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1. What does it mean to be “mentally stable?"

2. What are the characteristics of a mental illness? How do we qualify these?

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Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

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Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina

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Mental Health Issue: Alzheimer’s

Summary: Merci Suarez’s family is the most important thing. They live in 3 adjacent houses and although she gets annoyed that she always has to be the ones to watch her twin cousins, her family means everything, especially her grandfather, Lolo. Lolo normally helps Merci through all the school drama, but all of the sudden, things with Lolo start to change and no one in her family will tell Merci why. Merci needs him now more than ever, especially with Edna, the popular girl in school, is being mean to Merci every day about Michael, the new student Merci was assigned to be friends with. She needs Lolo more than ever, but Lolo might not have that option.

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The Spectacular Now directed by James Ponsoldt

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The Spectacular Now directed by James Ponsoldt

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Mental Health Issue: Alcoholism

Summary: Sutter Keely is the most popular boy in school. Everyone knows him, everyone wants to be his friend, and he’s dating the most popular girl in school. When they’re together, they’re unstoppable. But Sutter’s world gets turned upside down when he wakes up on Aimee’s front lawn after a night of heavy drinking. Aimee is a girl who is quiet, reserved and everything that is the complete opposite of Sutter. As she begins to show him a new way of life, he is faced with many different choices about who he wants to be and what should be important to him.

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Mental Health Issues: depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, Autism

Summary: The Hundred Acre Woods is run by the stuffed animals of a young boy named Christopher Robin. Each of these animals have very distinct characteristics that alter how they act from day to day. As Winnie the Pooh, the main character, travels through the woods meeting and talking to his new friends, the animals introduce a multitude of different mental health issues.

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Focus on recognizing emotions and emotional disorders

Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear are the main characters inside of Riley’s head. Riley’s family is moving to a new town and her emotions are on high alert, not necessarily in a positive way. As she starts to lose parts of who she is, her emotions are working together to put her back together when Joy and Sadness are suddenly thrown from the emotion headquarters. Riley, whose emotions are usually controlled by Joy, is now under the influence of Anger, Disgust, and Fear. This movie is a great introduction to recognizing different emotions and their effect on our everyday lives.

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Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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Mental Health Issue: PTSD, Social Anxiety

Perks of Being a Wallflower directed by Stephen Chbosky

Charlie is entering high school and is the epitome of the term “wallflower.” He is quiet and does not enjoy being the center of attention, especially because he has recently had to deal with two deaths of people very close to him. But then he meets Sam and Patrick,  a step-sibling duo who start to introduce him to the exciting things in life. As he begins to come more out of his shell, he starts to see the benefits and detriments to being part of the “cool” crowd and he must decide whether to take front and center or remain in the wings.

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Mental Health Issue: Depression

Hannah committed suicide, leaving behind 13 tapes to some of her classmates, each explaining how they played a part in her mental decline. The show begins with Clay, Hannah’s classmate and coworker, receiving his tape. As he listens to his tape, he realizes how Hannah went through much more than the school ever realized. He starts to look into her death and finds some things he wishes he hadn’t.

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Mental Health Issue: Munchausen by proxy

Gypsy Rose is one of the most sick children you’ve probably ever heard of and her mother, Dee Dee, has dedicated her life to keeping Gypsy Rose healthy. Dee Dee is also loved by her community and many people have donated money or time to help with Gypsy’s treatment. However, when Dee Dee is mysteriously murdered, secrets start revealing themselves about this family and the truth behind them.

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Mental Health Issue: Munchausen by proxy, Alcoholism

Everything, Everything directed by Stella Meghie (movie)

Summary: Maddy has been locked in her home since she was born because she has Severe Combined Immune Deficiency, or SCID. Luckily, her mother is a doctor and spends a lot of time and effort invested in keeping Maddy safe and healthy. However, when cute boy, Olly, moves in next door, Maddy longs to be outside more and more. Maddy must choose between staying healthy or following her heart, but sometimes, those decisions are not up to her.

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Mental Health Issue: Trauma

Room directed by Lenny Abrahamson (movie)

Summary: Jack and his Ma live in “Room,” a one room house that has everything Jack needs: a closet, a bed, a TV, and Ma. Sometimes he sees Old Nick, but Ma usually makes him sit in the closet when Old Nick visits. Little does Jack know that he and Ma see the world very differently: Jack seems fairly happy, while Ma has been abducted, locked in a room, and assaulted both physically and sexually very often by Old Nick. However, when the two are rescued, they are not as happy as Ma thought they would be.

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Mental Health Issue: ADHD, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD

Summary: Throughout this book, 31 different authors share their personal experience with various mental health troubles. Almost all popular topics relating to mental health are covered throughout this anthology. Topics covered are addiction, OCD, ADD, anxiety, depression, Bipolar Disorder, and PTSD, just to name a few. In this book, students are likely to find whatever they need help with in everyday life.

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Mental Health Issue: Depression

Summary: Melinda Sordino is going through a rough time. Freshman year of high school is already full of adjustments, but add a traumatic experience, everyone hating you, and no one helping you when you ask, and you have an almost unlivable situation. Melinda is persistent, but how much is too much?

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Mental Health Issue: Autism

Summary: Naoki was 13 years old when he wrote this book and wrote it through a text-to-speech machine while his mother physically put the book together. Each chapter begins with a question about Naoki’s autism and the continues with how he answers it. He is very light-hearted and honest with these answers and this book is great introduction to autism for students who have a lot of questions.