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Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides the skills you need to navigate common life challenges and take charge of your emotional and mental health in her debut book.
Filled with secrets from a therapist's toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times. Dr Julie Smith’s expert advice and powerful coping...
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It's time to reclaim your mental health. We can't deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. In addition, the effects of under-education, poverty, and systemic racism have greatly impacted African Americans' access to effective mental health treatment. It's time to take Black mental health seriously. It's time to heal our psychological distress, find community, and combat marginalization in order to thrive. So, how...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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A bold, expert, and actionable map for the re-invention of America's broken mental health care system As director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Thomas Insel was giving a presentation when the father of a boy with schizophrenia yelled from the back of the room, Our house is on fire and you're telling me about the chemistry of the paint! What are you doing to put out the fire? Dr. Insel knew in his heart that the answer was not nearly...
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Da Capo Lifelong
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Get answers to your most common questions about mental health and mental illness--including anxiety, depression, bipolar and eating disorders, and more. [This book] walks readers through the most common questions about mental health and the process of getting help--from finding the best therapist to navigating harmful and toxic relationships and everything in between. In the same down-to-earth, friendly tone that makes her videos so popular, licensed...
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"From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam Asylum to the infamous eugenics era to the follies of the anti-psychiatry movement to the current landscape in which too many families struggle alone to manage afflicted love ones, Powers limns our fears and myths about mental illness and the fractured public policies that have resulted. Braided with that history is the moving story of Powers's beloved son Kevin--spirited, endearing, and gifted--who...
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"Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? In this surprising and inventive look at the evolution of mental health, respected journalist Claudia Kalb gives readers a glimpse into the lives of high-profile historic figures through the lens of modern psychology, weaving groundbreaking research into biographical narratives that are deeply embedded in our culture. From Marilyn Monroe's borderline personality disorder to Charles Darwin's anxiety,...
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"Louise Beeston is haunted... Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school where he performs in a prestigious boys' choir. And her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music all hours of the night. And to make matters worse, she's the only one who can hear it. Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, David, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled...
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s202
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Mental immunity is thе foundation оf emotional rеѕіlіеnсе. The same wау іn which a соld оr flu саn dеrаіl thе hеаlth оf someone whо іѕ аlrеаdу іll, a ѕmаll ѕеtbасk or trоublіng thоught саn do thе ѕаmе tо ѕоmеоnе whо іѕ nоt mеntаllу іmmunе.
Good mеntаl immunity is еѕѕеntіаl tо living a full аnd productive lіfе. In these COVID-19 pandemic сrіѕеѕ, we nееd to tаkе gооd...
10) Everything isn't terrible: conquer your insecurities, interrupt your anxiety, and finally calm down
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Hachette Books
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2020.
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English
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We truly live in anxious times. In a 2018 public opinionpoll, the American Psychiatric Association reported that a majority ofAmericans are anxious about their safety, their health, their finances, theirrelationships, and politics. And roughly 80% of respondents admitted that theywere either more anxious or just as anxious in 2018 as they had been in 2017. So how do many of us respond to this anxious world? Tostart, we've begun to perceive everyone...
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Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Challenges cultural beliefs about anxiety from the perspectives of medical and spiritual leaders to explore how the condition needs to be viewed less as a burdensome affliction and more as a source of divine growth.
13) The 22 non-negotiable laws of wellness: feel, think, and live better than you ever thought possible
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HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c1995
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English
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Everything we think, say, feel, and do has a direct impact on our physical and emotional health. And yet, we overlook this fundamental truth every day.
A solution exists. The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness advocates a holistic no-nonsense approach to health and well-being that is keenly sensitive to all facets of body, mind, and spirit. These twenty-two keys provide the definitive toolkit for achieving your own high-level wellness.
14) Happier now: how to stop chasing perfection and embrace everyday moments (even the difficult ones)
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English
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Discusses how to stop treating happiness as an elusive goal that is dependent on external factors and outlines simple practices for improving emotional resilience and living more happily in the present.
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Deyst
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[2024]
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English
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From psychotherapist and TikTok personality Dr. Annie Zimmerman comes a toolkit to transform yourself and your relationships, with advice on how to heal past trauma, build sustainable connections, and take ownership of your mental health. Every day, psychotherapist Dr. Annie Zimmerman meets clients in her private London practice who are struggling with their lives. They're committed to achieving personal growth, making changes--but they're struck...
17) Unravel
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s202
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Enclosed is a version of events that detail the journey of a young woman trying to navigate through life coiled with complications. It presents her truth describing a variety of relationships with family, romance, and self. A story about love, loss, trauma, mental illness, and perseverance. There are many sides to a story. This is mine.
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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A scathing, deeply-researched foray into the invisible, uncompensated work women perform every day Emotional labor. The term might sound familiar. . .but what does it mean exactly? Initially used to describe the unnamed yet crucial labor flight attendants did to make guests feel welcomed and safe, the phrase has burst into the national lexicon in recent years. The examples, whispered among friends and posted online, are endless. A woman is tasked...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
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A short novella based on the beloved characters from the graphic novel Heartstopper and Alice Oseman's debut novel Solitaire, which was praised as 'The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age' by The Times. The festive season isn't always happy for Tori Spring and her brother Charlie. And this year's going to be harder than most. I used to think that difficult was better than boring, but I know better now... I'm not going to think about the past few...
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"The Close sisters are descended from very prominent and wealthy ancestors. When the Close sisters were very young, their parents joined a cult called the MRA, or Moral Rearmament. The family was suddenly uprooted to a cult school in Switzerland and, ultimately, to the Belgian Congo where their father became a surgeon in the war ravaged republic, and ultimately the personal physician to President Mobutu. Shortly after the girls returned to the US...
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