Find Your Way : A Story and Drama Resource to Promote Mental Wellbeing in Young People / Nicky Morris
Presents ten original short stories designed to guide therapeutic work with adolescents in the classroom or consulting room by promoting emotional resilience and independent thinking. The stories cover a wide range of topics including trauma, depression, autism, eating disorders, separation, rejection, independence, hope, and recovery.
Feeling Good: the Science of Well-Being by
Psychiatrist Robert Cloninger describes how growing self-awareness can help satisfy the basic human needs for happiness, self-understanding, and love. He describes his research and findings for measuring human thought and social relationships and includes practical mental exercises for stimulating the growth of self-awareness.
Mental Health Practice with LGBTQ+ Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults in Multiple Systems of Care / Cristina L. Magalhães (Editor)
Provides an overview of risk and protective factors for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth and emerging adults to inform the clinical practice of mental health professionals who work with this population. Emphasizes holistic health perspectives, integrated care approaches of mental health with general health service delivery, and interdisciplinary team efforts targeting both psychological and physical health needs.
Measurement of Well-Being in the Current Debate / Riccardo Soliani; Enrico Ivaldi
The authors’ research provides indicators of human well-being that look beyond monetary value to evaluate various aspects of quality of life. They have developed measurements to help policymakers determine whether their choice of policies is geared towards the improvement of citizens well-being and where greater efforts should be made.
Self-Driving Positive Psychology and Well-Being / Frédéric Guay (Editor)
Discusses self-esteem, self-concept, self-verification, self-awareness, identity, self-efficacy, passion, self-determination, and individual goals that are predictive of optimal functioning and well-being. Its focus is on what makes people psychologically healthy, happy, and satisfied in their lives, in terms of optimal human functioning and well-being in various life contexts.
Exploring Positive Psychology : The Science of Happiness and Well-Being / Erik M. Gregory; Pamela B. Rutledge
Highlights the impact of positive psychology applied to modern business settings, with case studies from companies such as The Body Shop, Volvo, Zappos, and Google. These case studies, along with biographies of leaders in the field connect the dots between the empirical theory of positive psychology and its practice. Readers also receive tools to apply the practices to their own lives.
The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum / Yenn Purkis; Emma Goodall;
Drawing on their own clinical and lived experiences of the autism spectrum, the authors provide readers with strategies to overcome difficulties and achieve greater wellbeing. The book covers medication, stigma, therapy pets, psychotherapy, and other topics.
Mental Health from an International Perspective / Joav Merrick
The author believes that the increase of people receiving psychotropic medications negatively impacts our population. There is a need to re-evaluate policies and interventions with more accurate data and information.
Mental Health, Spirituality, and Religion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age / Albrecht Classen (Editor)
Examines the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, concerning mental health, spirituality, melancholy, mystical visions, medicine, and well-being. Includes a wide range of materials pertinent to these issues, from the early Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, with reflections on the relevance of religion today.
Mad-Doctors in the Dock : Defending the Diagnosis, 1760-1913 / Joel Peter Eigen
Mad-Doctors in the Dock is a sophisticated exploration of the history of the insanity defense in the English courtroom from the middle of the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.
Madness : Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum / Antonia Hylton
The history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Investigative research and archival documents chronicle the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried to find safety and dignity. As Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum-style work camp to a tiny city sitting on 1,500 acres, the institution became a microcosm of America’s evolving battles over slavery, racial integration, and civil rights.
