12 Compelling and Candid Books on Mental Health

Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression by Sally Brampton

Brilliant magazine editor, prize-winning journalist and founder of Elle magazine in the UK, Sally Sampton’s success was supremely admirable. But her friends and colleagues had no idea Sally was struggling with severe depression and addiction. Sally tells her story in a candid and greatly honest manner, calling out the culture that sends the overriding message that people who suffer from depression are somehow responsible for their own illness. This memoir is deeply insightful and ultimately uplifting.