Explains that self-injury is a hazardous and usually hidden technique used by some people to control overwhelming psychological pain. Examines the characteristics commonly seen in those who self-injure, while providing suggestions on how to help.

Addresses the multiple stages of dating abuse, and teaches teens how to spot a potential abuser, how to get out of an abusive relationship, and how to help someone else who is enmeshed in one.

Warns that suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens, links the prevalence of suicide and suicide attempts to major depression, describes the symptoms of depression, and provides ways to approach someone you fear may be contemplating suicide.

Symptoms, forms, and treatment approaches are presented for the leading cause of disability in the industrialized world. Provides recommendations for helping someone who suffers from this illness, which robs its victims of hope and energy.

Teaches teens that they probably underestimate the safety of their schools, and that there are ways they can make themselves and their schools even safer.

This new addition to the In The Know-At Risk series examines the suprisingly subtle way bullying works, confronts readers with the fact that most kids disapprove but unintentionally encourage bullying, and suggests ways to avoid becoming a victim.

Examines the origins, function and mechanics of anger and teaches teens to understand and control their own anger.

A compelling examination of the sometimes Byzantine teenage girls'world of cliques, Queen Bees, and the cruel reality of social aggression--the exclusion, gossiping and slander by which girls typically bully one another.

Assures young readers that, despite society's obssession with sex, most teens today are practicing abstinence--the perfect way to avoid both pregnancy and most serious sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.

Teen narrators provide insight and facts on the social and mental pressures that can lead to stress. Candid interviews with, teens, psychologist and health care professionals give both evidence and advice on how to deal with the reality of teen stress.

Explores the reasons an estimated two million people, most of them young women, secretly cut, burn or otherwise injure themselves as a means of dealing with overwhelming emotions. Provides suggestions for approaching someone you suspect of self-injuring

Lists the warning signs that show that abuse may be psychological as well as physical, and often begins with alientation of the target from family, interestes and friends. Provides recommendations for escaping from the entaglements of an abusive relation, or helping someone else escape.

Warns that suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens, links the prevalence of suicide and suicide attempts to major depression, describes the symptoms of depression, and provides ways to approach someone you fear may be contemplating suicide.

A concise overview of the prevalence, symptoms, forms of treatment and ways to help someone suffering from this most common--and sometimes very serious--emotional illness.

Puts student concerns about school safety in proper perspective, reassuring them that school violence is less common than most teens think, while providing detailed suggestions for reducing it still further-- beginning with the importance of reporting actual or potential violence to a responsible adult.

This new addition to the In The Know-At Risk series examines the suprisingly subtle way bullying works, confronts readers with the fact that most kids disapprove but unintentionally encourage bullying, and suggests ways to avoid becoming a victim.

Teaches readers the origins, mechanism and means of controlling the aggression and hostility that make anger one of our most powerful and potentially dangerous emotions.

This recent addition to the In The Know--At Risk series addresses the most common form of bullying among girls--attacking others through their social relationships with gossip, exclusion and slander.

Stresses the responmsibility for pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease prevention that go with a decision to become sexually active and provides guidance on the various forms of birth control and their failure rates.

Assures young readers that, despite society's obssession with sex, most teens today are practicing abstinence--the perfect way to avoid both pregnancy and most serious sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.

Provides readers information on the nature, warning signs, treatment and health consequences of bulimia and anorexia, and provides tips on how to help somone with an eating disorder