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The Graceview patient / by Starling, Caitlin,author.;
"Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence. Margaret lives with a rare autoimmune condition that has destroyed her life, leaving her isolated. It has no cure, but she's making do as best she can -- until she's offered a fully paid-for spot in an experimental medical trial at Graceview Memorial. The conditions are simple, if grueling: she will live at the hospital as a full-time patient, subjecting herself to the near-total destruction of her immune system and its subsequent regeneration. The trial will essentially kill most of, but not all of her. But as the treatment progresses and her body begins to fail, she stumbles upon something sinister living and spreading within the hospital. Unsure of what's real and what is just medication-induced delusion, Margaret struggles to find a way out as her body and mind succumb further to the darkness lurking throughout Graceview's halls"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Novels.; Autoimmune diseases; Delusions; Hospitals; Medical care; Reality;

My lovely wife in the psych ward : a memoir / by Lukach, Mark.;
"A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love. Mark and Giulia's life together began as a storybook romance. The fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was twenty-seven, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well-adjusted; the next she was delusional and suicidal, convinced that she was the devil and that her loved ones were not safe. All she wanted was to die. Eventually, Giulia fully recovered, and the couple had a son. But, soon after Jonas was born, Giulia had another breakdown, and then a third a few years after that. Pushed to the edge of the abyss, everything the couple had once taken for granted was upended. A story of the fragility of the mind, and the tenacity of the human spirit, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward is, above all, a love story that raises profound questions: How do we care for the people we love? What and who do we live for? Breathtaking in its candor, radiant with compassion, and written with dazzling lyricism, Lukach's is an intensely personal odyssey through the harrowing years of his wife's mental illness, anchored by an abiding devotion to family that will affirm readers' faith in the power of love"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Lukach, Mark.; Lukach, Giulia; Psychiatric hospital patients; Mentally ill; Spouses;

The winter soldier / by Mason, Daniel(Daniel Philippe),author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Physicians; Nurses; Military hospitals; Man-woman relationships; World War, 1914-1918;

Oblivious : Residential Schools, Segregated Hospitals, and the use of Indigenous Peoples as Slaves of Race Science. by Dewar, Elaine.;
In 'Oblivious', investigative journalist Elaine Dewar exposes the governmental machinery behind the unacknowledged Jim-Crow era of the Canadian Prairies. The granddaughter of settlers saved during their first Prairie winter by the generosity of their Indigenous neighbours, Dewar explores how even well-meaning Canadians who glimpsed the truth of what was being done by the government of Canada in their names did nothing to stop it. Dewar lives in Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination;

Once there was / by Monsef, Kiyash.;
When fifteen-year-old Iranian American Marjan discovers her murdered father was secretly a veterinarian to magical creatures, she realizes she must take up his mantle, despite the many dangers.Ages 10 up.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Orphans; Veterinary hospitals; Magic; Unicorns; Animals, Mythical; Iranian Americans;

Stella Maris [text (large print)] / by McCarthy, Cormac,1933-author.;
"The best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the second of a two-volume masterpiece: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large type books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Grief; Mental illness; Mentally ill women; Psychiatric hospitals; Schizophrenics; Women doctoral students; Young women;

Louder than words [videorecording] / by Davis, Hope,1967-; Duchovny, David.; Hutton, Timothy,1960-; ARC Entertainment (Firm); Mongrel Media.;
Music by Geoff Zanelli; edited by Melissa kent; production designer, Franckie Diago.Timothy Hutton, David Duchovny, Hope Davis.After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD; region 1; widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Children; Daughters; Feature films.; Grief; Life change events;
© c2014., Arc Entertainment ; Distributed by Mongrel Media,

Rabbit hole / by Billingham, Mark,author.;
Alice Armitage is a police officer. Or she was. Or perhaps she just imagines she was. Whatever the truth is, following a debilitating bout of PTSD, self-medication with drink and drugs, and a psychotic breakdown, Alice is now a long-term patient in an acute psychiatric ward. Though convinced that she doesn't really belong there, she finds companionship with the other patients in the ward despite their challenging and often intimidating issues. So when one of her fellow patients is murdered, Alice feels personally compelled to launch an investigation from within the ward. Soon, she becomes convinced that she has identified the killer and that she can catch them. Ignored by the police, she must gather proof on her own, relying on the few contacts she has on the outside that still take her calls. But when her prime suspect becomes the second victim, Alice's life begins to unravel as she realizes that she cannot trust anyone in the ward, least of all herself. Having lost her conviction and with her investigative confidence shattered, she comes dangerously close to a psychological point of no return.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Drug addiction; Murder; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric hospitals; Women detectives;

Leave no trace : a novel / by Mejia, Mindy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned. Search teams found their campsite ravaged by what looked like a bear. They were presumed dead until a decade later--the son appeared"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Fathers and sons; Missing persons; Mentally ill; Psychiatric hospitals; Speech therapists; Secrecy; Survival;

Asylum / by Roux, Madeleine,1985-author.;
Three teens at a summer program for gifted students uncover shocking secrets in the sanatorium-turned-dorm where they're staying--secrets that link them all to the asylum's dark past.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Supernatural; Universities and colleges; Mental illness; Haunted places; Psychiatric hospitals; Ability; Mystery and detective stories.;

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