Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge for 2015

 

Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge (hosted by: Opinions of a Wolf)

This is an ongoing challenge that I join every year. Our host not only presents us with a great challenge, but he moderates a dynamic list of possible reads as well.




"Many reading challenges already exist in the book blogging community to address racism, sexism, and homophobia, but I could not find any to address the stigma faced by those suffering from mental illness.  . . .  I hope reading and reviewing books featuring characters struggling to deal with mental illness, whether their own or another person’s, will help remove the stigma faced on a daily basis by those with a mental illness."

The three challenge levels are: 

Acquainted (4 books) Aware (8 books) Advocate (12 books)

I am aiming for the Acquainted level again this year, at 4 books.

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Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge 2014

Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge 2014 (hosted by: Opinions of a Wolf)

"Many reading challenges already exist in the book blogging community to address racism, sexism, and homophobia, but I could not find any to address the stigma faced by those suffering from mental illness.  . . .  I hope reading and reviewing books featuring characters struggling to deal with mental illness, whether their own or another person’s, will help remove the stigma faced on a daily basis by those with a mental illness."

The three levels are: Acquainted (4 books) Aware (8 books) Advocate (12 books)

This year I'm going for the Acquainted level at 4 books.

1. Syndrome E (audiobook) - Franck Thilliez   {Review Link}
2. Brain Bugs (audiobook) - Dean Buonomano   {Review Link}
3. Monkey Mind (audiobook) - Daniel B. Smith    {Review Link}
4. The Reason I Jump - Naoki Higashida     {Review Link}

2013 Mental Illness Advocacy (MIA) Reading Challenge: FINAL POST

2013 Mental Illness Advocacy (MIA) Reading Challenge

"Many reading challenges already exist in the book blogging community to address racism, sexism, and homophobia, but I could not find any to address the stigma faced by those suffering from mental illness."

Challenge Levels:
Acquainted–4 books / Aware–8 books / Advocate–12 books


This will be my third year with this challenge, and I hope to outdo my prior performance.
  
MY LIST:

1. Break the Bipolar Cycle - Elizabeth Brondolo & Xavier Amador
2. The Tao of Bipolar - C. Alexander Simpkins & Annellen Simpkins
3. Ten Days in a Mad-House (ebook) - Nellie Bly
4. Learning from the Voices in My Head (ebook) - Eleanor Longden    
5. The Bedlam Detective (audiobook) - Stephen Gallagher
6. Bipolar not ADHD (ebook) - George Isaac

Well, I made it to 6 books. 

Does that mean I'm only partially aware?

This challenge is important to me because It reminds me not to become complacent. It reminds me that there is always something new to learn, or relearn. It also lets me touch base with like minded folks and connect with other perspectives. In short, it helps me grow.

Mental Illness Advocacy (MIA) Reading Challenge for 2012

Mental Illness Advocacy (MIA) Reading Challenge.

I started the Mental Illness Advocacy (MIA) Reading Challenge in December 2010 in an effort to raise awareness, knowledge, and acceptance of mental illness.  Reading, both fiction and nonfiction, is an excellent way to broaden one’s horizons and expose one to new ideas and ways of thinking and being. ...  I hope reading and reviewing books featuring characters struggling to deal with mental illness, whether their own or another person’s, will help remove the stigma faced on a daily basis by those with a mental illness.  They already have to struggle with an illness; they shouldn’t have to face a stigma too.

Challenge Levels:
Acquainted–4 books  /  Aware–8 books  /  Advocate–12 books

Hosted on Opinions of a Wolf, where you will find a very good list of book suggestions, should the need occur.

OCD

1. The Rosary Bride (ebook)- Luisa Buehler
2. The Lion Tamer (ebook) - Luisa Buehler     
3. The Station Master (ebook- Luisa Buehler      
4. The Scout Master (ebook) - Louisa Buehler           
5. The Lighthouse Keeper (ebook) - Luisa Buehler
6. The Innkeeper (ebook) - Luisa Buehler    
7. The Reenactor (ebook) - Luisa Buehler  

This was a short series whose main character is a likeable woman who grapples daily with sometimes crippling OCD. I was sorry to see it come to an end.

8. Hallucinations - Oliver Sacks   

Although not technically a book about Mental Illness, in it Dr. Sacks does discuss the many causes of hallucinations and their continuing role in misdiagnosis and mistreatment of Mental Illness. 

FINAL COMMENTS: I made it to the 'Aware' level this time, that is if you accept my little fudge with the last one. That was still two short of last year.