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The author reveals how, shortly after giving birth to a child she adored, she drank herself into the same numbness that nearly devoured her charismatic but troubled mother, reaching the brink of suicide before a spiritual awakening led her to sobriety.
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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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In 1994, Fig looks back on her life and relates her experiences, from age six to nineteen, as she desperately tries to save her mother from schizophrenia while her own mental health and relationships deteriorate.
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Vida Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Offers information and advice to mental health practitioners, law enforcement professionals, family members, and others on how to help people with mental illness accept treatment through a program of listening, empathizing, agreeing, and partnering, or LEAP.
"'This book fills a tremendous void...' wrote E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., about the first edition of I AM NOT SICK, I Don't Need Help! Twenty years later, it still does. Dr. Amador's research on...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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Lars is a sweet but shy guy who has a hard time talking with his family, coworkers, and neighbors. Although his family fears the worst when Lars brings home a life-sized companion doll who he thinks is a real girlfriend, named Bianca, a doctor encourages them to play along with him so that he can work through his delusions. The whole community rallies to his support, and Lars begins to deal with all of his emotions. He even begins to develop feelings...
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In Fact Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Every year, one in four American adults suffers from a diagnosable mental health disorder. In these true stories, writers and their loved ones struggle as their worlds are upended. What do you do when your father kills himself, or your mother is committed to a psych ward, or your daughter starts hearing voices telling her to harm herself or when you yourself hear such voices? Addressing bipolar disorder, OCD, trichillomania, self-harm, PTSD, and other...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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After Hurricane Katrina, Alice Anderson has returned home to assess the damage to her beloved Mississippi coastline and the once-immaculate home she’d carefully cultivated for her husband, Dr. Liam Rivers, one of the community's highly respected doctors. But in the wake of this natural disaster, a more terrifying challenge emerges as Liam’s mental health spirals out of control, culminating in a violent attack at knifepoint, from which Alice is...
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St. Martin's Griffi
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Finally, a housekeeping and organizational system developed for those of us who'd describe our current living situation as a “f*cking mess” that we “really need to get around to fixing one day.” Unf*ck Your Habitat is for anyone who has been left behind by traditional aspirational systems. The ones that ignore single people with full-time jobs; people without kids but living with roommates; and people with mental illnesses or physical limitations....
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health. “To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.” In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of mental suffering, Kay Jamison writes about psychotherapy, what makes a great healer, and the role of imagination and memory in regenerating the mind. From the...
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Harper Wave
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Drawing on 50 years of experience treating thousands of patients labeled with ADHD as well as scientific research, a behavioral neurologist argues that ADHD is not a condition on its own, but rather a symptom complex caused by over 20 separate conditions.--
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Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"If you want to live an extraordinary life, one in which your heart, mind, and spirit are in sync, you have to make space for your soul. You have to leave, in order to come back to yourself. It is time to go on retreat. Written as if by a wise and cherished friend, You Should Leave Now is a gentle, practical guide to drawing rich benefits— mental, emotional, and spiritual— from a personal retreat. Life coach, meditation teacher, and founder of...
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A chilling and controversial look at evil from the psychiatrist who treated mass murderer James Holmes prior to the 2012 shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. As a national expert and speaker on mass shootings and gun violence, Dr. Lynn Fenton knew it was impossible to "spot a killer." But when she embarked on treating troubled grad student James Holmes, the hair on her arms stood up. She knew she was dealing with evil. Yet she could find...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A memoir of news reporter Matt Gutman's experience with panic attacks and his quest to seek out treatment"--
"By ABC News’s chief national correspondent, an unflinching look at panic attacks by a reporter whose career was nearly derailed by them, offering readers a guide to making a truce with their warring minds "Brave, reassuring, and practical...A balm for anyone who has ever suffered panic attacks and who longs to be released from their grip."...
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DHHS publication volume o. (SMA) 3828
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substances Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this guide is to assist States and communities in planning, designing, and implementing culturally competent disaster mental health services for survivors of natural and human-caused disasters of all scales.
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Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Jane Alison Sherwin's account provides insight into the challenges of bringing up a child with pathological demand avoidance syndrome (PDA). She describes her daughter's behaviour and the impact it has had on her family, reveals the strategies that have worked, and provides essential advice and information on obtaining a diagnosis and raising awareness of PDA.
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