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Title: When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens by Bev Cobain, Elizabeth Verdick, Jeff Tolbert ISBN: 1-57542-036-8 Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (16 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Informative at a Level for Teenagers
Comment: Bev Cobain has written a concise and informative book on mental illness that most teens will find easy to understand. The book is mainly about depression, but also explains other mental illnesses that are often experienced with depression, such as bipolar disorder, addiction and eating disorders. She presents the basic facts about mental illnesses including their possible causes and effects, different types of treatments, excellent tips on how teens can help themselves and some important resources for additional support and information. Cobain also includes short autobiographical stories by young people who have successfully dealt with these problems. Teens may find these stories easy to relate to and, hopefully, inspirational.
Although the book is informative, I don't think that it lives up to its subtitle that indicates it is a "Survival Guide." When a teenager reaches the point where he or she truly believes that nothing else matters, this book doesn't hit hard enough to invalidate that opinion.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great First-Aid Manual on Teen Depression
Comment: A great starting point for teens who are going through unipolar or bipolar disorders (whether they are currently receiving treatment or not), Bev Cobain presents the complex issues at hand in very understandable terms and constantly reiterates the important points that depressed teenagers or teenagers who know friends who suffer from depression must take to heart. The little footnotes at the bottom of most pages are very helpful, just in case the reader decides to skim through or jump around the pages so that every necessary information is readily accessible. The useful diagrams and tips also give depressed adolescents a great way to take action immediately and perhaps feel some sense of accomplishment and progress (in fact the mood chart was something two of my past therapists used). The anecdotes, which represent teenagers each coping with different circumstances, put real faces to the more clinical aspects of the book and serve as examples of points made in the previous pages. There are a few holes in the book, however. Perhaps more information on the specific medications will have a reassuring effect on teens who will be taking them. Also, the issue of hospitalization was covered, but more facts about what actually goes on in them may have helped (although, yes, the experience differs with the quality of the hospital itself). Finally, a small section on the various personality disorders may help those teens who suffer from them because they share similar symptoms. Despite these questions, however, the book is an excellent aid for teens who go through what is often described as the "downward spiral."
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Like Most
Comment: 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 -.
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Title: Understanding Teenage Depression : A Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management by Maureen Empfield, Nicholas Bakalar ISBN: 0805067612 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 14 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Helping Your Depressed Teenager: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers by Gerald D. Oster, Sarah S. Montgomery ISBN: 0471621846 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 21 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: More Than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression by Harold S. Koplewicz ISBN: 039914918X Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Recovering from Depression: A Workbook for Teens by Mary Ellen Copeland, Stuart Copans, Ellen, M. A., M. S. Copeland ISBN: 1557665923 Publisher: Paul H Brookes Pub Co Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Conquering the Beast Within : How I Fought Depression and Won . . . and How You Can, Too by CAIT IRWIN ISBN: 0812932471 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 08 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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