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Minority Mental Health Books - Adults

Racial and ethnic minorities often suffer from poor mental health outcomes due to multiple factors, including lack of access to quality mental health care services, cultural stigma surrounding mental health care, discrimination, and overall lack of awareness about mental health. As a parent, caregiver, teacher, or mentor, you can use this book list to find books published for adults.

Palm Beach County Library System

11 items

  • The Forgiveness Handbook

    Spiritual Wisdom and Practice for the Journey to Freedom, Healing and Peace

    BookWoodstock, Vermont : SKYLIGHT PATHS PUBLISHING, 2015. — 205.699 FOR
  • Chicken Soup for the Soul

    I'm Speaking Now : Black Women Share Their Truth in 101 Stories of Love, Courage and Hope

    BookCos Cob, CT : Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC, [2021] — 305.48896 CHI
  • My Grandmother's Hands

    Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

    Menakem, Resmaa,
    BookLas Vegas, NV : Central Recovery Press, 2017. — 305.896073 MEN
  • Black Fatigue

    How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

    Winters, Mary-Frances,
    BookOakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2020] — 305.896073 WIN
  • Black People Breathe

    a Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing

    Clarke, Zee,
    BookCalifornia : Ten Speed Press, [2023] — 155.8496 CLA
  • Black Oak

    Odes Celebrating Powerful Black Men

    Green, Harold, III,
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022. — 811.6 GRE
  • Go Back and Get It

    a Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing

    Ford, Dionne, 1969-
    BookNew York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2023. — BIO FORD