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Enlightened 1Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell
Summary: Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog at Therapy Dogs Worldwide. Now she's a whisker away from reaching her fifty-visit pin that will make it official. But when her "clients"--the children who visit her--are put into a therapy group, Luna's routine is upended. Like the moon, Luna shows different faces at different times. And her clients each have different needs--Beatrice is tangled in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TUBFrank, Tanya
Summary: "A compassionate, heartrending memoir of a mother's quest to accept her son's journey through psychosis. One night in 2009, Tanya Frank finds her nineteen-year-old son, Zach-gentle and full of promise-in the grip of what the psychiatrists would label a psychotic break. Suddenly and inexplicably, Tanya is thrown into a parallel universe: Zach's world, where the phones are bugged, his friends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANK, TANYA FRARosenberg, Nancy Taylor.
Summary: After her daughter is hospitalized for mental evaluation, Lily Forrester, a tough judge, discovers the institution is far less interested in treating patients than it is with bilking the insurance companies out of extravagant fees. Lily's daughter may not only be in danger of losing her sanity but her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROSYoung, Joel L.
Summary: "Behind nearly every adult who is accused of a crime, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who is severely mentally ill and acting out in public, there is usually at least one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with the bad news of their adult child behaving badly with, "Oh no!" followed by, "How can I help to fix this?" A very common third reaction is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 YOUKlass, Perri
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.154 KLALoewinsohn, Briana
Summary: "Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness. Gorgeously illustrated in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LOEWINSOHN, BRIA LOEPratt, Misty
Summary: "Why are so many women feeling anxious, stressed out, and depressed, and why are they not getting the help they need? Over the past decade, mood disorders have skyrocketed among women, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men. Yet in a healthcare system steeped in gender bias, women's complaints are often dismissed, their normal emotions are pathologized, and treatments routinely fail to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2024
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Summary: "The story of a family whose single mom, fighting mental illness, slowly becomes unable to raise her family, told from the perspective of each of the three children. As the novel opens, a mother drives her eldest son Walter from their home in Los Angeles to the University of California at Berkeley. It will be her last fully responsible act before breaking down completely and being committed to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC SIMHargrave, Kiran Millwood
Summary: My name is Julia. This is the story of the summer I almost lost my mum, and found a shark older than trees. Don't worry though, that doesn't spoil the ending.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HARSummary: Enlightened centers on Amy Jellicoe, a 40-year-old woman who returns home to California after a month's stay at a holistic treatment facility, a result of having a mental breakdown at work triggered by her self-destructive ways. Amy returns to her old life with a new cultivated approach and perspective, which includes daily meditation and exhorting the power of self-help and inner healing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2013