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Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles Through Fictional Characters
By RICHMOND, Kia Jane
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- 9781440857386
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Reviewed on July 1, 2019 | Professional Reading
Richmond (English, Northern Michigan University) offers a somewhat dry but intriguing look at mental illness representation in teen literature. Each chapter focuses on a different disorder (anxiety, self-injury, addiction) and opens with a definition from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, examining the criteria for diagnosis and discussing treatment options. The author summarizes recent works, published between 2003...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
