WELLNESS RESOURCES

We hope you find the following recovery stories, and links to mental health information, advocacy organizations, and wellness resources useful. Please let us know if we can be of help. Thanks!

Real People, Real Recovery:
Stories of Courage, Hope & Resilience

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Elyn’s Story:

Elyn Saks is a success by any measure: she’s an endowed professor at the prestigious University of Southern California Gould School of Law, and the recipient of the 2009 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award. She has managed to achieve this in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a “grave” prognosis — and suffering the effects of her illness throughout her life. Read more…


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Akhil’s story:

A few years ago, when he was working in Mumbai, Akhileshwar Sahay learnt that he had won a Nobel Prize. As he drove home that day, he saw congratulatory posters lining his route, all emblazoned with his face and gushing with accolades. This was why, he told his family, Amitabh Bachchan would soon host a special episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, quizzing contestants on the details of Sahay’s life. Then he sat back to watch himself on the evening news. Read more…

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Marsha’s Story:

The patient wanted to know, and her therapist — Marsha M. Linehan of the University of Washington, creator of a treatment used worldwide for severely suicidal people — had a ready answer. It was the one she always used to cut the question short, whether a patient asked it hopefully, accusingly or knowingly, having glimpsed the macramé of faded burns, cuts and welts on Dr. Linehan’s arms. Read more…

 

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Books:

  1. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
  2. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
  3. Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters
  4. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated by David D. Burns
  5. Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder by Julie A. Fast and John D. Preston PsyD D ABPP
  6. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  7. Spontaneous Healing: How to Discover and Embrace Your Body’s Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself by Andrew Weil, M.D.
  8. Standing in the Shadows: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men by John Head
  9. Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder: A 4-Step Plan for You and Your Loved Ones to Manage the Illness and Create Lasting Stability by Julie A. Fast and John Preston
  10. The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness by Jerome Groopman, M.D.
  11. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (Null) by Norman Doidge
  12. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks
  13. The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns
  14. The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor
  15. The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson and Miriam Z. Klipper
  16. Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression by James S. Gordon
  17. Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman’s Journey through Depression by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
  18. Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, the Brain, and Emotional Health by Deborah Sichel and Jeanne Watson Driscoll
  19. Wrestling with our inner angels: faith, mental illness, and the journey to wholeness by Nancy Kehoe
  20. Yoga for Depression: A Comprehensive Guide to Relieve Suffering through Yoga by Amy Weintraub