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May
2007 features
books and links about
Mental Health |
I
am not sick, I don't need help! : how to help someone with mental
illness accept treatment
by Xavier Amador
362.2 Ama
In this updated edition of Dr. Amador's best selling book, you will
learn why so many people with serious mental illness are in
"denial" and refuse treatment. Whether you are a
family member, friend, or therapist, you will find hope in what the
new research reveals and learn a step-by-step plan that shows you how
to help someone with mental illness accept treatment.
When
madness comes home : help and hope for the children, siblings, and
partners of the mentally ill
by Victoria Secunda
362.2 Sec
Addresses the problems that family members suffer when they live with
a close relative who suffers from some form of identifiable
psychiatric disorder: stigma, fear, shame, guilt, denial, alienation.
Based upon the authors original study of adult children and siblings
of the mentally ill, it is a groundbreaking and compassionate
exploration of the effect of madness on the family that also provides
essential validation, information, and practical help. She chronicles
the unique traumas and experiences of younger family members and
partners, examining the effect of mental illness on their family ties,
relationships, career, choices, and sense of self.
Mad
in America : bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment
of the mentally ill
by Robert Whitaker
362.2 Whi
A riveting social and medical history of madness in America, from the
seventeenth century to today. Based on exhaustive research
culled from old patient medical records, historical accounts, numerous
interviews, and hundreds of government documents, the book raises
important questions about our obligations to the mad, what it means to
be "insane," and what we value most about the human mind.
Bedlam:
a year in the life of a mental hospital
by Dominick Bosco
362.21 Bos
Here is the remarkable and moving story about the love, violence,
courage and humor in a state mental institution. Bedlam follows the
dramatic stories of the hospital staff and the patients themselves,
whose stories break hearts as much as they fascinate.
Anxiety
disorders : the caregivers : information for support people, family,
and friends
by Ken Strong
362.1968522 Str
Begins with clear and detailed explanations of the causes, symptoms
and treatment currently available for generalized anxiety disorder,
panic attacks, agoraphobia, post-traumatic stress disorder,
obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression. It then offers
hundreds of suggestions, many based on personal experiences, to help
those caring for anxious people. The book focuses on ideas to
help support persons to maintain a well-balanced perspective in order
to avoid being overwhelmed by their difficult situations.
The
broken mirror : understanding and treating body dysmorphic disorder
by Katharine A. Phillips
616.852 Phi
The author draws on years of clinical practice, scientific research,
and detailed interviews with patients to bring readers the first book
on this troubling, and sometimes debilitating, disorder, in which
sufferers are obsessed with perceived flaws in their appearance.
The book is also a lifesaving handbook for sufferers, their families,
and their doctors. Left untreated, the torment of BDD can lead to
hospitalization and sometimes suicide. With treatment, many sufferers
are able to lead normal lives. Profoundly affected by the disorder
themselves, those who care about someone with BDD will find both
helpful advice and reassurance in this indispensable book.
The
sky is falling : understanding and coping with phobias, panic, and
obsessive-compulsive disorders
by Raeann Dumont
616.85227 Dum
The author helps readers understand the features of obsessive
compulsive disorder, phobias, and panic. Utilizing cognitive therapy
and self-help techniques, she helps readers recognize anxiety
producing thoughts and shows how, through reality-testing and
assessing anxiety situations, these compulsions can be managed.
Included in this volume is a step-by-step self-help section, charts,
and worksheets.
The
dissociative identity disorder sourcebook
by Deborah Bray Haddock
616.85236 Had
From Eve to Sybil to Truddi Chase, the media have long chronicled the
lives of people with dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly
known as multiple personality disorder. This book serves as a
much-needed bridge for communication between the dissociative
individual and therapists, family, and friends who also have to learn
to deal with the effects of this truly astonishing disorder.
Beating
depression : the journey to hope
by Maga Jackson-Triche, Kenneth B. Wells and Katherine Minnium
616.8527 Jac
Written by nationally recognized experts in the field, this book arms
sufferers and their families with the knowledge and tools they need to
recognize depression and make informed choices about its treatment and
management. The authors explore the latest findings on the causes of
depression and the treatments currently available, including
medications and psychotherapeutic approaches. Readers get checklists,
quizzes, and other powerful self-assessment tools to help determine if
they are actually suffering from depression and to what clinical
degree. And they get expert guidance on how to find help and work with
physicians and mental health professionals to develop a treatment plan
and to cope with problems that can arise during treatment.
A
deeper shade of blue : a woman's guide to recognizing and treating
depression in her childbearing years
by Ruta Nonacs
616.8527 Non
Straightforward and honest, as well as emotionally sensitive and
deeply moving, this book gives every woman who has suffered from
pregnancy-related depression the information she needs to get the best
care for herself, during pregnancy and beyond.
Where
the roots reach for water : a personal & natural history of
melancholia
by Jeffery Smith
616.8527 Smi
Jeffery Smith was living in Missoula, Montana, working as a
psychiatric case manager, when his own clinical depression began.
Eventually, all his prescribed antidepressant medications proved
ineffective. Reversing the usual plotline of the modern-day
"depression memoir," Where the Roots Reach for Water tells
the story of what happened to Smith after he decided to give up his
medications and make a life with his illness. Deftly woven into his
"personal history" is a "natural history" of
melancholia and its ancient links to love and sex, creativity,
spirituality, and landscape.
Shadow
syndromes
by John J. Ratey and Catherine Johnson
616.89 Rat
Millions of people who attribute their daily life problems to bad
parents or low self-esteem or lack of will power are in fact
struggling with a shadow syndrome. Chronic sadness, obsessiveness,
outbursts of anger, the inability to finish tasks, disabling
discomfort in social situations - these and other problems are all
mild forms of serious mental disorders that can affect the very course
of our lives. They are shadow syndromes. They make it clear that
these patterns of behavior have their origins in the inherent
structure and chemistry of the individual brain, that they are
distinctly identifiable, and that for all of us, understanding our own
unique biological makeup is the key to freeing ourselves from
biology's bonds. Knowing who we are biologically as well as
psychologically is the key to living a free and full life. Ratey and
Johnson describe methods for tempering shadow syndromes and their
traces.
Madness
: a brief history
by Roy Porter
616.89009 Por
This fascinating story reveals radically different perceptions of
madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present
day. Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an
enormous range of topics from electric shock therapy to sexual
deviancy, witches to creative geniuses, and psychoanalysis to Prozac.
The origins of current debates about how we define and deal with
insanity are examined through eyewitness accounts of writers, artists,
those treating patients, and the mad themselves.
The
mummy at the dining room table : eminent therapists reveal their most
unusual cases and what they teach us about human behavior
edited by Jeffrey A. Kottler and Jon Carlson
616.8914 Mum
Collected in this extraordinary book, well known practitioners recount
the most memorable case histories of their illustrious careers.
Engaging and surprising stories of human behavior are dramatically and
often humorously portrayed. Each chapter gives a behind-the-scenes
look at how therapists work with clients whose problems and behaviors
aren't found in standard psychology textbooks. The book also shows how
these eminent therapists often cure these apparently intractable
problems and learn something about themselves in the process.
The
bipolar handbook : real-life questions with up-to-date answers
by Wes Burgess
616.895 Bur
For Dr. Wes Burgess, the diagnosis of bipolar disorder means hope -
hope for the estimated ten million people who will develop the
disorder during their lifetimes, and hope for the families and friends
of people who suffer from it. Drawing upon the real questions asked by
patients and families during his nearly twenty years as a bipolar
specialist, The Bipolar Handbook comprehensively tackles every area of
the disorder, from its causes to medical treatment and psychotherapy,
to strategies for creating a healthy lifestyle, to the prevention of,
coping with, and treatment of bipolar episodes.
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