With the world experiencing so much, including the pandemic, the impact on mental health has been significant. Anxiety, isolation, depression and other mental health struggles have become a new normal in every second person’s life.
In this article, we will share 5 books a person should read on mental health. These books talk not only about mental health but also about how a person can become mentally strong.
Here’s the list:-
1. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
The New York Times bestselling author Lori Gottlieb takes us behind her practice and tells how a therapist works and how she works upon her patients. It is one of the finest books to read on mental health.
2. The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer
Nathan Filer is a famous British writer and a qualified mental health nurse, who talks about mental health on a lighter note in his book The Shock of the fall’. This book perfectly explains the feelings of a mental health patient.
3. 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin
This book by Amy Morin is meant for everyone as it doesn’t talk about mental health but what are the things a person can apply in life to become mentally strong.
4. The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron
Elaine N. Aron, an American clinical research psychologist and author, has written a book that talks about how a sensitive person can survive and succeed in this world.
5. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Bessel van der Kolk is a noted USA-based psychiatrist, educator, researcher and author, who has written about traumatic experiences that mind, body and brain go through.