Archive-name: alt-support-depression/books Posting-Frequency: bi-weekly Last-modified: 1994/07/05 DEPRESSION BOOK LIST ================== If you have any additions, updates, corrections, suggestions, etc. for this list, please send email to "danash@aol.com" (Dan Ash). Key: + = Added since last posting & = Updated/corrected since last posting BOOK LIST ---------- 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." ----------- This is public information. You have full permission to use this list for any non-profit purpose, so long as it is not modified without my permission. (Ask me; I'm easy ;-) ###