This post is part of our Peculiar Minds series. Please read the intro post here.
We really know very little about what is normal. As editors, simply creating a set of boundaries for a discussion of mental issues was problematic. If we include depression, do we also include divorce? If we include alcoholism, do we also include Asperger’s? There are movements to ceased categorizing some syndromes as low-functioning complexes, recognizing the high-functioning aspects, and simply discuss different brain structure or chemistry (as many who deal with autism have suggested). Still, at some level we need to be able to discuss real life issues many of us, as sufferers or caregivers or interested friends, are facing on a daily basis.
The articles you will read will provide added perspective to a clinical definition of a condition. Other resources exist to broaden and deepen your understanding, providing specific guidance or additional resources. The purpose of this post is to consolidate the resources we’ve found in one area. As our readers submit comments, we will edit this post, bringing all these resources together in one place for future reference.
We invite you to share what has brought you peace, understanding, or tools to deal with your experience with the mental and emotional issues that plague our generation.
Books
- 8 Weeks to Optimum Health / Andrew Weil, MD
- Valley of Sorrow: A Layman’s Guide to Understanding Mental Illness for Latter-day Saints / Elder Alexander B. Morrison
- Matters of the Mind: Latter-day Saint Helps for Mental Health / Williams, ed.
- Breaking the Cycle of Compulsive Behavior / Beck and Beck
- Feeling Good / David D. Burns
- Willpower is Not Enough: Why We Don’t Succeed at Change / A. Dean Byrd
- Women Who Do Too Much / Patricia Sprinkle
- Feelings Buried Alive Never Die / Karol Truman
- Perfect Health / Deepak Chopra
- SOS Help for Emotions: Managing Anxiety, Anger, and Depression / Lynn Clark
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success / Carol Dweck
- The God Who Weeps / Givens and Givens
- Addiction Recovery Program (LDS 12-Step, free download)
- Healing Through Christ (atonement application, free download)
Internet Sites
- Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Investigating the DSM Online (classifications of disorders)
- Understanding Mental Illness (Ending the Stigma)
- LDS Addiction Recovery (with 12-Step Program)
- Healing Through Christ (using the atonement)
- P0rnography (addict and family)
- Evergreen International (Same Sex Attraction)
- Mormons and Gays (Church-sponsored)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Yale University Autism Seminar
- Stanford School of Medicine, Understanding OCD and Related Disorders
- Anxiety and Depression Association
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Authentic Happiness (Positive Psychology Center at UPenn)
- Medications (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Al-Anon (for those affected by someone else’s drinking)
- National Eating Disorders Association
Articles
- Suicide: Some Things We Know and Some We Do Not / Elder M. Russell Ballard
- Successful and Schizophrenic / Elyn R. Saks / NY Times
- 10 Ways to Cope with Anxiety / Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D / Real Simple
- ABC News Series on Health and Depression
- The Urge to End it All – Understanding Suicide / Scott Anderson / NY Times
- Temple Grandin: Understanding Autism / 60 Minutes Overtime (CBS)
- Schizophrenic is the New Retarded / Patrick House / Slate
- Science Daily (News Aggregator for Brain/Mind Health)
- Psych Central (Psychology and Mental Health News)
Programs
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