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Raja, Sheela

Summary: Your trauma doesn't need to define you. In The PTSD Survival Guide for Teens , trauma specialist Sheela Raja-along with her teen daughter Jaya Ashrafi-offers evidence-based skills to help you find strength, confidence, and resilience in the aftermath of trauma. If you've experienced trauma or suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the world can seem like a very frightening place....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Y 616.85 Raj

Scheeringa, Michael S.

Summary: A compassionate and accessible guide for parents whose children have experienced traumatic or life-threatening events written by one of the foremost authorities on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. Dr. Scheeringa understands the desperation many parents feel and explains the impact of trauma, simplifies the science into layman’s terms, debunks the myths, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Central Recovery Press 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 SCH

Morel, Olivier

Summary: A gripping graphic novel illustrates the challenges of Iraq War veterans as well as their inspiring triumphs. After the shock of 9/11, for hundreds of thousands of young Americans there was Ar Ramadi, Baghdad, Abu Ghraib--the war in Iraq. Then came the trauma. From the torment of these vets to their reflections, this book demonstrates the seemingly impossible return of those who aspire to get...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: NBM, Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing inc. 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 MOR

Lesage, Marla

Summary: ". . . explores the realities of PTSD from a kid's perspective. The book includes an author's note and kid-friendly mental health resources. As a military child, eleven-year-old Leah moves . . . a lot. But this summer she will be the one left behind when her best friend's family is reassigned. To make matters worse, her mother will be away for training, leaving Leah at home with her father,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LES

Summary: A film that investigates new and controversial techniques and methods for treating PTSD but more than that, it is a look into the lives of veterans in America today. It is an authentic portrayal of veterans today in America and their bitter combat to overcome drug addiction, criminal issues, and their individual struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Through investigation and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIL

Mailhot, Terese Marie

Summary: "Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MAILHOT, TERESE MARIE MAI

Summary: "The story of a Manhattan teenager whose life is profoundly altered after witnessing a terrible accident. Experience an emotional teen's extraordinary journey to set things right as her innocent ideals come crashing against the harsh realities of the adult world"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA MAR

Cooke, Pan

Summary: "A memoir of living with OCD before and after diagnosis"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2024

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 COO

Van der Kolk, Bessel A.

9 holds on 6 copies

Summary: An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind's abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014

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Echenique, Sara E.

Summary: A girl in Puerto Rico copes with the aftermath of a hurricane, including her family's temporary blue tarp roof and her brother's refusal to speak. Includes notes about the author's life in Puerto Rico and the yearly ritual of preparing for hurricanes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ECH

Bowling, Dusti

Summary: A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC BOW

Dang Nghiem

Summary: Learn the accessible and deeply compassionate practices for healing trauma, known as the Five Strengths of applied Zen Buddhism. More than a philosophy, these body-based practices are backed by modern neuroscience research, and they can be applied by anyone suffering from trauma to begin experiencing relief. Mindfulness teacher Sister Dang Nghiem, MD, is an inspiration for anyone who has ever...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2021

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Maxfield, Marcie

Summary: Not your typical story about an American abroad. Instead, Marcie Maxfield pulls back the curtain on the globe-trotting world of an expat wife to explore issues of marriage and compromise. Moving backward and forward--both in time and between cities and countries--Em's Awful Good Fortune is woven together thematically by bits and pieces of Em's life: love, loss and betrayal, sexual assault and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAX

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAX

Negendank, Megan

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "In Loving Someone Who Has Sexual Trauma, a sex therapist offers self-compassion and attachment-based communication skills to help readers nurture intimacy and trust, and cultivate a more secure relationship with a partner who has experienced past sexual trauma. In the book, readers will learn powerful, trauma-informed techniques to help them understand the full impact of their partner's past...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2023

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Guilford Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 YOU

House, Silas

Summary: In the summer of 1976, ten-year-old Eli Book's excitement over Bicentennial celebrations is tempered by his father's flashbacks to the Vietnam War and other family problems, as well as concern about his tough but troubled best friend, Edie.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2009

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y Fiction Hou

Percy, Jennifer.

Summary: A report on the long-lasting effects of war on individual and national psyches shares the experiences of veterans working through post-traumatic stress disorder at a Christian rehabilitation camp.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.85 PER

Williams, Mary Beth.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger 2002

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Friedman, Grace

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: A teen with ADHD teams with a pediatric neurologist to provide a guide to help teenagers face the unique challenges of the disorder, offering cognitive behavioral strategies for coping with emotions, communication tools, and tips on staying organized.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Instant Help Books, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.8 FRI

Summary: "John Huston's stirring documentary about returning war veterans was suppressed by the United States government for over thirty years after it was produced. Every man has his breaking point, says narrator Walter Huston. These in the fulfillment of their duties as soldiers were forced beyond the limits of human endurance. Filmed at two Long Island locations (Edgewood State Hospital and Pilgrim...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LET

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Summary: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CUR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CUR

Wilson, Carter

Summary: "How far are you willing to go for Mister Tender? At fourteen, Alice Hill was viciously attacked by two of her classmates and left to die. The teens claim she was a sacrifice for a man called Mister Tender, but that could never be true: Mister Tender doesn't exist. His sinister character is pop-culture fiction, created by Alice's own father in a series of popular graphic novels. Over a decade...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WIL

Finch, Jamie Lee

Summary: "Rooted in her experiences growing up in an Evangelical Christian family, Jamie Lee Finch's "You Are Your Own" offers an overview of Evangelicalism and the painful confusion and anxiety experienced under its demands. Finch explores the mechanisms of trauma and how fundamentalist denominations match the patterns connected with PTSD. She elaborates on the doubt, guilt, fear, and grief that haunt...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: [Jamie Lee Finch] 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 261.8 FIN

Phillips, Suzanne.

Summary: Bullied constantly during his freshman year in high school, Cameron's anger and isolation grows, leading to deadly consequences.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2008

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHI

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