Rating: Summary: Very helpful and inspirational Review: If you are a depressed teen or think you might be then you should read this book i think it is very helpful. it has a lot of increadable storys and lots of helpful advice. its great to hear about teen depresion from the teens. Thanx Bev.
Rating: Summary: Not Like Most Review: Of all the self-help books I found, this one struck me the most. Bev Cobain doesn't treat us like we're five years old or treat us like we're idiots for being depressed. She gives us help, and advice in an organized handbook like format. She steps this into two phases - What's Wrong and Getting Help and Staying Well. I also like how she makes it personal - adding things about her cousin Kurt Cobain but also including other depressed teen stories - proving I'm not alone. I'm almost finished with the book and am into getting some help for my depression. I'd recommend this book to any depressed teen, any school councelor, or any one interested in teen depression and want to be informed on it incase they stumble upon it sometime in their lives. Good Book -.
Rating: Summary: this book really helped me with my depression Review: The day that i started reading this book i couldn't put it down because it was teaching me about my depresion. Now that i have completed it i feel that i know more about depression then i knew before.I shared it with my mom who is also depressed and she wants a copy of her own. iI think it is a very good book and i would defently would think that this book should be for depressed teens that want to learn more about depression. Even a teen without depression that wants to learn more about depression should read it. Thanks bev for writing this wondreful book.
Rating: Summary: Los Angeles Times praises WHEN NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE Review: The LA TIMES praised WHEN NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE for its "easy-to-read real lessons for teenagers...The book is designed to help other young people distinguish between the blues and true depression and recognize suicide warning signs. It encourages them to find adults who can help, or hook up with organizations, support groups or therapists."
Rating: Summary: Helps teens take an active role in beating depression Review: This book combines compassion and empowerment with accurate information.
The author, a cousin of singer Curt Cobain, wrote this book to help make sense of her cousin's suicide. It is readable, knowledgeable and thorough. It helps adolescents understand what they might be feeling when they are depressed. It discusses how to interrupt the downward spiral and find a way out. The book covers both social and biological aspects of depression.
I felt that the author had a good intuitive grasp for how an adolescent might feel when he was in the depths of a depression. She reflects back the sense of isolation and hopelessness so that a depressed person feels understood. She provides information on how to get help when you don't feel that anyone out there is trustworthy.
She empowers teens by providing good information about the causes of depression and well as the treatments. For those who want more detailed information, she provides a resource list. I especially liked her section on how to stay healthy once you have recovered from the initial depression.
I have recommended this book to several teens. They felt that it made sense and was helpful
Rating: Summary: A self-help book for depressed teens and adults who care. Review: This book extends a compassionate, knowledgeable, hand to teens trying to understand the complex and frustrating dynamics of living with depression. Author Bev Cobain demystifies mental health terminology with staightforward explanations about the various kinds of depression and the difference between "the blues" and more serious kinds of depression that need attention. This is an interactive book where teens are shown how to take an active role in doing things to help themselves stay healthy. Young readers will find themselves in one or more of the stories told by eleven teens from many walks of life as they describe their struggles with depression. The stories demonstrate that young people can do something about depression and have hope for the future. Parnts, school counselors, mental health providers, physicians and others who work with depressed teens, will find useful, practical, information in this book. Any depressed teen luckly enough to receive this book from a caring, concerned adult will find comfort. Indeed, it may save a life.
Rating: Summary: A must-have for depressed teens Review: This book is a great resource for teens who are depressed. It explains all the biochemical stuff very clearly and understandably. It goes through depression symptoms and treatments, but it also offers practical advice on everything from how to start a conversation about your suicidal thoughts to explaining depression to your friends to "will anything good come of this?" There are personal anecdotes from other depressed teens so the reader doesn't feel all alone in her problems. I have found the survival tips to be invaluable in dealing with my depression. I reread part of this book whenever I'm having a bad day. This is a great book for people like me and I wish I could buy copies for all the depressed teens I know.
Rating: Summary: Excellent, insightful and well written. Review: This book is excellent. As an adult suffering from depression I wish I had some of the knowledge offered in this book when I was a teenager. I think it would have definately changed the course of my life. You can tell that there is so much of the Authors heart and soul that went into writing this book. The testimonials from the kids are great. I would recommend this book to kids and adults alike. Thanks Bev for who you are and what you beleive in.
Rating: Summary: Love it Review: This book is helping me understand that I am not the only teenager that goes throught depression. It is a helping book for me. I love it. I know that this book is going to help other teenagers with depression.
Rating: Summary: A survival guide indeed Review: This book is worth the buy. if you are a depressed teen like i am i recommend this book for you. it has alot of survival tips,stories from teens who suffer and suffered from depression like me and you. reasons why we become depressed. different types of depression bipolor,major depression,dysthymia, and it also tells you ways to cope with your depression. this book is a survival guide indeed. it helps you understand your depression and it let's you know that your not the only one suffering from this illness. and there is help out there so if your a depressed teen please buy this book. it's worth the money and it will start you on the path to a better life.
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