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Books and Other Literature

• Where She Went by Gayle Forman
• After surviving a car accident that took her entire family, the protagonist is challenged with making something of her life. Sequel to If I Stay
• When Nothing Matters Any More: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens by Bev C. Cobain, PRN (Kurt Cobain's Cousin!)^
• A workbook-like self help book. Contains real stories from teens. Cobain really understands how people like function, at least as much as an outsider can.
• Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws by Kate Bornstein^
• HILARIOUS! Written by a transgender. Amazing colection of 101 coping mecahinisims
• Sweeney Todd by Thomas Peckett Prest*
• The book that inspired the Sondheim musical and the Tim Burton (Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman) movie. A must read)
• Lucky by Alice Sebold*
• A memoir of her life after being raped. If you are a survivor, take heed that this may be a bit much. Overall insightful and reflective
• Before I Die by Jenny Downham*
• Protagonist has terminal leukemia, her story of her "bucket list"
• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver^
• Protagonist is the steryotypical popular teen girl. She gets killed in a drunk driving accident after a Valentine's Day party and must relive the day seven times, untill she sees what truly caused the accident-and how alcohol had nothing to do with it.
• The Inferno by Dante Aligheri
• A classic! A tour of hell. Very symbolic.
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
• Another Classic (Jack Nicholson film) On an adult male 1960s psych ward, a new admit inspires a paitent uprising.
• Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dosdoyevsky
• A bit exestential and challenging. How a man attones for his crimes.
• If I Stay by Gale Forman*
• Protagonist is a cello virtuoso. After loosing her entire family in a car crash, she slips into a coma and has an out of body experience.
• It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
• Boy gets put on an adult unit due to construction in the adolescent unit. Meets girl. Inspired the 2011 film.
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
• Girl discovers she has romantic feelings for another girl and must keep the relationship a secret for fear of the reaction of the world around her.
• Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott*^
• Alice is kidnapped by a man and made her sex slave. Very disturbing, but extremely thought provoking. Read it.
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold*
• Girl is murdered and watches her family's going abouts from heaven
• "Schizophrenia Poetry" by M. Stefan Strozier
• A collection of written by/about schitzophrenics.
• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher*^
• Hannah comitts suicide, but leave 7 two-sided tapes as a sort of chain message to those who drove her over the edge. Very touching and makes you think of how you effect others around you without even knowing it. Read it.
• "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare*^
• Hamlet goes through an exestential crisis after the death of his father.
• "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare
• Macbeth kills the people in sucession to the king (and the king) until he becomes king. Prophesies and their influence/valitidy in society.
• Willow by Julia Hoban*
• Young girl coping with SI and dead parents, who everyone thinks she killed.
• Cut by Patricia McCormick*^
• Girl in residental after a horrific cutting accident--but why did she do it in the first place? Not a very accurate portrayl of adolescent units (ie. very easy to get a hold of sharps), but still a good book.

Movies

• "Black Swan"*^
• Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel: Nina, a young, talented ballerina descends into insanity while ascending to perfection 
• "Wristcutters: A Love Story"^
• Man commits suicide and ends up in the corner of the afterlife for suicides, and trys to find his exgirlfriend, who offed herself after he offed himself over their breakup. The suicide is not essential to the plot, so not very triggering. Very, very funny.
• "Gothika"*
• Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, Robert Downey, Jr.: Psycholigist ends up locked in the institution she works for.
• "Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"*^
• Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman: Barber seeks revenge on the judge who ruined his life. Musical, adapted from Sondheim.
• "The Phantom of the Opera"^
• Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson: Emerging soprano Christine is courted by a masked man with dark intentions and an even darker past. Love triangle. Musical, adapted from Andrew Lloyd Webber
• "Juno"
• Ellen Paige, Michael Cera: Pregnant teen goes through her pregnancy. Laugh out lout funny.
• "Finding Nemo"^
• Ellen Degeneres: Feel-good family film about how far love can take you.

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