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 undiagnosed. Due to the...
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.
Ebook
The 25TH ANNIVERSARY 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...
Invisible wounds
Ruliffson, Jess
Paper Book
Over the past five years, Jess Ruliffson has travelled across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. She shares the stories of men, women, and non-binary people who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. In this compassionate book,...
It didn't start with you : how inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle
Wolynn, Mark
Paper Book
Inherited family trauma is currently an area of growing interest, as science increasingly explores what we know intuitively: that the effects of trauma can pass from one generation to the next, and that the answers to some of our greatest life problems often lie not within our own story, but in the...
Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed
Gottlieb, Lori
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Rarely have I read a book that challenged me to see myself in an entirely new light, and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing."--Katie Couric "This is a daring, delightful, and transformative...
Nervous energy : harness the power of your anxiety
Carmichael, Chloe
Paper Book
"Anxiety and stress are the number one epidemic of modern civilization. Frequently, stressed people find themselves at the pinnacle of success at the cost of unhappy lives, fractured relationships, and unhealthy bodies.... This book offers the tools they need." --Dr. Deepak...
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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