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Downloadable Mental Health Information Sampler

A selection of videos, eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, and other reference resources available as electronic resources from Fulton County Library System. This list is just a small sample representing the many downloadable works about mental health on Access Video, Overdrive, hoopla, Infobase, and other electronic resources available for no cost to Fulton County Library System card holders and those visiting our branches.

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  • Mental Health

    The Basics

    How we feel and the factors that influence mood and emotion are explored in this upbeat, animation-driven program. Viewers learn some symptoms and causes of depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues, and the many ways in which people cope…
    Streaming Video, 2012New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012] — EVIDEO
  • Nobody's Normal

    How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness

    Grinker, Roy Richard
    Nobody's Normal argues that stigma is a social process that can be explained through cultural history, a process that began the moment we defined mental illness, that we learn from within our communities, and that we ultimately have the power to…
    eBook, 2021New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. — EBOOK
  • Nobody's Normal

    How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness

    Grinker, Roy Richard
    A Guardian Best Book of 2021. A compassionate and captivating examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. Download this title to your favorite device with the Libby app from Overdrive.…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2021New York : Random House Audio, 2021. — EAUDIOBOOK
  • Heads Up

    Changing Minds on Mental Health

    Siebert, Melanie
    Overdrive has many eBooks on mental health for teens, including this highly acclaimed work. Featuring real-life stories of people who have found hope and meaning in the midst of life's struggles, Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health is the…
    eBook, 2020Victoria : Orca Book Publishers, 2020. — EBOOK
  • PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown discusses the topic of violence and mental health with Barry Rosenfeld, a clinical forensic psychologist at Fordham University, and Dr. Paramjit Joshi of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington,…
    Streaming Video, 2013[Place of publication not identified] : MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, [2013] — EVIDEO
  • Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

    How to Heal If Your Parents Couldn't Meet Your Emotional Needs

    Gibson, Lindsay C.
    If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your…
    eBook, 2015[United States] : New Harbinger Publications, 2015. — EBOOK
  • Recovering From Emotionally Immature Parents

    Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries and Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy

    Gibson, Lindsay C.
    Available as both a downloadable audiobook and eBook on hoopla, this practical guide is a follow-up to the breakthrough critical success of Gibson's "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents", also available with no wait on hoopla.
    eBook, 2019[United States] : New Harbinger Publications, 2019. — EBOOK
  • This series of instructional videos was made for workplace education about mental health issues in 2020. With full transcripts available, this series is a great resource for educators and human resource departments.
    Streaming Video, 2020[Place of publication not identified] : Channel 1 Creative Media, [2020] — EVIDEO
  • While this series shares some content with the Worker's Edition of instructional workplace videos on mental health, more manager specific content, especially in later episodes, is included. With full transcripts available, this series is a great…
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  • Louis Theroux

    A Different Brain

    This documentary by Louis Theroux and the BBC follows the recovery of people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury. With access to a specialist brain injury rehabilitation unit, Louis looks at the impact on individuals and their families.…
    Streaming Video, 2016[Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2016] — EVIDEO
  • Both our Overdrive and physical book collections contain professional publications for mental health care workers. This book describes the difficulties children in care commonly encounter, such as vulnerability to self-harm, substance misuse or…
    eBook, 2016London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016. — EBOOK
  • As a real fan of the sport, William has seen the way men express their feelings at football games. Now he wants to help men show the same passion and openness away from the game. The film follows William as he meets players and fans from grassroots…
    Streaming Video, 2020[Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Learning, [2020] — EVIDEO
  • No One Cares About Crazy People

    the Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America

    Powers, Ron
    New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. Download the Libby app…
    eBook, 2017New York : Hachette Books, 2017. — EBOOK
  • This government publication is one of many available without charge to our library patrons. Search our catalog for more fact sheets and resources related to mental health.
    Website or Online Data, 2020[Bethesda, Md.] : National Institute of Mental Health, Office of Science Policy, Planning, and Communications, Science Writing, Press, and Dissemination Branch, 2020. — HE 20.3002:D 63/6
  • This hilarious and touching account by cartoonist Allie Brosh of her struggles with mental health is both uplifting and deeply honest. Download the Libby app to read on your favorite device.
    eBook, 2020New York : Gallery Books, 2020. — EBOOK