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Wellbeing: Anxiety

This guide has many tips, ideas, and links that will assist you in maintaining healthy wellbeing both physically and mentally.

Issues in Society

This book clearly explains the major anxiety disorders and presents advice on how to manage and overcome
anxiety when it becomes a problem. What are the signs, symptoms and treatments for anxiety?

Issues in Scoiety - Volume 367

Websites

ReachOut is Australia’s leading online mental health organisation for young people and their parents. Our practical support, tools and tips help young people get through anything from everyday issues to tough times – and the information we offer parents makes it easier for them to help their teenagers, too.

Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health.

Ph: 1300 22 4636

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What is Anxiety?

This programme provides students with an introduction to anxiety, what it might look and feel like, and some useful methods to calm it when it strikes.

Run Time: 9.20 mins

Beyond Blue BRAVE program

BRAVE is an online, interactive self-help program for anyone who would like to learm more skills to manage their anxiety.

How to get help for Anxiety

Books in Library Collection

The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens

The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens is a much-needed, go-to guide to help you finally break free from the worry and ruminations that can get in the way of reaching your goals.

Call No: 155.5 SHA

Girl stuff for ages 13+: your full-on guide to the teen years

Everything you need to know about: friends, body image, what to eat, getting confidence, clothes & make-up, pimples (arrghh), mean girls, embarrassment, moods, hair, how to deal with parents, love & heartbreak, exercise, guys, school stress, periods, drinking & drugs, why diets suck, sex, money, being more independent, being happy with your own true self.

Call No: 305.23 COO

ebooks in Library Collection

Mindfulness for Teen Worry : Quick and Easy Strategies to Let Go of Anxiety, Worry, and Stress

For many teens, chronic worrying can get in the way of school, friends, and reaching important goals. In Mindfulness for Teen Worry, a clinical psychologist offers quick, easy-to-learn mindfulness exercises teens can use anytime, anywhere to stop worries from growing and taking over. Worry cannot exist when one truly lives in the moment. This book teaches powerful mindfulness skills to help teens manage the four most common worry struggles: school pressure, friendship and relationship problems, body image, and family conflicts.

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101 Ways to Conquer Teen Anxiety: Simple Tips, Techniques and Strategies for Overcoming Anxiety, Worry and Panic Attacks

This book offers teens simple, inventive and clinically proven methods to combat anxiety and depression on a daily basis. Based on the widely used cognitive behavioral therapy, this workbook helps teens simultaneously accept the existence of their negative emotions and choose to respond in healthy ways.

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The Worry Workbook for Teens : Effective CBT Strategies to Break the Cycle of Chronic Worry and Anxiety

Teens often worry about school, friends, dating, and what the future holds. But chronic worrying can take a toll both mentally and physically-leading to insomnia, difficulty paying attention, and even headaches and stomachaches. Written by a Harvard faculty member and expert in teen anxiety, this is the first book to target chronic, debilitating worry in teens, and offers effective, easy-to-understand cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) exercises to alleviate worry symptoms and prevent them from escalating into full-blown generalized anxiety disorder.

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Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens: Using CBT, Neuroscience, and Mindfulness to Help You End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

Anxiety is a huge problem among today's teens-that's why teens need tangible tips and tools they can use every day to manage fears, stress, and worry. In Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens, four anxiety specialists offer practical and essential skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), neuroscience, and mindfulness to help teen readers "rewire" their anxious brain and get back to living their lives.

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The Anxiety Workbook for Teens : Activities to Help You Deal with Anxiety and Worry

About one in four teens suffers from mild to serious problems with anxiety, and many of them get little or no help. The Anxiety Workbook for Teens, written by an experienced therapist, gives teens a collection of tools to help control anxiety and face day-to-day challenges. This workbook both gives anxious teens insight into their problems and offers practical guidance for overcoming them.

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The Panic Workbook for Teens : Breaking the Cycle of Fear, Worry, and Panic Attacks

Panic attacks can make teens feel like they've lost control, leading to more anxiety, stress, fear, and depression. In this workbook, three anxiety specialists teach teens how to identify anxiety-causing thoughts and behaviors, mindfully observe their panic attacks instead of struggling against them, and experience sensations associated with panic until they learn these sensations may be uncomfortable-but not dangerous. By learning how to observe their panic attacks, teens will gain a sense of control and learn to work through even the toughest moments of extreme anxiety.

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