Books

30 top books on mental health and mental illness that can serve as valuable references for individuals who are seeking understanding, support, and insights into their own mental well-being:

1. “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression” by Andrew Solomon
2. “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath
3. “An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness” by Kay Redfield Jamison
4. “The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living” by Russ Harris
5. “Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions” by Johann Hari
6. “Reasons to Stay Alive” by Matt Haig
7. “My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind” by Scott Stossel
8. “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” by Susan Cain
9. “First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety” by Sarah Wilson
10. “The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook” by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley
11. “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times” by Pema Chödrön
12. “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Bessel van der Kolk
13. “The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time” by Alex Korb
14. “The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness” by Elyn R. Saks
15. “Brave New Medicine: A Doctor’s Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness” by Cynthia Li, M.D.
16. “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy” by David D. Burns
17. “The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness” by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn
18. “You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life” by Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Rebecca Gladding
19. “Madness: A Bipolar Life” by Marya Hornbacher
20. “The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma” by Annie G. Rogers
21. “The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate” by Harriet Lerner
22. “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl
23. “The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients” by Irvin D. Yalom
24. “Feeling Good Together: The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work” by David D. Burns
25. “Notes on a Nervous Planet” by Matt Haig
26. “The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook” by Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, and Matthew McKay
27. “Turtles All the Way Down” by John Green
28. “Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother’s Love” by Zack McDermott
29. “The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays” by Esmé Weijun Wang
30. “Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect” by Jonice Webb