I have read House Rules by Jodi Picoult and combined with currently working in Child and Adolescent mental health services as a student paediatric nurse, I find it very interesting.
Just curious as to whether there are any other books similar?
I have 'Dibs' by Virginia Axline to read too, although that's not really fiction.|||The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night TIme by Mark Haddon
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, fifteen-year-old with Asperger's syndrome, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother
It's Kind of A Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.
Ash : a novel / Lisa Rowe Fraustino.
Eighteen-year-old Ash's change of behavior and its disruptive effects on his family are recounted by younger brother Wes|||I would recommend
The Adrian mole Series by Sue Townsend
you will get your fill of adolescents in those
and also finding Violet park by Jenny Valentine
This deals with Adolescent family problems
and for learning problems the best book is
The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-Time by mark Haddon
HAPPY READING|||I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg. A critically appraised and touching semi-autobiographical story of a 16-year-old girl battling schizophrenia in a mental hospital.
http://amzn.to/92Snb1RoseGarden|||Clay... It doesn't revolve around it, but it's about a son and daughter who are abducted by their mom and the son has mental trauma.
Nothing like house of rules, that book is amazing.|||I remember an old story called Lisa, Bright and Dark. fiction about bi-polar disorder.|||Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a great book but it's about a mentally retarded man.
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