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Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In his new novel, bestselling New York Times author, David Vann reimagines his father's final days. Halibut on the Moon traces the roots of mental illness in one man's life as he attempts to anchor himself to the places and people that once shaped his sense of identity. Middle-aged and deeply depressed, Jim arrives in California from Alaska and surrenders himself to the care of his brother Gary, who intends to watch over him. Swinging unpredictably...
Author
Publisher
Acheron Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
ix, 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"This book aims to open up the debate on mental disorders, to get people interested and talking, and to get them thinking. For example, what is schizophrenia? Why is it so common? Why does it affect human beings but not other animals? What might this tell us about our mind and body, language and creativity, music and religion? What are the boundaries between mental disorder and 'normality'? Is there a relationship between mental disorder and genius?...
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1919. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she sees - or thinks she sees - in the shadows of their new home, Hope House. All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that Hope House is full of strange secrets: a forgotten attic, ghostly figures, mysterious firelight that flickers in the trees beyond the garden. One night she ventures into the darkness of Nightingale...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"A paradigm-shifting approach to treating mental disorders like anxiety, depression, and ADHD with food and nutrients, by two leading scientists who share their original, groundbreaking research with readers everywhere for the first time, explaining why nutrients improve brain health, and how to use them"--
Author
Description
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people -- an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older lover -- as they careen towards an explosive confrontation.
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Why do we think, feel, and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon?capture?is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by forces outside our control."--Amazon.com....
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
185 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Description
Discusses the factors that affect mental health, historical and modern types of treatment, and mental illnesses, describes how different teens have dealt with mental health issues, and suggests ways to handle mental problems.
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Formats
Description
This is a story about hope and redemption, about what we pass on - both genetically and culturally. It is about the high price of repression and how one woman, who lost nearly everything, must be willing to reveal the failures of the past in order to save future generations. Based on a true story of the author's own family, it tells of the intergenerational relationship of Rigmor who when a young Jewish woman in 1934 was a patient at Sonnenstein psychiatric...
11) The boys
Author
Description
When introverted Ethan Fawcett marries Barb, he has every reason to believe he will be delivered from a lifetime of solitude. She fills his world with a sense of adventure, expanding his horizons beyond his comfortable routine. Because Ethan fears becoming a father, one day Barb brings home two young brothers, Tommy and Sam, for them to foster, and Ethan immediately falls in love with the two boys. When the pandemic hits, he becomes obsessed with...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
272 pages
Description
"A compelling and incisive book that questions the overuse of mental health terms to describe universal human emotions Public awareness of mental illness has been transformed in recent years, but our understanding of how to define it has yet to catch up. Too often, psychiatric disorders are confused with the inherent stresses and challenges of human experience. A narrative has taken hold that a mental health crisis has been building among young people....
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (215 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Explore the evolution in understanding, and the dramatic attempts across generations, to unravel the difficult questions surrounding mental illness people have grappled with throughout history: What causes it? And how is it best treated?"--container.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum, the nonfiction imprint of Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
448 pages cm
Description
"New hope for those suffering from conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addictions, PTSD, ADHD and more. Though incidence of these conditions is skyrocketing, for the past four decades standard treatment hasn't much changed, and successrates in treating them have barely improved, either. Meanwhile, the stigma of the "mental illness" label-damaging and devastating on its own-can often prevent sufferers from getting the help they need....
16) Before I let go
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Formats
Description
Returning to her small Alaska home town after her bipolar best friend's death, Corey uncovers chilling secrets about the townspeople and their treatment of Kyra prior to her drowning.
When Corey moves away from Lost Creek, Alaska, she makes her friend Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones, saying...
17) Benny & Joon
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mentally ill young woman who lives with her older brother finds her love in an eccentric young man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
18) Hope Creek
Author
Series
New Americana volume 6
Description
"Old rivalries, new ventures, and long-lost loves converge in the latest novel in New York Times bestselling author Janet Dailey's New Americana series, as the daughter who once walked away from the dark chaos of her childhood returns to her Lowcountry hometown, hoping to put the past to rest... For Kit Teague, the island of Hope Creek, South Carolina, is filled with joyful memories of being out on the water with her beloved father. But her small...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxv, 274 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Description
We all know that exercise is good for physical health, but recently, a wealth of data has proven that exercise also contributes to overall mental well-being. Routine exercise alleviates stress and anxiety, moderates depression, relieves chronic pain, and improves self-esteem. In this inspiring book, Christina Hibbert, a clinical psychologist and expert on women's mental health, grief, and self-esteem, explains the connections between exercise and...
20) Love & Mercy
Publisher
Malibu Road, Llc
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter, and leader of the Beach Boys. Set against the era defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
"A deeply satisfying pop biopic whose subject's bifurcated creative life lends itself to an unconventional structure."--Hollywood Reporter
"Love & Mercy...
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