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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 16 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529064179 | ISBN 10: 1529064171
'As a Black British man I believe it is vital that I tell this story. It may be just one account from the perspective of a person of colour who has experienced this system, but it may be enough to potentially change an opinion or, more importantly, s ... more
View book details£16.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529088496 | ISBN 10: 1529088496
‘This book, which shares the poignant lived voices of the racialised experience, is a welcome contribution to the mission to heal and positively transform our mental health, physical health and well-being.’ - Dr Jacqui Dyer, health and social car ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780141996479 | ISBN 10: 0141996471
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The consequences of racism can be found in our bodies - in skin and sinew, in bone and blood. In this ground-breaking, inspiring work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage, the physical consequences of dis ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781916356122 | ISBN 10: 1916356125
"There is strong correlation between childhood trauma and mental health issues. I suffer with PTSD and depression, and use poetry to write honestly about the multitude of issues I have experienced in my 39 years. I have found writing to be hugely the ... more
View book details£140.00 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781839099656 | ISBN 10: 1839099658
This is the first international handbook on Black community mental health, focussing on key issues including stereotypes in Mental health, misdiagnoses, and inequalities/discrimination around access, services and provisions. Making use of a cul ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781684034147 | ISBN 10: 1684034140
We can't deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. This book is an explorat ... more
View book details£12.99 hardback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781787132115 | ISBN 10: 1787132110
In What A Time To Be Alone, The Slumflower will be your life guru, confidante and best friend. She'll show you that being alone is not just okay: it's just about the best freaking thing that's ever happened to you. As she says, 'You're bad as hell an ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781409180074 | ISBN 10: 1409180077
Queenie Jenkins can’t cut a break. Well, apart from one from her long term boyfriend, Tom. That’s definitely just a break though. Definitely not a break up. Stuck between a boss who doesn’t seem to see her, a family who don’t seem to listen ( ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781623173616 | ISBN 10: 1623173612
25 unflinching stories and essays from the front lines of the radical mental health movement. Overmedication, police brutality, electroconvulsive therapy, involuntary hospitalization, traumas that lead to intense altered states and suicidal ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781785928505 | ISBN 10: 1785928503
This enlightening and reflective guide studies the psychological impact of racism and discrimination on BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) people and offers steps to improve wellbeing. It includes definitions of race, racism and other commonly u ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781406386370 | ISBN 10: 1406386375
Fourteen joyous, funny and life-affirming essays from gal-dem, the award-winning magazine created by young women and non-binary people of colour. gal-dem, the award-winning online and print magazine, is created by women and non-binary people ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780992651442 | ISBN 10: 0992651441
The Colour of Madness is a seminal anthology, comprised of poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs and art submitted by Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) writers, academics, mental health workers, artists and those who are still navigating life with me ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780241978665 | ISBN 10: 0241978661
A luminous memoir from the award-winning author of The Vagrants and A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. 'What a long way it is from one life to another. Yet why write if not for that distance?' Startlingly original and shining with quiet wisd ... more
View book details£36.00 hardback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781498205870 | ISBN 10: 1498205879
Black women are strong. At least that's what everyone says and how they are constantly depicted. But what, exactly, does this strength entail? And what price do Black women pay for it? In this book, the author, a psychologist and pastoral theol ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780743225380 | ISBN 10: 0743225384
Do you or someone you love suffer from "bad nerves"? Denise is constantly on edge. She's convinced something bad is going to happen. Ruth will drive an hour out of her way to avoid driving over a bridge. When she has to do it, her chest thumps, ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780704347113 | ISBN 10: 0704347113
Two British women of Jamaican descent are confined to a psychiatric unit. One is prone to mood swings and sudden bursts of loud public singing; the other hears voices in her head. Both are considered 'mad'. As this remarkable and powerful story ... more
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