These books, websites, and helplines are here to help you learn more about sensitive issues that you or someone you know may be facing.
If you are experiencing a crisis, please reach out for help on one of the phone or text lines listed.
These books are a starting place, but more information is available on these and other sensitive topics. You can always ask a librarian for confidential assistance finding and navigating the resources available to you.
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- Body Image & Eating Disorders
- Domestic Violence
- Homelessness
- LGBTQ+
- Mental Illness, Depression, & Self Harm
- Sexual Assault & Rape
- Sexual Health & Pregnancy
- Substance Abuse & Addiction
Body Image & Eating Disorders
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
or call or text 1-800-931-2237
Domestic Violence
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
www.thehotline.org
or call 1-800-799-7233
Homelessness
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
Text SAFE and your current location to 44357
www.1800runaway.org/youth-teens
or call 1-800-786-2929
www.homelessyouth.org/en/us/massachusetts
LGBTQ+
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
www.glbthotline.org
or call 1-800-246-7743
www.thetrevorproject.org
or call 1-866-488-7386
or text START to 678-678
Mental Illness, Depression, & Self Harm
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
www.mghclaycenter.org
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
or call or text 988
Sexual Assault & Rape
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
www.rainn.org
or call 1-800-656-4673
Sexual Health & Pregnancy
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
www.americanpregnancy.org/unplanned-pregnancy/pregnant-teen
or call 1-800-672-2296
www.all-options.org
or call 1-888-493-0092
Substance Abuse & Addiction
Fiction
Nonfiction
Websites & Helplines
www.helplinema.org
or call 1-800-327-5050