Description Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles Through Fictional Characters highlights American Young Adult literature published since the year 2000 that features Characters grappling with Mental illness.
She was selected as the recipient of her university\'s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2014..
About the author Kia Jane Richmond, Ph D, is professor of English at Northern Michigan University, where she directs the English Education program.
An appendix offers strategies for integrating Young Adult literature into health curricula and other programs.
Each chapter also provides a list of additional readings.
The connections between Mental Illness and race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and identity are examined, and relevant research from education, psychology, and adolescent health is thoroughly integrated.
Analysis of the texts explores how a Mental Illness manifests for a particular character, how that character perceives him- or herself and is perceived by others, and what treatment or support he or she receives.
Each chapter begins with a description of a Mental Illness that includes its prevalence, demographic trends, symptoms, related disorders, and treatment options before examining a selection of Young Adult texts in depth.
Chapters focus on Mental disorders identified by the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, and OCD.
Description Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles Through Fictional Characters highlights American Young Adult literature published since the year 2000 that features Characters grappling with Mental illness
