Subject: Depression -- Book List
Supersedes: <alt-support-depression/books_827711986@rtfm.mit.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 1996 18:09:21 GMT
Summary: This contains a list of books compiled from the personal
          recommendations of the members/readers/participants of the
          Walkers-in-Darkness mailing list, the alt.support.depression
          newsgroup, and the Mood Disorders Support Network support group
          on AOL.
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DEPRESSION BOOK LIST
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Title:  A Brilliant 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 the U.K., but
           could be helpful to anyone needing comfort.

Title:  The Complete Guide to your Emotions and your Health
Author:  Emrika Padus
Publisher/Year:  Rodale Press; 1986
ISBN:  0-87857-589-8
Comments:  This is a jem that is by the editors of Prevention
           Magazine.Information packed.

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:  Contagious Emotions:  Staying Well When Your Loved One is Depressed.
Authors:  Ronald M. Podell with Porter Shimmer
Publisher/Year:  Pocket Books; 1992
ISBN:  0-671-70239-4
Comments:  This is a book about how to help your partner get over their
           depression without fights and without you becoming hurt
           yourself. It teaches you how to avoid "fusion", relentless
           angry fights and conflicts with your spouse. It show how the
           family can help or hurt their loved ones recovery from
           depression.

Title:  Coping with Anxiety and Depression
Author:  Shirley TrickettPublisher/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

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Title: Depression: The Mood Disease
Author: Francis M. Mondimore, M.D.
Publisher/Year: Johns Hopkins University Press/1993
ISBN: 0-8018-4592-0
Comments: "This highly readable book provides a broad education on a
           potentially tragic subject...Dr. Mondimore's admirably
           comprehensive book should help thousands to understand this complex
           but treatable ailment. The wise reader will pick it up."
           --Dick Cavett
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Title:  The Depression Book:  Depression as an Opportunity for Spiritual
        Practice
Author:  Cheri Huber
Publisher/Year:  A Center for the Practice of Zen Buddhist Meditation 1991
ISBN:  0-9614754-3-9
Comments:  An alternative understanding of working with depression rather than
           against it. Includes tips for meditation as one method to deal with
           depression. The back cover reads "This book suggests that hating and
           resisting depression -- or anything else we don't want -- actually
           maintains it, and that compassionate acceptance of our feelings and
           ourselves leads us to freedom."

Titled:  Depressed? Here is a Way Out!
Author:  Hugh Smith, M.S.
Publisher/Year:  HarperCollins, UK, London; 1991
ISBN:  0-00-627565-6
Comments:  This book is a 12 step guide for those who want to form groups and
           use the suggested 12 step principles of Depressed Anonymous for
           their own personal recovery. People can form their own groups using
           the steps outlined in this book.

Title:  The Depression Workbook
Author:  Mary Ellen Copeland
Publisher/Year:  New Haringer Publications; 1992
ISBN:  NA
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/Year:  Warner Books; 1992
ISBN:  0-446-60029-6

Title:  Depression and the Social Environment:  Research and Intervention
        with Neglected Populations
Author:  Philippe Cappeliez and Robert J.
Publisher/Year:  McGill-Queens University Pr., 1993
ISBN:  0-7735-0960-7.
Comments:  Some of the chapter titles are as follows:  Childhood Depression;
           Adolescent Depression; Suicidal Behaviour and Depresson in Young
           Adults; Gender, Psychosocial Factors, and Depression. Since this
           is a fairly scholarly book it may be kinda' heavy reading for
           some. Yet, maybe many of you might want to take a peek through.

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Title:  The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs
Author:  Jack Gorman
Publisher/Year:  St. Martin's Press; 1995
ISBN:  0-312-95458-1
Comments:  New 1995 edition just out.
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Title:  Everything You Need 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:  Fire in the Soul
Author:  Joan Borysenko, PH.D.
Publisher/Year:  Warner Books; 1993
ISBN:  0-446-67015-4
Comments:  This resource focuses on healing, spirituality, and transforming our
           hurts/pains.  It also has many resources at the end, including but
           not limited to:  the men's movenent, women's spirituality,
           meditational & music tapes, and organizations & publications.

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:  Happiness is a Choice
Author:  Barry Neil Kaufman
Pulisher/Year:  Fawcett; 1991
ISBN:  0-449-90799-6
Comments:  Focuses on empowering your moment of change, the moment in which we
           can make self-acceptance, inner peace, joy and love immediately
           tangible with easy-to-use tools.  Kaufman offers a gentle, yet
           powerful way to jump through a lengthy "process" of change right
           into action - to make ourselves happy any time, anywhere - TODAY!
           His book is based upon his years of teaching at the OPTION
           INSTITUTE. THe book contains six SHORTCUTS TO HAPPINESS, traits
           demonstrated by people who are successful in finding happiness.
           "Happiness is a Choice" is filled with inspiring examples of people
           who have taken this road to happiness!  Many of them used the tools
           presented in this book to heal troubled relationships, to revitalize
           stagnant careers, to deal with sickness or stress, deal with
           paralyzing physical or emotional problems. Each of them learned and
           experienced the freedom that comes from making some simple no-pain
           choices!

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Title:  Helping Your Depressed Teenager:  A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Authors:  Gerald D. Oster, Ph.D., & Sarah S. Montgomery, MSW
Publisher/Year:  Wiley, 1995
ISBN #:  0-471-62184-6
Comments:  [from back cover]...a very readable, extremely well informed and
           comprehensive book that will add greatly to the knowledge base of
           interested parents...the book provides information on telling the
           difference between moodiness and depression...tells how to read the
           warning signs of troubled teenagers...tells what families can do to
           prevent teen depression...tells how to know when professional help
           is needed and where to find it...
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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:  How To Help Someone Who Is Depressed, Or Suicidal:  Practical
        Suggestions From A Survivor"
Author:  John Cook
Publisher/Year:  Rubicon Press; 1994
ISBN:  0-9630359-5-9
Comments:  "If someone in your life -- a loved-one, a friend -- is depressed
           or suicidal, this book is for you...and for them...
           I've been there:  so deep in depression and despair I thought I'd
           never get out; so ready to kill myself that I'd developed detailed
           plans for exactly how I'd do it...
           This book is about how I got better...and how you may, too..."
          ---from the Introduction

Title:  Imbroglio:  Rising to the Challenge of Borderline Personality Disorder
Author:  Janice M.  Cauwels
Publisher/Year:  Norton; 1992
ISBN:  0-393-03349-X

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:  Moodswings
Author:  Ronald R. Fieve, M.D.
Publisher/Year:  1989
ISBN:  Bantam 0-553-27983-1 (paper), Morrow 0-688-08879-1 (cloth)

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

Title:  Nobody's Child
Author:  Marie Balter & Richard Katz
Publisher/Year:  Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.;  Reprint 1991
ISBN: NA

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:  Practical Handbook of Psychopharmacology:  A Clinician's Guide
Authors:  Edward A. Workman, EdD ,MD & Frank F. Tellian, MD
Publisher/Year:  CRC Press, Inc.; 1994
ISBN:
Comments:  Unique features:  Handbook format, drug therapy practice guidelines
           and flowcharts, based on cutting edge clinical research, fits in a
           coat pocket, rapid access to critical information.

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. Ronald R. Fieve, M.D.
Publisher/Year:  Avon; 1993
ISBN:  0-387-77718-5

Title:  Prozac Nation:  Young and Depressed in America
Author:  Elizabeth Wurtzel
Publisher/Year:  Houghton Mifflin Company; 1994
ISBN:  0-395-68093-x
Comments:  Biography. A great book, easily readable. I've felt the same
           experiences and had the same questions and conclusions in my mind as
           the young author, Wurtzel. This is an important, and timely book,
           not just for twentynothings. If you find that people cannot
           understand your depression, maybe you should hand them this book to
           read.

Title:  Psychiatric Disabilities, Employment, and the Americans with
        Disabilities Act
Author:  Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher/Year:  Office of Technology Assessment, March 1994
ISBN: NA
Comments:  This 136 page book gives a comprehensive overview of the employment
           aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It outlines
           the role of various government agencies in helping people with
           psychiatric disabilities in the work place. The limitations of the
           ADA are discussed as well as other relevant laws. References to
           journal articles are also helpful to those who want to learn more.
           To order, request publication S/N 052-003-01366-5 and send $8.50 for
           each copy to:  New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box
           371954,  Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. Make checks payable to the
           Superintendent of Documents.  They also accept VISA or MasterCard.
           Phone order (202) 783-3238 Fax order (202) 512-2250.

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:  Receptors
Author:  Richard M. Restak, M.D.
Publisher/Year:  Bantam Books, NY; 1994
ISBN:  NA
Comments: "The author is an M.D. who also suffers from depression. He's not
           anti-pill nor does he say that medications will solve everything. He
           writes about how our neurological receptors work and effect how we
           feel. His book is detailed, but not too technical that you can't
           understand what he's saying. He gives a history of how the different
           receptors were discovered. He also talks about how alcohol, caffeine,
           nicotine, heroin, cocaine, and prescription drugs effect us. One
           chapter is about how "lithium" was discovered and used to treat
           people with manic depression." - itpgutrz@dale.ucdavis.edu

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:  Seasons of the Mind
Author:  Norman Rosenthal, M.D.
Publisher/Year: NA
ISBN: NA

Title:  Suicide:  The Forever Decision
Author:  Paul G. Quinnet
Publisher/Year:  Continuum Publishing Company/1987
ISBN:  0-8264-0391-3
Comments:  This is without a doubt the best book I've seen on suicide and it's
           prevention. This is not one of those books that just said that life
           is worth it. It has chapters on loneliness, stress, hopelessness and
           what you can do about them. In some places I felt like he was
           writing just to me. - Mary Susan Freeman

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

Title:  To Love is to Be Happy With
Author:  Barry Neil Kaufman
Publisher/Year:  Fawcett; 1977
ISBN:  0-449-21119-3
Comments:  This book details the principles and applications of "The Option
           Process." It's a manual for anyone who wants a happier, more loving
           and life-affirming way of living!! "The Option Process" is based on
           the attitude that to love is to be happy with  (either yourself or
           someone else). The process (which uses a very simple, beautiful,
           accepting and non-judgmental dialogue method/attitude) is an
           incredible new way to discard self-defeating beliefs and clarify
           doubts that have inhibited our personal our professional success and
           happiness. This book contains actual dialogues and helps to
           illustrate the awesome power this process has for helping someone
           help themselves to become happier.

Title:  Touched with Fire:  Manic-depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperment
Author:  Kay Jamison
Publisher/Year:  The Free Press;1993
ISBN:  0-02-916030-8 (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:  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."

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Title:  Understanding and Treating Depressed Adolescents and Their Families
Authors:  Gerald D. Oster, Ph.D., & Janice E. Caro, Ph.D.
Publisher:  John Wiley & Co.; 1990
ISBN: 0-471-60897-1
Comments: A book for professionals that represents a focused effort to
          integrate a family therapy model and clinical wisdome into
          framework encompassing the varied trieatments utilized by clinicians
          for youth mood disorders.
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Title:  Waking Up Alive:  The Descent, the Suicide Attempt, and the
        Return to life.
Author:  Richard A. Heckler, Ph.D.
ISBN:  0-399-13945-1
Comments:  It's not about Depression per-se, but the byproduct. This is the
           very 1st one about suicide that tells how it actually is inside of
           people.

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:  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 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:  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 Acceptance Is Denial:  A Handbook for People Who Are
        Confused About Confusion
Author:  Gil Eriksen, MSW, LCSW, CAP
Publisher:  Gil Eriksen Communications, Inc.
ISBN:  0-9638868-7-8
Comments:  Author is a psychotherapist in Ft. Lauderdale; book is full of very
           basic and useful information for clear thinking, recognizing truth,
           making decisions that work. Not in all bookstores, but they can
           obtain it through distributors. Publisher also takes mail
           orders:  399 SE 18th Ct, Ft. Lauderdale FL 33316.

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

Title:  When Someone You Love Has A Mental Illness
Author:  Rebecca Woolis, M.F.C.C.
Publisher/Year:  Tarcher/Perigee (Putnam Publishing Group); 1992
ISBN:  NA

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:  Women Who Hurt Themselves:  A Book of Hope & Understanding
Author:  Dusty Miller, ED.D
Publisher/Year:  Basic Books; 1994
ISBN:  0-465-09220-9
Comments:  The primary focus for this book is for women & women's healing from
           past traumas, including depressions & self-injurious behaviors.
           Bibliographical references and index are included. Very Positive
           resource!

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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