You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health by MD Ken Duckworth As the book states in its motto, You Are Not Alone is the National Alliance […]
Book Review by Phillip: You are Not Alone
You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health by MD Ken Duckworth “Families dealing with mental illness, which means virtually all families, need a guide that conveys […]
Book Review by Celine Ruscher: When Quietness Came
WHEN QUIETNESS CAMEA Neuroscientist’s Personal Journey with SchizophreniaBy Erin L. Hawkes, MScWith an introduction by Dr. Richard O’Reilly2012, Bridgeross Communications This book touched me deeply as it depicts all the […]
Book Review: The PTSD Workbook
The PTSD WorkbookBy Mary Beth Williams PhD LCSW CTS and Soili Poijula PhD New Harbinger Publications 2002 This is a very thorough, well-researched book of exercises to help someone work […]
Book Review: The Little Book of Thanks
The Little Book of Thanks: A Gift of Joy & AppreciationBy Anne Rogers Smyth This is one of the numerous and highly varied books by National Geographic, renowned for its […]
Book Review: The Soloist
The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of MusicBy Steve Lopez The author, an LA Times newspaper reporter, noticed a homeless black man playing accomplished […]
Book Review: Diamonds from Despair
Diamonds from Despair: An anthology of poetry by people associated with schizophreniaThe Schizophrenia Fellowship of South Queensland Inc. This wee little book contains poems by various writers, one being the […]
Book Review: I Am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help!
I Am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help!: How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept TreatmentBy Xavier Amador, Ph.D.10th Anniversary Edition 2010 Vida Press, NY I was one of the […]
Book Review: My Schizophrenic Life
My Schizophrenic Life: The Road to Recovery from Mental IllnessBy Sandra Yuen Mackay This was very satisfying to read the narrative of the author’s journey with Schizoaffective Disorder. Her illness […]
Book Review: The Bipolar Game Changer
The Bipolar Game Changer: Harvest Your Special Messages, Glorify Your Superpowers and Re-Uncover Your Mania to Level Up Your LifeBy Andrea Grey Andrea Grey has Bipolar I, and has written […]