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Understanding Mental Health

Whether you're looking to better understand your own experiences or that of a friend or loved one, these memoirs and guides can help.

Whatcom County Library System

24 items

  • Nobody's Normal

    How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness

    Grinker, Roy Richard, 1961-
    BookNew York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]. — 616.89 GRINKER 2021
  • Healing

    Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Health

    Insel, Thomas R., 1951-
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2022. — 362.2097 INSEL 2022
  • BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022. — B SCHEIER SCHEIER 2022
  • What My Bones Know

    a Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma

    Foo, Stephanie,
    BookNew York : Ballantine Group, [2022]. — 616.8521 FOO 2022
  • BookLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022] — 616.8522 MORIN 2022
  • BookBerkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, [2018]. — MAILHOT, TERESE MA Mailhot
  • The Urge

    Our History of Addiction

    Fisher, Carl Erik,
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2022. — 362.2909 FISHER 2022
  • Bittersweet

    How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

    Cain, Susan,
    BookNew York : Crown, [2022]. — 152.4 CAIN 2022
  • Together

    the Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

    Murthy, Vivek Hallegere, 1977-
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]. — 158.2 MURTHY 2020
  • The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health

    Navigate An Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve

    Walker, Rheeda,
    BookOakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2020]. — 616.89 WALKER 2020
  • The Intrusive Thoughts Toolkit

    Quick Relief for Obsessive, Unwanted, or Disturbing Thoughts

    BookOakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2023]. — 616.8522 INTRUSIVE 2023
  • How to Build a Healthy Brain

    Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Depression and Future-proof Your Brain

    Wilson, Kimberley,
    BookLondon : Yellow Kite, 2022. — 612.82 WILSON 2022
  • Overthinking About You

    Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, And/or Depression

    Raskin, Allison,
    BookNew York : Workman Publishing, [2022]. — 306.7 RASKIN 2022
  • How to Do the Work

    Recognize Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past, and Create Your Self

    LePera, Nicole,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]. — 128.2 LEPERA 2021
  • Essential Art Therapy Exercises

    Effective Techniques to Manage Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD

    Guzman, Leah,
    BookEmeryville, California : Rockridge Press, [2020]. — 616.8916 GUZMAN 2020