Linda Wasmer Andrews
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Depression: What It Is, How to Beat It |
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By Linda Wasmer Smith. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2000. A Teen
Issues book. Recommended for grades 6 through 9. ISBN 076601357X hardcover.
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Back CoverDepression affects as many as one in eight teenagers in the United States, and more than 17 million Americans each year. Women are affected twice as often as men, beginning in the teen years. The bottom line? About 25 percent of all women and 12 percent of all men will suffer from depression at some time in their life. Depression is an illness that can and does strike people of all ages, races, and economic groups. The good news is that millions have fought the battle against the illness, and many have won.In Depression: What It Is, How to Beat It, author Linda Wasmer Smith clearly explains the three major types of depression, what causes depression, how to figure out whether someone is depressed, and what treatments and other resources exist to conquer the illness. She includes stories of teens who have been depressed and describes how they have dealt with the problem. About the AuthorLinda Wasmer Smith [now Linda Wasmer Andrews] is a freelance writer who specializes in mental health, medical health, and medicine. Her most recent book for Enslow Publishers, Inc., was Louis Pasteur: Disease Fighter. She lives in the southwestern United States. |
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