Book Review – Mental Health and the Church

Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A book that focuses on reducing mental health stigma in the church and improving church worship environments, primarily for families of children with special needs.

Book Review – The Self-Healing Mind

Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. An encouraging book that primarily addresses complementary, natural strategies for improving mental health and depressive symptoms.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDSeptember 16, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Psychiatry, Psychiatric, Mental Health, Dietary, Yoga, Breathing, Sleep, Exercise, Resilience, Holistic, Natural, Anxiety, Depression, Mindfulness, Meditation, SpiritualityComment

Book Review – Science over Stigma

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent resource based on facts, logic, and scientific findings for mental health clinicians and advocates in combating misinformation and educating the public to reduce harmful mental health stigma.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDSeptember 15, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Psychiatry, Psychiatric, Stigma, Mental Health, Science, Advocacy, Research, Diagnosis, Diagnoses, Justice, Logic, Learning, Neurobiology, Society, Shame, Social, Guide, Suicide PreventionComment

Book Review – Blame It on the Brain?

Len's Star Rating: 1 out of 10. A book with spiritual viewpoints on mental health conditions that contradict medicine and science.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDJanuary 25, 2022The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Christian, Spirituality, Depression, Mental HealthComment

Book Review – A Helping Hand

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book on depression and end-of-life issues from a Christian perspective that decreases stigma and provides rational biblical support to people struggling with depression and those who care for them.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 5, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Christian, Spirituality, Stigma, Emotions, Mental Health, Death, End-of-life, Depression, ShameComment

Book Review – God’s Answers to Life’s Difficult Questions

Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. An encouraging book on addressing emotional problems and life stresses from a Christian perspective.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 4, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Christian, Spirituality, Stigma, Emotions, Mental HealthComment

Book Review – The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD

Len's Star Rating: 8 out of 10. A great workbook on acceptance and commitment strategies and exposure and response prevention for teens with OCD.

Book Review – The OCD Workbook for Teens

Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An excellent, engaging self-help workbook on research-proven strategies for combatting OCD.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDJuly 3, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Cognitive, Behavior, Activation, Behavioral, Exercise, Emotions, Skills, Mental Health, Thoughts, Mindfulness, OCD, Anxiety, CBT, Adolescent, Teen, Workbook, Obsessions, Compulsions, Mental Illness, Sexual, Girls, Boys, Kids, Mental Disorder, Stress, Avoidance, Family, Exposure, ERP, Stigma, Shame, CompassionComment

Book Review – Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time

Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A good workbook on behavioral activation strategies for combatting depression.

Book Review – Activating Happiness

Len's Star Rating: 7 out of 10. A good book on behavioral activation and other life strategies for dealing with depression.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDJuly 1, 2021The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Cognitive, Behavior, Activation, Behavioral, Depression, Exercise, Emotions, Skills, Mental Health, Thoughts, CBT, DBT, ACT, HabitComment

Book Review – Control Your Depression

Len's Star Rating: 4 out of 10. A dated yet solid book on strategies and exercises for improving depression that includes an excellent chapter on behavioral activation strategies.

Book Review – Feeling Good

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An excellent book on using CBT skills to identify and correct thought patterns that lead to depression and anxiety.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 28, 2020The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Behavior, CBT, Cognitive, Natural, Depression, Emotions, Review, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Thoughts, Therapy, Anxiety, Anger, Empathy, Relationships, LoveComment

Book Review – Feeling Great

Len's Star Rating: 9 out of 10. An exceptional book on identifying and correcting thought patterns that lead to depression and anxiety.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 23, 2020The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Behavior, CBT, Cognitive, Natural, Depression, Emotions, Review, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Thoughts, Therapy, Anxiety, Anger, Empathy, Relationships, LoveComment

Book Review – Manage Your Depression through Exercise

Len's Star Rating: 6 out of 10. A solid book on improving depressive symptoms through physical exercise.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 21, 2020The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Exercise, Behavior, CBT, Cognitive, Natural, Depression, Discipline, Emotions, Review, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Weight loss, Thoughts, Therapy, Anxiety, Anger, ObesityComment

Book Review – The Practice of Supportive Psychotherapy

Len's Star Rating: 5 out of 10. A revolutionary book when published in 1984 as the first book dedicated to supportive psychotherapy but is now most useful as historical reference.

Book ReviewLen Lantz, MDDecember 16, 2020The Psychiatry ResourceBook, Review, Empathy, Self-actualization, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Emotions, Therapy, Mental Disorder, Psychotherapy, SupportiveComment

Book Review – Doing Supportive Psychotherapy

Len's Star Rating: 10 out of 10. An excellent, approachable, and succinct book on supportive psychotherapy, and it might be the only book a clinician needs in getting started doing supportive psychotherapy.