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1) Crank
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In her gripping, necessary, and deeply humane follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Dopesick, journalist Beth Macy brings us to the next frontier of the opioid crisis, telling the story of the everyday heroes fighting to stem the tide of drug overdose in communities that are too often left to fend for themselves, and of the activists and relatives of the dead who are still struggling for accountability in America's courts. Nearly a decade into...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this feature film, the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system is conveyed through the eyes of 2 children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. We Were Children gives voice to a...
5) Happy Valley
Publisher
Forever Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
'Happy Valley' in Utah boasts a low crime rate, high literacy rate, and even the most jello eaten. What they don't advertise is the high drug abuse rate and rate of teen deaths due to drugs. Here is a look at several families affected by addiction.
Author
Language
English
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Description
New York Times Bestseller! "New, scientifically-based approaches that recognize the biological basis of addiction have brought major advances in the treatment of addiction. Dr. Urschel is at the forefront of this treatment paradigm." Dr. Larry Hanselka, Psychologist The Proven Scientific Approach to Conquering Addiction and Defeating the Disease Healing the Addicted Brain is a breakthrough work that focuses on treating drug and alcohol addiction as...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1995, journalist Frank Owen began researching a story on "Special K," a new designer drug that fueled the after-midnight club scene. He went to buy and sample the drug at the internationally-notorious Limelight, a decrepit church converted into a Manhattan disco, where pulse-pounding music, gender-bending dancers, and uninhibited sideshows attracted long lines of hopeful onlookers. Clubland is the story of Owen's six-year journey behind the velvet...
Author
Publisher
See Sharp Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Recognizing that an addiction to 12-step programs can be just as dangerous as an addiction to alcohol or drugs, this book provides techniques to counter the self-defeating beliefs that lead to addiction. It enables those who have gone through Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and formal 12-step addiction treatments to overcome the self-destructive beliefs and attitudes that these programs promote. These include the idea that addicts and alcoholics...
9) Swagger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
High school senior point guard Jonas Dolan is on the fast track to a basketball career until an unthinkable choice puts his future on the line.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his son Nic's happy early childhood, the transformation wrought by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own obsession with Nic's well-being.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"One patient who I talked to said that she had to lie to be able to get adequate treatment for both disorders. She was told when she went to a PTSD treatment program that she couldn't have substance abuse or she wouldn't be able to get treatment, she had to be clean first. And it's a message a lot of people have heard." Lisa Najavits. Clinical studies of patients in substance abuse treatment programs have shown a high correlation with a client history...
12) The color purple
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Tells the story of two African-American sisters: Nettie, a missionary in Africa, and Celie, a child-wife living in the south, in the medium of their letters to each other and in Celie's case, the desperate letters she begins, "Dear God."
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The literature says that 30% to 40% of the patients who engage in eating disorder behaviors are, in fact, survivors of sexual trauma, and I believe another whole cohort of those folks have experienced other kinds of trauma. If you think about it, being 90 pounds or being 300 pounds is a very visible, tangible way to say, 'I'm in pain.'" Lisa Ferentz. Until recently, the focus of eating disorder treatment has been on getting the sometimes life-threatening...
15) Psychosis
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This playlist features a discussion about early psychosis and an assessment of a person displaying psychotic symptoms with co-current cannabis abuse.
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Opens doors to richer, more connected relationships by naming the elephant in the room 'Childhood Emotional Neglect'" (Harville Hendrix, PhD & Helen Lakelly Hunt, PhD, authors of the New York Times bestseller Getting the Love You Want ). Since the publication of Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect , many thousands of people have learned that invisible Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN, has been weighing on them their entire...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The New York Times called What to Do When Love Turns Violent , "possibly the best single resource." Dr. Robert McAfee, past president of the American Medical Association said, "This may be the most important book of your life." The author appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show , which produced and aired a special short film about safety planning based on the book. What to Do When Love Turns Violent empowers you to find help and take back your life. Here...
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