Books for Mental Health Awareness Month
By Coll Rowe | March 22 2023 | Psychology
A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
9780593238127
A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life
$20.00 US
Feb 21, 2023
Paperback
352 Pages
Ballantine Books
Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health
9780593298046
A bold, expert, and actionable map for the re-invention of America’s broken mental health care system
$32.00 US
Feb 22, 2022
Hardcover
336 Pages
Penguin Press
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Addiction Counseling
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Community Psychology
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Introduction to Neuroscience
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Health Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Social Psychology
- Social Work > Practice > Clinical Practice
- Social Work > Practice > Community Practice
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Diseases / Disorders > Specialized Courses
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Community Nursing / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Family Nursing
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Mental Health Nursing
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Community Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Special Topics
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9780262544207
A concise and engaging exploration of how we understand happiness.
$16.95 US
Jan 03, 2023
Paperback
304 Pages
The MIT Press
Sketches of Schizophrenia
9780525434320
Against the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where she grew up, Marin Sardy weaves an extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent account of the shapeless thief—the schizophrenia—that kept her mother immersed in a world of private delusion and later also manifested in her brother, ultimately claiming his life.
$17.00 US
Apr 28, 2020
Paperback
304 Pages
Vintage
- English > Comparative Literature > Psychology and Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
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Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice
9780593355183
Selected for common reading at University of Kansas Medical Center and University of North Carolina Asheville
$20.00 US
Mar 07, 2023
Paperback
320 Pages
Ballantine Books
9780143133421
A follow-up to Matt Haig's internationally bestselling memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, a broader look at how modern life feeds our anxiety, and how to live a better life.
$17.00 US
Jan 29, 2019
Paperback
304 Pages
Penguin Life
- Education > Educational Psychology > Development
- Education > Educational Psychology > Introduction to Educational Psychology
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Adolescent Development
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Adolescent Development
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Motivation and Emotion
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Behavior Modification
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
9781523091300
This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people--and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.
$19.95 US
Sep 15, 2020
Paperback
256 Pages
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of African-Americans
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
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Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
9780307390608
Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize
$18.00 US
Feb 03, 2015
Paperback
416 Pages
Vintage
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Cognitive Psychology > Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Introduction to Neuroscience
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind
9780593238264
The co-founder of the menswear startup Bonobos opens up about the struggle with bipolar disorder that nearly cost him everything in this gripping, radically honest memoir of mental illness and entrepreneurship.
$28.00 US
May 10, 2022
Hardcover
304 Pages
Crown Currency
- Business > General Business > Business and Society
- Management > Organizational Behavior > Organization Development
- Management > Small Business and Entrepreneurship > Entrepreneurship
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
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A Guide for Improving Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes
9781623174774
“A grand accomplishment.” —Dr. Peter Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing® and author of Waking the Tiger and In an Unspoken Voice A body-based, science-backed method for regulating behavior, thoughts, and feelings and improving well-being--shown to shorten therapy time and improve emotional outcomes.
$21.95 US
Mar 22, 2022
Paperback
344 Pages
North Atlantic Books
Vietnam and Its Aftermath
9780451493569
In this electrifying memoir, John Musgrave renders his wartime experience with a powerful intimacy and immediacy: from the rude awakening of boot camp, to daily life in the Vietnam jungle, to a chest injury that very nearly killed him. He also vividly describes the difficulty of returning home to a society rife with antiwar sentiment, his own survivor’s guilt, and the slow realization that he and his fellow veterans had been betrayed by the government they served. And he recounts how, ultimately, he found peace among his fellow veterans working to end the war.
$27.00 US
Nov 02, 2021
Hardcover
288 Pages
Knopf
A Journey Through Anxiety
9780553418590
A wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety
$20.00 US
May 15, 2018
Paperback
320 Pages
Crown
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Student Success and Career Development > Career Development > Personal and Professional Development
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma
9781623174538
A practical step-by-step guide and follow-up companion to Healing Developmental Trauma--presenting one of the first comprehensive models for addressing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD)
$24.95 US
Jul 26, 2022
Paperback
400 Pages
North Atlantic Books
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Child Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Child Psychotherapy
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Trauma Counseling
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Early Childhood Development
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
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Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
9781524746742
Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain . . . and what to do about it.
$20.00 US
Jan 03, 2023
Paperback
304 Pages
Dutton
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Addiction Counseling
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Community Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Introduction to Clinical Psychology
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Introduction to Neuroscience
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Health Psychology
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Health Promotion
- Environmental Science > Environmental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Health Promotion
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Personal Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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Inside the Mind of an American Family
9780525562641
Hidden Valley Road is the heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science’s great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
$19.00 US
Mar 02, 2021
Paperback
400 Pages
Vintage
- English > Literature > American Literature – Non-Fiction
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Child Psychopathology
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Biology > Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Biotechnology > Genetics
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Building Empathy in a Fractured World
9780451499257
“In this masterpiece, Jamil Zaki weaves together the very latest science with stories that will stay in your heart forever.”—Angela Duckworth, author of Grit
$19.00 US
Jun 02, 2020
Paperback
288 Pages
Crown
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Advanced Social Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Applied Social Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Behavior Modification
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Humanistic Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Social Psychology
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Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
9780593083888
By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.
$32.00 US
Sep 13, 2022
Hardcover
576 Pages
Avery
- Philosophy > Special Topics
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Addiction Counseling
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Child Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Trauma Counseling
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Biological / Physiological Psychology
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Health > Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professions
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Community Nursing / Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir
9781592407323
Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers.
$22.00 US
Nov 06, 2012
Paperback
256 Pages
Avery
- English > Comparative Literature > Graphic Memoir
- History > Topical History > History of Disability
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Health
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Personality
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Psychology of Women
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Women's Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
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Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
9780143127741
A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this #1 New York Times bestseller
$19.00 US
Sep 08, 2015
Paperback
464 Pages
Penguin Books
- Education > Special Education > Specialized Courses
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Child Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Psychoanalysis
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Trauma Counseling
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Violence / Abuse
- Psychology > General Psychology > Introductory Psychology
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Biological / Physiological Psychology
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Drugs and Behavior
- Social Work > Special Topics > Family Welfare
- Social Work > Special Topics > Specialized Courses
- Criminal Justice > Victimology
- Healthcare Professions > Diseases / Disorders > Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Healthcare Professions > Diseases / Disorders > Drug Use and Abuse
- Healthcare Professions > Health > Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professions
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Basic > Anatomy and Physiology
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Psychiatry
- Biology > Anatomy and Physiology > Anatomy and Physiology
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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Close Encounters with Addiction
9781556438806
Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout (and perhaps underpins) our society; not a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects, rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional, and neurological development, brain chemistry, and the drugs (and behaviors) of addiction. Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness.
$19.95 US
Jan 05, 2010
Paperback
536 Pages
North Atlantic Books
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