Friendly Hills Nurse Publishes Book on Childhood Mental Health
As the nurse at Friendly Hills Middle School, Amy Graham knows that mental health is just as important as physical health. So when her 10-year-old son struggled with depression and anxiety following the COVID pandemic, she wrote a book, "Better Than Resilient: A Journey Through Depression From a Child's Mind," about her son's experience.
"The book is written from his perspective, and details his thoughts, feelings, and physical symptoms as he journeyed to (and then through) depression," Amy shares. "The book shows how he comes to a place of talking about it, realizing he is not alone, and learning about resources available. It normalizes the mental health struggles that so many of our kids are facing these days, and ends with finding hope and joy on the other side."