‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature

With reference to John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down, this article explores the importance of destigmatizing the topic of mental illness among young people, and the potential that lies in working with young adult literature to meaningfully contribute towards such destigmatization efforts in our l...

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Main Author: Ariane Manutscheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CLELEjournal 2021-11-01
Series:CLELEjournal
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Online Access:https://clelejournal.org/article-2-manutscheri/
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‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature
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mental health representation; destigmatization; young adult literature; language classroom; john green; turtles all the way down
title ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature
title_full ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature
title_fullStr ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature
title_full_unstemmed ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature
title_short ‘Your now is not your forever’: Destigmatizing Mental Health through Young Adult Literature
title_sort your now is not your forever destigmatizing mental health through young adult literature
topic mental health representation; destigmatization; young adult literature; language classroom; john green; turtles all the way down
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