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The Center Cannot Hold - My Journey Through Madness

The Center Cannot Hold - My Journey Through Madness

The Center Cannot Hold - My Journey Through Madness

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~ Elyn Saks

A much-praised memoir of living and surviving mental illness as well as "a stereotype-shattering look at a tenacious woman whose brain is her best friend and her worst enemy" (Time). 

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

The Center Cannot Hold - My Journey Through Madness

The Center Cannot Hold - My Journey Through Madness

~  Esmé Weijun Wang
Powerful, affecting essays on mental illness, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfi

~     Esme Weijun Wang

 Powerful, affecting essays on mental illness, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and a Whiting Award 


Surviving Schizophrenia - a Famiy Manual

The Center Cannot Hold - My Journey Through Madness

Surviving Schizophrenia - a Famiy Manual

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~ E. Fuller Torrey

 Updated throughout and filled with all the latest research, treatment plans, commonly asked questions and more, the bestselling resource on schizophrenia is back—now in its seventh edition. 

Refusing Care

Written Off : Mental Health Stigma

Surviving Schizophrenia - a Famiy Manual

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~ Elyn Saks

 Focusing on overinterventionist approaches, Refusing Care explores when, if ever, the mentally ill should be treated against their will. Basing her analysis on case and empirical studies, Elyn R. Saks explores dilemmas raised by forced treatment in three contexts—civil commitment (forced hospitalization for noncriminals), medication, and seclusion and restraints.  

The Quiet Room

Written Off : Mental Health Stigma

Written Off : Mental Health Stigma

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 ~ Lori Schiller

Moving, harrowing, and ultimately uplifting, author's memoir is a classic testimony to the ravages of mental illness and the power of perseverance and courage. 

Written Off : Mental Health Stigma

Written Off : Mental Health Stigma

Written Off : Mental Health Stigma

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~ Phillip Yanos

Written-Off tells the story of how mental health stigma comes to have a profound impact on the lives of people diagnosed with mental illnesses. It reviews theory, research, and history - illustrated with a multitude of personal stories.

INSANE : America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

Bedlam : An intimate Journey into America's Mental Health Crisis

INSANE : America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

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 ~ Alisa Roth

An urgent exposé of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons from a veteran public radio journalist. 

Mental Health : Laws, Policies & Attitudes

Bedlam : An intimate Journey into America's Mental Health Crisis

INSANE : America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

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~ Elyn Saks

 Elyn Saks, Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the USC Gould School of Law, discusses the legal implications surrounding mental health and candidly shares her personal experiences with schizophrenia. 

Bedlam : An intimate Journey into America's Mental Health Crisis

Bedlam : An intimate Journey into America's Mental Health Crisis

Bedlam : An intimate Journey into America's Mental Health Crisis

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~ Kenneth Paul Rosenberg

 A psychiatrist and award-winning documentarian sheds light on the mental-health-care crisis in the United States. 

Resource Documents

Below is a list of documents that have been referenced on our website as well as documents that may be of interest for your information on mental health and related issues.  These documents are copyrighted so please reference the owner or right of the document if you are to use.

MHRH Needs Analysis+Proposal (pdf)Download
2019 MH in America Final (pdf)Download
Housing_That_Heals_2020 (pdf)Download
Psychiatric-Shortage_National-Council- (pdf)Download
WHO MH Action Plan 2013-2020 (pdf)Download
UN-Mental Health and Human Rights (pdf)Download

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