{"id":5835,"count":14,"description":"Mental illness is much better understood now and treated far more sympathetically, but it is also on the rise.\u00a0 Our interviews with experts in the field explore mental health from a wide variety of positions and recommend books on every aspect of the subject.\r\n\r\nLooking at the possible reasons for the current prevalence of mental health issues, Professor Renata Salecl chooses her best books on misery in the modern world<\/a>.\u00a0 Psychologist Oliver James chooses his best books to illustrate why we live in a mad world<\/a>.\u00a0 The author Samantha Harvey, in choosing books on mental illness<\/a>, explains the conditions that keep us sane and the effects of removing them.\r\n\r\nSome interviews choose books on particular aspects of mental health.\u00a0 Journalist Bryony Gordon chooses her best books on depression<\/a>, neurologist Suzanne O\u2019Sullivan looks at psychosomatic illness<\/a>, Matthew Green, author of Aftershock: the Untold Story of Surviving Peace<\/em><\/a> looks at psychological trauma<\/a> and Robert Kelsey, author of What\u2019s stopping you?\u00a0 Why smart people don\u2019t always reach their potential and how you can<\/em><\/a>, chooses his best books on overcoming insecurities<\/a>.\r\n\r\nPsychoanalyst Josh Cohen talks about burn out<\/a>, Professor Sophie Radcliffe talks about grief<\/a>, Steven Amsterdam, author of Things we didn\u2019t see coming<\/em>, looks at worry<\/a> and Johanna Reiss addresses suicide<\/a>.\u00a0 Author Rae Earl chooses her best books on teenage mental health<\/a> and Tanya Byron hers on child psychology and mental health<\/a>.\u00a0 On a slightly different note, Jules Evans of Queen Mary\u2019s, London University looks at ecstatic experience.<\/a>","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/category\/psychology\/mental-health\/","name":"Mental Health","slug":"mental-health","taxonomy":"category","parent":6281,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/5835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/6281"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=5835"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?categories=5835"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?categories=5835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}