Monochrome Days: A First-Hand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Depression

by Linda Wasmer Andrews, Dwight L. Evans, Cait Irwin, et al.

Book Overview

If you are one of the nearly twenty percent of adolescents who experience the symptoms of major depression before the end of high school, then you are probably already familiar with the sadness, isolation, and confusion that depression can bring. You may have questions about symptoms, medications, treatments, and how to deal with depression at school and at home. Monochrome Days: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Depression was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195310055
• ISBN13: 9780195310054
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The Most Influential book about teen depression you can buy

I personally suffered major depression the summer before my senior year of high school. I was so sick I could not get out of bed or eat, my speach was slurred and I physically ached. Major depression is a whole other world than mild depression and this story is exactly what I experienced and what others I'm sure have gone through also. About 3 months into my depression I read this book and it completly changed my outlook. Something about the personal story I connected to instantly and it was just a slap in the face to fight for my life again. I did, and now I am a sucessful college freshman with tons of friends, playing sports, and generally loving life. If there is anyone you know who might be suffering I highlyl suggest this book. Everyday I am thankful that I am here to enjoy my life again and this book helped me get to this point.

She's back with details and specialists' help

First, I thank goodness that Cait Irwin, the author of Conquering the Beast Within, is back alive and well. That book is saving many lives, including mine. Cait Irwin's struggle with depression is recorded mainly by images in Conquering the Beast Within. She could leave the beast of depression abstract like that, but in Monochrome Days, she bravely reentered where her beast sleeps and detailed her darkest times in order to save much more boys and girls with depression. Moreover, specialists of mental health give contemporary medical and psychiatric help this time. With Monochrome Days you can recognize what's behind your severe mood chenge and ask for the right help much sooner than the author did. Very kind, self-giving, enlightening work.