Medication & Therapy in  Teen  Fiction

Total Constant Order by Crissa-Jean Chappell

• Fin is prescribed Paxil and is diagnosed with OCD and clinical depression.

This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis

• Logan witnessed a traumatic events and his parents put him into therapy to help him cope.

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

• Craig folds under the pressure of his exclusive private school and checks himself into a hospital psych ward.

Right Behind You by Gail Giles

• After committing a shocking crime as a child, Kip is institutionalized for several years and continues his therapy after his release.

The Nature of Jade by Deb Calletti

• Jade sees a therapist to help with her anxiety.

Black Box by Julie Schumacher

• Elena's older sister is hospitalized for depression, and the whole family gets therapy to help them deal.

The Day I Killed James

• After James' suicide, Theresa asks for help because she feels responsible.

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to you by Peter Cameron

Without Tess by Marcella Pixley

• Pub Date: 2011
• Middle and high school interest
• See also: Writers 
• Lizzie is in therapy after her mentally ill sister's suicide as a child.

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

• Pub Date: 2016
• High School interest 
• See also: Marriage 
• Molly takes anxiety medication in this cute romantic comedy.

Exit Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston

• Pub Date: 2016
• High school interest 
• After a sexual assault, Hermione sees a therapist to help her cope.

 Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school Interest
• See also: Guilt
• A teen has panic attacks after the death of his friends and sees a therapist/takes medication to manage the attacks. 

Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart

• Pub Date: 2016
• Middle school interest
• Norbert stops taking the medication for his bipolar disorder and falls in with the crowd that is bullying Lily (who was born Timothy).

When We Collided by Emery Lord

• Pub Date: 2016
• High School Interest
• See also: Multiple Narrators 
• Vivi struggles with taking her medication for bipolar disorder.

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school Interest
• See also: Past & Present, Stepparents
•  Suzette's blended family is stressed when her brother goes off his medication.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• See also: BFF Trouble, Blogs/Social Media, Fandom
• Aza struggles with anxiety. 

The Taxonomy of Love by Rachael Allen

• Pub Date: 2018
• High school interest
• See also: Disabilities
• Spencer takes meds for his Tourette's. 

Darius the Great is not Okay by Adib Khorram

• Pub date: 2018
• High school interest
• Darius and his dad both takes meds for depression. 

Swan Dive by Brenda Hasiuk

• Pub Date: 2019
• 1990s Canada
• High School Interest
• See also: Outcasts, Journals, Historical Fiction
• Cris writes in his therapist-recommended journal about his life after leaving Sarajevo. 

The Opposite of Falling Apart by Micah Goode

• Pub Date: 2020
• High school Interest
• See also: Writers, Disabilities, Multiple Narrators
• Brennan struggles with whether or not to medicate her anxiety.