Our Favorite Books: Living with Mental Illness
Are you looking for books on living with mental illness? Here are our favorites.
TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER |
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness* | Jamison, Kay Redfield | Vintage |
Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry | Simpson, Amy | InterVarsity |
Bipolar 101: A Practical Guide to Identifying Triggers, Managing Medications, Coping with Symptoms, and More* | White, Ruth C. and Preston, John D. | New Harbinger |
Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends Them: Schizophrenia through a Mother’s Eyes | Carr, Simonetta | P&R |
Christians Get Depressed Too: Hope and Help for Depressed People | Murray, David P. | Reformation Heritage |
Darkness is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness | Greene-McCreight, Kathryn | Brazos |
Depression: Looking Up from the Stubborn Darkness | Welch, Edward T. | New Growth |
Does My Child Have PTSD?: What to Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the Inside Out | Philo, Jolene | Familius |
Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness | Stanford, Matthew S. | InterVarsity |
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner* | Fast, Julie A. and Preston, John D. | New Harbinger |
Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest | Welch, Edward T. | New Growth |
Strivings Within–The OCD Christian: Overcoming Doubt in the Storm of Anxiety | VanCleve, Mitzi | CreateSpace |
The Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good? | Smith, Rhett | Moody |
The Biology of Sin: Grace, Hope, and Healing for Those Who Feel Trapped | Stanford, Matthew S. | InterVarsity |
The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know* | Miklowitz, David J. | Guilford |
When I Am Afraid: A Step-by-Step Guide Away From Fear and Anxiety | Welch, Edward T. | New Growth |
When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God–and Joy | Piper, John | Crossway |
* indicates valuable resource not written from a distinctively Christian perspective
Updated September 15, 2020