Looking for Some New Reading Materials to Better Help you and Your Loved one?

Here are Some Recommended Readings for you and your Family

Books and Publications

Mood Disorders, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety

• Ajjan, Dianna L. and the Natural Medicine Collective

The Natural Way of Healing Stress, Anxiety and Depression

The Philip Lief Group, Inc., Canada, 1995

• Attacking Anxiety and Depression: a comprehensive, cognitive behavioural-based solution fostering strength, character and self-empowerment

The Midwest Centre for Stress and Anxiety, Inc., 1985

• Bourne, Edmund J.

The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

The New Harbringer Publications, Inc., CA, 1995

• Carrigan, Catherine

Healing Depression: A Holisitic Guide

Marlowe and Company, USA, 1997

• Huber, Cheri

Being Present in the Darkness: Depression as an Opportunity for Self-Discover

The Berkley Publishing Group, USA, 1991

• Jamison, Kay Redfield

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Vintage Books, USA, 1996

• Jamison, K. R.

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

Ontario: Free Press, 1993

• Sahelian, Ray, M.D.

5-HTP Nature's Serotonin Solution

Avery, USA, 1998

Spirituality and Mental Illness

• Choquette, Sonia, PhD

The Psychic Pathway: A Workbook for Reawakening the Voice of Your Soul

Three Rivers Press, 1994

• Grof, Christina and Stanislav, M.D.

Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis

G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1978

Schizophrenia

• Fisher, D. et al.

Personal Assistance In Community Existance: Recovery at your own PACE

National Empowerment Center, Lawrence MA, 2003

• Killick, K. and Schaverien, J. (ed.)

Art, psychotherapy, and psychosis

New York: Routledge, 1997

• Laing, R. D.

The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness

New York: Routledge, 1997

• Learning About Schizophrenia: Rays of Hope

Schizophrenia Society of Canada, Canada

• Marsh, D.

New Directions in the Psychological Treatment of Serious Mental Illness

Praeger,Westport CT, 1994

Web Articles

• Almaraz-Serrarro, A. et al.

"Psychosocial Interventions for Schizophrenia"

Effective Healthcare

Aug.2000, Volume 6, Number 3

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ehc63.pdf

• Cohen, Oryx

"Psychiatric Survivor Oral Histories: Implications for Contemporary Mental Health"

Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, December 2001

http://akmhcweb.org/research/OralHistories.htm

• Helmchen, H.

"Ethical Implications of Relationships between Psychiatrists and the Pharmaceutical Industry"

http://www.wfsbp.org/publications.html#2403475917

• Onken, S. J. et al.

"Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders? Executive Summary"

www.nasmh.pd.org

• Szegedy-Maszak, M.

"Consuming passion: The mentally ill are taking charge of their own recovery. But they disagree on what that means" Health Medicine 6/3/02

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/020603/health/3recover.htm

Journal Articles

• Davidson, L. and Stayner, D.

"Loss, Lonliness, and the Desire for Love: Perspectives on the Social Lives of People with Schizophrenia"

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Winter 1997, vol. 20, no. 3

• Harding, C.M.

"Beautiful Minds Can Be Recovered"

The New York Times

March 10

• Harvey, R.

"Government wants mental illness stories"

Toronto Star

Nov. 26, 2004

• Johnson, S.L. et al.

"Psychosocial approaches to the treatment of bipolar disorder"

Opinion in Psychiatry

2000, vol.13, p.70

• Mosher, L.R.

"Soteria and Other Alternatives to Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Personal and Professional Review"

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

187:142-149, 1999

• Susko, M.

"Caseness and Narrative: Contrasting Approaches to People Who are Psychiatrically Labelled"

The Journal of Mind and Behavior

Winter and Spring 1994, Vol. 15, Numbers 1 and 2

**All recommended readings taken from http://www.fameforfamilies.com/recommendedreading.php May 17, 2010