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BOOKS AND MAGAZINES


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Hello Readers! Here you will find all kinds of books and magazines that discuss mental health conditions
or portray characters with mental health issues and their experiences in coping and recovering.

There are many more out there, these are just a few that we have noted. Feel free to suggest any that aren't here on our Connect With Us page. Also, remember that everyone has different tastes! You may enjoy some of these
books while others may not suit you!








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BOOKS

 

BEHIND HAPPY FACES: TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH- A GUIDE FOR YOUNG ADULTS

by Ross Szabo

Excerpt from Amazon.com "Certain to become one of the most comprehensive accounts of the mental health issues affecting today's youth, popular speaker Ross Szabo's guide helps young people to address their problems, and aids adults in understanding them as well."

"...empowering (young people) to overcome the stigma of mental illness -- and get the help they need." -- DONNA SATOW, Co-Founder, The Jed Foundation

MINORITY OF MIND

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Minority of Mind tells a compelling story of Ben Boone's life as “subject” for the study of schizophrenia and a host of other unrelated illnesses. The book details a young man’s descent into darkness, and his daily struggles to perform as a person, rather than a manifestation of his illness. It addresses how society treats those with serious psychiatric disorders and challenges our definition of ‘madness.'

Check out Virgin Voices for more information about the book and how to order it. Also, check out a video talk** with Ben Boone!

** Click on the Ames Free Library Playlist and pick the Ben Boone Library out of the videos.


WHERE ARE THE COCOA PUFFS?

By Karen Winters Schwartz

As eighteen-year-old Amanda spirals into mania, her father, psychiatrist Dr. Jerry Benson, sees the realization of his worst fears: his daughter is not just moody, but truly ill. With his words, his diagnosis -- manic depressive illness -- his world and that of his family is forever altered. Carol, Amanda's mother, struggles with the guilt and shame of having raised a "crazy" daughter. Christy, Amanda's fifteen-year-old sister, denies the illness; after all, my sister's a bitch is so much easier to accept (as described on amazon.com).

SPIN BETWEEN NEVER AND EVER

By Shannon C. Flynn

This book tells the story of a journey to recovery—Flynn’s. In this brutally honest account, the author recalls her initiation into the realm of depression, mania, and anxiety as a young girl, and her subsequent struggles with her moods as she matures.  Spin-Between-Never-Shannon-Flynn.

A BLUE SO DARK

By Holly Schindler

Fifteen-year-old Aura Ambrose faces numerous problems that run the gamut from divorced parents and friendships gone sour to relationship angst and acne, but her biggest concern is her mother's battle with schizophrenia. Schindler paints a realistic picture of living with a schizophrenic, describing the details from Aura's point of view. She also explores the teen's fear that one day she will succumb to the disease herself. Blue-So-Dark-Holly-Schindler

AN UNQUIET MIND: A MEMOIR OF
MOODS AND MADNESS

By Kay Redfield Jamison

Booknews.com synopsis: A psychiatry professor, author, and recipient of numerous national and international scientific awards describes her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depressive illness and recounts how it has shaped her life. An-Unquiet-Mind-Book








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MAGAZINES


ESPERANZA

A magazine helping you to cope with anxiety and depression. Subscribe at www.hopetocope.com.

NAMI BEGINNINGS

A publication dedicated to the young minds of America from the NAMI Child and Adolescent Action Center. Get a copy here.

SZ MAGAZINE

A magazine that was made to reach out and help those affected by schizophrenia. Subscribe here.

BP MAGAZINE

A magazine promoting hope and harmony for people with bipolar disorder. Get the latest issue here.


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SPEAK

By Anderson, Laurie Halse
Amazon Synopsis Web link: Speak-Anniversary-Laurie-Halse-Anderson

Speak is about a 9th grader named Melinda who enters high school. She is faced with many struggles caused by what happened during her 8th grade summer vacation. One of Melinda’s roughest times was that she got bullied constantly. Young adults going through schooling and are treated horribly by your peers can relate to this story. This book does deal with stressful times of a youth in high school and may include some triggering aspects.
Other versions of this book: Speak (film)

THE BELL JAR

By Sylvia Plath
Abe Books Web link:
crazy-top-10-books-about-mental-illness


The Bell Jar is about a girl named Esther Greenwood who goes through a lot of struggles with a path of going downward. A strike of really bad insanity. The reader learns early on about the struggles in Esther's life. Her father died when she was nine; while Esther wants to be a poet, her mother wants her to learn shorthand so that she will have a vocation to fall back on. She has been dating Buddy Willard, a Yale medical student who bores her and minimizes those things she holds dear: poetry, literature, and creation. Buddy has asked her to marry him, but she told him she never plans to marry. During this summer, Buddy is in a sanitarium recovering from tuberculosis.


CRACK-UP

By Eric Christopherson
Web Link: Crack-Up-ebook

Argus Ward is a former U.S. Secret Service agent who runs a protection agency catering to the rich and famous. His best-kept secret--which he shares with lawyers and doctors and even psychiatrists--is his status as a high-functioning paranoid schizophrenic. One day, with little warning, he turns psychotic for the first time in twenty years. He lands in a secure psychiatric facility, charged with the murder of his most famous client, high tech industry billionaire John Helms, the wealthiest man in America (this part was taken off amazon.com).

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

By Ken Kesey
Web Link:  http://www.librarything.com/work/2122

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey. It is set in an Oregon asylum, and serves as a study of the institutional process and the human mind (This part was taken from librarything.com).


A NEW EARTH

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Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
By Eckhart Tolle

With a look into the present moment, this book can help show anyone to eliminate the suffering caused by the ego.
The now is the place of transcendence!

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