For this creative project, I created a children’s book titled Talk to Someone. The book is written to encourage children who might have symptoms of depression to talk to a trusted adult who can identify signs and make the appropriate next steps to help the child. The written portion of this project includes findings about depression in children and adolescents and highlights the long-term effects of undiagnosed or untreated depression. To have an effective conversation about depression, children must make sense of their feelings. The book that I have created gives the child relatable characters through which to make meaning. The essay discusses other children’s books as they relate to depression and evaluates their effectiveness when it com...
Children’s picturebooks are considered to be accessible, multimodal texts effective for increasing k...
Children with psychiatric conditions are often misrepresented in the literature they read. This crea...
The use of story and art therapy with children in treatment is explored in two case studies. Stories...
Severe depression has increased greatly in youth, with many left without sufficient care or treatmen...
Though children’s books have long been praised for their whimsy, it was only relatively recently tha...
Mental illness in a parent presents children with multiple challenges, including stigma, self-doubt ...
Depression is the “leading cause of disability worldwide” (World Health Organization), and is known ...
SUMMER CALVERT (Psychology) Representing Neurodivergent Children in Fiction Sponsor: Kathleen Webste...
Background: The prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms among youth in most western societies is ...
A large body of research has linked hope and optimism to psychological and physical well-being in bo...
Using narratives is an important communication strategy in mental health campaigns to empower reader...
Mental health issues are prevalent in society today, yet there is still a great deal of shame attach...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms among youth in most western societies is ...
This thesis explores how young adult (YA) literature is beneficial when practising empathy developme...
The following study assesses the course of depression and its growing affliction in children. Depres...
Children’s picturebooks are considered to be accessible, multimodal texts effective for increasing k...
Children with psychiatric conditions are often misrepresented in the literature they read. This crea...
The use of story and art therapy with children in treatment is explored in two case studies. Stories...
Severe depression has increased greatly in youth, with many left without sufficient care or treatmen...
Though children’s books have long been praised for their whimsy, it was only relatively recently tha...
Mental illness in a parent presents children with multiple challenges, including stigma, self-doubt ...
Depression is the “leading cause of disability worldwide” (World Health Organization), and is known ...
SUMMER CALVERT (Psychology) Representing Neurodivergent Children in Fiction Sponsor: Kathleen Webste...
Background: The prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms among youth in most western societies is ...
A large body of research has linked hope and optimism to psychological and physical well-being in bo...
Using narratives is an important communication strategy in mental health campaigns to empower reader...
Mental health issues are prevalent in society today, yet there is still a great deal of shame attach...
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms among youth in most western societies is ...
This thesis explores how young adult (YA) literature is beneficial when practising empathy developme...
The following study assesses the course of depression and its growing affliction in children. Depres...
Children’s picturebooks are considered to be accessible, multimodal texts effective for increasing k...
Children with psychiatric conditions are often misrepresented in the literature they read. This crea...
The use of story and art therapy with children in treatment is explored in two case studies. Stories...