Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month - Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

 

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, founded by Mental Health America in 1949 to perform outreach and encourage learning and discussion of issues surrounding mental health.

 

Here are just a few recommended reads to help get conversations going about a variety of mental health experiences:

 
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10% Happier Revised Edition: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

10% Happier Revised Edition: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Dan Harris
9780062917607
$16.99
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Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes Nora Shalaway Carpenter, Rocky Callen
9781536224146
$24.99
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Attacking Anxiety: From Panicked and Depressed to Alive and Free

Attacking Anxiety: From Panicked and Depressed to Alive and Free Shawn Johnson
9781400230693
$18.99
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Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity Gloria Mark
9781335449412
$28.99
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The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
9780060837020
$17.00
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Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting

Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting Terrie M. Williams
9780743298834
$18.00
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
9780143127741
$19.00
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The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your Bpd

The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your Bpd Daniel J. Fox
9781684032730
$24.95
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Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life Henry Cloud, John Townsend
9780310351801
$19.99
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Broken (in the best possible way)

Broken (in the best possible way) Jenny Lawson
9781250812483
$17.99
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Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle Emily Nagoski, PhD, Amelia Nagoski, DMA
9781984818324
$17.00
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Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There Tara Schuster
9780525509905
$18.00
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The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays Esmé Weijun Wang
9781555978273
$16.00
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The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions

The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions Anna Llenas
9780316450010
$16.99
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The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color

The Color of My Mind: Mental Health Narratives from People of Color Dior Vargas, Dugud Lab
9781947647398
$19.95
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Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir

Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir Erika L. Sánchez
9780593296936
$27.00
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(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health Kelly Jensen
9781616207816
$16.95
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Don't Worry: 48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk

Don't Worry: 48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk Shunmyo Masuno, Allison Markin Powell
9780143136705
$22.00
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Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things

Easy Crafts for the Insane: A Mostly Funny Memoir of Mental Illness and Making Things Kelly Williams Brown
9780593187807
$17.00
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Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks

Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety: Nourish Your Way to Better Mental Health in Six Weeks Drew Ramsey, M.D.
9780063031715
$29.99
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The End of Trauma: How the New Science of Resilience Is Changing How We Think About PTSD

The End of Trauma: How the New Science of Resilience Is Changing How We Think About PTSD George A. Bonanno
9781541674363
$30.00
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Everything Here Is Beautiful: A Novel

Everything Here Is Beautiful: A Novel Mira T. Lee
9780735221970
$18.00
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Everything Is OK

Everything Is OK Debbie Tung
9781524863272
$16.99
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The Feelings Book

The Feelings Book Todd Parr
9780316012492
$7.99
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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety Sarah Wilson
9780062836786
$26.99
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Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Jenny Lawson
9781250077028
$17.99
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The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition: Features a new foreword and brand-new tools

The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition: Features a new foreword and brand-new tools Brené Brown
9781616499600
$16.95
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Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion

Good Anxiety: Harnessing the Power of the Most Misunderstood Emotion Dr Wendy Suzuki
9781982170745
$17.99
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Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life

Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life Christie Tate
9781982154622
$17.00
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Heavy: An American Memoir

Heavy: An American Memoir Kiese Laymon
9781501125669
$16.00
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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Robert Kolker
9780525562641
$17.00
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How It Feels to Float

How It Feels to Float Helena Fox
9780593625026
$6.99
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence Michael Pollan
9780735224155
$18.00
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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing KC Davis, LPC
9781668002841
$22.00
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Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Allie Brosh
9781451666175
$21.00
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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: A Memoir

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: A Memoir Baek Sehee, Anton Hur
9781635579383
$24.00
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I'm Glad My Mom Died

I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy
9781982185824
$27.99
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Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story

Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story Julia Wertz
9780762468256
$30.00
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In the Blue

In the Blue Erin Hourigan
9780316497626
$18.99
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Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness Alisa Roth
9781541646476
$16.99
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle Mark Wolynn
9781101980385
$18.00
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Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World Gretchen Rubin
9780593442746
$28.00
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Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness

Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness Dr. Lucy Foulkes
9781250274175
$28.99
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Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope

Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope Johann Hari
9781632868312
$18.00
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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World Admiral William H. McRaven
9781455570249
$20.00
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Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Lori Gottlieb
9781328662057
$28.00
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The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches

The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches Daniel Bergner
9780063004900
$19.99
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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground Alicia Elliott
9781612198668
$17.99
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Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life

Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment—and Your Life Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
9781622036677
$17.99
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Resmaa Menakem
9781942094470
$17.95
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My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety

My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety Georgia Pritchett
9780063206380
$17.99
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture Gabor Maté, MD, Daniel Maté
9780593083888
$30.00
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Never Simple: A Daughter’s True Story of a Mother’s Made-Up Life

Never Simple: A Daughter’s True Story of a Mother’s Made-Up Life Liz Scheier
9781250871114
$18.99
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No One Cares About Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America

No One Cares About Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America Ron Powers
9780316341134
$18.99
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One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival

One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival Donald Antrim
9781324050407
$15.95
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Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses

Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses Sarah Fay
9780063068698
$21.99
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Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans Jenny Wang
9781538708002
$29.00
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The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma

The Practical Guide for Healing Developmental Trauma: Using the NeuroAffective Relational Model to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resolve Complex Trauma Laurence Heller, Ph.D., Brad J. Kammer, LMFT
9781623174538
$24.95
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Reasons to Stay Alive

Reasons to Stay Alive Matt Haig
9780143128724
$17.00
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Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You!

Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You! Sasha Hamdani
9781507219430
$15.99
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again Johann Hari
9780593138533
$18.00
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Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Rachel Aviv
9780374600846
$28.00
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The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life

The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life Yasmine Cheyenne
9780063162365
$24.99
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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World Vivek H. Murthy, M.D.
9780062913302
$19.99
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Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength

Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength Chanequa Walker-Barnes
9781620320662
$28.00
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Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It

Trauma: The Invisible Epidemic: How Trauma Works and How We Can Heal From It Paul Conti, MD, Lady Gaga
9781683647355
$17.99
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The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve

The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve Rheeda Walker, Na'im Akbar
9781684034147
$16.95
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Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind Judson Brewer
9780593421406
$18.00
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We Are All So Good at Smiling

We Are All So Good at Smiling Amber McBride
9781250780386
$19.99
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays Samantha Irby
9781101912195
$15.95
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What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry
9781250223180
$28.99
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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma Stephanie Foo
9780593238127
$18.00
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When Sadness is at Your Door

When Sadness is at Your Door Eva Eland
9780525707189
$17.99
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Where to Start: A Survival Guide to Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mental Health Challenges

Where to Start: A Survival Guide to Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mental Health Challenges Mental Health America, Gemma Correll
9780593531402
$19.99
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Why Do I Feel So Worried?: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Big Emotions—Follow the Arrows from Anxiety to Calm

Why Do I Feel So Worried?: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Big Emotions—Follow the Arrows from Anxiety to Calm Tammi Kirkness
9781615198733
$14.95
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Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? Dr. Julie Smith
9780063227934
$27.99
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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
9780593243633
$17.00
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You Will Get Through This Night

You Will Get Through This Night Daniel Howell
9780063053885
$23.99
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Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love

Your Body Is Not an Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love Sonya Renee Taylor
9781523091164
$18.95
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Your Brain Is a Safe Space: How to Stop Trauma and Ptsd from Controlling Your Life (Trauma Release Exercises and Mental Care)

Your Brain Is a Safe Space: How to Stop Trauma and Ptsd from Controlling Your Life (Trauma Release Exercises and Mental Care) Michele Rosenthal
9781684811878
$19.99
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Your Brain Is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups

Your Brain Is Always Listening: Tame the Hidden Dragons That Control Your Happiness, Habits, and Hang-Ups Amen MD Daniel G.
9781496438201
$25.99
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Zig-Zag Boy: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood

Zig-Zag Boy: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood Tanya Frank
9780393531886
$28.95
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