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Oct 12, 2017
Everything Here Is Beautiful
Book
‟A tender but unflinching portrayal of the bond between two sisters."--Celeste Ng, New York Times...
Fiction
Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me: My Journey Through Depression
Book
Black Rainbow is the powerful first-person story of one woman's struggle with depression and how she...
Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind
Book
A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind...
Mental health biography
Depression & Other Magic Tricks
Book
Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed...
Mental health poetry
Every Last Word
Book
A New York Times Best Seller If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha...
Young adult mental health
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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion in Books
Jul 16, 2021
Throughout, Dr Adshead tells us of different cases she has dealt with throughout her career but also intersperses it with facts and makes sure that they are backed up with sources too.
We follow her as she deals with murderers, arsonists, sex offenders and stalkers, and we get a rare insight into why they committed these offences. We also are able to read her own thoughts into the offenders and the difference that extra funding into health care would make.
This is definitely a book that anyone with an interest into mental health and those currently working in mental health would benefit from, even if it’s just for the reason that someone agrees that mental health services in the UK are completely underfunded and at crisis point, and have been that way for years.
Thank you so much to Dr Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne for writing this insightful look into the world of psychiatry and mental health and to the team at Pigeonhole for allowing me to read it.
ace_in_space (38 KP) rated Aftershocks in Podcasts
Jul 12, 2018
Jonathan Van Ness recommended Broken People in Books (curated)
Melanie Caldicott (6 KP) rated The Midnight Library in Books
Apr 29, 2021
Leah Lopez (7 KP) rated The Battle Within: A Soldiers Story in Books
Nov 6, 2019
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Everything Here Is Beautiful in Books
Mar 2, 2018
Following the story of sisters Miranda and Lucia, born to Chinese parents and living in America, the elder of the two siblings attempts to shelter her sister Lucia as she is seen to suffer from a form of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Miranda is responsible and organised, while her sister is a free spirit, but she seems to have no control over her fate and protecting her from her demons.
It is a wonderful exploration into mental health, and how it affects all communities, and the effect it has on the people around them. It's sometimes heartbreaking knowing what could end up happening to Lucia when there is no safety net or support network to help her through her episodes. An unexpected gem.
BookInspector (124 KP) rated The Adulting Manual in Books
Jan 26, 2021
So, to conclude, I love this journal! It is very well designed, it helped me to relax and to explore myself and my view about me and my mental health. I am from the generation where no one discusses their mental health, so this journal helped me to see things differently. I strongly recommend this journal to anyone who has low self-esteem or needs a fun emotional outlet. It has boosted my mood, and I hope it will help someone else as well.
Becs (244 KP) rated Words That Kill in Books
Oct 2, 2019
Genre: Mental Health, Young Adult
Audience: Young Adult but also mature audiences as well
Reading level: Middle to High School
Interests: Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety, Suicide, Abuse, Hope, and Love.
Style: Light to hard – depending on the person.
Point of view: First person
Difficulty reading: Very easy to read but be warned, it does make you very emotional.
Promise: Words That Kill promises a poetry collection that talks about mental health and it delivers.
Quality: I believe everybody should read this even if they haven’t dealt with mental health.
Insights: Not taking the grammatical and spelling errors, the poems were a lot lighter to read compared to Rupi Kuar or even Shakespeare.
Ah-Ha Moment: There wasn’t really a moment where I went ‘Ah yea, that’s the turning point’. This is only because it wasn’t really a story, more of a poem that brings memories of the past back to life.
Favorite quote: “There is no need to hide in the shade, the light will come and your pain will fade.” – This is a great representation of how depression works. You have your good and your bad moments.
Aesthetics: The thing that drew me to the book in the first place, minus the topic of mental health of course, was the fact that the entire book is white words on an entirely black background. I’ve never seen a book have that aesthetically pleasing style and I love it!
“Like a flower, I will bloom again – depression.”