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• CDC/Mental Health

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  Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site for data, tools, and resources regarding mental health.

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

  a Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

  Gottlieb, Lori,

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  With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Together

  the Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

  Murthy, Vivek Hallegere, 1977-

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  Former Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy argues that loneliness is the underpinning to the current crisis in mental wellness and is responsible for the upsurge in suicide, the opioid epidemic, the overuse of psych meds, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Not to Kill Yourself

  a Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

  Martin, Clancy, 1967-

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  The last time Clancy Martin tried to kill himself was in his basement with a dog leash. It was one of over ten attempts throughout the course of his life. But he didn't die, and like many who consider taking their own lives, he hid the attempt from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Anxious Generation

  How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness

  Haidt, Jonathan,

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• Move the Body, Heal the Mind

  Overcome Anxiety, Depression, and Dementia and Improve Focus, Creativity, and Sleep

  Heisz, Jennifer J.,

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  A noted neuroscientist reveals groundbreaking research on how fitness and exercise can combat mental health conditions such as anxiety, dementia, ADHD, and depression, and offers a plan for improving focus, creativity, and sleep.

• The Crucial Years

  the Essential Guide to Mental Health and Modern Puberty in Middle Childhood (ages 6-12)

  Ziegler, Sheryl,

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• Good Girls

  a Story and Study of Anorexia

  Freeman, Hadley,

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  "In 1995, Hadley Freeman wrote in her 'I just spent three years of my life in mental hospitals. So why am I crazier than I was before????' From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric wards after developing anorexia nervosa.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Healing

  Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Health

  Insel, Thomas R., 1951-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

  Everyday Tools for Life's Ups & Downs

  Smith, Julie (Psychologist),

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  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.

• Attention Hijacked

  Using Mindfulness to Reclaim Your Brain From Tech

  Marcus, Erica B.,

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  Attention Hijacked offers a roadmap for those deciding how they want to deal with technology, exploring the ways technology affects the individual, dispelling common misinformation, and using this knowledge to make personalized decisions. Page Plus…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Don't Worry

  48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety From a Zen Buddhist Monk

  Masuno, Shunmyō,

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  By following this book's 48 simple lessons-and taking to heart the nearly 30 zengo, or Zen sayings, quoted throughout-you'll enjoy a calmer, more relaxed, more positive version of yourself.

• Permission to Come Home

  Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

  Wang, Jenny T.,

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  Asian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to radically reconsider the cultural frameworks that enabled their assimilation into American culture. As Asian Americans investigate the personal and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Body Keeps the Score

  Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

  Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943-

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  Renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain’s wiring—specifically…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Change Your Mind

  What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

  Pollan, Michael,

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  When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as if the world might be on the cusp of psychological revolution. It promised to shed light on the deep mysteries of consciousness, as well as offer relief…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Overthinking About You

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

  Raskin, Allison,

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  Dating is hard—but when you live with anxiety, OCD, and/or depression, dating can feel like a minefield. At last, a book that focuses solely on mental health and dating—an intersection that demands attention, given that one in five Americans will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Highly Sensitive Person

  How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

  Aron, Elaine,

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  Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you "too shy" or "too sensitive" according to others? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me

  Depression in the First Person

  Paperny, Anna Mehler,

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  A vibrant, compelling memoir from a remarkable young woman that bravely reveals the real-life havoc wrought by depression and the urgent search for solutions. Illuminating, completely engaging...

• My Grandmother's Hands

  Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

  Menakem, Resmaa,

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  The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Losing Our Minds

  the Challenge of Defining Mental Illness

  Foulkes, Lucy,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation