Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness. Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social...
Mental Health Resources
Titles that offer information and assistance on Mental Health. These resources include nonfiction and fiction titles that explore what it is like to live with Mental Health issues and provide advice, tips and insights on how to cope when dealing with your own Mental Health.
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Auteur:Saks, Elyn R.Sommaire: - Auteur:Ballesteros, EmilySommaire:
"An empowering guidebook to combatting burnout . . . Emily Ballesteros' advice is useful and practical, especially for young workers eager to reclaim their time and energy." - Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The...
- Auteur:Sears, William, Basile, Erin SearsSommaire:
Maybe you've just received a wake-up call: your own health crisis, or a sick parent or friend. Or maybe you're just tired of feeling tired and sick of feeling sick. You don't need a diet plan. You need a health transformation-from the...
- Auteur:Goobie, BethSommaire:
No one knows why she hurt herself, least of all Skey. After five long months in treatment for self-destructive behavior, Skey continues to dream of dark tunnels with mysterious designs carved into their stone walls, a place where she is...
- Auteur:Laveau-Harvie, VickiSommaire:
"...A searing, brilliantly-written memoir about a destructive and cunning mother; reads like a novel..." --Margaret Atwood via Twitter. In this award-winning memoir, two sisters reckon with the decline and death of their outlandishly...
- Auteur:Brown, C. BrenéSommaire:
When our embarrassments and fears lie, we often listen to them anyway. They thwart our gratitude, acceptance, and compassion—our goodness. They insist, “I am not worthy.” But we are worthy—of self-discovery, personal growth, and...
- Auteur:Asbenson, JenniferSommaire:
Imagine... growing up in an abusive, unfinished geodesic dome home with no heat or running water, wearing the same clothes to school every day, and eating breakfast cereal with warm goat milk. In this whimsical, poetic, and gripping...
- Auteur:Cahalan, SusannahSommaire:
In the 1970s, a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people--sane, normal, well-adjusted members of society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Rosenhan's...
- Auteur:Mogi, Ken.Sommaire:
Welcome to ikigai, a Japanese mind-set that will change your life. Ken Mogi, a Japanese expert and best-selling writer, reveals all about this mysterious and fascinating miracle that is at the heart of Japan's record-breaking long life...
- Auteur:Adam, DavidSommaire:
David has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. What might lead an Ethiopian schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece...
- Auteur:Sondhi, AmritaSommaire:
Ayurveda is a holistic healing tradition from India whose history is linked to the development of yoga. It is an ancient system in which physical and spiritual well-being comes from a number of sources, including a healthful diet based...
- Auteur:Borges, AnnaSommaire:
Borges gathers over two hundred tips, activities, and stories (from experts and everyday people) into an A-to-Z list, from asking for help and burning negative thoughts to the importance of catching some zzz's.
- Auteur:Hackney, Harold L.Sommaire:
- Auteur:Billingsley, ReShonda TateSommaire:
Magazine executive Lance Kingston is overjoyed at his recent marriage to beautiful attorney Tia Jiles--then he discovers her dark secret. Tia is bipolar, and her illness creates violent impulses she can't control. Now Tia is pregnant,...
- Auteur:Forest, Susan, Law, Lucas KSommaire:
Twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors explore the depth and breadth of caring and of giving. They find insight, joy, devastation, and heroism in grand sweeps and in tiny niches. And, like wasps made of stinging words, there...
- Auteur:Sondhi, AmritaSommaire:
Ayurveda, the five thousand-year-old healing tradition from India linked to the development of yoga, is based on the concept that one's physical, mental, and spiritual well-being comes from a number of sources, including a healthful...
- Auteur:Perlus, HaleySommaire:
The achievement journal is Perlus' first of many steps along her journey to becoming the expert on inspiring and guiding individuals toward achieving their peak performance in every domain. All fitness professionals and current success/...
- Auteur:Waxman, Susan, Waxman, DennySommaire:
With modern healthy diets constantly flip-flopping on what foods to eat and focusing on restricting calories, individuals can be left confused, defeated, and unsatisfied. This new book from acclaimed macrobiotic health and nutritional...
- Auteur:Hof, WimSommaire:
Wim Hof has a message for each of us: "You can literally do the impossible. You can overcome disease, improve your mental health and physical performance, and even control your physiology so you can thrive in any stressful situation."...
- Auteur:Arrowsmith-Young, BarbaraSommaire:
Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her slow, stubborn-or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backward, struggled to process concepts in language, continually...
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