Terri Cheney
Having specialized in intellectual property and entertainment law at several prominent Los Angeles firms, Terri Cheney now devotes her talents to the cause of mental illness. She was named a member of the board of the California Bipolar ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
The Power of Procovery in Healing Mental Illness: Just ...
 The Power of Procovery in Healing Mental Illness: Just Start: Excellent book for anyone who deals with Mental illness wether a consumer, family member or professional. We have been working on recovering from a mental illness for years. Last May we [... more]
CDN$30.05
Amazon CA |
Susan Golant, M.A.
The first thing you need to know is that life isn't over. "The good news," writes Mrs. Carter in Helping Someone with Mental Illness A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers Rosalynn Carter and Susan Golant, M.A. , "is [... more]
Random House |
Petronia Paley
In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore ... [... more]
Random House |
Black Men and Depression
In mainstream society depression and mental illness are still somewhat taboo subjects; in the black community they are topics that are almost completely shrouded in secrecy. As a result, millions of black men are suffering in silence or getting ... [... more]
Random House |
Lynne Kositsky
Claire's future should be simple and predictable and include all the normal expectations of a young Acadian woman. But her life is far from straightforward. Her mother's mental illness is a blot on the family name and Claire feels the brunt of it ... [... more]
Random House |
Anita Horrocks
It is the hot prairie summer of her twelfth year and Elsie is at a crossroads. Her beloved mother who is mentally ill has been hospitalized, and Elsie thinks that the breakdown is all her fault. Mental illness is simply not discussed in Elsie's ... [... more]
Random House |
Pamella D'Pella
In this novel of family and redemption, a mother struggles to save her eighteen-year-old daughter from the devastating consequences of mental illness by forcing her to deal with her bipolar disorder. New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore ... [... more]
Random House |
The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from ...
The Insanity Plague!: _The Invisible Plague_ is written by psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey and examines the issue of the increase in worldwide cases of insanity since the eighteenth century. The book is at once both a scientific study which attempts to [... more]
CDN$38.50
Amazon CA |
Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental Illness ...
From Amazon.com: E. Fuller Torrey excoriates the way the mentally ill are treated in this country. His polemic against the concept of "deinstitutionalization" takes us on a grim tour of the lives led by the mentally ill: untreated, homeless, [... more]
CDN$35.99
Amazon CA |
Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate ...
From Amazon.com: Rosalynn Carter's "Helping Someone with Mental Illness" is a powerful tool that anyone--families, social workers, doctors, consumers--can put to good use. There are other such books on the shelf, such as Surviving Schizophrenia: [... more]
CDN$28.00
Amazon CA |
Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness
Should be required reading for all communications majors: Media Madness presents years of research to demonstrate that the mass media predominately portray people with mental illness as violent, frightening or ridiculous. Throughout the book he presents [... more]
CDN$24.03
Amazon CA |
