, we live in a look...
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Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
by William Pollack Publisher Comments Featuring a new preface by the author on how parents can make a difference. With author appearances on Good Morning America, The Today Show, 20 /20 and NPR's Fresh Air, and featuring articles in Newsweek, Time, and The New York Times, Real Boys is one of...
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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism
by Temple Grandin 
Publisher Comments Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world...
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The Mind Tree: A Miraculous Child Breaks the Silence of Autism
by Tito Mukhopadhyay Publisher Comments Eloquent. Philosophical. Introspective. These are not the words usually associated with an autistic child. But in a remarkable display of courage and creativity, a boy named Tito has shattered stereotypes, and in "The Mind Tree" makes us question all of...
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Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
by Rachel Simmons Publisher Comments Dirty looks and taunting notes are just a few examples of female bullying that girls and women have long suffered through silently and painfully. Simmons elevates the nation's consciousness and shows girls, parents, counselors, and teachers how to deal...
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Making Peace with Autism: One Family's Story of Struggle, Discovery, and Unexpected Gifts
by Susan Senator Publisher Comments A courageous and inspiring mother explains why a diagnosis of autism does not have to shatter a family's dreams of happiness in this moving narrative filled with practical advice for all families living with autism....
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The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness
by Alice Miller Publisher Comments Dr. Miller explores the clues, often overlooked in biography, that connect unnoticed childhood traumas to adult creativity and destructiveness....
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Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Schizophrenia
by Kurt Snyder Publisher Comments During his second semester at college, Kurt Snyder became convinced that he was about to discover a fabulously important mathematical principle, spending hours lost in daydreams about numbers and symbols. In time, his thoughts took a darker turn, and he...
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Dibs in Search of Self
by Virginia M. Axline Publisher Comments The classic of child therapy. Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life . . . how he came to the breathless...
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Guided Imagery for Healing Children and Teens
by Ellen Curran Publisher Comments Their own naturally rich imaginations are one of the best resources for healing children or helping them through difficult times. Guided Imagery for Healing Children and Teens shows parents, caregivers, and wellness practitioners how to tap into this...
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Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write about Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy
by Rachel Simmons Publisher Comments The national bestseller Odd Girl Out exposed a hidden culture of cruelty that had always been quietly endured by American girls. As Rachel Simmons toured the country, these girls found their voices and spoke to her about their pain. They wanted to talk...
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Eating an Artichoke: A Mother's Perspective on Asperger Syndrome
by Echo Fling Publisher Comments At the age of ten, Jimmy was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. Written in the first person, this book tells Jimmy's story from his mother's point of view. As well as charting Jiimmy's development from infancy to preadolescence, Fling provides practical...
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Play Therapy Rev Edition
by Virginia M Axeline Publisher Comments "The most brilliant and intuitive, as well as the clearest written, work in this field. It is unpretentious yet clearly the most authoritative work that has been published."<BR>NORMAN CAMERON, Ph.D.<BR>Professor of Psychiatry<BR>Yale...
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Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children (Library of Contemporary Thought)
by Jonathan Kellerman Publisher Comments discusses the legal and psychological ramifications of treating such children as adult criminals. He explores the "nature v. nurture" theory and tackles, with surprising results, the popular idea that violence in the media is to blame. Kellerman then...
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Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit in
by Stephen Nowicki Publisher Comments Clinical psychologists Nowicki and Duke show parents and teachers how to simply assess the extent of a child's dyssemia, provide exercises for correcting their problems, and offer guidance for seeking professional assistance....
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The Thought That Counts: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' Adolescent Mental Health Initiative)
by Jared Kant Publisher Comments For the more than 2 million Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorder, the intrusive thoughts and uncontrollable behaviors can take a harsh toll, as author Jared Douglas Kant knows all too well. Diagnosed with OCD at age 11, Jared became ruled by...
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If Your Adolescent Has Schizophrenia: An Essential Resource for Parents (Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' Adolescent Mental Health Initiative)
by Raquel E Gur Publisher Comments 'Schizophrenia is a disease that afflicts some 2.2 million persons of all ages. It has a wide-ranging impact on the lives of not just the people who have it, but also the people who love them. In an era of de-institutionalization and managed care...
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Unchained Memories: True Stories of Traumatic Memories, Lost and Found
by Lenore Terr Publisher Comments Can a long-forgotten memory of a horrible event suddenly resurface years later? How can we know whether a memory is true or false? Seven spellbinding cases shed light on why it is rare for a reclaimed memory to be wholly false. Here are unforgettable...
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The Political Life of Children
by Robert Coles Publisher Comments Robert Coles, one of the most eminent child psychiatrists in the world, spent over a decade researching this book and its companion volume, The Moral Life of Children. Coles visits children all over the world, listening with willing ears, and he captures...
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Nobody Nowhere..Autistic
by Donna Williams Publisher Comments "This is a story of two battles, a battle to keep out 'the world' and a battle to join it." She inhabits a place of chaos, cacophony, and dancing light--where physical contact is painful and sights and sounds have no meaning. Although labeled, at times...
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