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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture - by Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté

£25.00 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781785042713 | ISBN 10: 1785042718

'It all starts with waking up... to what our bodies are expressing and our minds are suppressing' Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Ame ... more
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How Not To Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists - by Set Sytes and Faith G. Harper

£11.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781648410956 | ISBN 10: 1648410952

Are you inclined to escape the crumminess of everyday life into fantasy worlds? Are you smart and imaginative in a way that isn't really suited to your surroundings? Are you definitely misunderstood, likely angry, and almost certainly depressed? ... more
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Weird to Exist: Simple Comics about Complex Emotions - by Alison Zai

£12.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529148381 | ISBN 10: 1529148383

A vibrantly coloured yet darkly humorous comic collection about the absurdity and beauty of being alive. We've all felt the pain that comes from realising a beautiful moment will soon become a distant memory. We're all guilty of avoiding dea ... more
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How to Come Alive Again - by Beth McColl

£9.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781783528769 | ISBN 10: 1783528761

It doesn't matter that you've lived in the shadows, that you've slept through years of your life, that you've done things you're shamed to admit even to yourself. It doesn't matter that you're an anxious mess with a shouty monster brain that keeps yo ... more
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Notes on a Nervous Planet - by Matt Haig

£9.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781786892690 | ISBN 10: 1786892693

The follow-up to the number one Sunday Times bestseller Reasons to Stay Alive. The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet ... more
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed - by Jon Ronson

£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780330492294 | ISBN 10: 0330492292

From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame.� 'It's about the terror, isn't it?' 'The terror of what?' I said. 'The te ... more
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The Last of the Hippies: An Hysterical Romance - by Penny Rimbaud

£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781629631035 | ISBN 10: 1629631035

First published in 1982 as part of the Crass record album Christ: The Album, Penny Rimbaud's The Last of the Hippies is a fiery anarchist polemic centered on the story of his friend, Phil Russell (aka Wally Hope), who was murdered by the State while ... more
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Remembering Our Childhood: How Memory Betrays Us - by Karl Sabbagh

£9.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780199218417 | ISBN 10: 0199218412

In this fascinating and sometimes disturbing book, the well-known writer Karl Sabbagh looks at psychologists' present understanding of the nature of memory, especially recollections of childhood, and how, in cases of so-called 'recovered memories', t ... more
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Voices of Experience: Narratives of Mental Health Survivors - by Thurstine Basset and Theo Stickley

£35.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780470683620 | ISBN 10: 0470683627

Voices of Experience contains a wide range of stories written by mental health survivors. The narratives illustrate how survivors have developed self-management techniques and strategies for living which, together, offer a guide to anybody struggling ... more
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Doctoring the Mind: Why Psychiatric Treatments Fail - by Richard P. Bentall

£10.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780141023694 | ISBN 10: 0141023694

Why is the Western world's treatment of mental illness so flawed? Who really benefits from psychiatry? And why would a patient in Nigeria have a much greater chance of recovery than one in the UK? In Doctoring the Mind, leading clinical p ... more
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Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction - by Ken Binmore

£7.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780199218462 | ISBN 10: 0199218463

Games are everywhere: Drivers manoeuvring in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. A firm negotiating next year's wage is playing a bargaining game. The opposing candidates in an ele ... more
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Affluenza - by Oliver James

£12.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780091900113 | ISBN 10: 0091900115

There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. �Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliv ... more
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Going Sane - by Adam Phillips

£10.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780141012490 | ISBN 10: 0141012498

Volumes have been dedicated to madness, but sanity is rarely mentioned. We can define the mad, but how do we classify the sane? In Going Sane, psychoanalyst and writer Adam Phillips delves deep into history, philosophy, literature, and his own ... more
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Myths, Madness and the Family: The Impact of Mental Illness on Families - by David Jones

£33.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780333776186 | ISBN 10: 0333776186

This book fills a gap in our knowledge about the experiences of families of people suffering from severe mental illness. Original research material is used to support claims that families are struggling with complex feelings such as loss, anger and ... more
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