The advice contained within this book does not constitute—or serve as a substitute for—professional psychological treatment, therapy, or other types of professional advice or intervention. Some names and details have been changed to protect the confidentiality of Dr. Damour’s clients. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
Copyright © 2019 by Lisa Damour
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
BALLANTINE and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.
Translation of Horace from Horace: The Satires is by A. S. Kline, copyright © 2005, and is reprinted here by permission of the translator.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: Damour, Lisa, author.
Title: Under pressure: confronting the epidemic of stress and anxiety in girls / Lisa Damour.
Description: First edition. | New York: Ballantine Books, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018039456 (print) | LCCN 2018056183 (ebook) | ISBN 9780399180057 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780399180064 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Stress in adolescence. | Anxiety in adolescence. | Teenage girls—Psychology. | Stress management.
Classification: LCC BF724.3.S86 (ebook) | LCC BF724.3.S86 D36 2019 (print) | DDC 155.5/33—dc23 LC record available at lccn.loc.gov/2018039456
Ebook ISBN 9780399180064
Title-page image: © iStock/ericsphotography
Book design by Simon M. Sullivan, adapted for ebook
Cover design: Anna Bauer Carr
Cover photograph: Laura Stolfi/Stocksy United
v5.4
ep