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When Maisie gets into a terrible accident, her face is partially destroyed. She's lucky enough to get a face transplant - but how do you live your life when you can't even recognize yourself anymore? She was a runner, a girlfriend, a good student...a normal girl. Now all that has changed. As Maisie discovers how much her looks did - and didn't - shape her relationship to the world, she has to redefine her own identity and figure out what "lucky" really means.

Individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance use disorders sometimes display any one of a number of frightening behaviors: verbal outbursts, physical threats and even violence. In this comprehensive guidebook, Ellis Amdur walks professionals working in healthcare and social services settings through a multitude of steps they can take to keep themselves, their colleagues, and their clientele safe. The focus of this book is behavior not diagnosis. The first sections of the book discuss specific behaviors ranging from such relatively minor irritants as reluctance to complete tasks and ...

The statistics on suicide are staggering. The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year, which is one person every forty seconds, and for each completed suicide there may be twenty or more attempts. In How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me, Susan Blauner is the perfect emissary for a message of hope and a program of action for these millions of people.

Death is an experience that we will all have. As I write this book a dear one has been diagnosed with a terminal cancer. It has been heartbreaking to watch him wither away every day. The only way that I get through life’s challenges is through writing. This book captures my thoughts about death and grief, reflecting on how I want to live before I die. These are my gentle thoughts in words in this hard times.

Over 25% of American teenagers are diagnosed with anxiety or depression. Another 86% are walking around undiagnosed. This is a serious epidemic we ask our school systems to deal with and the can't. When your child suffers from anxiety and/or depression due to bullying, learning disabilities or mental illness you will do anything to help ensure their present and protect their future. In 2009, Mary Herrington's oldest daughter was serious when she said she'd "rather be dead than return to school." In a desperate measure to save her daughter's life, Mary brought her daughter home to homeschool...

She did everything right. She lost her home, health and business anyway. Be a good person. Be a good worker. Success will follow. Those were the rules author Denise Kawaii lived by. After surviving a childhood fraught with family dysfunction and poverty, she’d finally found the success she’d always sought. She had a little blue suburban house, a baby on her hip, and a rapidly expanding business. Things were, in a word, perfect. But when her best friend died, starting a rapid-fire series of death, ill health and loss, nothing could stop the unravelling of her middle-class life. When ...

The truth is, we all experience the occasional negative thinking from time to time, but if you feel overwhelmed by these thoughts too often, then you need to closely examine how these thoughts are negatively impacting your lifestyle. The solution is to practice specific strategies and techniques that create more "space" in your mind to enjoy inner peace and happiness. With these habits, you'll learn to prioritize what's most important in your life, what no longer serves your goals, and how you want to live on a daily basis.

This book is the 2nd Edition of “With God All Things Are Possible” which contains five additional Christian testimonies of God’s awesome life-changing power. This book contains nine testimonials of God doing the impossible. Testimonials of God’s redeeming power. Each person can truthfully say, “Jesus, I trust in You.”And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.(John 8:32, NKJV, emphasis added)Jesus is the truth, and the truth will make you free. Each of the persons in this book were all set free by Jesus. Some were in a physical prison, and some were in a ...

Brenden James O’Malley has the perfect life. At ten years old he ran away from his home in Ireland, in search of a better life, and went on to become the world-famous rock star BJ Sparks. He has the money, the looks, the fame, and women throwing themselves at his feet. What more could a man want? But behind closed doors, Brenden is broken, missing the one thing that would make his life truly perfect. Allexxiss was the one…the one who got away. When she unexpectedly reappears in his life after nearly twenty years apart, Brenden crumbles and sets off down a destructive path. There will be...

“Unquiet riot is a psychological sledgehammer of a thriller with a tension so relentless you’ll find yourself ready to snap.” - Kayla Ancrum, author of The Wicker King A psychological thriller that will appeal to fans of My Sister Rosa—this story explores the consequences of silence about bullying and mental illness. Riley is not a psychopath. It’s just that he was born unable to understand emotions. Is that person embarrassed or insecure? Suspicious or curious? It’s confusing when someone says, “Please don’t hate me,” but their face says, “You should definitely hate me ...

If you are mildly stressed, have anxiety, or are further down the rabbit hole with stress, anxiety, depression, or other emotional challenges, or if you want advice on how to take your life, success, and happiness to the next level, Mental Health–Mental Peace is a resource that can travel with you as you continue to grow or stumble and can be relied upon to support mental health, giving you the tools to lead a happier, more fulfilling life.

Where is God in the struggle? Looking away from despair toward hope can feel risky. What if God doesn't come through for you? What if you don't feel instantly better? Instead of offering simple platitudes or unrealistic cure-all formulas, Edward T. Welch addresses the complex nature of depression with compassion and insight, applying the rich treasures of the Christian gospel, and giving fresh hope to those who struggle.

What if finding her means losing himself? Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he could travel through time. When he was 10, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at 15, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he's actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers".

By showing listeners how to become active self-managers through problem solving, goal setting, and action planning while also presenting the basics of healthy eating, exercise, relaxation, and emotional empowerment, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions offers listeners a unique and exciting opportunity - the chance to take back one's life and enjoy it to the fullest extent possible while living with chronic illness.

What do you do when you are diagnosed as mentally ill? For the first time, here is a book that tells you in simple terms what helps and what works. Surviving psychosis, managing Mood Disorders, getting the best help for Anxiety, and more. Practical tips as well as tips for the inner person and building your new life, with help from the Twelve Steps pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.Find out:-how to learn what your triggers are - and avoid them-how to survive suicidal thoughts-how to use your environment to bolster your sanity-how to get the most from bureaucracies and agencies-what to do if...

Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life. The condition's name has always felt ironic to her, because she certainly does not "select" not to speak. In fact, she would give anything to be able to speak as easily and often as everyone around her can. She suffers from crippling anxiety, and uncontrollably, in most situations simply can't open her mouth to get out the words. Steffi's been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her.

Amelia is a damaged girl from a broken family. It’s hard to be normal when your best friend is a ghost and you’re surrounded by living shadows. As she ages, the shadows only get stronger, threatening her very soul. One will do anything to pull her into his dark realm. To protect her family and loved ones, she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice. Can Amelia find salvation, or will she be lost within the shadows… …Forever? SOUL SISTER is a dark paranormal fantasy that takes place in our modern world. It is a novel of love and hate, life and death, angels and demons, hope and despair.

Doug Larson felt like the happiest man on Earth with his loving wife, Barbara, whom he adored. Their enchanted lives only got better with the birth of a healthy son who became the center of their beautiful universe. They thought nothing could possibly go wrong in their perfect fantasy world until it suddenly did. Doug’s life turned upside down, and life’s cruelty kicked him again as he fought to get back up. His life was Paradise Lost. Once kind and gentle, Doug felt he had nothing left to live for except to inflict brutal retribution on those responsible for his misery: an eye for an ...

He either lives or dies, no more in between. The line can’t be straddled any further. The Turners have been rocked by their oldest child’s spiraling depression and self-destructive behavior. It’s torn the family apart and drained their limited finances. When the psychiatrists have exhausted all treatment options with no success, they recommend an in-patient facility the Turners cannot afford. Life altering decisions must now be made. How far will a parent go to save a child? At what cost to the rest of the family? How do you save someone who doesn’t want to be saved? Karen Turner ...

If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn't have woken up in an ambulance with amnesia. She certainly would have remembered her boyfriend, Ace. She might even have remembered why she fell in love with him in the first place. She would understand why her best friend, Will, keeps calling her "Chief".