Girls on the Edge

The four factors driving the growing epidemic of girls

who are anxious, depressed, or just plain obsessed

Leonard Sax MD PhD

New York: Basic Books, 2010

Chapter List

Part I: The Four Factors

¨ Introduction: Three girls

¨ Chapter 1: The first factor: sexualization of girlhood

¨ Chapter 2: Second factor: the cyberbubble

¨ Chapter 3: Third factor: anorexia of the soul

¨ Chapter 4: Fourth factor: endocrine disruptors

Part II: Solutions

¨ Chapter 5: Mind

¨ Chapter 6: Body

¨ Chapter 7: Spirit

¨ Chapter 8: Community