The author describes her battle with depression, including her breakdowns, suicide attempts, hospitalizations, and experiences with medications, and also discusses her feelings about depression in 1990s America.

Make It to Midnight: Learning to Live When You Want to Die will provide those who suffer with mental illness--or those who love someone struggling--with hope, inspiration, and a plan to Choose Life.

In 1970, fourteen-year-old Shoshanna, six-year-old Mara, and their mother escape from Sweet Earth Farm, a declining commune run by their tyrranical and abusive father, but after finding peace and stability at Avery Elliot's farm, their mother's crippling depression returns.

Provides information about depression, discusses its causes, and describes how it can be cured.

This book discusses depression and other aspects of mental health, and the effects such illnesses can have on the depressed person and those around him.

Olivia is on the road trip of a lifetime, with her trusty camera and her big sister, Ruth, by her side. Three years ago, before their family moved from California to Tennessee, Olivia and Ruth buried a time capsule on their favorite beach. Now they're taking an RV back across the country to uncover the memories they left behind. But Ruth's depression has been getting worse, so Olivia has created a plan to help her remember how life used to be: a makeshift...

Gran Thomas feels her world has turned upside down, that everything she loves is lost to her, and life is no longer worth the effort. Her great-grandson Tommy's gift of love changes her feelings.

This book introduces depression and its emotional and mental symptoms; describes types of depression, such as reactive depression, major depression, dysthymia, bipolar disorder, atypical depression, seasonal affective disorder, and postpartum depression; and explains treatments for depression.