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441) Back from the Brink: True Stories & Practical Help for Overcoming Depression & Bipolar Disorder
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Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
442) Some Girls
Publisher
SABOTEUR MEDIA
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This feature documentary follows a group of troubled Latina teens from a Bronx-based suicide prevention program who are transformed by an exploration of their roots via the use of ancestral DNA testing, followed by a trip to the Dominican Republic. On that journey, the white supremacist narratives about American history they've been taught are challenged, leaving them free to reconstruct their own respective identities. What does it really mean to...
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English
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If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent{OCLCbr#92}s behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life....
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin—and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her—amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another...
Cecily Strong had a special bond with her cousin Owen. And so she was devastated when, in early 2020, he passed away at age thirty from the brain cancer glioblastoma. Before Strong could attempt to process her grief, another...
445) Breakwater
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Publisher
Avery Hill Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A loner and an introvert, Chris has worked in Breakwater Picture House for many years. It’s the kind of job that people drift through; friendships flourish for a time, contained within their allotted hours and place...and then fade when people move on. But when Dan joins, Chris finds someone who breaks out of these designated boundaries and gradually becomes a part of her life. Initially the relationship helps her out of a rut and she finds her...
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English
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"A sexy, charming debut romance about a man struggling to be his perfect self and a woman who is ready to break her "rules" for him, perfect for readers of Party of Two and Get a Life, Chloe Brown. Khalil Sarda went through a rough patch last year, but now he's nearly back to his old self. All he has to do is keep his "stuff" in the his past. Real men don't have depression and go to therapy--or, at least they don't admit it. He's ready to focus on...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Thinking about our body's functions can be scary, especially when it morphs into Health Anxiety that gets in the way of everyday life. Facing Mighty Fears About Health teaches 4 steps to manage 'false alarm' fears. Fun Facts about the body engage children, while a Note to Parents and Caregivers and supplemental Resource section make this the perfect guide for parents and mental health professionals"--
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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Let Me Count the Ways" is the memoir of a journey into obsessive-compulsive disorder, a mechanism to survive a childhood filled with pain, violence, and unpredictability. Tomás Morín's compulsions are a way to hold onto his love for his family in uncertain times, until OCD becomes a prison he will struggle to escape for decades"--
Author
Publisher
Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, Hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Edward M. Hallowell was eleven, a voice out of nowhere told him he should become a psychiatrist. A mental health professional of the time would have called this psychosis. But young Edward (Ned) took it in stride, despite not quite knowing what "psychiatrist" meant. With a psychotic father, alcoholic mother, abusive stepfather, and two so-called learning disabilities of his own, Ned was accustomed to unpredictable behavior from those around him,...
453) A radical guide for women with ADHD: embrace neurodiversity, live boldly, and break through barriers
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English
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Live boldly as a woman with ADHD! This radical guide will show you how to cultivate your individual strengths, honor your neurodiversity, and learn to communicate with confidence and clarity. A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD is the first guided workbook for women with ADHD designed to break the cycle of negative self-talk and shame-based narratives that stem from the common and limiting belief that brain differences are character flaws. In this...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatized. Stereotyped. What happens when motherhood isn’t what you expected—and when you reach out for support, you are met with judgment and prejudice? Sandra Igwe shares her journey as a young Black mother, coping with sleepless nights, anxiety, and loneliness after the birth of her first daughter. Burdened by cultural expectations of the “good mother” and the “strong Black woman”...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Too often American veterans return from combat and spiral into depression, anger, and loneliness they can neither share nor tackle on their own. This books seeks to aid our troubled returning forces by dissecting the numerous mental health problems they face, treatments available and the best ways to access those treatments. Also noted are alarming trends of joblessness, poverty, and addiction, along with posttraumatic syndrome and general issues...
456) Wellness Works
Publisher
Dept. of Human Services
Pub. Date
1988-
Language
English
Description
Wellness works is published monthly by the Arlington Dept. of Human Services. The newsletter has changed its name several times and is currently known as Health Smart.
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates -- while high on LSD. Dock was often embroiled in controversy on and off the field. Coming up in the 1960s, while professional baseball hadn't fully embraced racial equality, he was an outspoken leader who lived the expression "Black is Beautiful!" His fearlessness enabled him to become one of the most intimidating pitchers of the 70s and a trailblazer for a new wave of civil...
458) Free Way
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
A film that goes deep into the mind, heart and creativity of 2-starred chef Raül Balam who, for several years, was immersed in the world of drug addiction and finally succeeded in standing up and being the person that he is today. The film, shows part of his journey since the closure of his mother's, Carme Ruscalleda, 3 Michelin-starred restaurant.
459) After the Fire
Publisher
Gravitas
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning story and NY Times bestseller, AFTER THE FIRE is a gripping documentary detailing the tales of incredible courage and cowardice in the aftermath of the 2000 Seton Hall Fire in New Jersey. The story follows two freshmen roommates, Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, proceeding from the devastating fire to the grueling medical treatment and into their life-affirming future. It is also the story of the search for the arsonists...
460) A New High
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of downtown Seattle is the Union Gospel Mission-a homeless shelter catering to the addicted and the abused. For these men and women hope is a novelty, self-esteem a luxury and recovery a faraway ideal. But within the UGM is one man, an ex-Army Ranger, who believes in them. Believes in life. Believes in mountains. And he will attempt to use one of the most treacherous peaks in North America, 14,400 foot Mt Rainier, to give these recovering...
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