BOOK CORNER

As part of the Phoenix Family Center, Rebecca’s Dream is committed to empowering the lives of those impacted by depression and bipolar disorder. We believe that self-empowerment is a critical wellness tip. In our Book Corner, we highlight selected readings that serve as ways to gain education, strength and to help achieve or maintain mental wellness.

Our Featured Books will rotate periodically as we highlight other topics or new offerings. If there is a book that you think we should add, please contact us by clicking here to send an email.

FEATURED BOOK, AUDIO & OTHER MEDIA

ADDITONAL BOOKS, AUDIO AND OTHER MEDIA

9 MUST-SEE MOVIES ABOUT BIPOLAR DISORDER

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#2 Touched With Fire (2015)

TOUCHED WITH FIRE Two bipolar patients (expertly played by Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby) meet in a psychiatric hospital and fall in love. Directed by Paul Dalio and produced [Read More]

2017-04-04T17:32:50-05:00

#4 Repentance (2013)

REPENTANCE Forest Whitaker plays to stereotype in this psychological thriller. His character, a bipolar family man, is thrown off balance after his mother’s sudden death and he fixates [Read More]

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#5 Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK This romantic drama-comedy puts a sympathetic character with bipolar front and center—and surrounds him with other characters grappling with their own disorders. Bradley Cooper plays [Read More]

2017-10-16T08:21:04-05:00

#6 The Informant! (2009)

THE INFORMANT! The Informant! is based on the saga of real life corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre, played by Matt Damon. Whitacre was involved in a price-fixing scheme at the agribusiness [Read More]

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#7 Michael Clayton (2007)

MICHAEL CLAYTON George Clooney takes center stage as the title character, a “fixer” for a New York law firm, but an attorney having a bipolar episode triggers the [Read More]

2017-04-04T17:36:06-05:00

#8 Mad Love (1995)

MAD LOVE A somewhat sensationalized depiction of the highs and lows of bipolar, with Drew Barrymore playing a high school student who has been hospitalized after a suicide [Read More]

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#9 Mr. Jones (1993)

MR. JONES A surprisingly insightful portrait of euphoria, mania and depression as experienced by the main character, played by Richard Gere. Most of the movie involves his hospitalization [Read More]

BOOKS ON BIPOLAR DISORDER:

BOOKS ON DEPRESSION:

BOOKS ON MENTAL HEALTH:

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