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DEPRESSION BOOK LIST
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BOOK LIST 
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Title: A Billiant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness
Author: Patty "Anna" Duke and Gloria Hochman
Publisher/Year: Bantam Books; 1992
ISBN: 0-553-07256-0
Comments: Patty Duke's very personal account of her struggle with
          manic-depression. Duke writes every other chapter, while
          Hochman writes about the more clinical aspects of
          manic-depression.

Title: The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry
Author: Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.
Publisher/Year: Harper-Perennial; 1984
ISBN: 0-060-91272-3

Title: Care of the Soul
Author: Thomas Moore
Publisher/Year: Harper-Perennial; 1992
ISBN: 0-060-92224-9

Title: Cognitive Therapy & the Emotional Disorders
Author: Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
Publisher/Year: Penguin-Meridian; 1976
ISBN: 0-452-00928-6

+ Title: Comfort for Depression
+ Author: Janet Horwood
+ Publisher/Year: Sheldon Press, London; 1988
+ ISBN: 0-85969-554-9
+ Comments: Sweet little book on getting through the day while depressed.
+           Chapters such as "Pamper Your Body," "Putting your Money in
+           its Place," and more. Help resources listed mostly in British,
+           but could be helpful to anyone needing comfort.

Title: The Consumers Guide to Psychotherapy
Author: Jack Engler, Ph.D. and Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
Publisher/Year: Fireside-Simon & Schuster; 1992
ISBN: 0-671-77851-X

+ Title: Coping with Anxiety and Depression
+ Author: Shirley Trickett
+ Publisher/Year: Sheldon Press, London; 1989
+ ISBN: 0-85969-592-1
+ Comments: Book has a British feel, has great tips on relaxation and
+           calming the mind. May over-simplify causes, but the
+           suggestions are positive an helpful.

Title: Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
Author: William Styron
Publisher/Year: Vintage; 1990
ISBN: 0-679-73639-5

Title: The Depression Workbook
Author: Mary Ellen Copeland
Publisher: New Haringer Publications; 1992
Comments: A detailed overview of the history, causes and treatment
          of mood disorders. Offers stey-by-step, self-help guidance
          for taking responsibility for your own wellness; using
          charts to track and control your moods; find appropriate
          mental health professionals; build a support system,
          increase your self-confidence and self-esteem; using
          relaxation, diet, exercise and full-spectrum light to
          stabilize your moods; and avoid coditions that can
          exacerbate you moods swings. "An essential tool to assist
          people struggling with depression and mania to gain insight
          to actively enter a lifelong journey of healing and
          wellness."

Title: Depression and its Treatment
Author: John H. Greist, M.D. and James W. Jefferson, M.D.
Publisher: Warner Books; 1992
ISBN: 0-446-60029-6

Title: The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs
Author: Jack Gorman
Publisher/Year: St. Martin's Press; 1992
ISBN: 0-312-06967-7

Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About Prozac
Author: Jeffrey M. Jonas, M.D. and Ron Schaumburg
Publisher/Year: Bantam; 1991
ISBN: 0-553-29192-0

Title: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
Author: David Burns, M.D.
Publisher/Year: Signet; 1980
ISBN: 0-451-16776-7
Comments: Self-help cognitive therapy techniques for depression, 
          anxiety, etc.

Title: The Feeling Good Handbook
Author: David D. Burns, M.D.
Publisher/Year: Plume; 1989
ISBN: 0-452-26174-0

Title: Good Mood: The New Psychology of Overcoming Depression
Author: Julian L. Simon
Publisher/Year: Open Court Press; 1993.
ISBN: 0-812-69097-4 (cloth) 0-812-69098-2 (paper)

Title: The Good News About Depression
Author: Mark S. Gold
Publisher/Year: Bantam; 1986
ISBN: 0-553-34511-7

+ Title: How to Cope with Depression - A Complete Guide for You and Your
+        Family
+ Author: J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr. M.D. and Keith Russel Ablow, M.D.
+ Publisher/Year: Ballentine Books; 1989
+ ISBN: 0-449-21930-5

Title: How to Heal Depression
Author: Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. and Peter McWilliams
Publisher/Year: Prelude Press; 1994
ISBN: 0-931-58039-0

Title: Listening To Prozac
Author: Peter D. Kramer, M.D.
Publisher/Year: Viking; 1993
ISBN: 0-670-84183-8 
Comments: A psychiatrist explores some of the implications of anti-
          depressants, and especially of Prozac's unusual effects on 
          the personality. Kramer also discusses the recent research 
          on depression, as well as several other issues which seem 
          linked to depression.

Title: Manic-Depressive Illness
Author: Fredrick K. Goodwin, M.D., & Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
Publisher/Year: Oxford; 1990
ISBN: 0-195-03934-3

Title: Munchausen's Pigtail/Psychotherapy and 'Reality': Essays & 
       Lectures
Author:  Paul Walzlawick,  Ph.D.
Publisher/Year: Norton
ISBN: 0-393-0285-9

Title: On the Edge of Darkness: Coversations about Conquering
       Depression.
Author: Kathy Cronkite
Publisher/Year: Doubleday; 1994
ISBN: 0-385-42194-X

Title: Overcoming Depression
Author: Demitri F. and Janice Papolos
Publisher/Year: Harper-Perennial; 1992.
ISBN: 0-060-96594-0 (paper)
Comments: Good basic text on the various aspects of depression and
          manic/depression. Considered by some to be a "classic" in 
          the field. 

Title: A Primer of Drug Action: A Concise, Nontechnical Guide to the
       Actions, Uses and Side Effects of Psychoactive Drugs"
Author: Robert M. Julien
Publisher/Year: W.H. Freeman; 1992 6th ed.
ISBM: 0-716-72261-5

Title: Prozac: Questions and Answers for Patients, Families and 
       Physicians
Author: Dr. Robert Fieve, M.D.
Publisher/Year: Avon; 1993
ISBN: 0-387-77718-5

Title: Questions and Answers about Depression and its Treatment
Author: Dr. Ivan Goldberg
Publisher/Year: The Charles Press; 1993.
ISBN: ISBN 0-914783-68-8
Comments: A 112 page FAQ on depression.

Title: What to do During Depression: A Reason to Live
Author: Melody Beattie (General Editor).
Publisher/Year: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; 1992.
ISBN: 0-8423-0988-8
Comments: This is a book that explores reasons to live and reasons not
          to commit suicide. It also contains suggestions for life-
          affirming actions people can take to help themselves get 
          through those times when they're struggling to find a reason
          to live.

Title: From Sad to Glad
Author: Nathan S. Kline, M.D.
Publisher/Year: Ballantine Books.; 1991 <20th printing>
ISBN: 0-345-34252-6
Comments: Out of date pharmacologically "but excellent otherwise."
          Kline says: "Psychiatry has labored too long under the 
          delusion that every emotional malfunction requires an  
          endless talking out of everything the patient ever
          experienced."

Title: Season of the Mind
Author: Norman Rosenthal, M.D.

Title: Talking Back to Prozac
Author: Peter Breggin
Publisher/Year: St. Martins Press; 1994
ISBN: 0-312-11486-9

Title: Touched with Fire: Manic-depressive Illness and the Artistic
       Temperment
Author: Kay Jamison
Publisher/Year: 1993
ISBN: 0-0291-6030-8 (cloth) 0-060-96594-0 (paper)
Coments: A look at a number of 19th century poets, writers, and 
         composers who were Bipolar. Comment by Dr. James D. Watson,
         Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Novel laureate
         and author of The Double Helix: "An emphatic analysis of
         the creativity that emerges from a little madness and the
         horror from too much."

Title: Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy, and Love Must Replace
       Drugs, Eletroshock, and the Biochemical Theories of the "New
       Psychiatry."
Author: Peter Breggin
Publisher/Year: St. Martin's Press; 1991
ISBN: 0-312-05975-2

Title: We Heard the Angels of Madness: One Family's Struggle with 
       Manic Depresion
Author: Diane and Lisa Berger
ISBN: 0-688-09178-4
Comments: Forwarded by Alxeander Vuckovic, M.D. It was written by a 
          mother who had a son stricken by manic-depression at 19 and
          the rough road they walked to get him the help he needed.
          Very heartfelt and well written.

Title: Understanding Depression
Author: Donald Klein, M.D., and Paul Wender, M.D. (founders of the
        National Assn. for Depressive Illness)
Publisher/Year: Oxford; 1993
ISBN: 0-195-08669-4
Comments: Melvin Sabshin, M.D., Medical Director, American Psychiatric 
          Assn. writes: "A very good source of information that will 
          be extraordinarily useful to patients and their families."

Title: The Way Up From Down
Author: Priscilla Slagle, M.D.
Publisher/Year: NA
ISBN: 0-312-92914-5
Comments: It stresses a nutritional approach heavy on the ammino acid
          tyrosine, and a complete vitamin supplement program.

Title: What You Need to Know About Psychiatric Drugs
Author: Stuart C. Yudofsky,M.D.; Robert E. Hales,M.D.; and Tom
        Ferguson,M.D.
Pubisher/Year: Ballantine; 1991
ISBN: 0-345-37334-0

Title: When am I Going to Be Happy?
Author: Penelope Russianoff, Ph.D.
Publisher/Year: Bantam; 1989
ISBN: 0-553-28215-8

Title: When the Blues Won't Go Away
Author: Robert Hirschfeld, M.D.
Publisher/Year: 1991
ISBN: 0-025-51825-9
Comments: Concerns new approaches to Dysthymic Disorder and other 
          forms of chronic low-grade depression.

Title: Winter Blues: Seasonal Affective Disorder and How to Overcome 
       It.
Author: Norman Rosenthal, M.D.
Publisher/Year: The Guilfold Press; 1993

Title: You Are Not Alone
Author: Julia Thorne with Larry Rothstein
Publisher/Year: Harper Collins; 1993
ISBN: 0-060-96977-6
Comments: The writings of depressives, for both depressives and those 
          who need to understand them. Shervert Frazier, M.D., former 
          director of the National Institues of Mental Health says: 
         "A ground breaking book that...reveals the impact of
          depression on the lives of everyday people. This little book
          is must reading for sufferers, those associated with
          depression, and mental health professionals"

Title: You Mean I Don't Have To Feel This Way?
Author: Collette Dowling
Publisher/Year: Bantam; 1993
ISBN: 0-553-37169-X
Comments: Jeffrey M. Jonas, M.D. writes: "An important book that is 
          filled with information helpful to sufferers of mood and
          eating disorders and other illnesses. It should be read not
          only by lay people but also by professionals who deal with 
          these illnesses."

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