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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey's daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother's gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she's never been able to do with anyone before. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.
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Publisher
Toplight
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Anxiety sufferers, as well as the health professionals and loved ones who support them, are often unaware of the extent of their struggles. Family and friends misunderstand anxious people, believing they are lazy or lack initiative. Patients seek treatment for the symptoms of anxiety again and again, never addressing the underlying reasons for their disorder. This book covers the complexity of anxiety in everyday life, as well as its effect on happiness...
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Publisher
Ramsey Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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We're the most technologically advanced society in history, but we've never been more stressed, medicated, or lonely. We have 1,000 Facebook friends but no one to help us move our couch. The pace of life is making us exhausted. We're all carrying the weight of our trauma based on the stories we were told by others and the ones we tell ourselves--and those stories are like bricks in a backpack that keep us from being happy and healthy. In his new book,...
8) Anxiety, practical about panic: a practical guide to understanding and overcoming anxiety disorder
Author
Publisher
John Murray Learning
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Do you suffer from anxiety and panic? So did Joshua Fletcher, but he treated his own condition successfully, went back to school, became a counsellor and emerged as one of the country's leading experts on anxiety. Anxiety: practical about panic is a complete, easy-to-read and hugely practical book about anxiety from someone who knows how to recover and live your life to the full - and will show you how. Concentrating on the actions that you can take...
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Publisher
Career Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Do you know what really triggers panic attacks? Are you aware of what thinking patterns create anxiety? Are you a chronic worrier? Have you ever self-medicated with alcohol or tranquilizers? According to mental health professionals, anxiety disorders have emerged as the common cold of mental illness. Every family is touched in some way or another by anxiety issues and, with ever-increasing frequency, diagnosable anxiety disorders. In Take Control...
Author
Publisher
Teach Yourself
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone feels anxious from time to time, and worry is a natural part of life. But it is all too common to allow concerns about our health, our security, our relationships or our place in the world to become a negative cycle and a burden. Anxiety gets called GAD when the worry is repetitive, becomes associated with a variety of emotional and physical symptoms, and begins to impact upon our ability to enjoy life. If these problems sound familiar to...
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Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Many teens struggle with anxiety disorders, the symptoms of which include elevated stress hormone levels, depression, and heart problems. The prevalence of anxiety disorders among today, and teens makes this a timely, informative, and helpful book for readers. Learn about the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of anxiety disorders as well as coping strategies and treatments. Resources for identifying, managing, and treating anxiety disorders are provided...
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Functional medicine innovator and founder of nationally renowned practice Parsley Health, Dr. Robin Berzin's definitive work on how to fight the physical ailments at the root of the international epidemic of burnout, anxiety, and stress"--
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Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"After an entire summer trying to figure out how to go back to being the person she was before her depression and anxiety diagnosis, twelve-year-old Pluto finds out--with the help of the Hayden Planetarium hotline, a new tutor, and a new friend--that there is no old or new Pluto, there's just Pluto, growing up"--
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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The author recounts his lifelong battle with anxiety, showing the many manifestations of the disorder as well as the countless treatments that have been developed to counteract it, and provides a history of the efforts to understand this common form of mental illness.
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Afraid of absolutely everything, 12-year-old Marvel momentarily forgets her anxiety when she rescues a fainting goat named Butter and must fight for her new friend when she is told she might have to give Butter up forever.
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Language
English
Description
"...this evidence-based workbook is packed with the most effective techniques for assessing and treating anxiety, the latest clinical research, and a complete arsenal of skills for quieting fears and getting anxious thoughts under control."--Page 4 of cover.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Nine out of ten dentists agree, Mazey Eddings's rom-com A Brush with Love makes your smile brighter!* (*not scientifically proven). Harper is anxiously awaiting placement into a top oral surgery residency program when she crashes (literally) into Dan. Harper would rather endure a Novocaine-free root canal than face any distractions, even one this adorable. A first-year dental student with a family legacy to contend with, Dan doesn't have the same...
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Publisher
Inkwater Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and talented man crippled by extreme anxiety and panic attacks, Brian has carefully crafted his world so that his interactions with others are severely limited. Although incapable of changing his situation, he discovers that, somehow, he is the only person seven-year-old Abigail can trust. Having bounced from one foster home to another, she has unexpectedly come to live with a childless uncle and aunt she has never known. For very different...
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Language
English
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"Nina Hill's life may not seem like much, but for a person battling anxiety, it's more than enough. She enjoys her job at a bookstore and her small circle of friends. Until a visit from a lawyer changes everything ... The father that Nina never knew existed has died, leaving behind an enormous extended family. Nina now has innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews, and cousins all living within a twenty-mile radius--some welcoming and some not...
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