Suggested reading

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Suggested Reading

General Depression

Bi-Polar Disorder

Child & Adolescent Depression

Male Depression

Prenatal & Postnatal Depression

Anxiety Disorders

General Mental Health & Self Help

Suggested reading for different categories is set out below. Many first-hand accounts have been included, reflecting the valuable information they provide about human experiences. Most books have been linked to Amazon.com – this includes more information about the books.

The Black Dog Institute has a lending library of quality books (and other resources).

Carers

Beardslee, William R., When a Parent is Depressed: How to Protect Your Children from the Effects of Depression in the Family

Carter, Rosalynn and Susan K. Golant, Helping Someone with Mental Illness

Cowan, Graeme, Back From The Brink Too: Helping your loved one Overcome Depression

Johnstone, Mathew, Living With a Black Dog

Matthews, Jane, Carer's Handbook: Essential Information and Support for All Those in a Caring Role

Ramsay, Rosalind et al, Mental Illness: A Handbook for Carers

Rosen, Laura and Xavier Amador, When Someone You Love is Depressed

Sheffield, Anne, Wallace, Mike and Klein, Donald F., How You Can Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout

First-hand accounts

Eron, Judy, What Goes Up..: Surviving the Manic Episode of a Loved One

Johnston, Jean, To Walk on Eggshells

See her daughter’s book below: The Naked Bird Watcher.

General Depression

DePaulo, J. Raymond, Understanding Depression: What We Know and What You Can Do About It

Eyers, Kerrie, Tracking the Black Dog: Hairy tales and historical legwork from the Black Dog Institute’s Writing Competition

Greenberger, Dennis and Padesky, Christine A., Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think

Johnstone, Matthew, I Had a Black Dog

Karp, David A., is it me or my meds?: Living with Antidepressants

Karp, David A., Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness

Milligan, Spike and Clare, Anthony, Depression and How To Survive It

Parker, Gordon, Dealing with Depression: A Commonsense Guide to Mood Disorders 2nd edition

Solomon, Andrew, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

A free chapter is available on his website www.noondaydemon.com.

Swados, Elizabeth, My Depression: A Picture Book

Tanner, Susan and Jillian Ball Beating the Blues, A Self-Help Approach to Overcoming Depression

Wolpert, Lewis, Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression 3rd edition

Whybrow, Peter C., A Mood Apart: A Thinker's Guide to Emotion and its Disorder

First-hand accounts

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

Casey, Nell, Unholy Ghost: writers on depression

See link to an interview with the author: www.familyaware.com.

Cowan, Graeme, Back From The Brink: Australians tell their stories of Overcoming Depression

Cronkite, Kathy, On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations About Conquering Depression

Manning, Martha, Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface

O’Brien, Sharon, The Family Silver: A Memoir of Depression and Inheritance

Styron, William, Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

See link to an interview with the author and his wife: www.familyaware.org.

Thompson, Tracy, The Beast: A Journey Through Depression

Wigney, Tessa, Eyers, Kerrie, and Parker, Gordon, Journeys with the Black Dog: Inspirational Stories of Bringing Depression to Heel

Bipolar Disorder

Goodwin, Frederick K. and Jamison, Kay Redfield, Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression

This 1200+ page book is primarily written for health professionals, but parts of it are of great interest to people with bipolar disorder.

Jamison, Kay Redfield, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

Miklowitz, David J. The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know

Mondimore, Francis Mark, Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families 2nd edition

Torrey, E. Fuller, and Knable, Michael B., Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers

First-hand accounts

Behrman, Andy, Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania

See also his website: www.electroboy.com.

Cheney, Terri, Manic: A Memoir

See also her website: www.terricheney.com.

Also refer: www.terricheney.com

Eyers, Kerrie and Parker, Gordon, Mastering Bipolar Disorder: An insider’s guide to managing mood swings and finding balance

Hinshaw, Stephen P., The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder

Hornbacher, Marya, Madness: A Bipolar Life

See also her website: www.maryahornbacher.com

Jamison, Kay Redfield, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Johnston, Suzy, The Naked Bird Watcher

See also her website: www.thecairn.com. See also her mother’s book above: To Walk on Eggshells.

Orum, Margo, fairytales in Reality: my victory over manic depression

Raeburn, Paul, Acquainted with The Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children

Rowe, Penelope and Rowe, Jessica, The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Our Family’s Journey with Bipolar

Simon, Lizzie, Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4 - D

Steel, Danielle, His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina

Sutherland, Stuart, Breakdown: A personal crisis and a medical dilemma 2nd edition

Child and Adolescent Depression

Cytryn, Leon and McKnew, Donald, Growing up Sad: Childhood Depression and its Treatment

Koplewicz, Harold S., More Than Moody: Recognizing and Treating Adolescent Depression

Mondimore, Francis Mark, Adolescent Depression: A Guide for Parents

Papolos, Demitri and Papolos, Janice, The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder 3rd edition

See also their website: www.bipolarchild.com.

First-hand accounts

Griffith, Gail, Will's Choice: A Suicidal Teen, a Desperate Mother, and a Chronicle of Recovery

Irwin, Cait and Evans, Dwight L. and Andrews, Linda Wasmer, Monochrome Days: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Depression

Jamieson, Patrick E. and Rynn, Moira A., Mind Race: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Bipolar Disorder

Male Depression

Real, Terrence, I Don't Want To Talk About it: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression

Prenatal and Postnatal Depression

Bennett, Shoshana and Indman, Pec, Beyond the Blues: A Guide to Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression

First-hand accounts

Shaw, Fiona, Composing Myself: A Journey Through Postpartum Depression

Shields, Brooke, Down Came The Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression

Anxiety Disorders

Bourne, Edmund J., The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook 4th edition

de Silva, Padmal and Rachman, Stanley, obsessive-compulsive disorder: the facts 3rd edition

Steketee, Gail and White, Kerrin, When Once is Not Enough: Help for Obsessive Compulsives

First-hand accounts

Bell, Jeff Rewind, Replay, Repeat, Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

See also his website: www.rewindreplayrepeat.com.

Ford, Emily, Liebowitz, Michael and Andrews, Linda Wasmer, What You Must Think of Me: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Social Anxiety Disorder

Kant, Jared, Franklin, Martin and Wasmer Andrews, Linda, The Thought That Counts: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Toates, Frederick and Coschug-Toates, Olga, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Practical, tried-and-tested strategies to overcome OCD 2nd edition
His personal story is included at the start of the book.

General Mental Health and Self Help

Bloch, Sidney and Singh, Bruce S., Understanding Troubled Minds: A Guide to Mental Illness and its Treatment

Burns, David D., Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated

Butler-Bowdon, Tom, 50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books

Butler-Bowdon, Tom, 50 Self-Help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life

Jamison, Kay Redfield, Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

Seligman, Martin, Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

Seligman, Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Christian

Lockley, John, A Practical Workbook for the Depressed Christian

Stone, Howard W., Depression and Hope: New Insights for Pastoral Counseling

Williams, Chris and Richards, Paul and Whitton, Ingrid, I'm Not Supposed to Feel Like This: A Christian self-help approach to depression and anxiety

Issue 314 of The Briefing (Matthias Media) reviews the above 3 books.