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