Recovering from Depression: A Workbook for Teens

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Recovering from Depression: A Workbook for Teens is designed for personal use by adolescents (ages 12 to 20). It can also be used as a guide for groups for adolescents. Parents and health care providers will find that it enhances their understanding and gives them ideas that they can suggest to their teen. Some adults prefer using this manual as a personal recovery guide.

When young people experience deep sadness and difficult feelings and behave in ways even they don't understand, it is confusing, upsetting, disabling and even dangerous for them and for the people who love them. Working step-by-step through the wellness process described in this book will give them easy to use skills and strategies that will serve them throughout their life while enhancing self understanding and building self esteem. Used successfully by many young people, this book guides them through the process of finding help for themselves and getting on the road to feeling happy and healthy. This book focuses on strengths and personal success.

It contains easy to use information, forms, activities and suggested actions.