The best book to understand mental health is A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family From Generations of Mental Illness by Tom Davis. The book outlines the history of mental illness and how it affected Davis's family from the Civil War on. As former First Lady Rosalynn Carter said: "A Legacy of Madness breaks down the barriers of silence that shroud mental illnesses within families for generations ... By sharing the story of his family history and his own personal journey, Tom Davis provides hope and inspiration to others."
The Textbook of Men's Mental Health is an excellent book. You can find it at http://www.amazon.com/Textbook-Mens-Mental-Health-Grant/dp/158562215X. You can also try http://www.dummies.com/how-to/health-fitness/Mental-Health.html
Making mental images
DSM is a book of mental illness symptoms and diagnosis and it is used by mental health professionals to diagnose such illnesses
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Gayle McCracken Tuttle has written: 'The managed care answer book for mental health professionals' -- subject(s): Examination questions, Managed Care Programs, Managed mental health care, Mental health services, Practice, Psychotherapy
Check your local phone book for a mental health clinic.
It depends on the symptoms. There are many categories of mental health diseases. The two major systems that classify mental disorders: World Health Organization (WHO) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM - IV) which is a medical book that is updated, and what most physicians would base a diagnosis on.
Visualization is a cognitive process where you create mental images to better understand or remember information. In the context of reading a book, visualizing the events, characters, and settings can help you immerse yourself in the story and enhance your comprehension and retention of the material.
Here is an Amazon list of the best books about mental health, or the best books on mental illness: 1. A Legacy of Madness: Recovering My Family from Generations of Mental Illness by Tom Davis. The list author says: "Engrossing book that deals with generations of a family that suffered through self-destruction" 2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The list author says: "Perhaps the most riveting book ever written about mental health, and it was way ahead of its time." 3. A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar The list author says: "Perhaps the most sensitive portrayal of mental health every written." 4. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 5. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger 6. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
NIHM is the National Institute of Mental Health.
NIMH stands for National Institute of Mental Health. In the book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH," the NIMH is a research laboratory where the rats were experimented on and gained enhanced intelligence.