Mental Health

From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a startling challenge to our thinking about depression and anxiety.Awardwinning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was toldlike his entire gen...

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Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread that wouldn't abate for months. So she began @sosadtoday, an anonymous Twitter feed that allowed her to express her darkest feelings, and which quickly gained a dedicated following. In So Sad Today, Broder delves deeper i...

Intense, unpredictable, and instantly engaging, this is a story of drug and alcohol abuse and rehabilitation as it has never been told before. It is also the introduction of a bold and talented literary voice. Before considering reading this book, please see the BookBrowse note on the book jacket/review page.BookBrowse Note: January 9th 2006: An ar...

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In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteenyearold Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital as renowned for its famous clienteleSylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charlesas for it...

The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.Sarah Wilson first came across this Chinese proverb in psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison's memoir An Unquiet Mind, and it became the key to understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety. Wilson, bestselling author, journalist, and entrepreneur has helpe...

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.Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve chil...

An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness, The Collected Schizophrenias cuts right to the core. Schizophrenia is not a single unifying diagnosis, and Esmé Weijun Wang writes not just to her fellow members of the "collected schizophrenias" but to those...

Dr. George Simon knows how people push your buttons. Your childrenespecially teensare expert at it, as is your mate. A coworker may quietly undermine your efforts while professing to be helpful, or your boss may prey on your weaknesses. Manipulative people have two goals: to win and to look good doing it. Often those they abuse are only va...

Picking up where Quiet ended, How to Be Yourself is the best book you'll ever read about how to conquer social anxiety.Now featuring a brandnew conversation with Susan Cain.Up to 40% of people consider themselves shy. You might say you?re introverted or awkward, or that you're fine around friends but just can't speak up in a meeting or at a party....

The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of the illness during her teenage years and her determined journey through the realm of available treatments....

Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she?s determined to get her death right. She starts visiting a website for ?completers?? www. throughthelight.com.While she?s on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she?s not on the Web, Dae...

Two ChineseAmerican sisters?Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister?s protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. Lucia impetuously plows ahead, but the bitter constant is that ...

A revealing, courageous, fascinating, and funny account of the author's experiment with microdoses of LSD in an effort to treat a debilitating mood disorder, of her quest to understand a misunderstood drug, and of her search for a really good day. When a small vial arrives in her mailbox from "Lewis Carroll," Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her m...

Discover simple yet powerful steps you can take to overcome emotional distressand feel happier, calmer, and more confident. This lifechanging book has already helped more than 1,000,000 readers use cognitivebehavioral therapyone of today's most effective forms of psychotherapyto conquer depression, anxiety, panic attacks, anger, guilt, sham...

Masterfully written with relatable examples, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks allows the reader to quickly connect and feel understood, and offers hope for those who are looking to regain control over their life. ?DR. ROBIN ZASIO, Psy. D., LCSW, director of The Anxiety Treatment Center of Sacramento, featured doctor on the A&E series Hoarder...

Janice Galloway's inventive first novel is about the breakdown of a 27yearold drama teacher named Joy Stone. The problems of everyday living accumulate and begin to torture Joy, who blames her problems not on her work or on the accidental drowning of her illicit lover, but on herself. While painful and deeply serious, this is a novel of great war...

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF 10% HAPPIERToo busy to meditate Can't turn off your brain Curious about mindfulness but more comfortable in the gym This book is for you.You'll also get access to guided audio meditations on the 10% Happier app, to jumpstart your practice from day one.ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that ...

When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she isn't sure if she'll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family are (along with her crush, Emil). And her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support.But as she settles into her old life, Suzette fin...

"One of America's most courageous young journalists" and the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Brain on Fire investigates the shocking mystery behind the dramatic experiment that revolutionized modern medicine (NPR).Doctors have struggled for centuries to define insanityhow do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even...

Question: Do you feel shy and selfconscious in social situations Are you plagued with selfdoubts about how you come across to others Do you feel physically sick with worry about certain situations that involve interacting with others Do you make excuses, or even lie to avoid the social situations you dread Do you make important decisions...

Social anxiety doesn?t have to hold you back! Break free from social anxiety and take control of your life with this compact yet comprehensive resource. Within, you?ll find immediate, easytouse methods for slowing down, calming down, and being present in the moment while you work to overcome social anxiety. With Thriving With Social Anxiety as yo...

A gifted and audacious writer confronts her lifelong battle with depression and her search for release This Close to Happy is the rare, vividly personal account of what it feels like to suffer from clinical depression, written from a woman?s perspective and informed by an acute understanding of the implications of this disease over a lifetime.Takin...

An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis?and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. We can?t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, undereducation, and th...

You are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proveneffective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome the shame these thoughts can bring, and reduce your anxiety.If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worr...

A Practical Guide to Mental and Emotional Freedom! Take action now and download this book for a limited time discount! Feeling lost about how to effectively treat disturbing intrusive thoughts You?re not alone! This book contains the best advice from a former sufferer of anxiety, depression, and intrusive thoughts. Inspired by compassion, this boo...

Depression can feel like a downward spiral, pulling you down into a vortex of sadness, fatigue, and apathy. Based in the latest research in neuroscience, this audiobook offers dozens of little things you can do every day to rewire your brain and create an upward spiral towards a happier, healthier life.Depression doesn't happen all at once. It star...

A girl deals with friendship, family, and OCD in this classicfeeling, debut middlegrade novel by Elly Swartz.To twelveyearold Molly Nathans, perfect is:The number fourThe tip of a newly sharpened No. 2 pencilA crisp white pad of paper Her neatly aligned glass animal figurinesWhat's not perfect is Molly's mother leaving the family to tak...

A clear and effective approach to learning evidencebased DBT skills?now in a fully revised and updated second edition.Do you have trouble managing your emotions First developed by Marsha M. Linehan for treating borderline personality disorder, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) has proven effective as treatment for a range of other mental health ...

Sometimes, the legacy of depression includes a wisdom beyond one's years, a depth of passion unexperienced by those who haven't traveled to hell and back. Off the charts in its enlightening, comprehensive analysis of this pervasive yet misunderstood condition, The Noonday Demon forges a long, brambly path through the subject of depressionexposing...

Discover How To Overcome Social Anxiety And Shyness Are you held back by shyness Do many things seem out of reach due to social anxiety Many people have settled into thinking this is just how life is... "This is just the way I am." However, nothing could be further from the truth. In this inspiring, breakthrough book, Dr. Aziz guides you along t...

EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MYSTERY BANK STREET BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SILVER BIRCH AWARD WINNER ?Complex and satisfying. Written from Daniel?s point of view, this perceptive firstperson narrative is sometimes painful, sometimes amusing, and always rewarding.? ?Booklist (starred review) From the author of Incredible Space Raiders from Space! comes ...

Hundreds of thousands of clinicians and graduate students have relied on this textnow significantly revised with more than 50% new materialto learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Leading expert Judith S. Beck demonstrates how to engage patients, develop a sound case conceptualization, plan individualized treatment, struct...

DO NOT READ THIS BOOK IF YOU WANT TO JUST "MANAGE" YOUR ANXIETYThere's a new and better way to treat anxiety, but few have ever heard it.Most people are advised to either just "mange" their anxiety or medicate it away. If you're tired of just managing your anxiety problem, then follow the breakthrough approach explained in Barry McDonagh's latest b...

From the bestselling author of Start Where You Are comes a vibrantly inspiring look at making peace with fearto become our truest selvesOn the heels of her bestselling journal Start Where You Are, author and illustrator Meera Lee Patel takes us deeper into her artistic vision and emotional journey in this stunning new fourcolor book. A mix of pe...

Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she's an endowed professor at the prestigious University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She has managed to achieve this in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis?and suffering the effects of her illness throughout her life.Saks was only eight, and living an otherwi...

Whether we?ve experienced small setbacks or major traumas, we are all influenced by our memories and by experiences we may not remember or fully understand. Getting Past Your Past offers practical techniques that demystify the human condition and empower readers looking to take charge of their lives. Shapiro, the creator of EMDR (eye movement desen...

Based on the highly effective, proven Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC) program: a practical plan for natural ways to treat depression without medicationIn the past decade, depression rates have skyrocketed, and one in four Americans suffer from major depression at some point in their lives. Where have we gone wrong Dr. Stephen Ilardi sheds li...

National Book Award and Golden Kite Award WinnerA captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas T...

If you're seeking lasting relief from outofcontrol anxiety, this is the book for you. It is grounded in cognitive behavior therapy, the proven treatment approach developed and tested over more than 25 years by pioneering clinicianresearcher Aaron T. Beck. Now Dr. Beck and fellow cognitive therapy expert David A. Clark put the tools and technique...

Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages Do you feel you are 'walking on eggshells' to avoid the next confrontation If the answer is 'yes,' someone you care about may have borderline personality disorder (BPD). Stop Walking on Eggshells has already helped nearly half a million pe...

The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned cognitive therapy and mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon KabatZinn, to help you break the mental habits that can lead to despair. This authoritative, easytouse selfhelp program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the...

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery....

A successful magazine editor and prizewinning journalist, Sally Brampton launched Elle magazine in the UK in 1985. But behind the successful, glamorous career was a story that many of her friends and colleagues knew nothing about?her ongoing struggle with severe depression and alcoholism. Brampton's is a candid, tremendously honest telling of how ...

"She's [Maggy is] really funny . . . If I had a selfdestructive young Adult, in my life . . . this is probably the book I'd get her." The New York Times Book Review "How Not to Fall Apart is the book that finally understands mental health, and it'll make you feel infinitely less alone." HelloGigglesFeatured in The New York Post, Lenny Letter, B...

This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men?and provides a simple, sciencebased plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life.?Essential reading.??Bustle ? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKRIOTBurnout. Many women in America have experienced it. What?s expected...