WAITING FOR FIRST LIGHT: MY ONGOING BATTLE WITH PTSD by Roméo Dallaire THAT TIME I LOVED YOU by Carrianne Leung FIRE SONG by Adam Garnet Jones HEART BERRIES by Terese Marie Mailhot BROTHER by David Chariandy IN THE REALM OF HUNGRY GHOSTS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH ADDICTION by Gabor Maté THE WOO WOO: HOW I SURVIVED ICE HOCKEY, DRUG RAIDS, DEMONS, AND MY CRAZY CHINESE FAMILY by Lindsay Wong TO THE RIVER: LOSING MY BROTHER by Don Gillmor A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND by Alicia Elliott
DEAR SCARLET: THE STORY OF MY POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION by Teresa Wong LEGACY: TRAUMA, STORY, AND INDIGENOUS HEALING by Suzanne Methot BE WITH: LETTERS TO A CAREGIVER by Mike Barnes THE GHOST GARDEN: INSIDE THE LIVES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA'S FEARED AND FORGOTTEN by Susan Doherty BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY by Brian Francis FROM THE ASHES: MY STORY OF BEING MÉTIS, HOMELESS AND FINDING MY WAY by Jesse Thistle HELLO I WANT TO DIE PLEASE FIX ME: DEPRESSION IN THE FIRST PERSON by Anna Mehler Paperny IN MY OWN MOCCASINS: A MEMOIR OF RESILIENCE by Helen Knott ANGERY QUEER SOMALI BOY: A COMPLICATED MEMOIR by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali
BELATED BRIS OF THE BRAINSICK: POEMS by Lucas Crawford CONSTANTLY by GG ONE GOOD REASON: A MEMOIR OF ADDICTION AND RECOVERY, MUSIC AND LOVE by Séan McCann & Andrea Aragon NOBODY EVER TALKS ABOUT ANYTHING BUT THE END by Liz Levine JUNEBAT: POEMS by John Elizabeth Stintzi OVERDOSE: HEARTBREAK AND HOPE IN CANADA'S OPIOID CRISIS by Benjamin Perrin A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH IN CANADA (3rd edition) by Emily Jenkins, et. al A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE by Miriam Toews BEYOND BLUE: STORIES OF HEARTBREAK, HEALING, AND HOPE IN POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION ed. by Christina Myers & Oga Nwobosi
On Bell Let's Talk Day Canadians are encouraged to prioritize mental health and give it the moment it deserves. Here are mental health books and memoirs by and about Canadians.
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