In this Mental Health Awareness Month, we can all take up the challenge to learn more about mental health. Nativity ambassadors for Mental Health Connect have assembled a list of recommended books covering various mental health topics, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, addiction, trauma, self-sabotage, therapy, acceptance, and happiness.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Books to Begin the Conversation about Mental Health:
(DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY by Kelly Jensen
Books to Learn about Therapy:
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gotlieb
Books about Anxiety:
FIRST, WE MAKE THE BEAST BEAUTIFUL by Sarah Wilson
LITTLE PANIC by Amanda Stern
THE CHEMISTRY OF CALM by Henry Emmons (Minnesota writer)
YEAR OF YES: HOW TO DANCE IT OUT, STAND IN THE SUN, AND BE YOUR OWN PERSON by Shonda Rhimes
REASONS TO STAY ALIVE by Matt Haig
Books about Depression:
FURIOUSLY HAPPY by Jenny Lawson
THE NOONDAY DEMON by Andrew Solomon
THE CHEMISTRY OF JOY by Henry Emmons
REASONS TO STAY ALIVE by Matt Haig
Books about Self-Sabotage:
GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY by Mark Goulston and Philip Goldberg
Books about Schizophrenia:
THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS by Esme Weijun Wang
Books about Bipolar Disorder:
AN UNQUIET MIND by Kay Redfield Jamison
Books about Addiction:
ADDICTION NATION by Timothy King (opioid addiction)
Books about Trauma:
THE BODY KEEPS SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry
Books about Acceptance and Happiness:
14,000 THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT by Barbara Ann Kipfer
THE HAPPINESS TRAP by Russ Harris
REASONS TO STAY ALIVE by Matt Haig