Suggested Reading List
Depression and Other Brain Illnesses
Adults
- A Brilliant Madness by Patty Duke
- An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel G. Amen, M.D
- Choosing To Live – How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy by Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D. & Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.
- Darkness Visible- A Memoir of Madness by William Styron
- Depression Fallout by Anne Sheffield
- Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs by Jack M. Gorman, M.D.
- How You Can Survive When They’re Depressed by Anne Sheffield
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It by Terrence Real (Great Resource for Men)
- Illuminations, Shedding the Light on Depression by Jack Stoltzfus, Ph.D.
- On the Edge of Darkness by Kathy Cronkite
- Overcoming Depression by Demitri Papolos, M.D. & Janice Papolos
- Questions & Answers about Depression and Its Treatment by Ivan K. Goldberg, M.D.
- Regular & Decaf: One Friend with Schizophrenia, One Friend with Bipolar, One Cup at a Time by Andrew D. Gadtke
- Surviving Schizophrenia, 6th Edition: A Family Manual by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
- The Beast: A Reckoning with Depression by Tracy Thompson
- The Broken Brain by Nancy Andreasen, M.D.
- The Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
- Triumph Over Fear by Jerilynn Ross
- Understanding Depression – A Complete Guide to Its Diagnosis & Treatment by Donald F. Klein, M.D. & Paul H. Wender, M.D.
- Undoing Depression – What Therapy Doesn’t Teach You and Medication Can’t Give You by Richard O’Connor, Ph.D.
- When Going Through Hell….Don’t Stop! by Douglas Bloch
- You Mean I Don’t Have to Feel This Way by Collette Dowling
- Waking up: Deciding to Die, Choosing to Live by Terry L. Wise
Children & Adolescents:
- Conquering the Beast Within: How I Fought Depression and Won..and How You Can, Too by Cait Irwin (Youth and Adults)
- Depression in the Young – What We Can Do to Help Them by Trudy Carlson
- Helping Your Depressed Child – A Reassuring Guide to the Causes & Treatments of Childhood & Adolescent Depression by Lawrence L. Kearns, M.D.
- Helping Your Depressed Teenager – A Guide for Parents & Caregivers by Gerald D. Oster, Ph.D. & Sarah S. Montgomery, MSW
- Hiding – by Henry Turner
- It’s Nobody’s Fault – New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their Parents by Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D.
- No One Saw My Pain – Why Teens Kill Themselves by Andrew Slaby, M.D. & Lili Frank Garfinkel
- Sad Days, Glad Days: A Story about Depression by DeWitt Hamilton (a story book for children about adult depression)
- The Power of PATH by Tasha Schuh (Building Resilience for Mental Health & Emotional Health)
- When Nothing Matters Anymore: A Survival Guide for Depressed Teens by Bev Cobain
Suicide
- After Suicide by John Hewitt
- Bart Speaks Out: Breaking the Silence on Suicide; an interactive storybook/workbook for children
- by Linda Goldman, M.S.
- Choosing To Live – How to Defeat Suicide Through Cognitive Therapy by Thomas E. Ellis, Psy.D. & Cory F. Newman, Ph.D.
- Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
- Preventing Youth Suicide – A Handbook for Educators & Human Service Professionals by Marcia L. McEvoy & Alan W. McEvoy
- Suicide Survivors’ Handbook by Trudy Carlson
- Suicide: Intervention & Therapy – Undoing the Forever Decision by Paul G. Quinnett
- Suicide: The Forever Decision – For Those Thinking About Suicide, and For Those Who Know, Love, or Counsel Them by Paul G. Quinnett
- Survivors of Suicide by Rita Robinson
- Why Suicide? by Eric Marcus
- The Power to Prevent Suicide: a guide for Teens Helping Teens by Richard E. Nelson, PhD and Judith C. Galas
- Suicide, Why? By Adina Wrobleski
- When Nothing Matters Anymore by Bev Cobain R.N., C.
- How I Stayed Alive When My Brain was Trying to Kill Me: Person’s Guide to Suicide Prevention by Susan Rose Blauner
Grief After Suicide (some not specific to suicide)
- A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
- After Suicide by John Hewitt
- Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? by Michelle Linn-Gust (Surviving a Suicide Loss of a Sibling)
- Eric’s Story- Surviving a Son’s Suicide by Sandra Underwood
- Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One by Ann Smolin, C.S.W. and John Guinan, Ph.D.
- Healing the Hurt Spirit by Catherine Greenleaf
- Helping Children Grieve: When Someone They Love Dies by Theresa Huntley
- Life is Goodbye, Life is Hello : Grieving Well Through All Kinds Of Loss by Alla Bozarth Campbell
- Love Never Dies by Sandy Goodman (A Mother’s Journey from Loss to Love)
- My Son, My Son: A Guide to Healing After Death, Loss, or Suicide by Iris Bolton
- Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide by Christopher Lukas
- Suicide of a Child by Adina Wrobleski
- Suicide: Survivors – A Guide for Those Left Behind by Adina Wrobleski
- Talking about Death: A Dialogue between Parent and Child by Earl A. Grollman
- The Grieving Child: A Parent’s Guide by Helen Fitzgerald
- The Suicide of My Son – A Story of Childhood Depression by Trudy Carlson
- The Tender Land: A Family Love Story by Kathleen Finneran
- Tragedy to Triumph by Reuel Nygaard
- When Dinosaurs Die – A Guide to Understanding Death (a storybook for children) by Laurie Krasny Brown & Marc Brown
- Dying to be Free by Bev Cobain
- But I Didn’t Say Goodbye by Barbara Rubel
- No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One by Carla Fine
- Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss by Dr. Michael Myers and Carla Fine
- Suicide Survivors’ Club by Rebecca Anderson, Art by Laurie Phillips