Mental Illness category: 868 books

The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller! The untold story of how one woman's life was changed forever in a matter of seconds by a horrific trauma. Barbara Leaming's extraordinary and deeply sensitive biography is the first book to document Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' brutal, lonely...

Don Depresso is a clinically depressed freelance writer who does a lot of drugs and pines for his ex-girlfriend. This book contains a collection of almost all the Don Depresso comic strips created from March through September of 2012, along with commentary. The Don Depresso comics series deals...

Rare inside look at the Iraq war through eyes of a gifted, young poet. Joins Brian Turner's Here, Bullet as poetic document of Iraq war. Selected by Cornelius Eady as winner of BOA's 11th Annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize. Introduction by Cornelius Eady. Hugh Martin will be a 2012-2013 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.

The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze. My Grandmother’s Hands is a call to action for Americans to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body. Author Resmaa Menakem introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.

This is a memoir of incest and, as such, the contents of this book constitute a work of nonfiction.  Introduction: “Big blue eyes; Tiny little figure; Stand back boys, ‘til I get a little bigger.” I remember the words and the singsong manner in which they were repeated to me...

Borderline Personality Disorder and Adolescents offers parents, caregivers, and adolescents themselves a complete understanding of this complex and tough-to-treat disorder. It thoroughly explains what it is and what a patient's treatment options are. Author Blaise A. Aguirre, M.D., is one of the foremost...

**“Engrossing … [An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain.” —Wall Street Journal “Fascinating—and full of the kind of factoids you can't wait to share.” —Scientific American** Parasites can live only inside another animal and, as Kathleen...

A group of 17 essays: The Throwing Madonna; The Lovable Cat: Mimicry Strikes Again; Woman the Toolmaker? Did Throwing Stones Lead to Bigger Brains? The Ratchets of Social Evolution; The Computer as Metaphor in Neurobiology; Last Year in Jerusalem; Computing Without Nerve Impulses; Aplysia, the Hare of...

The ebook, Leave Me Alone!, is dedicated to showing readers how to avoid being bullied. it includes segments called "So What Can You Do?" that outline specific plans to help them, encouragement for school-aged victims, a section for parents, a full bibliography and even proposed "game plans" for schools. It also addresses workplace bullying in a separate section.

Drawing on extensive experience with unstable, violent, intoxicated and mentally ill people, former Corrections Sergeant Rory Miller delivers a street-level guide to building rapport, taking command and avoiding force.   An altered state of consciousness can be caused by many things--...

El Manual de publicaciones de la American Psychological Association es el manual de estilo preferido por escritores, editores, estudiantes y educadores en el campo de las ciencias sociales y conductuales, ya que proporciona una guía invaluable sobre todos los aspectos del proceso de escritura, desde...

Just as a photographer might shoot a photo through a colored lens, Wendy Williamson skillfully holds up the filter of mania and depression for her reader to peer through. With heart-wrenching honesty and humor, she shows the effects of bipolar disorder on the mind, body and soul of those who suffer...

D-Stress is one of the world’s first that gives you practical ways to reduce your stress immediately. It is one of the only books of its kind that shows you step by step exactly what you need to do to conquer your stress. These proven “stress busting” techniques can change the way you feel no...

Are you exhausted, cynical, hollow, trapped, angry, or just not there? Working harder but getting less done? Ill too often or for too long? Or do you know someone else who feels like this? These are classic warning signs of burnout. They are also an urgent wake-up call. This groundbreaking book uncovers the life-saving message hidden in burnout and takes you step by step to joy.