# Recommend non-fiction about mental illness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-non-fiction-about-mental-illness/564713>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 19, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-non-fiction-about-mental-illness/564713 "2010-12-19T14:30:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-non-fiction-about-mental-illness/564713/21 "2010-12-23T13:06:26Z")

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Thanks for starting this thread. I’m book marking it for future reference.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-non-fiction-about-mental-illness/564713/22 "2010-12-23T17:45:13Z")

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I really enjoyed _The Buddha and the Borderline_ by Kiera Van Gelder. It’s a memoir. QUITE interesting- I felt like I was reading about myself.

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