'Asperger's made me a prisoner in my own home. When I finally entered the real world, evil was waiting.' A shocking true account of one girl's harrowing journey to survival. Sophie Crockett spent most of her childhood suffering from crippling anxiety. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, she became a virtual prisoner in her own home, afraid to venture outside. After battling with depression, eating disorders and self-harm, Sophie had the courage to...

From a physician and post-traumatic stress disorder specialist comes a nuanced cartography of PTSD, a widely misunderstood yet crushing condition that afflicts millions of Americans. "Dr. Jain's beautiful prose illuminates this widely misunderstood condition and makes for fascinating reading.  It is a must for anyone who has a survived trauma, their loved ones and the healthcare professionals who care for them." --Irvin Yalom, bestselling author...

Colette, affectionately or otherwise known as Teeny (Teeny Bash) to most, battles with her sense of worth and identity in the small village she grew up in. Spending most her time working in the local pub, she falls in love with an older man and begins to hope for a more adventurous life for herself. This idea quickly fades into a tense, controlling and abusive relationship which inevitably rocks Teeny's mental health. Simultaneously, she is haunted...

Overcoming Depression and Spirit of Confusion is a tried and true formula of escape from the demons causing those infirmities as well as a triumphant song secret on the journey after healing takes place. This book also takes you through a journey of extraordinary unexpected spiritual awakening in the end and you will never be the same after reading this book. No other book on depression has this potent combination of spiritual medicinal regiment to...

Stop signs are a pause in the journey. Some are unique. Some are not. We all have them. It's the unexpected when hope seems absent. Life Disrupted: Finding Your Way Forward When the World is Upside Down is a non-fiction book written in the shadows of the Covid-19 pandemic by a Gen-X working mom. Author Tracy E. Baldwin shares her journey through doubt, burnout, and breakdown during one of the most overwhelming and mentally taxing times in the past...

Hope and Help in Member Care. Culture shock. Marital strife. Depression. Addictions. Disillusionment. Organization and team tensions. Family trauma. Medical issues. This is not what you signed up for when you pursued missions. Field workers cross-linguistic, cultural, and ministry boundaries, but they still experience the same mental health challenges as everyone else-and often more. When the missionary unit includes a spouse and children, the complexities...

Many patients suffer from anxiety disorders and depression at the same time. Frequently, vague, undifferentiated diagnoses such as 'mixed anxiety and depression' or 'adjustment disorder' are used. Accordingly, the therapeutic procedure is also poorly differentiated. The aim of the book is to facilitate the precise diagnostic assessment and targeted treatment of anxiety disorders and depression.For this purpose, the manifestation, the differential...

We're now living in an era where it's finally okay to talk about mental health. People all over the world are now unashamed to have open dialogues about their deepest, most personal insecurities and traumatic experiences. It's dope that the conversation surrounding mental health has elevated to a level so high that it's become a mainstream topic. But even with that being said, the subject of black mental health, specifically, is one that is often...

If you buy just one book on bipolar disorder, let this be it. There's an old saying: "Prevention is better than cure." If you have bipolar disorder, this is especially true. For you, it's incredibly important to read the warning signs of a possible episode. For instance, you may find you are not sleeping as well as usual, or you might be sleeping too much. You may stop doing things that you normally enjoy, or you may start acting out your impulses...

One of the richest, most inexhaustible books in the English language, The Anatomy of Melancholy is an elaborately systematized medical treatise dealing with various morbid mental states - their causes, symptoms, and cures - as well as a compendium of memorable utterances on the human condition in general, compiled from classical, scholastic, and contemporary sources.