Cope Care Deal: Articles

Firsthand Accounts of Mental Illness: Now Available Online!

Written by Teens for Teens

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The initiative that created CopeCareDeal.org also produced books (available below and through Oxford University Press) for teens to help them cope with mental illnesses. In addition to personal stories from teens, the books offer up-to-date information from experts on the illnesses and their treatment and tips for coping in everyday life.

Download Mind Race: A firsthand account of one teenager’s experience with bipolar disorder (Click the image or click here for the Spanish-language version/version en Español)	Download Monochrome Days: A firsthand account of one teenager’s experience with depression (Click the image or click here for the Spanish-language version/version en Español)
Download Next to Nothing: A firsthand account of one teenager’s experience with an eating disorder (Click the image or click here for the Spanish-language version/version en Español)	Download What You Must Think of Me: A firsthand account of one teenager’s experience with social anxiety disorder (Click the image or click here for the Spanish-language version/version en Español)
Download Me, Myself and Them: A firsthand account of one young person's experience with schizophrenia (Click the image or click here for the Spanish-language version/version en Español)	Download The Thought That Counts: A firsthand account of one young person’s experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder (Click the image or click here for the Spanish-language version/version en Español)
Download Eight Stories Up: An adolescent chooses hope over suicide (Click the image or click here for the Spanish-language version/version en Español)	Download Chasing the High: A firsthand account of one young person’s experience with substance abuse (Click the image or c

All content has been reviewed by a psychiatrist specializing in child and adolescent care.