Mental health books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
Darkness Visible
William StyronA short, direct account of the author's severe depression and hospital treatment, and one of the most cited illness memoirs.
An Unquiet Mind
Kay R. JamisonA clinical psychologist's account of living with bipolar disorder, combining personal history with research on mood disorders.
The Noonday Demon
Andrew SolomonA long study of depression that mixes personal experience, interviews and history of treatment, widely read as a general introduction.
Feeling Good
David D. BurnsA widely used self-help guide based on cognitive therapy, teaching readers to identify and challenge distorted thinking.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori GottliebA memoir built around the author's own therapy, showing how therapy works from both sides of the room.
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Reading lists
More mental health books
- Asylums
AsylumsErving Goffman - The Myth of Mental Illness
The Myth of Mental IllnessThomas Stephen Szasz - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestKen Kesey - The Bell Jar
The Bell JarSylvia Plath - Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders
Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional DisordersAaron T. Beck - Cognitive-behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Dis
Cognitive-behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality DisorderMarsha Linehan - Mad in America
Mad in AmericaRobert Whitaker - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth EditionAmerican Psychiatric Association - Schizophrenia
SchizophreniaWorld Health Organization (WHO)1975 - Le sentiment d'abandon
Le sentiment d'abandonSaverio Tomasella2010 - Coping and caringCoping and caringAaron Rosenblatt
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