Cameron's Collection

Newbury Park High School provides students, teachers, and parents 24/7 unlimited simultaneous access to content related to sensitive teen issues from the privacy of the Gale eBooks on the GVRL platform and their own devices.

The collection of eBooks is named in honor of Cameron Gallagher. She was a bright, talented girl battling depression and anxiety whose dream was to raise awareness and to help erase the stigma about the topic. At the age of 16, she suddenly passed away from an undiagnosed heart condition. Her legacy and efforts live on through the Cameron K. Gallagher (CKG) Foundation (ckgfoundation.org).

Cameron's Collection offers content on issues related to teen mental health and wellness, with topics that include: teen depression, anxiety, stress, suicide, self-injury, bullying and more. It also includes targeted resources and guidance about how friends, teachers and family members can provide support to those struggling. Articles can be saved or shared, and the books can be translated. Each book contains additional resources, including information on getting professional help.

This series offers advice that is both sensitive and practical for teens who many not know where to turn otherwise. Resources, coping mechanisms, and treatments are offered. Readers will come away feeling that they can lead physically and emotionally healthy lives in spite of the situations they have faced and in spite of any social stigmas that might be attached to the problem. Includes extensive lists of relevant organizations and websites to contact, offering a gateway to future research.

What should you do when you see a friend struggling? Watching a friend or loved one deal with a challenging situation is one of the hardest experiences in life, but we don't always know the best way to help. These titles are practical guides for readers who want to help someone they know who is struggling with serious problems. With an empathetic tone, each title provides trusted resources and straightforward, real-world strategies to approaching these sensitive subjects with friends to give readers advice they can rely on.

Presents essential information to help young people navigate this turbulent time in their lives. Each book gives background information, an analysis of the social and emotional impact of each topic, and advice on how to manage each situation.

Teens need a reliable source of no-nonsense health information—whether they are wondering about their own health, concerned about a friend or family member, or writing a report for school. The Teen Health Series is a leading resource for students who are looking for medical information that is authoritative, well-organized, and easy-to use.

With accurate statistics, detailed graphs, and engaging sidebars, these volumes address the facts of various illnesses, dispelling the anxiety that comes from the unknown.

Dealing with everyday life as a teen can be tough! Schoolwork, testing, social pressures, and planning for the future can cause stress, anxiety, and depression. This series provides guidance for readers going through these issues and recommends additional resources such as counseling and online support groups. Provides sensitive, insightful discussion of topics of which all teens need to be aware.

The teenage years are a time of exploration and change. These years can be challenging--even more so when a young person has a mental condition or illness. Each book explains what the illness is, what causes it, how it affects daily life, possible treatments, and how people overcome it or learn to live with it.

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