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Four weeks, Five people
Four weeks, Five people
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Great book! I think it took a real look at teens who have these disorders and accurately described how they would deal with them.
  
13 Reasons Why  - Season 1
13 Reasons Why - Season 1
2017 | Drama
Sensitivity to mental health disorders, acting, plot (0 more)
Raising awareness
Although this series can be hard to watch at times, the way in which they deal with mental illness and the stigma around it is amazing.
  
The Haunting (1999)
The Haunting (1999)
1999 | Horror, Mystery
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5.8 (16 Ratings)
Movie Rating
A pretty good remake of the earlier film. The location and effects make this film. A bunch of people with sleeping disorders stay at a remote English estate to be monitored......or are they there for another reason?
  
Here Lies Bridget
Here Lies Bridget
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
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3.5
I found it hard to get past the bitchiness of Bridget for a while. And I'd like to point out that this book can be a bit triggering for people suffering from eating disorders or struggling with self-esteem issues etc in some bits.
  
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Louise (64 KP) rated The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat in Books

Jun 29, 2018 (Updated Jun 29, 2018)  
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks | 2016 | Essays
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7.3 (6 Ratings)
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I enjoyed the individual case studies and the complexities of neurology but the heavy use of jargon made me rate this lower. What made me rate lower was he referenced to other neurologists like I knew them and had read their books. This is a book for people with an understanding of neurological disorders.
  
This book touched on a lot of hard subjects that I wasn't expecting(eating disorders, self harm, and rape), and it handled all of them very honestly. It didn't hold back, but it didn't glorify any unhealthy behavior either. I absolutely love Virginia, the main character, and can't wait to read more about her in the sequel.
  
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Book Divas (227 KP) rated Wintergirls in Books

Dec 12, 2017  
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Wintergirls
Laurie Halse Anderson | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (9 Ratings)
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Reading this book took me back to high school and the day I walked into the locker room and saw one of my dearest friends undressed... the way she looked still haunts me but I'm thankful that her parents sent her away to an inpatient program.

This is one of those reads that opens your eyes to eating disorders and packs a powerful message into each and every single line. A must read.
  
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Chloe (778 KP) rated Grown Ups in Books

Feb 22, 2021 (Updated Feb 22, 2021)  
Grown Ups
Grown Ups
9
9.0 (3 Ratings)
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Characters (3 more)
Good Writing
Immersive
Exciting
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Fave author, great family
I do love Marian Keyes, the way she's able to take the every day and make it interesting. I couldn't put this down and loved the dynamics of the characters.

For some reason I couldn't keep hold off who was who's partner in the beginning as it switches perspectives.

I really loved the twists in the story.


There's a trigger warning for this book worth noting for those with history for of eating disorders.
  
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The Unremembered Girl
Eliza Maxwell | 2017 | Thriller
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8.0 (2 Ratings)
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This was a kindle first pick for me a long time ago, I really liked this story, be it that it was very hard to follow at first. Even though it was short and some details were glossed over that could have welcomed more attention paid to them I found the love story endearing. Because, afterall, this was a love story. I thought it could have focused more on PTSD and PPD but it was a love story and not something that was supposed to focus on the realities of these disorders.
  
Brain on Fire (2016)
Brain on Fire (2016)
2016 | Drama
Casting, true story (0 more)
A look at mental health and wrongful diagnosis
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Susannah Callahan, (played by Chloe Moretz). Becomes increasingly plagued by visions and voices in her head, as time goes on she becomes paranoid and violent also suffering seizures and tantrum like behaviour.
Locked away for everyone's safety as she is thought to have serious psychosis, she becomes catatonic.
A doctor who specialises in brain disorders comes along after a length of time and spots the wrongful diagnosis and that this young woman has a rare form of encephalitis.
Explained as one side of her brain being on fire.
This is well done and thoughtfully played around some difficult issues.