Tag Archives: mental health

After the fighting

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Bookworm

During the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002, an estimated 20,000 children were forced to join the fighting where they were ordered to kill a friend, relative, or neighbor under threat of being killed themselves. Boston … Continue reading →

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Thrive!

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Bookworm

Licensed mental health clinician Karen Symanowicz, a 1999 Boston College graduate, is on a mission to help simplify the understanding of functional mental health. She has published THRIVE: Rethink Your Mental Health, Level Up Your Life, a step-by-step guide that … Continue reading →

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My Sister’s Keeper

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Bookworm

In her haunting book The Perfect Other: A Memoir of My Sister (Harper, 2022), Boston College graduate Kyleigh Leddy recounts the fear, anguish, and heartbreak of losing a sister to mental illness. The book tells the story of the close … Continue reading →

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Fixing Broken Mirrors

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Bookworm

In his newly published memoir, Fixing Broken Mirrors, 2022 Boston College graduate Taesung Kim recounts his lonely, traumatic childhood as the target of domestic abuse. Writing using the pen name Taesung, he also addresses his struggles with mental health issues. … Continue reading →

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A theology of life with depression

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Bookworm

Boston College graduate Jessica Coblentz considers the realities of life with depression from a Christian theological perspective in her new book, Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression (Liturgical Press, 2022).  In conversation with popular Christian theologies … Continue reading →

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A journey through bulimia, depression, and anxiety

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Bookworm

Boston College alumna Yvonne Castañeda chronicles her journey through anxiety, depression, and an eating disorder in the new book, Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety (Santa Monica Press, 2022). In her memoir, Castañeda reflects on her upbringing as … Continue reading →

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Unglamored

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Bookworm

Carroll School of Management student Jessie Cheng explores the mental health struggles and entertainment industry pressures faced by pop stars in her new novel, Unglamored. Rose B.D., a young Chinese American singer, seems to have it all. But when symptoms … Continue reading →

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Helping teens thrive

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Bookworm

A new book written by Boston College alumna Katie Hurley, a child and adolescent psychotherapist, is geared to help teens cope with symptoms of depression, low self-esteem, and stress. The Depression Workbook for Teens (Althea Press, 2019) is an interactive … Continue reading →

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Depression: The Secret We Share

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Bookworm

Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, will give a lecture on “Depression: The Secret We Share” on Feb. 7 at 7:00 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Drawing on his own struggles with depression, Solomon examines the personal, … Continue reading →

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