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Check out these books on the mind, brain and body in honour of Mental Health Month this October.

Popular Books on mental health books
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Power of Self-Healing
Sarah Woodhouse
The Brain at Rest
Joseph Jebelli
It Didn't Start with You
Mark Wolynn
Broken Brains
Jamila Rizvi, Rosie Waterland
A Drawing a Day
Tamara Michael
Minute Cryptic
Angas Tiernan, Liam Runnalls
Cosy Calm
Cherry Lam
We Need Your Art
Amie McNee
A Doodle a Day Keeps the Stress Away
Tamara Michael
Wreck This Journal: Now in Colour
Keri Smith
The Myth of Normal
Gabor Mate
The Year I Met My Brain
Matilda Boseley
Scattered Minds
Gabor Mate
The Autistic Brain
Temple Grandin, Richard Panek
The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit
Kate Moryoussef
Ten things I wish you knew about your child's mental health
Dr Billy Garvey
Generation Connected
Dr Jo Orlando PhD
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
Raising Girls Who Like Themselves
Kasey Edwards, Christopher Scanlon
Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves
Kasey Edwards, Christopher Scanlon
Grounded Success
Kemi Nekvapil
Always Remember
Charlie Mackesy
Ikigai
Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Power of Self-Healing
Sarah Woodhouse
The Brain at Rest
Joseph Jebelli
It Didn't Start with You
Mark Wolynn
Broken Brains
Jamila Rizvi, Rosie Waterland

Stimulate
A Drawing a Day
Tamara Michael
Minute Cryptic
Angas Tiernan, Liam Runnalls
Cosy Calm
Cherry Lam
We Need Your Art
Amie McNee
A Doodle a Day Keeps the Stress Away
Tamara Michael
Wreck This Journal: Now in Colour
Keri Smith

Neurodiversity
The Myth of Normal
Gabor Mate
The Year I Met My Brain
Matilda Boseley
Scattered Minds
Gabor Mate
The Autistic Brain
Temple Grandin, Richard Panek
The ADHD Women's Wellbeing Toolkit
Kate Moryoussef

Parenting
Beautiful Chaos
Jessica Urlichs
Ten things I wish you knew about your child's mental health
Dr Billy Garvey
Generation Connected
Dr Jo Orlando PhD
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
Raising Girls Who Like Themselves
Kasey Edwards, Christopher Scanlon
Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves
Kasey Edwards, Christopher Scanlon

Uplift & Empower
Grounded Success
Kemi Nekvapil
Always Remember
Charlie Mackesy
Ikigai
Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
Become Unstoppable
Gilbert Enoka
Strong Ground
Brené Brown
Untamed
Glennon Doyle

Practical Guides
The Dopamine Brain
Anastasia Hronis
The Vagus Nerve Reset
Anna Ferguson
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Dr Julie Smith
Better than Happiness
Gregory Smith
Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
Honest Chat
Dylan Buckley

Translated Fiction
The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park
Michiko Aoyama
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida
What You Are Looking for is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama
Ikigai
Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line
Hiro Arikawa
The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami

Audio

Aroha
Dr Hinemoa Elder
Ara
Dr Hinemoa Elder
Bite Back
Genevieve Mora
Stop Surviving Start Fighting
Jazz Thornton
The Resilience Project
Hugh van Cuylenburg
Ten things I wish you knew about your child's mental health
Dr Billy Garvey
Raising Girls Who Like Themselves
Kasey Edwards, Christopher Scanlon

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