Mental Health Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month
Resources provided by Kassy, Librarian at Northwest Library and Sheldon, Librarian in Special Collections
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we are sharing mental health resources in our monthly podcast:
Children's Picture Books
- Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
- Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing by Christopher Willard
- Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka
- Saturdays Are for Stella by Candy Wellins
- When Sadness Is at Your Door by Eva Eland
Teens
Nonfiction
- The Stress Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Worry Less, Develop Grit & Live Your Best Life by Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD
- Your Brain Needs a Hug: Life, Love, Mental Health, and Sandwiches by Rae Earl
- Your Life, Your Way: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Skills to Help Teens Manage Emotions & Build Resilience by Joseph V. Ciarrochi, PhD, and Louise L. Hayes, PhD
- Depression: A Teen’s Guide to Survive and Thrive by Jacqueline B. Toner, Phd, and Claire A. B. Freeland, PhD
- Your Amazing Teen Brain: CBT & Neuroscience Skills to Stress Less, Balance Emotions & Strengthen Your Growing Mind by Elisa Nebolsine, LCSW
- Beneath the Surface: A Teen’s Guide to Reaching Out When You or Your Friend Is in Crisis by Kristi Hugstad
Dealing with Mental Illness in Fiction Books
- Icebreaker by A. L. Graziadei
- List of Ten by Halli Gomez
- Me (Moth) by Amber McBride
- Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves
Teens Dealing with a Mentally Ill Parent
- The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
- Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me by Gae Polisner
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Community Resources
- Safe Place & Pivot: Youth in crisis can go to any Metro library, fire station, or OnCue station to be connected with services. In OKC, we partner with Pivot to provide these services.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255, and starting on July 16, 988 (talk, text, and chat)
- For LGBTQ+ Youth