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You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?
Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramu
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The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide
David Miklowitz, Phd.
Another excellent book about BPD; especially good for the patient who wants to live with and
successfully manage the illness.
The Bipolar Child
Dimitri Papolos, M.D. and Janice
Papolos
Great information for families; reflects recent research and new knowledge about childhood-
onset bipolar disorder. Includes information about working with the school system and how to
go about drawing up an IEP. Very complete; covers many issues parents will face.
Surviving Manic Depression
E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
Excellent and accessible book from one of the leading researchers on schizophrenia and BPD.
Includes fascinating history of knowledge about the disorder.
Bipolar Disorder
Francis Mark Mondimore, M.D.
A complete, expert and accessible book about the disorder and how to cope, for both
consumers and family members.
Daughter of the Queen of Sheba
Jackie Lyden
A beautifully written memoir of growing up with a bipolar mother.
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?
Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Kay Redfield Jamison, Phd.
Beautifully and poetically written memoir of her own illness, from prominent authority on BPD.
Videotapes
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Very good film on living with the illness. Includes interviews with patients and their particular
struggles, including substance abuse. Available for $10 from NAMI.
Dark Glasses and Kaleidoscopes
Excellent overview of BPD; interviews with patients. Free from NDMDA.org (now DBSA -
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance).
Living Well with Bipolar Disorder: A New Look
Another, longer film from England, about living with BPD from the perspectives of a wide variety
of patients from late teens to late middle-aged adult. Excellent.
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The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent and Adult
Paul H. Wender
Straight Talk About Psychiatric Medications for Kids
Timothy Wilens, M.D.
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Dual Diagnosis of Major Mental Illness and Substance Disorder
Minkoff and Drake, eds.
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How to Live with a Mentally Ill Person
Christine Adamec
What To Do When Someone You Love is Depressed
Mitch Golant
When Someone You Love Has A Mental Illness
Rebecca Woolis, M.F.C.C.
I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help
Xavier Amador, M.D.
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Depression: How it Happens, How It's Healed
John Medina, Phd.
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
Martha Manning
Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression: A Memoir
Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
The Beast: A Journey through Depression
Tracy Thompson
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The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs
Jack Gorman, M.D.
The New Psychiatry
Jack Gorman, M.D.
Breakthroughs in Antipsychotic Medications
Peter Weiden, M.D., et al
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The OCD Workbook
Hyman and Pedrick
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing
Judith Rapoport, M.D.
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Madhouse: Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings
Clea Simon
Surviving Schizophrenia
E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
An excellent book for families and consumers dealing with schizophrenia. Covers history,
statistics, family feelings and struggles, and excellent and complete data on public mental
health programs. Rates these programs according to effectiveness and quality.
Coping With Schizophrenia
Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich
Very good book on schizophrenia. Full of practical information for family members on working
with their loved one to manage and cope with the disorder. Contains many worksheets
designed to bring some order and method to this process.
Understanding Schizophrenia
Richard S. Keefe and Philip D.Harvey
One of the best and most complete books I have read on schizophrenia. Keefe and Harvey,
researchers themselves, do an excellent job of making extensive research data accessible to
the layman. They go into the history of knowledge about the disease, and offer very practical
information on how families and consumers can work to manage life with this illness.
Videotapes
Preventing Relapse in Schizophrenia
Good film outlining ways to detect and manage exacerbations in symptoms of schizophrenia in
order to prevent full-blown relapse.
Schizophrenia Research: Milestones to the Millenium
Fascinating, if somewhat technical, account of the history of advances in schizophrenia
research. Contains interviews with some of the top scientists in the field.
I'm Still Here: The Truth About Schizophrenia
Very good view of living with and managing schizophrenia from the viewpoint of several
extraordinary people who suffer from this disorder.
Annick
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Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
Kay Redfield Jamison, Phd.
Very complete book about suicide, and its statistics and causes. Most people are
completely taken by surprise when a loved one attempts or completes suicide. Jamison
discusses signs that indicate your relative may be suicidal and what to do about it. She
suggests ways to approach them and how and when to intervene.
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The Broken Brain
Nancy Andreason, M.D., Phd.
Videotapes
NAMI Science and Treatment
Brief but excellent film with information about what goes wrong in the brain in different
disorders, and the hope engendered by advances in scientific understanding and treatment.
Includes interviews with several articulate scientists who have expertise in the different
diseases.
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