Mental Illness

¿Te has preguntado alguna vez cómo manejar el laberinto de emociones y responsabilidades que acompañan el cuidado de alguien con Alzheimer, mientras gestionas las complejidades de tus relaciones personales y profesionales? Si la respuesta es sí, este libro es tu faro de luz, ofreciendo comprensión y estrategias para quienes enfrentan el doble reto del cuidado y la salud mental personal.

Amelia is a damaged girl from a broken family. It’s hard to be normal when your best friend is a ghost and you’re surrounded by living shadows. As she ages, the shadows only get stronger, threatening her very soul. One will do anything to pull her into his dark realm. To protect her family and loved ones, she may have to make the ultimate sacrifice. Can Amelia find salvation, or will she be lost within the shadows… …Forever? SOUL SISTER is a dark paranormal fantasy that takes place in our modern world. It is a novel of love and hate, life and death, angels and demons, hope and despair.

Self Comes to Mind is a nuanced and original chronicle of the evolution of the human brain. It reveals how the brain's development of a self becomes a challenge to nature's indifference and opens the way for the appearance of culture, a radical break in the course of evolution.

"...On par with the style of Freida McFadden.." ".. [was] hooked from the beginning and the end sent me SPINNING!" "..plenty to keep you guessing at what will happen next, a little taste of spice, and that ENDING?! WHAT?!.." Priscilla is a bookstore clerk with a charming, real estate agent for a boyfriend. Ray and Priscilla are navigating through life, nearing their one year anniversary. She realizes her relationship is on the rocks, and seeks therapy for help. Dr. Royce is a locally famous psychiatrist, known for helping people put their lives back together. While he is helping Priscilla, ...

Simple Ideas to Overcome Depression ~ I’ve noticed something else in my travels. At times, the recollection of what happened to us to cause our depression can be skewed. It can build up in our minds as being much worse than what really occurred. It is only human to want to “pay back” others for what we think they did and for the grief that they caused. If someone was really mean spirited toward you and caused you nothing but grief, I repeat, the best way to “get even” is to “get better”. Remove your invisible “kick me” sign and don’t allow anyone to get the better of you...

A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard’s poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.

Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, as one judge described her, as "a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer." She had experienced a lifetime of murder, mayhem, and mental illness. She killed two boyfriends, including one whose body was stuffed in a freezer. And she was convicted in one of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's strangest cases: the Pizza Bomber case, in which a pizza deliveryman died when a bomb locked to his neck exploded after he robbed a bank in 2003 near Erie, Pennsylvania, Diehl-Armstrong's hometown.

From one of America's most celebrated psychiatrists, the book that has taught generations of healers why healing the sick is about more than just diagnosing their illness.

Attaining justice was an abstraction that no longer mattered; finding the infant and stopping this woman had now become her only goals. Rachael Flores, once hampered by sympathy, glared at the suspect through the two-way mirror certain that this time would be different. She took a calming breath and walked into the room where Joanna Cameron was being held. Still in pajamas, hair stuffed into a ponytail, Joanna smiled rushing forward with open arms. Caught off guard, Flores allowed the effusive hug for a moment, but then put her hands on Joanna's shoulders and backed away. “Why don't you ...

The title, “The Endless Tunnel,” teases you to come on in and see if you, like primary author Cindy Koch, can make it through the many challenges along life’s pathin the eerie darkness toward the little light far off in the distance. The sub-title “A Poetic Journey Through the Tortured Mind of a Woman Battling a Lifetime of Mental Illness and, in Later Years, Incurable Cancer,” delves into herstruggles with a bipolar diagnoses and schizophrenia, and also with rectal cancer. Abandoned by her natural mother when she was just an infant and suffering subsequent beatings at the hands ...

'I never truly knew the meaning of faith until I was so filled with fear. It was then that God reached out His hand and saved me from the depths of confusion and despair. This powerful experience is one I will never forget...' In her second book, author Dolores Ayotte continues to offer practical, down-to-earth, and easy-to-incorporate bits of wisdom into life's daily routine. Once again, Ayotte uses her unique sense of humor, quotes, and anecdotes, as well as her gift for story telling to get across her well-thought out steps to a happier self. If you are going through a difficult time and...

A glimpse into the inner lives of psychiatrist Dr Ahmed’s patients in the melting pot of outer Sydney. The stories vary from closet gay Muslims to health food fundamentalists. It is an account of the modern condition viewed through the microcosm of the consulting room. Funny, insightful, heartbreaking and inspiring, this gripping book will entertain and challenge.

Cassie and Elvis have Magnolia Bay's boardwalk purring like a kitten with fresh cream. With her bookstore thriving and friends by her side, Cassie's newest pride and joy are a pair of fall boots that don't just make folks green with envy—they're brimming with a magic only she knows about. Will they be enough to help her solve the latest murder in Magnolia Bay? The holiday weekend takes a dark turn when a local mom is found murdered. With secrets buried deeper than treasure and an investigation ally spilling them recklessly, danger's now tailing Cassie and her crew like a shadow on a hot ...

This book is lovingly dedicated to all of those teens who lose their way - or are threatened with losing their way - during the critical and often despair-filled high school experience. High school principal, Dr. Hartford, believes that high school should be more about teaching teens how to find themselves and their callings, and less about processing them through a standardized system that often fails the most vulnerable. With this in mind, he creates the Unmoored Society. Not surprisingly, his first members are isolated misfits who attend his lunch-time Society meetings to avoid eating ...

Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt collection of personal essays, Evans shares his moving journey. With his signature “seasoned finesse” (Booklist), he offers the insightful lessons he’s learned and engaging advice about everything from marriage to parenthood and even facing near-death experiences.

Doll has conquered her hardships and met her goals, veiled by her cloudy secrets and past in Gary, Indiana. Amidst a chaotic year of scandals and disgrace, Donovan proposes to Doll. Beset by apprehension concerning her betrothed’s loyalty, she accepts—yet her heart still longs for assurance, troubled the next betrayal would destroy her. Wondering if there’s anyone who can help, she summons the one friend she believes she can rely on. SHAWNA (ENVYME), her old companion, seethes with envy at Doll’s successes, striving for a similar way of life-- when presented with an opportunity to ...

When Maisie gets into a terrible accident, her face is partially destroyed. She's lucky enough to get a face transplant - but how do you live your life when you can't even recognize yourself anymore? She was a runner, a girlfriend, a good student...a normal girl. Now all that has changed. As Maisie discovers how much her looks did - and didn't - shape her relationship to the world, she has to redefine her own identity and figure out what "lucky" really means.

Whether it's worrying about work, 'doomscrolling' on your phone or overcaffeinating yourself to get through the day, modern lifestyle choices are robbing us from the sleep we deserve. But how can we break free from the vicious cycle of fatigue and insomnia? Allen Carr's Easyway method offers a unique solution. This world-renowned, clinically proven method has helped an estimated 50 million people with their behavioural issues and addictions, including smoking, alcohol, weight control and digital addiction. In this book, this tried-and-tested method is applied to sleeping difficulties.

Driven to the point of obsession to find his missing younger brother, Teddy, and wrapped up in a romance that may or may not be the real thing, Miles is forever chasing shadows. As Miles feels his world closing around him, he struggles to keep it open, but what you think you know about his world is actually a blur of gray, and the sharp focus of reality proves startling.

The first of two essential books about our most complex organ—the BRAIN—dives deep into why people all over the world are suffering with mental health and brain-related symptoms and conditions, and explains what to do to finally heal. Brain Saver unveils the why behind more than 100 brain- and nervous system-related symptoms, diseases, and disorders; Protocols reveals the truth about how to heal in even more detail.