MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ILLNESS

Background Information

50 signs of mental illness : a guide to understanding mental health

James Whitney Hicks (2005) 616.89 HICKS

Bipolar disorder, depression, and other mood disorders

Helen A. Demetriades (2002) 616.8527 DEMETRIA

Brave new brain : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome

Nancy C. Andreasen (2001) 618.89042 ANDREASE

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV-TR

REF 616.89075 DIAGNOST 2000

Madness : a brief history

Roy Porter (2002) 616.89009

Mental health reform

Alan Marzilli (2003) 344.73044 MARZILLI

Seeing in the dark : getting the facts on depression and finding hope again

Gary Kinnaman and Richard Jacobs (2006) 616.8527 KINNAMAN 
Written by a pastor, for the Christian community.

Snake pits, talking cures, & magic bullets : a history of mental illness

Deborah Kent (2003) 616.89009 KENT

Standing in the shadows : understanding and overcoming depression in Black men

John Head(2004) 616.8527 HEAD

Touched with fire : manic-depressive illness and the artistic temperament

Kay Redfield Jamison (1993) 616.895 J246t

Treating and preventing adolescent mental health disorders : what we know and what we don't know : a research agenda for improving the mental health of our youth

Sunnylands' Adolescent Mental Health Initiative (2005) 616.8900835 Treating

The unbalanced mind

Julian Leff (2001) 616.89 LEFF

Understanding depression : what we know and what you can do about it

J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr., Leslie Alan Horvitz (2002) 616.8527 DePAULO

Understanding teenage depression : a guide to diagnosis, treatment, and management

Maureen Empfield and Nicholas Bakalar (2001) 616.8527 EMPFIELD

Self - Help

 

Anxiety, phobias, and panic : a step-by-step program for regaining control of your life

Reneau Z. Peurifoy (2005) 616.8522 PEURIFOY

Getting control : overcoming your obsessions and compulsions

Lee Baer (2000) 616.85227 BAER

In control : no more snapping at your family, sulking at work, steaming in the grocery line, seething at meetings, stuffing your frustration

Redford Williams & Virginia Williams (2006) 152.4 WILLIAMS

Painfully shy : how to overcome social anxiety and reclaim your life

Barbara G. Markway and Gregory P. Markway (2001) 616.85223 MARKWAY Painfull

Straight talk about your mental health

James Morrison (2002) 616.89 MORRISON

What to do when your therapist isn't there : a 24/7 guide to coping with life on your own

Nina Danielson (2006) 616.8914 DANIELSO

Getting and Giving Help  

Anxiety disorders : the caregivers : information for support people, family and friends

Kenneth V. Strong (2003) 362.1968522 STRONG

 A consumer's guide to psychotherapy

Larry E. Beutler, Bruce Bongar, and Joel N. Shurkin (2000) 616.8914 BEUTLER

Coping with depression and other mood disorders

Amy Gelman (2000) 616.8527 GELMAN

The gift of therapy : an open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients

Irvin D. Yalom (2002) 616.8914 YALOM

Helping someone with mental illness : a compassionate guide for family, friends, and caregivers

Rosalynn Carter (1998) 616.89 C246h

How to go to therapy : making the most of professional help

Carl Sherman (2001) 616.8914 SHERMAN

Is he depressed or what? : what to do when the man you love is irritable, moody, and withdrawn

David B. Wexler (2005) 616.8527008 WEXLER 

Loving someone with OCD : help for you and your family

Karen J. Landsman, Kathleen M. Rupertus, and Cherry Pedrick (2006) 362.1968522 LANDSMAN

The insider's guide to mental health resource online

John M. Grohol (1999) 616.89025 GROHOL Insiders 2000

Surviving manic depression : a manual on bipolar disorder for patients, families, and providers

E. Fuller Torrey and Michael B. Knable (2002) 616.895 TORREY

Surviving schizophrenia : a manual for families, consumers, and providers

E. Fuller Torrey (2001) 616.8982 TORREY

Titles for Children

Bipolar disorder and depression

Susan Dudley Gold (2000) J 616.895 GOLD

Let's talk about when your mom or dad is unhappy

Diana Star Helmer (1999) J 155.4124 HELMER

Mental Illness

Victoria Sherrow (1996) J 362.2 S553m

Sometimes my mommy gets angry

Bebe Moore Campbell (2003) JBIN