Under Pressure : : Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Damour, Lisa	4-week checkout	On Hold Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Damour, Lisa	4-week checkout	On Hold Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	155.533 Da	4-week checkout	Due 05-15-2024
Downtown Kids Parent Shelf 4-week checkout	Parent Shelf 155.533 Da	4-week checkout	Due 05-01-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	155.533 Da	4-week checkout	Due 05-05-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Family & Relationships / Parenting / Damour, Lisa	4-week checkout	Due 04-15-2024

Coming to terms with stress and anxiety -- Girls at home -- Girls among girls -- Girls among boys -- Girls at school -- Girls in the culture.
Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, studies confirm that it has skyrocketed in girls. Research finds that the number of girls who said that they often felt nervous, worried, or fearful jumped 55% from 2009 to 2014 while the comparable number for adolescent boys has remained unchanged. As a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with girls, Lisa Damour, Ph.D., has witnessed this rising tide of stress and anxiety in her own research, private practice, and in the all-girls' school where she consults, and knew this had to be the topic of her new book. In the same engaging, anecdotal style and reassuring tone that won over thousands of readers of her first book, Untangled, Damour starts by addressing the facts about psychological pressure. Surprisingly, she explains the underappreciated value of stress and anxiety--that stress can helpfully stretch us beyond our comfort zones and anxiety can play a key role in keeping girls safe. When we emphasize the benefits of stress and anxiety we can help our daughters take them in stride. But no one wants their girl to suffer from emotional overload, so Damour then turns to the many facets of their lives where tension takes hold: their interactions at home, pressures at school, social anxiety among other girls and among boys, and on social media. As readers move through the layers of girls' lives, they'll learn about the critical steps that adults can take to shield their daughters from the toxic pressures to which our culture--including we, as parents--subjects girls.

REVIEWS & SUMMARIES

Library Journal Review
School Library Journal Review
Booklist Review
Publishers Weekly Review
Summary / Annotation
Excerpt
Author Notes

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Interesting submitted by zmclaugh on July 8, 2019, 7:50pm An interesting look at the causes of anxiety in girls, but not enough information on how to deal with these things that cause anxiety.