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1) Delirious
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Giles watches his life slowly unravel as he becomes the prime suspect in the murders of his former employers, who are being picked off one by one, and, with nowhere else to turn, enlists the help of his schizophrenic brother to find the truth.
Series
Tonic volume Series 1
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Language
English
Description
In Tonic, Dr. Norman Swan leads a team of reporters who cover all aspects of health, from lifestyle to complementary medicines to the most recent medical discoveries. Topics covered in this episode include: *The Impact on Children of Growing Up with a Parent Who Suffers from Mental Illness: A staggering one in two of us will have a mental illness at some point in our lives. For most people that means anxiety or depression, but a significant proportion...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
OPRAH S BOOK CLUB PICK #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR PEOPLE'S #1 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, TIME, Slate, Smithsonian, The New York Post, and Amazon The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that...
6) Vital Signs
Series
Language
English
Description
Researchers begina slow and cumbersome descent, deep into the Grootboom Cave, hindered by head-to-toe protective suits, but those suits are the only things standing between safety and exposure. Thousands of bats live inside this cave, and not far from the cave's entrance is the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, a heavily populated area. Any number of these bats could potentially be carrying a deadly pathogen. Known as zoonotic, these are diseases...
Series
Language
English
Description
Schizoaffective disorder is a form of psychosis and a mental illness in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms. People affected often have hallucinations or delusions, as well as mood disorder symptoms such as mania or depression. We meet Lynne Fisher, whose life was turned upside down by the onset of this illness, as she battled through five years of symptoms to find a treatment plan that enables her to live a constructive...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Unexpectedly plunged into the earth shattering world of mental illness, Katie Miller struggles to survive through her husband’s bipolar illness which threatens to consume her and her children. In this true account of a bipolar marriage, follow Katie as her faith and family help her walk through the valley of the shadow of death created by her husband's profound illness. Packed full of conflicts with Immigration & Naturalization Services, conversations...
Pub. Date
[2008], c2008
Language
English
Description
Daniel Turnbull has a love of London, an obsession with hygiene, and a compulsion to dance. This program explores his rare personality disorder and describes one psychiatrist's attempt to help him create as normal a life as possible. Viewers will learn about Daniel's previous quests for independence, the behavior that got him blacklisted by most of London's assisted-living facilities, and the likelihood that he'll spend the rest of his life in a mental...
10) Toffee
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Runaway Allison strikes up a strange kind of relationship with Marla, a lonely and increasingly confused elderly woman. A verse novel exploring abuse, identity, mental health and friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A licensed marriage and family therapist and YouTube personality, Kati Morton answers the most commonly asked questions about mental health, including when to get help and where to find it. Get answers to your most common questions about mental health and mental illness -- including anxiety, depression, bipolar and eating disorders, and more. Are u ok? walks readers through the most common questions about mental health and the process of getting help...
12) Proof
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A young woman must come to terms with her deceased father's mental illness while she also deals with her estranged sister and one of her father's former students.
13) Fig
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1994, Fig looks back on her life and relates her experiences, from age six to nineteen, as she desperately tries to save her mother from schizophrenia while her own mental health and relationships deteriorate.
14) The boys
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Unable to share a secret with his wife that has haunted him since childhood, introverted Ethan Fawcett, when the foster boys she brings home drive a wedge in their relationship, must find a way to repair their marriage and learn the true meaning of family.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005], c2002
Language
English
Description
Aging well might be an ambiguous phrase but it does have meaning, especially for people over 60. This program tells the stories of five vibrantly alive seniors who have successfully navigated through momentous life changes. Their examples highlight important precepts for staying mentally healthy, showing how mental health is a key to successful aging. In interviews and in footage of these men and women engaged in various activities, the program provides...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Dan Mathews knew that his eccentric mother, Perry Lawrence, was outspoken, foul-mouthed, and, at seventy-nine years old, unable to maintain her fiercely independent lifestyle-so he flew her across the country (with a gay man as her escort) to live with him in a dilapidated Victorian townhouse in Portsmouth, Virginia. What he didn't know was that she was schizophrenic. Over the next five years, Dan and Perry built a rollicking life together fueled...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Written by leading mental health professionals, this warm and accessible parenting book for children with chronic illnesses offers clear, practical guidance for all aspects of the journey. For all its joys, parenting is a complex job, and when your child has a chronic illness, the stress can feel overwhelming. When your child is diagnosed, you begin a parenting journey filled with strong emotions, difficult choices, confusing words, and interactions...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified five stages of dying in her book On Death and Dying. Now Kessler introduces a critical sixth stage: finding meaning that can transform grief into a more peaceful and hopeful experience. Though his journey with grief began as a child, his life was upended by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son. Here he shares the insights, collective wisdom, and powerful tools he has learned over the decades. ...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Life, Motherhood, and the Pursuit of Sanity is Erin Mahone's first book in which she talks candidly about the challenges of growing up in a family
where mental illness was pervasive and a sense of humor was an absolute necessity! She addresses how these formative experiences and
relationships impact the how and why of her existence and her firm and absolute believe that we are all capable of greatness no matter who we are, where we come from,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2011], c2009
Language
English
Description
Is it possible to predict what will make us happy? Why do some people have the ability to bounce back after disaster strikes, while others do not? This program examines qualities such as compassion, forgiveness, altruism, and resilience that foster positive emotions. In the spotlight are people facing major life challenges-job loss, a diagnosis of cancer, the death of a child, a serious accident-as well as those coping with more common daily struggles....
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