This month’s new health books cover a wide range of issues looking at clinical, psychological and scientific aspects.

One in nine New Zealand women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and author Alison Renfrew has written Cover your breasts to share her experiences with them. Advice and guidance is given about the initial diagnosis, the treatment process as well as covering psychological and financial aspects. She also focuses on life after cancer and assessing what is important.

I’m still here : a breakthrough approach to understanding someone living with Alzheimer’s by John Zeisel looks at physical symptoms and disease progression as well as the relationships between the Alzheimer’s sufferer and their carers. Practical advice about the physical layout of the home is also covered.

Joanna Moncrieff’s book The myth of the chemical cure : a critique of psychiatric treatment disputes what is generally seen as accepted medical prescribing. Her premise is that pyschiatric drugs create “abnormal brain states” rather than correcting chemical imbalances and this is harmful for those using this medication.

Read more about these titles, plus other new books on in-vitro fertilisation, bed-wetting, adrenal fatigue and Asperger’s syndrome via the latest Health Recent Picks.