depression and young adults
by Melissa G. of HIgh Tech High International '14
Have you ever felt like you were losing your mind? Like no else understood how you were feeling? Sometimes, we let things get to us. But for some, depression is a daily struggle. These three books will show you how this illness has affected people and what they did to control it.
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Willow Julia Hoban - 329 pages Prozac Nation is a memoir that explains how she has suffered from depression from the age eleven to her college years. Her parents divorce, and this affects her ability to deal with illness. She tries to cope with her depression by experimenting with drugs while in college. She even attempts suicide. Luckily, she starts to see a new psychologist who helps her start a new path in life. This is recommended for people dealing with depression who are trying to figure out how to cope with this illness. |
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel - 368 pages Willow is a seventeen-year-old girl. After the death of her parents, she started to hurt herself and didn’t care about the pain. She used to drive her parents home when they had too much to drink. Now, she feels responsible for their death and doesn’t know what to do anymore. She meets Guy, who becomes a close friend and helps her with life. Because of the loss of her parents, she is temporarily depressed, but hasn’t been dealing with it her whole life. She wants to go back to the days when she was fine. This is recommended for young teens who like a story to get exciting at the end. |
Looking for Alaska
by John Green - 221 pages When thirteen cassette tapes show up at the front door, Clay Jensen is confused. He learns thirteen reasons why Hannah Baker, his crush from school, decides to commit suicide. Each person in the cassettes has some role of in the reason Hannah killed herself. This is recommended for students who want a story that introduces each character in different chapters. It introduces a new event in Hannah’s life in each of the cassettes. This story explains how depression can go so far if you don’t have the right guidance and lead to worse situations. This is more for high school students who want to read a story about lessons learned. |