Mental Health Awareness Month - Adult

May is Mental Health Awareness month and to help destigmatize mental illness we have created some titles to help you learn more.

Updated March 25, 2025
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ADHD for smart ass women : how to fall in love with your neurodivergent brain
Otsuka, Tracy
Paper Book
An unprecedented guide for any woman with ADHD looking to celebrate her unique brilliance and to embark on a journey of self-discovery. ADHD is one of the most common neurological disor­ders in the United States - yet a staggering 75 percent of girls and women remain...
Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed
Gottlieb, Lori
Paper Book
A TIME magazine Must-Read Book of the Year Ever wonder what your therapist is thinking? Now you can find out, as therapist and New York Timesbestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind the scenes of her practice -- where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she). ...
While you were out : an intimate family portrait of mental illness in an era of silence
Kissinger, Meg
Paper Book
From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them. Growing up in the 1960s in the suburbs of Chicago, Meg...
The highly sensitive person : how to thrive when the world overwhelms you
Aron, Elaine
Paper Book
The 25THANNIVERSARY EDITION of the original ground-breaking book on high sensitivity with over 500,000 copies sold. ARE YOU A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON? Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and...
It didn't start with you : how inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle
Wolynn, Mark
Paper Book
'Groundbreaking' Tara Brach Depression. Anxiety. Chronic pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling- the root of these difficulties may reside in the traumas of our parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents. The latest research affirms that...
Break the cycle : a guide to healing intergenerational trauma
Buqué, Mariel
Paper Book
'Blending science, therapy and personal anecdotes, Break the Cycle empowers readers to disrupt harmful patterns from the past and cultivate new cycles of love and strength.' Vex King, bestselling author of Good Vibes, Good Life How to pass on strength not...
Raising mentally strong kids : how to combine the power of neuroscience with love and logic to grow confident, kind, responsible, and resilient children and young adults
Amen, Daniel G.
Paper Book
Instant national bestseller! Parenting is about to get easier--and a whole lot more effective.... In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive....
There's nothing wrong with her
Weinberg, Kate
Paper Book
'The best thing you'll read this year' KILEY REID 'So beautiful' SARAH JESSICA PARKER 'One of those books I will read again and again' JOJO MOYES 'Very funny, very touching' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Moving, absorbing, evocative' SARA COLLINS ...
Naomi Osaka : her journey to finding her power and her voice
Rothenberg, Ben
Paper Book
Most tennis fans met the Haitian-American-Japanese player Naomi Osaka for the first time as they watched her win the 2018 US Open in a controversial match against Serena Williams. Since then, Osaka has galvanised the tennis world not only by winning three more grand slams-all tennis fans will...

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