Library & Learning Commons: Your mental health: Books

Browsing the Collection

Most of the library's resources are shelved according to the Library of Congress classification system. This system arranges items on the shelf by subject. Some call numbers of interest are:

BF1 - 990: Psychology

RA790 - 790.95 Mental health

RC435 - 571 Psychiatry

RJ499 - 507 Child and adolescent psychiatry

Please ask at the library helpdesk if you need help locating an item and we will be happy to help! Or you can search our library catalogue.

Quick facts

* In Canada, one person in five will experience some problem with their mental health in the course of a year.

* In Canada, one person in three will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime.

* Half of all mental disorders begin by age 14, and 75 per cent begin by age 24.

Books available for loan

Examples of books you may find helpful include:

Transforming Stress for Teens by Rollin McCraty; Jorge Calzadilla; Stephen W. Lance; Jeff Goelitz; Sarah Moore
Call Number: BF724.3.S86 M373 2016

"This unique and interactive guide offers practical skills to help you beat stress by helping you get a handle on your emotions. With simple exercises--such as the Heart-Focused Breathing Technique--you'll feel calmer, be more confident, think more clearly, bounce back faster from challenging situations, and enjoy life with a new understanding of what's really important to you"--Back cover.
Bipolar, Not So Much by Chris Aiken; James Phelps
Call Number: RC516 .A3683 2017

"Approaching depression as a complex disorder with many different facets rather than all-or-nothing,"--Amazon.com.
Depression in Later Life by Deborah Serani
Call Number: RC537.5 .S47 2016

Serani offers a compassionate voice alongside practical advice for sufferers, caregivers, and families.
When Someone You Know Has Depression by Susan J. Noonan; Timothy J. Petersen; Jonathan E. Alpert; Andrew A. Nierenberg
Call Number: RC537 .N663 2016

A concise and practical guide to caring for someone who has depression or bipolar disorder.
Unworthy: how to stop hating yourself by Anneli S. Rufus
Call Number: BF697.5.S46 R876 2014

Using extensive research, interviews and her own experiences, the author, who has struggled with low self-esteem her entire life, explores how a lack of faith in ourselves can turn us into our own worst enemies and what can be done to stop this secret epidemic. --Publisher's description.

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