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 April 23, 2024
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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...
The deepest well : healing the long-term effects of childhood adversity
Burke Harris, Nadine
Paper Book
"An extraordinary, eye-opening book." --People "A rousing wake-up call . . . this highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of...
The highly sensitive person : how to thrive when the world overwhelms you
Aron, Elaine
Paper Book
In this groundbreaking classic, Dr. Elaine Aron, a research and clinical psychologist and a HSP herself, shows the reader how to identify the HSP trait. Drawing on her many years of research, this fully updated edition features guidance and self-assessment tests to help identify particular...
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...
Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed
Gottlieb, Lori
Paper Book
When a personal crisis causes her world to come crashing down, Lori Gottlieb - an experienced therapist with a thriving practice in Los Angeles - is suddenly adrift. Enter Wendell, himself a veteran therapist with an unconventional style, whose sessions with Gottlieb will prove transformative...
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...

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