Coping with Life: best books on mental health

Friday, December 9, 2011

Best Books on Mental Illness

Here is an Amazon list of the best books about mental illness:

A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness by Tom Davis.

The list author says:

"Engrossing book that deals with generations of a family that suffered through self-destruction"

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most riveting book ever written about mental health, and it was way ahead of its time."

A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most sensitive portrayal of mental health every written."

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Best Books about Mental Health

Here is an Amazon list of the best books about mental health:

1. A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness by Tom Davis.

The list author says:

"Engrossing book that deals with generations of a family that suffered through self-destruction"

2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most riveting book ever written about mental health, and it was way ahead of its time."

3. A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

The list author says:

"Perhaps the most sensitive portrayal of mental health every written."

4. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

5. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

6. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

Featured bloggers

SUSAN DOWD STONE
Susan has served as president of Postpartum Support International. She is a certified therapist who serves on the national board of the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. She is an adjunct assistant professor in the Silver School of Social Work at NYU, where she teaches cognitive therapies. She also writes for the Empowher blog.

ANDY BEHRMAN
Andy is a mental health writer whose autobiographical book, "Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania," has been translated into six foreign languages. His articles have been featured in The New York Times Magazine, and he was recently featured on CNN's "360" with Anderson Cooper. He currently lives mania-free in Los Angeles with his wife and daughters.

STEVE BERLIN
Steve Berlin has experience as a writer for national publications. He has had lengthy experience in the fire service, and served briefly as a high school teacher. A resident of Arlington, Va., Steve is pursuing a masters degree in public policy.

LAUREN HALE
A mother of three and survivor of Postpartum OCD, Lauren Hale now supports women and families who struggle with perinatal mood disorders. She serves as Georgia's postpartum international support coordinator, moderates message boards at iVillage for new mothers and blogs at Unexpected Blessing. Lauren is also one of the founders of The Postpartum Dads Project.