Mental Crisis

A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness. In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500% since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite...

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild—from the New York Times bestselling author of Scarcity Brain. “If you’ve been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth...

Crisis intervention is of the essence now more than ever. Empower yourself to take control of a situation with this 3-step crisis intervention plan. This guide to crisis intervention takes you through a blueprint of assessing and intervening during a crisis to make sure that individuals in need receive the immediate support and guidance they deserve, ultimately helping them find their way back to safety and stability.

‘A reassuring manifesto on the role of women today’ - Dawn O’Porter ‘This book - and Cat Sims generally - helps me to breathe a bit easier. My shoulders drop, my jaw relaxes, and I know everything is going to be OK.’ - Bryony Gordon ‘The kind of book that makes you want to high five...

From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids, Digital Madness explores how we’ve become mad for our devices as our devices our driving us mad, as revolutionary research reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates—and offers a way out. Dr. Nicholas...

Comprende cómo el aislamiento social afecta tu bienestar emocional y transforma este dolor en una conexión auténtica. Cuando sientes que nadie te acompaña al atravesar cambios vitales, esta escucha empática te ofrece un refugio seguro. Aquí dejarás de percibir tu vivencia como una falla...

Youth ministers were once missionaries, meeting teenagers where they gathered in schools, malls, and parking lots. But over the past decade, something changed. Youth workers have struggled to connect with anxious kids glued to their phones and have found themselves filling the role of therapist...

Anxiety, nervousness, tension, and stress are all feelings that people experience from time to time. This book includes practical and helpful tips and habits that can bring mental peace and stability, even when in the midst of crisis. This is a great resource for those dealing with loss, career change, burnout, life transition, depression, anxiety, or any struggle that brings mental crisis and stress. Perfect for those not wanting to take medicine, and to compliment medical help.

The Story of One William Foraker is a deeply moving, true account of a family's battle with the devastating impact of untreated mental illness. Written by parents Phyllis and David Michael Foraker, this gripping narrative follows the life of their son, William, whose bright future was slowly derailed by the insidious grip of paranoid schizophrenia. Told with raw honesty and compassion, the book sheds light on the heartbreaking realities faced by families navigating a fractured mental healthcare system.

People are hurting at a scale we’ve never seen. They’re dealing with an onslaught of issues like anxiety, grief, mental illness, family troubles, and hopelessness. Pastors and counselors can’t see everyone in need. This book can help. Based on national research with more than 2,000 church...

Supera la crisis de pareja tras el parto, alivia la carga mental y transforma el agotamiento en trabajo en equipo. Cuando las noches sin dormir y el desorden emocional amenazan con instalar el resentimiento en tu hogar, necesitas respuestas claras, no buscar culpables. Esta voz empática te...

Often we fight the present, run from the past, and worry about the future” (Dr. Patrice Berry) When we find ourselves in a crisis, there are two options: Give in to the chaos or find clarity. This book contains practical ways to survive and thrive. Past and present events can trigger survival mode because we are wired (biologically) to survive. In life, crisis can trigger feelings of anxiety, helplessness, and hopelessness. It can be very easy to get lost in these feelings and forget many of the positive strategies that have helped us overcome difficulties in the past.

“To say I have a memory like a sieve would be an insult to sieves. I have a memory like a basketball filled with glue. I have a memory like a plastic croissant on a windowsill that someone is pointing to and saying, it looks so real.” In this exquisite, darkly comic debut, we meet a poet...

¿Cuántas pastillas tomas al mes, a la semana, al día? Solo en Gran Bretaña, más del 20 % de los adultos ha consumido al menos una droga psiquiátrica al año. Lo que constata James Davies en su ensayo es que este imprudente aumento de la prescripción médica de fármacos psiquiátricos no ha disminuido el número y gravedad de las enfermedades mentales, sino todo lo contrario.

The Agony of Decision was named one of the best crisis management books of all time by Book Authority, the world's leading site for nonfiction recommendations. Book Authority had previously named it one of the Best New Crisis Management Books of 2018. This book is about how leaders and the organizations they lead can maintain reputation, trust, confidence, financial and operational strength, and competitive advantage in a crisis. First, by thinking clearly; second by making smart choices; and third by executing those choices effectively.

Is there really such a thing as a midlife crisis - a true crisis in a person's life that happens in midlife? Yes, there is. But fortunately for most of us, it is a fairly rare event. Unlike the midlife crisis, a midlife transition is a quasi-universal reaction to the major changes that take place in midlife, mentally, physically and in relationships. This book describes the powerful, dynamic forces that underlie both the midlife crisis and midlife transition and provides, through clinical case material, a detailed description of each.

Two experts in mental health and sport lift the veil on the crisis in women’s athletics, offering parents and coaches urgently needed advice and support and showing how female athletes can find joy in whatever sport they choose, at whatever level they compete. No matter the sport, the message...

In Restoring The Wounded, Joseph P. L. Simmons invites us to confront a quiet yet urgent crisis within our churches—one that is often hidden beneath the surface. It is not a crisis of doctrine or belief, but one of emotional and mental health, felt by pastors, worship leaders, and churchgoers alike. While the church has long been a place of spiritual healing, it has often failed to address the deep emotional wounds that many of its members silently carry.

This audiobook is about the stigma around mental illness as well as how several disorders are diagnosed and the treatment as well as the research for each disorder. In addition, the audiobook discusses the difficulties of those suffering from mental illness when navigating treatment and the flaws of the mental health system. Finally, it discusses the idea that not all behaviors deemed as mental illness are necessarily a mental illness but a natural reaction to an abnormal event.

Fractured Minds: The Mental Health Crisis of a Generation exposes the rising wave of anxiety, depression, and burnout that has reshaped America over the past fifteen years. Drawing on research, real-life stories, and cultural analysis, this book reveals how technology, stigma, the pandemic, and shifting generational values have fueled a nationwide mental health emergency. Yet beyond the crisis, it offers a vision of resilience, innovation, and hope.