Insane Consequences by DJ Jaffe
I am Not Sick, I Do Not Need Help by Xavier Amador
Tomorrow Was Yesterday by Dede Ranahan
Breakdown: A Clinician's Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry by Lynn Nanos, L.I.C.S.W.
Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness by Alisa Roth
While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger
Stop Walking on Eggshells by Mason Kreger
You Need Help! Mark S Komrad
Schizophrenia & Related Disorders: A Handbook for Caregivers by Nicole Drapeau Gillen
Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son by Mindy Greiling
Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope by Randye Kaye
He Came in With It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness by Miriam Feldman
Books About Mental Illness
“As caregivers, we earn our PHD in serious mental illnesses within the first five years, alongside a master’s in social work. We become versed in SMI pharmaceuticals, medication management, and evaluating SMI symptoms. We become experts in LEAP, CBT, and DBT. Navigating SSD, SSI, Medicaid, and Medicare becomes second nature. Once you realize the system is anything but systematic, you become an advocate for change, utilizing the brief window of time before bedtime, all while knowing you have a full-time job the next morning. To say we face headwinds is an understatement; we’re dealing with category 6 hurricanes.“ April, from the book Schizophrenia & Related Disorders: A Handbook for Caregivers by Nicole Drapeau Gillen