Mental Health Awareness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month 🧠🩺

Check out these books from our fiction, nonfiction, and health & fitness sections dealing with mental illness and mental health

Updated March 6, 2025
Westchester Library System Mount Pleasant Public Library
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Really good, actually
Heisey, Monica
Paper Book
THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2025 The Times Popular Fiction Book of the Year 'A heartbreaker of a book' THE TIMES 'Alarmingly relatable' MARIAN KEYES 'Hilarious and profound' DOLLY ALDERTON ...
Notes on a nervous planet
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
*THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, Matt Haig's new novel from the world of The Midnight Library, is out now*THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe world is messing with our minds.Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel...
Furiously happy : a funny book about horrible things
Lawson, Jenny 1973-
Paper Book
In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness. A hysterical, ridiculous book about crippling depression and anxiety? That sounds like a terrible idea. But terrible ideas are what...
The silver linings playbook
Quick, Matthew
Paper Book
'The Silver Linings Playbook' is the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife's betrayal.
What happened to you? : conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing
Perry, Bruce D.
Paper Book
Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr Bruce Perry, discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences - and how healing must begin with a shift to asking 'What happened to you?' rather than 'What's wrong with you?'. Through wide-ranging and often...

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