Tag search:hospitalization

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness [MHWRC COPY]

by Lori Schiller
Paperback, 1996
Tags
schizophrenia, memoir, hallucinations, suicide, resilience, inspirational, personal account, patient perspective, treatment, addiction, relapse — 6 more, recovery, mental illness, hospitalization, voices, narrative, true story
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival (FRC Copy)

by Donald Antrim
Paperback, 2023
Tags
suicide, survivor, memoir, hospitalization, ECT, recovery, suicidal thoughts
Collections
Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Girl, Interrupted: A Memoir

by Susanna Kaysen
Ebook, 2013
Tags
bpd, borderline personality disorder, personal experience, personal account, hospitalization, women, women's health, memoir
Collection
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Status
Available

The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives

by Vanessa Hazzard
Paperback, 2015
Tags
narrative, narratives, stories, lived experience, personal account, bipoc, people of colour, mental health, black mental health, asian, hispanic — 5 more, hospitalization, trauma, mental illness, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

by David Sheff
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
addiction, recovery, parenting, father, son, personal account, lived experience, family, family support, family perspective, crystal meth — 6 more, meth, homelessness, hospitalization, family relationships, father-son, memoir
Collections
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA), Parenting (PAR), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Committed (The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care)

by Dinah Miller
Paperback, 2018
Tags
hospitalization, mental health care system, mental hospitals, treatment, involuntary treatment, controversy, seclusion, restraints, medication, electroconvulsive therapy, human rights — 4 more, civil rights, clinical perspective, American, forced hospitalization
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul: Stories to Inspire Caregivers in the Home, Community and the World (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

by Jack Canfield
Paperback, 2012
Tags
caregiving, caregiver, family support, family, friends, caring, hospitalization, elderly, family relationships, family perspective, faith — 6 more, short stories, inspirational, inspiration, personal account, stories, real-life stories
Collections
General Interest (GI), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment [MHWRC Copy]

by Xavier Amador
Paperback, 2011
Tags
acceptance, mental illness, treatment, hospitalization, caregiving, family, family support, listening, empathy, disagreement, confabulation — 8 more, conception, beliefs, self-schema, conviction, communication, listening skills, involuntary treatment, LEAP
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [Copy #1 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [Copy #2 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Lily Pond: A Memoir of Madness, Memory, Myth and Metamorphosis [Copy #1 of 2]

by Mike Barnes
Paperback, 2008
Tags
memoir, personal account, hospitalization, narrative, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive, Canadian
Collections
Bipolar (BIP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada [Copy #2 of 2]

by Scott Simmie
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
mental illness, mood disorders, mental health care system, Canadian, involuntary treatment, hospitalization, diagnosis, family support, treatment, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia — 5 more, psychiatrist, legislation, navigating the system, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available at the MHWRC, Level 2

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [MHWRC COPY]

by Elyn R. Saks
Paperback, 2008
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Lily Pond: A Memoir of Madness, Memory, Myth and Metamorphosis [Copy #2 of 2]

by Mike Barnes
Paperback, 2008
Tags
memoir, personal account, hospitalization, narrative, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive, Canadian
Collections
Bipolar (BIP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada [Copy #1 of 2]

by Scott Simmie
Paperback, 2002
Tags
mental illness, mood disorders, mental health care system, Canadian, involuntary treatment, hospitalization, diagnosis, family support, treatment, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia — 5 more, psychiatrist, legislation, navigating the system, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Overcoming Depression: The Definitive Resource for Patients and Families Who Live with Depression and Manic-Depression

by Demitri Papolos
Paperback, 1997
Tags
genetics, diagnosis, medication, ECT, psychotherapy, depression, major depression, mood disorder, hospitalization, Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD — 4 more, comorbidity, recovery, informational, manic depression
Collections
Depression (DEP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Understanding Depression: What We Know and What You Can Do About It

by J. Raymond DePaulo
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
depression, mania, bipolar disorder, stress, genetics, suicide, treatment, ECT, medication, antidepressants, hospitalization
Collections
Depression (DEP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Living with Someone Who's Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers

by Chelsea Lowe
Paperback, 2010
Tags
bipolar disorder, bipolar, family support, mood regulation, medication, therapy, hospitalization, mania, depression, anxiety, communication
Collection
Bipolar (BIP)
Status
Available

I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment [FRC Copy #2 of 3]

by Xavier Amador
Paperback, 2011
Tags
acceptance, mental illness, treatment, hospitalization, caregiving, family, family support, listening, empathy, disagreement, confabulation — 8 more, conception, beliefs, self-schema, conviction, communication, listening skills, involuntary treatment, LEAP
Collection
General Mental Illness (GMI)
Status
Checked out

I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment [FRC Copy #3 of 3]

by Xavier Amador
Paperback, 2011
Tags
acceptance, mental illness, treatment, hospitalization, caregiving, family, family support, listening, empathy, disagreement, confabulation — 8 more, conception, beliefs, self-schema, conviction, communication, listening skills, involuntary treatment, LEAP
Collection
General Mental Illness (GMI)
Status
Available

Madness Made Me: A Memoir

by Mary O'Hagan
Paperback, 2014
Tags
memoir, personal experience, mental health problems, madness, lived experience, mental illness, treatment experience, criticism, health care system, hospitalization, living with depression — 2 more, stigma, interview
Collection
General Mental Illness (GMI)
Status
Available

Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship [Copy #2 of 2]

by Shari Y. Manning
Paperback, 2011
Tags
BPD, DBT, relationships, emotional intelligence, treatment and support, family support, understanding, hospitalization, decision-making, experience
Collection
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Status
Available

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Meth Addiction [MHWRC COPY]

by David Sheff
Digital audiobook, 2008
Tags
addiction, recovery, parenting, father, son, personal account, lived experience, family, family support, family perspective, crystal meth — 6 more, meth, homelessness, hospitalization, family relationships, father-son, memoir
Collections
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [FRC Copy #2 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Paperback, 2008
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 1 more, education
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: Family Ties (Vol 19 Issue 2)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2017 Summer
Tags
family, forgiveness, depression, hospitalization, sex work, mental illness, creative writing, art, non-fiction, essays, poetry — 3 more, Canadian, lived experience, personal account
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (19.2)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: YOUR FIRST TIME (in the psych ward) (Vol 15 Issue 1)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2013 Spring
Tags
lived experience, consumer survivor, mental illness, suicidal thoughts, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive syndrome, manic-depression, manic depression, memoir, hospitalization, art — 5 more, inspirational, Canadian, poetry, creative writing, personal account
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (15.1)
Status
Available at the MHWRC, Level 2

When Quietness Came: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey with Schizophrenia

by Erin Lynne Hawkes
Paperback, 2014
Tags
schizophrenia, suicide, psychosis, patient perspective, personal account, neuroscience, Canadian, physician, doctor, hallucinations, voices — 8 more, memoir, inspirational, resilience, mental illness, hospitalization, narrative, career, true story
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness

by Lori Schiller
Paperback, 1996
Tags
schizophrenia, memoir, hallucinations, suicide, resilience, inspirational, personal account, patient perspective, treatment, addiction, relapse — 6 more, recovery, mental illness, hospitalization, voices, narrative, true story
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [FRC Copy #1 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Paperback, 2008
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Love's All That Makes Sense: A Mother Daughter Memoir

by Sakeenah Francis
Paperback, 2013
Tags
schizophrenia, memoir, hospitalization, family
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Checked out

I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment [FRC Copy #1 of 3]

by Xavier Amador
Paperback, 2011
Tags
acceptance, mental illness, treatment, hospitalization, caregiving, family, family support, listening, empathy, disagreement, confabulation — 8 more, conception, beliefs, self-schema, conviction, communication, listening skills, involuntary treatment, LEAP
Collection
General Mental Illness (GMI)
Status
Checked out

This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression

by Daphne Merkin
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
memoir, life story, personal account, depression, suicidal thoughts, hospitalization, institutionalization, consumer survivor, major depression, postpartum, postpartum depression
Collections
Depression (DEP), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available
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