Young adult fiction and mental health Question Title * 1. How often do you read young adult fiction? Often (more than one book per month) Sometimes (a few books per year) Rarely (one book per year, or less) OK Question Title * 2. Do you think it's important to discuss illnesses, mental health, and other personal issues in young adult fiction? (Especially for the intended audiences of books/films like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Turtles All the Way Down, and Me and Earl and The Dying Girl). Yes No Explain your answer. OK Question Title * 3. Would you say that mental illness in young adult fiction can sometimes 'promote' mental illness, make people act as though they have mental or emotional troubles (especially regarding the follow-the-herd mindset), or make people think they have traits of mental illness when they might not? Yes No Please explain your answer. OK Question Title * 4. How subtle or direct should authors be when writing about illnesses, mental health, or other personal issues? OK DONE