10 Best Mental Health Books For Students

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10 BEST MENTAL HEALTH BOOKS FOR STUDENTS
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THE JOURNEY OF LITTLE CHARLIE BY CHRISTOPHER
PAUL CURTIS

• Christopher Paul Curtis, a winner of the Newbery
  Medal, brings his usual wit and pathos to the
  narrative of a youngster trying to do the right
  thing in the face of historys most heinous
  injustices.
• Charlie, a twelve-year-old boy, is having a bad
  day. Capn Buck, the most terrifying man in
  Possum Moan, South Carolina, has come to collect
  a debt from his father, the share crops are dry,
  and his father has recently died. Fearing for his
  life, Charlie makes a bargain with Capn Buck to
  track down several people suspected of stealing
  from the Capn and his employer. Charlie thinks
  its not such a bad deal until he meets the
  fugitives and learns their actual identities.
• Torn between his guilty conscience and survival
  instinct, Charlie wants to determine his next
  step as quickly as possible. Its only a matter
  of time before Capn Buck realizes whats going
  on.

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THE MEMORY OF LIGHT BY FRANCISCO X. STORK
The Memory of Light, based on Francisco X.
Storks own experience with depression. It is an
unusual young adult novel that concentrates not
on the circumstances leading up to a suicide
attempt but on the recovery after one about
surviving when life doesnt seem worth it and how
we continue nonetheless. Vicky Cruz, 16, awakens
in a hospital psychiatric unit following an
unsuccessful suicide attempt. Now she must find
a means to recuperate and maybe save others
along the way. Knowing one thing, Vicky Cruz
wakes up in the Lakeview Hospital Mental
Disorders unit. She shouldnt be alive after her
suicide attempt. But then she meets Mona, the
live wire Gabriel, the saint E.M., who is
constantly angry and Dr. Desai, a calm power.
They encourage her to reassess her life before
Lakeview via tales and honesty, compassion, and
hard work and offer her acceptance shes never
received. Vickys newfound tranquilly, however,
is as fleeting as the flowers that grow
surrounding the hospital. When a crisis causes
the group to break up, returning Vick to the
world that pushed her to suicide, she must
rediscover her bravery and strength. She might be
missing them. She has no idea.
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THIS TOO SHALL PASS STORIES OF CHANGE, CRISIS,
AND HOPEFUL BEGINNINGS BY JULIA SAMUEL
We live in a civilization of infinite options,
and life is more complicated than ever. In this
too shall pass, prominent psychotherapist Julia
Samuel relies on hours of discussions with her
patients to demonstrate how we learn to adapt
and survive during our most challenging and
transforming circumstances. Illuminated by the
most recent sociological and psychological
research, this book deals unflinchingly with
family, love, job, health, and identity
difficulties, from a lady considering leaving her
spouse for a younger lover to a parent dealing
with a devastating medical prognosis. There is
something for everyone, from a new mother
grappling with the decision to return to work to
a young guy coping with the fallout from coming
out to a lady starting over after losing her
career. These dramatic, vivid, and highly
personal stories about ordinary people will
enhance our knowledge of our unique response to
change and illuminate how we tackle problems at
all stages of life.
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WEVE BEEN TOO PATIENT VOICES FROM RADICAL
MENTAL HEALTHSTORIES AND RESEARCH CHALLENGING
THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL BY L.D. GREEN

• Weve Been Too Patient is a collection of 25
  tales and essays that depict the tragic reality
  of many people who have been diagnosed with a
  mental disorder. Editors Kelechi Ubozoh
  (consultant and keynote speaker) and L.D. Green
  (advocacy and author) painstakingly gathered
  accounts of mental health experiences to dispel
  the stigmas that so readily surround mental
  health areas.
• Overmedication, police violence,
  electroconvulsive treatment, compulsory
  hospitalization, experiences that result in
  profoundly altered moods and suicidal thoughts
  these are the problems of the mentally sick.
  While much has been written on the structural
  flaws of our mental health care system, this
  book offers voice to individuals who have
  personal experience with psychiatric movements,
  such as people of colour and LGBTQ groups, who
  are typically excluded from the discussion. Its
  mission is to identify viable alternatives to the
  Mental Wellness Industrial Complex and to
  change the discourse away from mental disease
  and toward mental health.

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BLACK PAIN IT JUST LOOKS LIKE WERE NOT HURTING
BY TERRIE M. WILLIAMS

• Terri Williams, an author, and mental health
  advocate is aware that Black people suffer. She
  understands since she is one of them. Williams
  confronts depression in Black Pain, a still
  taboo topic, particularly in the Black community.
• Williams addresses emotional anguish and how it
  impacts the Black experience straightforwardly,
  urging women and men to seek treatment without
  feeling guilty. Williams knows what it takes to
  eventually come to terms with your inner grief
  after experiencing depression firsthand as the
  leader of a demanding public relations firm. She
  reminds us that addressing our experiences
  full-on and seeking solutions with the aid of
  others is brave, not cowardly.

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THIS IS DEPRESSION BY DR. DIANE MCINTOSH
Dr Diane McIntosh, a psychiatrist, describes her
experiences working with individuals who have
been diagnosed with depression in This Is
Depression. She walks readers through the most
frequent causes of depression, the depression
diagnostic process, and the many therapy choices
available to each individual. Her perspective on
the subject is not just based on research. Still,
her utilization of patient tales gives
real-world examples for anybody facing depression
in their own lives. This book is a must-read for
anybody dealing with depression, whether their
own or that of a loved one.
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MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE BY LORI GOTTLIEB
Lori Gottlieb, a therapist, received a taste of
her own medicine when she found herself on the
therapy couch following an event that left her
terrified and bewildered. She has the
credentials to be a doctor. Still, her experience
has made her a patient as wellher viewpoint has
broadened her to comprehend and feel all sides of
a therapy session. She addresses the facts and
falsehoods we all tell ourselves in this funny,
engaging narrative of self-discovery, analyzing
the devastation they may bring when allowed to
run amok. Perhaps You Should Talk to Someone
will make you feel heard while also urging you
to open up and reach out to those who are willing
to listen.
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HEY KIDDO BY JARRET J. KROSOCZKA

• Jarrett Krosoczkas kindergarten teacher invites
  him to create his family, complete with a mother
  and father. But Jarretts family is even more
  difficult. His mother is an alcoholic who is in
  and out of recovery and Jarretts life. Jarrett
  has no idea where to go for his father or even
  his name. Jarrett lives with his grandparents,
  two very noisy, loving, and opinionated
  individuals who felt they were done raising
  children until Jarret came along.
• Jarrett spends his youth attempting to make his
  out-of-the-ordinary existence as normal as
  possible, finding a means to express himself via
  painting even though very little is said to him
  about whats going on. Only as a teenager can
  Jarrett begin to put together the reality about
  his family, confronting his mother and searching
  for his father.
• Hey, Kiddo is a tremendously important book about
  growing up in an alcoholic home and discovering
  the art that helps you survive.

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RIP ELIZAH HART BY ALYSSA B. SHEINMAL

• Alyssa Sheinmel, New York Times bestselling
  novelist, provides a compelling mystery as well
  as a delicate and emotional investigation of the
  secrets that may hold us backand even destroy
  us.
• After discovering dead on the cliffs outside her
  dormitory, Ellie Sokoloff is desperate to find
  out what happened to Eliza Hart, the most popular
  student at Ventana Ranch boarding school. Eliza
  was, after all, Ellies childhood closest friend.
• Never mind that Eliza has been spreading nasty
  accusations about Ellie since she came to
  school, labeling her a liar and a stalker, when
  all Ellie wanted to do was renew their old
  relationship. Ellies claustrophobia, for
  example, restricts where she can travel and what
  she can accomplish. Or that Ellies suitemate,
  Sam, is the only one who will aid her because
  Ellie appears to be the prime suspect to everyone
  else.
• Will Ellie be able to clear her name and unravel
  the mystery behind Elizas death? Her search for
  the truth will lead her to facts she never
  expected to find, taking her deep into her
  recollections of her youth with Eliza Hart.

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BE CALM PROVEN TECHNIQUES TO STOP ANXIETY NOW
BY JILL WEBER

• Jill Weber, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who
  works with people from all walks of life to help
  them manage their anxiety. Be Calm organizes
  all that information into three categories
  feelings, behaviors, and ideas.
• Each part focuses on the significant anxiety
  symptom that an individual is experiencing and
  explains it, tactics for controlling it, and a
  road to inner peace. Its simple to read,
  comprehend, and apply to your life, no matter
  what scenario youre in.

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