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The Best Kids’ Books on Mental Health of 2024

Child Mind Intitute

Each year, it seems that theres a new childrens book (or 10!) Clinicians at the Child Mind Institute specializing in conditions that include anxiety, depression, and autism reviewed more than 60 titles that were published in 2024 to compile our inaugural annual list of the best kids’ books for mental health.

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May Cause Side Effects–Radical Acceptance and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: An Interview with Brooke Siem

Mad in America

In this interview, we talk about her experiences of withdrawal from a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and her debut memoir, May Cause Side Effects , published in 2022 which is one of the first books on antidepressant withdrawal to make it to the mass market. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity. Everything is so reactive.

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Why Does a Parent Medicate a Child? An Interview with My Mother

Mad in America

In this interview, Brooke Siem, who is the author of a memoir on antidepressant withdrawal, May Cause Side Effects , interviews her mother, Dee Barbash, to discuss the circumstances that led to Brooke being prescribed a cocktail of antidepressants at the age of 15. If listeners have read her book, you know how that went. in psychology.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. On a personal note, Brent has played a foundational role in my own journey.

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Mad Sisters: An Interview With Susan Grundy

Mad in America

Her book, Mad Sisters , is a highly personal account of her caregiving journey for an older sister diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 13. It struck me as odd that throughout the book, you refer to your parents as Norman and Lorna rather than father and mother. But her humor, her logic, and her resilience are incredible.

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Mad Sisters: An Interview With Susan Grundy

Mad in America

Her book, Mad Sisters , is a highly personal account of her caregiving journey for an older sister diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 13. It struck me as odd that throughout the book, you refer to your parents as “Norman” and “Lorna” rather than “father” and “mother.” She divides her time between Montreal and London.