For Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we are sharing books to educate and raise awareness about mental health and the various factors that may affect it, and to provide tools and resources for student wellness. Find our full collection of titles here.
Books for Mental Health Awareness Month
By Coll Rowe | April 4 2025 | Psychology
Healing the Unquiet Mind
9781984898203
The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health.
$19.00 US
May 14, 2024
Paperback
416 Pages
Vintage
- English > Comparative Literature > Psychology and Literature
- History > Topical History > History of Psychology and Psychiatry
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Child Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Group Counseling / Psychotherapy
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Marriage and Family Counseling
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Psychoanalysis
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Trauma Counseling
- Psychology > General Psychology > Introductory Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Social Psychology
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Health / Medicine
- Healthcare Professions > Diseases / Disorders > Specialized Courses
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Psychiatry
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World
9780593596838
From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to heal on a personal and collective level.
$29.00 US
Jun 04, 2024
Hardcover
256 Pages
Random House
How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
9780593655030
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
$30.00 US
Mar 26, 2024
Hardcover
400 Pages
Penguin Press
- Education > Educational Psychology > Introduction to Educational Psychology
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Adolescent Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Child Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Introduction to Family Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Adolescent Development
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Applied Social Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Social Psychology
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Student Success and Career Development > Career Development > Personal and Professional Development
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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Six Daily Choices for Health, Well-Being, and Longevity
9780262547659
How kindness—and other prosocial behaviors toward others—can help us live longer and healthier lives.
$24.95 US
Mar 19, 2024
Paperback
264 Pages
The MIT Press
- Student Success and Career Development > Career Development > Personal and Professional Development
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Biology > Non-Majors Biology > Human Biology
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Personal Health
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A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind
9780593466926
An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous blend of memoir and philosophy that looks at why the thought of death can be so compulsive for some while demonstrating that there’s always another solution.
$19.00 US
Mar 26, 2024
Paperback
464 Pages
Vintage
- Philosophy > Ethics > Specialized Courses
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Abnormal Psychology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Adult Psychopathology
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Introduction to Clinical Psychology
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Motivation and Emotion
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
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Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures
9780593491195
A deeply personal, paradigm-shifting book rethinking traditional therapy and self-care, creating much-needed space for those left out of the narrative, from licensed therapist and founder of Brown Girl Therapy.
$30.00 US
May 07, 2024
Hardcover
432 Pages
Penguin Life
- Communication > Speech Communication > Interracial Communication
- Education > Foundations > Multicultural Education
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Introduction to Family Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Introduction to Cultural Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Specialized Courses
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Multicultural Counseling & Psychotherapy
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Motivation and Emotion
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Cross-Cultural / Multicultural Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Positive Psychology
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Student Success and Career Development > Career Development > Personal and Professional Development
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > Freshman Orientation / Student Success
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
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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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How the Arts Transform Us
9780593449240
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts.
$20.00 US
Dec 31, 2024
Paperback
304 Pages
Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Art > Art Appreciation
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Art Methods – General (Grades K-12)
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction by Subject > Art Methods – Secondary (Grades 7-12)
- Education > Educational Psychology > Learning and Cognition
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Aesthetics
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Psychology of Music and the Arts
- Psychology > Cognitive Psychology > Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- Psychology > Cognitive Psychology > Sensation & Perception
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Introduction to Neuroscience
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Sensation and Perception
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Applied Social Psychology
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > Freshman Orientation / Student Success
- Healthcare Professions > Medical Sciences: Clinical > Community Medicine / Public Health
- Healthcare Professions > Nursing > Community Nursing / Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Community Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public 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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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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