Mental Health Books and Documents

Updated December 2018
* = Books especially recommended

Information about Mental Disorders and their Treatment

Grief Resources

Personal Stories

History of Mental Illness

Resources

General

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision, (DSM-IV-TR),Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.

Brown, Brene, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, Haxelden Publishing, 2010.

Greist, J.H., Jefferson, J.W. and Spitzer, R.L., editors. Treatment of Mental Disorders, New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.

Hayes, Larry. Mental Illness and Your Town – 37 Ways for Communities to Help and Heal, Loving Healing Press 2009.

Maxmen, Jerrold S. and Ward, Nicholas G. Essential Psychopathology and Its Treatment, Second Edition Revised for DSM-IV, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995.

* Ragins, Mark, A Road to Recovery – A program of Mental Health America of Los Angeles, Mental Health Association in Los Angeles County, 2002, Revised, 2010.

Robins, L.N. and Regier, D.A., editors. Psychiatric Disorders in America- The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, New York: Free Press, 1990.

Sue, David, Sue, Derald and Sue, Stanley. Understanding Abnormal Behavior, 4th Edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.

Yalom, I.D. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, 4th edition, New York: Basic Books, 1995.

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Mood Disorders

Adularia, Alysse. I Wish You’d Tell Me – A tool box of answers to the question, “What can I say that will help?” when the one you love is bipolar, Lulu, 2010.

Arieti, Silvano and Bemporad, Jules. Severe and Mild Depression – The Psychotherapeutic Approach, New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1978.

Cowan, Graeme, ed. Back from the Brink – Australians Tell Their Stories of Overcoming Depression, Messinger Publishing, 2007.

Burns, David. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Harper, 1999.

Emotions Anonymous. Emotions Anonymous Revised Edition, St. Paul, Minnesota: Emotions Anonymous International Services, 1994.

* Fieve, Ronald. Moodswing, New York: Bantam Books, 1989.

Goodwin, Frederick K. and Jamison, Kay Redfield. Manic-Depressive Illness New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Gordon, James. Unstuck – You Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression, New York: The Penguin Press, 2008.

* Jamison, Kay Redfield. Touched with Fire Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, New York: Free Press Paperbacks, 1994.

Lewis, Gwyneth. Sunbathing in the Rain – A Cheerful Book about Depression, Flamingo, 2002.

McGrath, Ellen, et. al., editors. Women and Depression – Risk Factors and Treatment Issues – Final Report of the American Psychological Association’s National Task Force on Women and Depression, Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1990.

McReynolds, James, Dancing with Bipolar Bears, iUniverse.com, 2003.

Mountain, Jane. Bipolar Disorder – Insights for Recovery, Denver: Chapter One Press, 2003.

Muller, Wayne. Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood, New York: Fireside, 1992.

* Schaefer, Elizabeth M. Writing through the Darkness – easing your depression with paper and pen, Celestial Arts, 2008.

Solomon, Andrew. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

Real, Terence. I Don’t Want to Talk about It – Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, New York: Scribner Book Co, 1997.

Wootton, Tom. The Bipolar Advantage, Bipolar Advantage Publishers, 2005.

Wootton, Tom. The Depression Advantage, Bipolar Advantage Publishers, 2007.

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Psychotic Disorders

Geek, Milt. Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery, CreateSpace, 2011.

Keefe, Richard S.E., and Harvey, Philip D. Understanding Schizophrenia – A Guide to the New Research on Causes and Treatment, New York: The Free Press, 1994.

Robbins, Michael D. Experiences of Schizophrenia: An Integration of the Personal, Scientific, and Therapeutic, New York, Guilford Press, 1993.

* Torrey, E. Fuller. Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers, Perennial, 1995.

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Anxiety Disorders

Barlow, D.H. and Cerny, J.A. Psychological Treatment of Panic, New York: Guilford Press, 1988.

Handly, Robert, with Pauline Neff. Anxiety and Panic Attacks – Their Cause and Cure: The five-point Life-Plus Program for Conquering Fear,New York: Rawson Associates, 1985.

Hayes, S.C., and S. Smith. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 2005

Hinshaw, Stephen, and Scheffler, Richard. The ADHD Explosion – Myths, Medication, Money, and Today’s Push for Performance, Oxford University Press, 2014.

McGonigal, Kelly. The Upside of Stress – Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It, Random House, 2015.

Rachman, Stanley, and De Silva, W.P., editors. Panic Disorder – The Facts, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Stein, David B., PhD. Unraveling the ADD/ADHD Fiasco – Successful Parenting Without Drugs , Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2001.

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Baer, Lee. Getting Control – Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions, Revised Edition, New York: Plume Books, 2000.

Bell, Jeff. Rewind, Replay, Repeat – A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderCenter City, Minnesota: Hazelden, 2007.

Bell, Jeff. When in Doubt, Make Belief – An OCD-Inspired Approach to Living with Uncertainty, Novato, California: New World Library, 2009.

Rachman, Stanley, and De Silva, W.P., editors. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder – The Facts, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Rapapport, Judith, M.D. The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing- The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, New York: Signet/Penguin Putnam, 1989.

Schwartz, J.M. Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior., New York: ReganBooks/HarperCollins, 1966.

Steketee, Gail and White, Kerrin. When Once Is Not Enough – Help for Obsessive-Compulsives, Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, 1990.

Wegner, D.M. White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control, New York: Guilford, 1994.

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Trauma

Brock, Rita Nakashima and Lettini Gabriella. Soul Repair – Recovering from Moral Injury after War, Beacon Press, 2012.

Brown, Laura S. Not the Price of Admission: Healthy Relationships after Trauma, 2015.

Cantrell, Bridget and Dean, Chuck. Down Range: To Iraq and Back, Wordsmith Publishing, 2005.

Cantrell, Bridget and Dean, Chuck. Once a Warrior: Wired for Life, Wordsmith Publishing, 2007.

Grand, David. Brainspotting: The Revolutionary New Therapy for Rapid and Effective Change, Sounds True, 2013.

Kulk, R.A., Schlenger, W.E., Fairbank, J.A., Hough, R.L., Jordan, B.K., Marmon, C.R., and Weiss, D.S. Trauma and the Vietnam War Generation -Report of Findings from the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, New York: Brunner-Routledge, 1990.

* Treleaven, David A. Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing,  W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.

Tick, Edward. War and the Soul – Healing Our Nation’s Veterans from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books, 2005.

* Van Der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Penguin Books, 2015.

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Hoarding

Neziroglu, F., Bubrick, J., and Yarara-Tobias, J.A. Overcoming compulsive hoarding, Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2004.

* Tolin, D.F., Frost, R.O., and Steketee, G. Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding, New York: Oxford University Press. 2007.

* Tomplins, M.A., and Hartl, T.L. Digging Out – Helping Your Loved One Manage Clutter, Hoarding, and Compulsive Acquiring, Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2009.

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Eating Disorders

DiRossi, Portia, Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, Atria, 2010. Hall, Lindsey Hall and Ostroff, Monika, Anorexia Nervosa: A guide to recovery, Carlsbad, California: Gurze Books, 1998.

Hall, Lindsey and Cohn, Leigh, Bulimia: A guide to recovery, Carlsbad, California: Gurze Books, 1998.

Lelwica, Michelle Mary, Starving for Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women, Oxford University Press, 1999 Siegel, Michelle, Ph.D., Brisman, Judith Ph.D. and Weinshel, Margot, Ph.D., Surviving an Eating Disorder: Perspectives and strategies for family and friends, New York: Perennial Currents, 1997.

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Substance-Related Disorders

* Alcoholics Anonymous. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1996.

Cothran, Helen, editor. Heroin, San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001.

Evans, Katie, and Sullivan, J. Michael. Dual Diagnosis, Second Edition – Counseling the Mentally Ill Substance Abuser, New York: Guilford Press, 2000.

McMaster, Curtis P. The Tragedy of Heroin Addiction, in Cothran, Helen, Editor, Heroin, San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001, pp 29-33. Originally published in Professional Counselor, June 1998.

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Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Childhood

Barkely, Russell. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Edition, New York: Guilford Press, 1998.

Hallowell, Edward M. and Ratey, John J. Driven to Distraction – Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood, New York: Touchstone, 1995.

Kervatt, Gail Goetze. The Silence Within – A Teacher/Parent Guide to Helping Selectively Mute and Shy Children, Oak Ridge, New Jersey: Gail Kervatt, 1999.

Newman, Barbara. Autism and Your Church, Grand Rapids, MI: Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2006.

Newman, Bobby. When Everybody Cares: Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism, New York: Dove & Orca, 1999.

Newman, Bobby. Words From Those Who Care: Further Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism, New York: Dove & Orca, 2000.

Newman, Bobby. Graduated Applied Behavior Analysis, New York: Dove & Orca, 2002.

Newman, Bobby and Dana Reinecke. Words from Those Who Care: Further Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism, AMAC, Inc. 2000.

Newman, Bobby and Dana Reinecke. Behavioral Detectives: A Staff Training Exercise Book in Applied Behavior Analysis,, Dove and Orca, 2007.

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Dementia

Cummings, Jeffrey and Miller, Bruce L. Alzheimer’s Disease – Treatment and long-term Management, New York: Dekker, 1990.

Shenk, David. The Forgetting: Alzheimer’s, Portrait of an Epidemic, New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group 2001.

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Personality Disorders

Allen, David, M. Psychotherapy with Borderline Patients – An Integrated Approach, Mahwah New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associated Publishers, 2003.

Bayer, Linda. Personality Disorders, The Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders, Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000.

Black, Donald W., M.D., with C. Lindon Larson. Bad Boys, Bad Men – Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder, New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Bornstein, Robert F. The Dependent Personality, New York: Guilford Press, 1993.

Hanson, Gary D. Histrionic Personality Disorder (Formerly known as hysteria), Narramore Christian Foundation has Psychology for Living website with information about Personality Disorders.

Hare, Robert D. Without Conscience – The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, Guilford Press, 1993.

Linehan, M.M. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, New York: Guilford Press, 1993.

* Kreisman, Jerold and Straus, Hal. I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me – Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder, New York: Avon, 1991.

Kraepelin, Emil, Manic-Depressive Insanity and Paranoia, New York: Arno Press, 1976

* Mason, Paul T. and Kreger, Randi, Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder, Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, 1998.

Masterson, James F., M.D. The Search for the Real Self – Unmasking the Personality Disorders of Our Age, The Free Press, 1988.

Oates, Wayne. Behind the Masks – Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior , Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1987.

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Suicide

Bolton, Iris with Curtis Mitchell, My Son … My Son … – A Guide to Healing After Death, Loss, or Suicide, Roswell, GA: Bolton Press Atlanta, 1983.

Collins, Judy. Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide, Survival and Strength, New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2003.

Ellis, Thomas and Newman, Cory. Choosing to Live – How to Defeat Suicide through Cognitive Therapy, Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, 1996.

Fine, Carla, No Time to Say Goodbye – Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One, New York: Broadway Books, 1997.

Grollman, Earl A. Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention, Second Edition, Boston: Beacon Press, 1988.

Hecht, Jennifer Michael. Stay – A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It, Yale University Press, 2013.

* Jamison, Kay Redfield. Night Falls Fast – Understanding Suicide, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.

Litts, David, Editor, After a Suicide – Recommendations for Religious Services & Other Public Memorial Observances, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, 2004.

Lukas, Christopher and Henry M. Seiden, Silent Grief – Living in the Wake of Suicide – A survivor and a psychologist tell what it’s like to be left behind – and offer help for moving on, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1987.

Mennonite Media. Fierce Goodbye – Living in the Shadow of Suicide, Harrisburg, VA: Mennonite Media Productions.

Quinnett, Paul. Question Persuade Refer – Ask a Question Save a Life, a booklet used for training for Certified QPR Gatekeeper Instructors by the QPR Institute, 1995.

Townsend, Loren L. Suicide: Pastoral Responses, Abigdon Press, 2006.

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Cultural Issues

Castillo, Richard. Culture and Mental Illness – A Client-Centered Approach, Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole Publishers, 1997.

Ghaemi, Nassir. A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness, Penguin Press, 2011.

>Hornstein, Gail. Agnes’s Jacket: A Psychologist’s Search for the Meaning of Madness, Rodale Books, 2009.

Watters, Ethan. Crazy Like Us- The Globalization of the American Psyche, Free Press, 2010.

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Alternate Views of Mental Illness

Breggin, Peter M.D. Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal – A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families, Springer Publishing Company, 2013.

* Foucault, Michel. Folie et deraison- Histoire de la folie a l’age classique, English Translation: Madness and civilization – a history of insanity in the Age of Reason, New York: Vintage Books, 1988, c. 1965.

Horwitz, Allan V., Jerome C. Wakefield and Robert L. Spitzer. The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder. USA: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Kutchins, Herb, and Kirk, Stuart. Making Us Crazy: DSM: The Psychiatric Bible and the Creation of Mental Disorders, New York: The Free Press, 1997.

* Mosher, Loren and Hendrix, Voyce with Fort, Deborah C., Soteria- Through Madness to Deliverance, Xlibris, 2004.

* Perry, John Weir. The Far Side of Madness, 2nd Edition, New York: Prentice-Hall, 1977.

Scheff, Thomas J. Being mentally ill – a sociological theory, New York: Aldine Pub. Co, 1966.

Scheff, Thomas J., editor. Labeling Madness, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1975.

Siegel, Stanley, M.S.W. with Lowe, Ed. The Patient Who Cured His Therapist – and Other Stories of Unconventional Therapy, Marlowe and Company, 1992.

Spink, Kathryn. The Miracle, The Message, The Story – Jean Vanier and l’Arche, Hiddenspring, 2006.

Szasz, Thomas. The Myth of Mental Illness- foundations of a theory of personal conduct, New York: Harper and Row, 1961.

Wilson, Eric G. Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

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Personal Stories

An extensive collection of first-person narriatives of madness can be found in:

Hornstein, Gail. Bibliography of First-Person Narratives of Madness In English Nudel, Cassandra, editor. Firewalkers – madness, beauty and mystery, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010.

Baird, Mimi with Claxton, Eve. He Wanted the Moon – The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird and His Daughter’s Quest to Know Him, Broadway Books, 2015.

Beam, Alex. Gracefully Insane – Life and Death Inside America’s Premier Mental Hospital,Public Affairs, 2003.

Close, Jessie, with Earley, Pete. Resilience – Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness, Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

Dittrich, Luke. Patient H.M. – A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets, Random House, 2017.

Lipska, Barbara and McArdle, Elaine. The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.

Penny, Darby and Stastny, Peter. The Lives They Left Behind – Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic, Bellevue Literary Press, 2008.

Peterson, Andrea. On Edge – A Journey Through Anxiety, Crown Publishing Group, 2017.

* Ramprasad, Gayathri. Shadows in the Sun: Healing from Depression and Finding the Light Within – A Memoir, Hazeldon Publishing, 2014.

Spiro, Lauren. Living for Two – A Daughter’s Journey from Grief and Madness to Forgiveness and Peace, Trafford Publishing, 2014.

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Mood Disorders

Berger, Diane and Berger, Lisa. We Heard the Angels of Madness – A Family Guide to Coping with Manic Depression, New York: Quill – William Morrow, 1991.

Cronkite, Kathy. On the Edge of Darkness – Conversations about Conquering Depression, New York: Dell Publishing, 1994.

Danquah, Meri Nana-Ama. Willow Weep for Me – A Black Woman’s Journey Through Depression – A Memoir, New York, W.W. Norton, 1998.

Duke, Patty and Gloria Hochman. A Brilliant Madness – Living with Manic Depressive Illness, New York: Bantam Books, 1993.

* Beers, Clifford W. A Mind That Found Itself – An Autobiography, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1953. Originally published in 1908.

Castle, Lana R. Bipolar Disorder Demystified – Mastering the Tightrope of Manic Depression, New York: Marlowe and Company, 2003.

Copeland, Brian. The Waiting Period – a memoir of depression, Arbee House 2017.

* Jamison, Kay Redfield. An Unquiet Mind – A Memoir of Moods and Madness, New York: Vintage Books, 1995.

Manning, Martha. Undercurrents – A Life Beneath the Surface, San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1994.

Martini, Adrienne. Hillbilly Gothic – A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood, New York: Free Press, 2006.

McReynolds, James. Dancing with Bipolar Bears, Universe.com, 2003.

Nelson, Gary E. A Relentless Hope – Surviving the Storm of Teen Depression, Cascade Books, 2007.

Shenk, Joshua Wolf. Lincoln’s Melancholy – How depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005.

Schiller, Lori and Bennett, Amanda. The Quiet Room – A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness , Warner Books, 1994.

Slater, Lauren. Prozac Diary, New York: Random House, 1998.

* Styron, William. Darkness Visible – A Memoir of Madness, New York: Random House, 1990.

Thompson, Tracy. The Beast – A Journey Through Depression, New York: Plume / Penguin, 1996..

* Thorne, Julia and Rothstein, Larry. You are Not Alone – Words of experience and hope for the journey through depression, New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.

Vonnegut, Mark, M.D. Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir, Delacourt Press, 2010.

Wolfe, Thomas, Leslie Field, Ed. e Autobiography of an American Novelist, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983.

Wootton, Tom. The Depression Advantage, Bipolar Advantage Publishers, 2007.

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Schizophrenia

Cadigan, John. People Say I’m Crazy: The Real Life Story of an Artist’s Struggle with Schizophrenia (a documentary), Palo Alto Pictures, 2005.

* Elgin Holley, Tara. My Mother’s Keeper: A Daughter’s Memoir of Growing up in the Shadow of Schizophrenia, New York: Avon Books, 1997.

Geek, Milt. Schizophrenia: A Blueprint for Recovery, CreateSpace, 2011. Custasce, John, Wisdom, Madness and Folly – The Philosophy of a Lunatic, Pellegrini & Cudahy, New York, 1952.

* Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash, Simon & Schuster, 2001.

* Sacs, Elyn R. The Center Cannot Hold – My Journey Through Madness, New York: Hyperion, 2007.

Schiller, Lori and Amanda Bennett. The Quiet Room – A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness, Grand Central Publishing, 1996.

Spiro, Carolyn and Pamela Spiro Wagner. Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006.

Steele, Ken and Claire Berman. The Day the Voices Stopped – A Memoir of Madness and Hope, New York: Basic Books, 2001.

Wagner, Pamela and Spiro, Carolyn. Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005.

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Anxiety Related Disorders

Fitzpatrick, David. Sharp – A Memoir, William Morrow, 2012.

Robbins, Steven James, The Long Journey Home.

Wortmann, Fletcher. Triggered – A Memoir of Obcessive Compulpulsive DisorderThomas Dunne Books, 2012

Vizzini, Ned. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Miramax Books, Hyperion, 2006.

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Substance-Related Disorders

* Hartigan, Francis. Bill W. – A Biography of Alcoholics Anonymous Cofounder Bill Wilson, New York: St Martin’s Press, 2000.

Autism

* Bascom, Julia, editor. Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking,  Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, 2012.

Greenfield, Josh. A Place for Noah, New York: Pocket Books, 1979.

Newman, Bobby and Reinecke, Dana. Words from Those Who Care: Further Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism, AMAC, Inc. 2000.

Newman, Bobby and Reinecke, Dana. Behavioral Detectives: A Staff Training Exercise Book in Applied Behavior Analysis, Dove and Orca, 2007.

Newman, Bobby. When Everybody Cares: Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism, AMAC, Inc.

* Park, Clara Claiborne. The Siege – A Family’s Journey into the World of an Autistic Child, New York: Little Brown & Co (Pap); Reissue edition (March 2001).

* Rothenberg, Mira. The Children of Raquette Lake: One Summer That Helped Change the Course of Treatment for Autism, North Atlantic Books, 2012.

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Alzheimer’s

*Angelica, Jade C.  Where Two Worlds Touch – A Spiritual Journey Through Alzheimer’s Disease, Skinner House Books, 2014.

DeBaggio, Thomas. Losing My Mind – An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer’s, New York: The Free Press, 2002.

Dodge, Tom. Oedipus Road: Searching for a Father in a Mother’s Fading Memory, Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1996.

Knowles, Carrie. The Last Childhood: A Family Story of Alzheimer’s, New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000.

Miller, Sue. The Story of My Father – A Memoir, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.

*Norris, Katie and Brush, Jennifer,  Creative Connections in Dementia Care – Engaging Activities to Enhance Communication, Health Professions Press, 2015. 

Peterson, Betsy. Voices of Alzheimer’s – Courage, Humor, Hope and Love in the Face of Dementia, Cambridge, Mass: DaCapo Press, 2004.

Snyder, Lisa. Speaking Our Minds: Personal Reflections from Individuals with Alzheimer’s, New York: W. H. Freeman & Co. 1999.

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Suicide

Brandeis, Gayle. The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother’s Suicide, Beacon Press, 2017.

Hayashi, Mary. Far from Home – Shattering the Myth of the Model Minority, by Mary Chung Hayashi, Irving Texas: Tapestry Press, 2003.

Heckler, Richard A. Waking Up Alive – The Descent, The Suicide Attempt and the Return to Life, New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1994.

Hines, Kevin Cracked, Not Broken – Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt, Rowman and Littlefield, 2013.

Keefe, Rachael, A. The Lifesaving Church – Faith Communities and Suicide Prevention,  Chalice Press, 2018.

Vizzini, Ned. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, New York: Miramax Books, Hyperion, 2006. A novel about a teenager who has a suicidal episode and checks himself into a psychiatric hospital, where he discovers what happiness really is.

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Psychiatric Survivors

Burstow, B. & Weitz, D. Shrink resistant: The struggle against psychiatry in Canada, Vancouver, B.C.: New Star Books, 1988.

* Chamberlin, Judi. On Our Own-Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System, New York: McGraw Hill, 1979.

Clover, Escape from Psychiatry – The Autobiography of Clover, Rainbow Pots, 1999.

Dully, Howard, and Charles Fleming. My Lobotomy – A Memoir, New York: Crown Publishers, 2007.

Farber, Seth. Madness, Heresy, and the Rumor of Angels: The Revolt Against the Mental Health System, Open Court, 1998.

Grobe, Jeanine. Beyond Bedlam: Contemporary Women Psychiatric Survivors Speak Out, Third Side Press, 2000.

Mowbray, Carol T., Moxley, David P., Jasper, Colleen A. and Howell, Lisa L. Consumers as Providers in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services, 1997.

Morrison, Linda. Talking back to psychiatry: The consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement. New York: Routledge, 2005.

Nudel, Cassandra and Brenner, Ann, et. al. Ed. Firewalkers – madness, beauty and mystery, CreateSpace, 2010.

Oaks, David. “The Moral Imperative for Dialogue with Organizations of Survivors of Coerced Psychiatric Human Rights Violations”, Chapter 12 in Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: Clinical, Legal and Ethical Aspects, published on-line in March 2011. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002.

See the following bibliography for publications about psychiatric survivors:

Watters, Ethan. Crazy Like Us- The Globalization of the American Psyche , Free Press, 2010.

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Stories of Mental Health Care Workers

Ackerman, Diane. A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis, New York: Random House, Inc., 1997.

* Field, Joanna. A Life of One’s Own, Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, Inc., 1936.

* Ford, Elizabeth. Sometimes Amazing Things Happen, Regan Arts, April 2017.

Lerner-Wren, Judge Ginger and Eckland, Rebecca A. A Court of Refuge – Stories from the Bench of America’s First Mental Health Court, Beacon Press, 2018.

Manheimer, Eric MD. Twelve Patients – Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital, 2012.

Montross, Christine, Falling Into the Fire – A Psychiatrist’s Encounters with the Mind in Crisis, Penguin Press, 2013.

Mosher, Loren and Voyce Hendrix with Devorah C, Fort. Soteria- Through Madness to Deliverance, Xlibris, 2004.

* Okin, Robert L. Silent Voices – People with Mental Disorders on the Street, Golden Pine Press, 2014.

* Remen, Rachel Naomi. Kitchen Table Wisdom – Stories That Heal, New York: Riverhead Books, 1996.

* Rogers, Carl. On Becoming a Person – A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961.

Rubin, Lillian B. The Man with the Beautiful Voice – and more stories from the other side of the couch, Boston: Beacon Press, 2003.

Small, Gary and Vortan, Gigi. The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist’s Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases, Harper Collins, 2010.

Spink, Kathryn. The Miracle, The Message, The Story – Jean Vanier and l’Arche, Mahwah, New Jersey: Hidden Spring, 2006.

van Dernoot Lipsky and Burk, Connie.  Trauma Stewardship – An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009.

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History of Mental Illness

Histories

Grob, Gerald N. Mental Institutions in America- Social Policy to 1875, New York: The Free Press, 1973.

Grob, Gerald N. Mental Illness and American Society, 1875-1940, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.

* Grob, Gerald N. The Mad Among Us – A History of the Care of America’s Mentally Ill, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Jaffe, DJ. Insane Consequences – How the Mental Health industry Fails the Mentally Ill, Prometheus Books, 2017.

Levine, Art. Mental Health Inc: How Corruption, Lax Oversight, and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens,  Overlook Press, 2017.

Lieberman, Jeffrey A. with Ogas Ogi. Shrinks – The Untold Story of Psychiatry, Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Mora, George, M.D. “History of Psychiatry”, in Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Edited by A.M. Freedman and Harold Kaplan, Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co, 1967, pp 2-34.

* Powers, Ron. No One Cares About Crazy People – the chaos and heartbreak of mental health in America, Hachette Books, 2017.

Stone, Michael, M.D. Healing the Mind – A History of Psychiatry from Antiquity to the Present, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997.

Torrey, E. Fuller. American Psychosis – How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System, Oxford University Press, 2014.

Whitaker, Robert. Mad in America- Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill, Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 2001.

Whitaker, Robert. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America, Crown, 2010.

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Time Lines

Timeline of Psychology, published by AllPsych Online, the Virtual Psychology Classroom.

Timeline on Treatments for Mental Illness, published online by PBS.

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Status Reports

* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mental Health – A Report of the Surgeon General, Center for Mental Health Services, Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999.

* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mental Health – Culture, Race, and Ethnicity – A Supplement to Mental Health – A Report of the Surgeon General, Center for Mental Health Services, Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001.

* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health – Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America, Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Publication No. SMA-03-3831, 2003.

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Biographies

* Brown, Thomas J. Dorothea Dix, New England Reformer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1998.

Farr, Clifford B. “Benjamin Rush and American Psychiatry”, in The American Journal of Psychiatry, Centennial Anniversary Edition, 1944, pp. 3-15.

* Gollaher, David. Voice for the Mad – The Life of Dorothea Dix, New York: The Free Press, 1995.

Goodman, Nathan G. Benjamin Rush – Physician and Citizen 1746-1813, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1934.

Johnston, Christine I.M. The Father of Canadian Psychiatry Joseph Workman, Victoria, Canada: Ogden Press, 2000.

Messerli, Jonathan. Horace Mann – A Biography, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

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Philosophies

Germer, Christopher, Siegel, Ronald and Fulton, Paul , Editors. Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, The Guilford Press, 2005.

Ghaemi, Nassir. A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness, Penguin Press, 2011.

Hornstein, Gail. Agnes’s Jacket: A Psychologist’s Search for the Meaning of Madness, Rodale Books, 2009.

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Resources for Families

* Amador, Xavier F. I Am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help!, Vida Press, 2012.

* Beard, Jean J. and Gillespie, Peggy, Interviewers. Nothing to Hide – Mental Illness in the Family, New York: The New Press, 2002.

Berger, Diane and Berger, Lisa. We Heard the Angels of Madness – A Family Guide to Coping with Manic Depression, New York: Quill – William Morrow, 1991.

Bernheim, Kayla, Lewine, Richard, and Beale, Caroline. The Caring Family – Living with Chronic Mental Illness, Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1982.

* Carter, Rosalynn, with Susan K. Golant. Helping Someone with Mental Illness – A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers, New York: Times Books, 1998.

* Carter, Rosalynn, Golant, Susan and Cade, Kathryn. Within Our Reach: Ending The Mental Health Crisis, Rodale Books, 2010.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Can I Catch It Like a Cold? – Coping with a parent’s depression, Toronto: Tundra Books, 2009.

Early, Pete. Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness, Berkeley Trade, 2007.

Hatfield, Agnes B. Coping with Mental Illness in the Family – A Family Guide, Arlington, Va.: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 1992.

Hinshaw, Stephen P. Another Kind of Madness – A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness, St. Martin’s Press, 2017.

Johnson, Julie T. Hidden Victims – An Eight Stage Healing Process for Families and Friends of the Mentally Ill, 2nd Edition ,Edina, Minnesota: PEMA Publications, 1994.

Mueser, Kim T. and Gingerich, Susan. Coping with Schizophrenia – A Guide for Families, Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, 1994.

* National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Family-to-Family Education Program, 1998. Information about this program is online at: www.nami.org/family.

Ozonoff, Sally, Dawson, Geraldine and McPartland, James. A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism – How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive, New York: Guilford Press, 2002.

* Reuther, Rosemary Radford with Reuther, David. Many Forms of Madness: A Family’s Struggle with Mental Illness and the Mental Health System, Fortress Press, 2010.

Rosen, Laura Epstein, and Amador, Xavier F. When Someone You Love Is Depressed- How To Help Your Loved One without Losing Yourself, New York: Free Press, 1997.

Woolis, Rebecca. When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness, Tarcher, 1992.

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Resources for Consumers

Basco, Monica and Wright, Jesse. Getting Your Life Back: The Complete Guide to Recovery from Depression, Carmichael, CA: Touchstone Books, 2002.

* Burns, David D. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, New York: Avon Books, 1999.

* Burns, David D. The Feeling Good Handbook, New York: Plume, 1999.

Canale, Andrew. Beyond Depression – A Practical Guide for Healing Despair, New York: HarperCollins, 1992.

* Copeland, Mary Ellen. Wellness Recovery Action Plan, Berkeley: Peach Press, 1997.

Copeland, Mary Ellen, McKay, Matthew and Riddle, Mary Liz. The Depression Workbook 2nd Edition: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression, Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, 2002.

* Corrigan, Patrick and Lundin, Robert. Don’t Call Me Nuts! – Coping with the Stigma of Mental Illness, Chicago: Recovery Press, 2001.

Higgins, Gina O’Connell. Resilient Adults – Overcoming a Cruel Past , Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1994.

Mowbray, Carol T. David P. Moxley, Colleen A. Jasper and Lisa L. Howell, ed. Consumers as Providers in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, , International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services, 1997.

* National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). Peer-to-Peer Education Course, an experimental program, 2001. Information about this program is online at: web.nami.org/about/peer.html

* Wahl, Otto F. Telling is Risky Business – Mental Health Consumers Confront Stigma, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1999.

Young-Eisendrath, Polly, PhD. The Resilient Spirit – Transforming Suffering into Insight and Renewal, Perseus Publishing, 1996.

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Religion and Mental Illness

Albers, Robert H., William Meller and Steven Thurber, Editors. Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, Fortress Press, 2012.

Bender, Sue. Everyday Sacred – A Woman’s Journey Home, San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1995.

* Boisen, Anton. The Exploration of the Inner World – A Study of Mental Disorder and the Religious Experience, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936.

* Carlson, Dwight L. Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?: Helping (Not Hurting) Those with Emotional Difficulties, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994.

* Christiansen, Gunnar. “Successful Partnerships with Churches are built step by step – Don’t ‘dump and run’ “, NAMI California Connection, Winter 2002, pp 14-15.

Clinebell, Howard. Well Being–A Personal Plan For Exploring & Enriching The 7 Dimensions Of Life–Mind, Body, Spirit, Relationships, Work, Play, Earth, San Francisco: Harper, 1992.

* Elliott, William. Tying Rocks to Clouds, Meetings and Conversations with Wise and Spiritual People, Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books, 1995.

Fallot, Roger D, Ed. Spirituality and Religion in Recovery from Mental Illness, New Directions for Mental Health Services, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Number 80, Winter 1998.

* Fleischman, Paul R. The Healing Spirit – Explorations in Religion and Psychotherapy, Cleveland: Bonne Chance Press, 1994. Originally published as The Healing Zone – Religious Issues in Psychotherapy by Paragon House, 1989.

Frankel, Estelle. Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness, Boston: Shambhala, 2004.

Freud, Sigmund. Future of an Illusion, in The standard edition of the complete psychological works, vol. XIII (pp 1-162)London: Hogarth Press, 1955. Original work published in 1913.

Germer, Christopher, Siegel, Ronald and Fulton, Paul, editors. Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, The Guilford Press, 2005.

Govig, Stewart D. In the Shadow of Our Steeples: Pastoral Presence for Families Coping with Mental Illness, New York: Haworth Press, Inc., 1999.

* Gregg-Schroeder, Susan. In the Shadow of God’s Wings – Grace in the Midst of Depression, Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1997. There is a study guide called In the Shadow of God’s Wings – Grace in the Midst of Depression – Group Study Guide.

Griffith, James L. and Griffith, Melissa Elliott. Encountering the Sacred in Psychotherapy – How to Talk with People about Their Spiritual Lives, The Guildford Press, 2002.

* Grof, Stanslav and Grof, Christina. Spiritual Emergency – When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis, Los Angeles: J. P. Tarcher, 1989.

Hofman, Hans. Religion and Mental Health – A Casebook with Comentary, and An Essay of Pertinent Literature, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961.

Horning, Crystal. A Christian View of Mental Illness: Understanding and Response, Goshen, Indiana: Mennonite Mutual Aid, 2001.

Hughes, Rev. Brian, BCC, and Handzo, Rev. George, BCC, Spiritual Care Handbook on PTSD/TBI – The Handbook on Best Practices for the Provision of Spiritual Care to Persons with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury

* James, William. The Varieties of Religious Experience – A Study in Human Nature being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902, New York: New American Library, 1958.

Jung, Carl G. Collected Works, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1970. Originally published in 1958.

* Jung, Carl G. Psychology and Religion, Based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938.

Kahle, Peter A. The Power of Spirituality in Therapy: Integrating Spiritual and Religious Beliefs in Mental Health Practice, New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press, 2004.

Kehoe, Nancy. Wrestling with Our Inner Angels: Faith, Mental Illness, and the Journey to Wholeness, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Larson, Dale G. The Helper’s Journey: Working With People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening Illness, Research Pr Pub, 1993.

Liebman, Joshua. Peace of Mind, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946.

Litts, David, Ed. After a Suicide – Recommendations for Religious Services & Other Public Memorial Observances, Suicide Prevention Resource Center. On line at: www.sprc.org/library/aftersuicide.pdf.

Loewenthal, Kate M. The Psychology of Religion: A Short Introduction, Oxford, England: OneWorld Publications, 2000.

Lund, Sarah Griffith. Blessed are the Crazy – Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family and Church, Chalice Press, 2014.

Kelsey, Morton. Healing Christianity – A Classic Study, Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1995.

Malina, Bruce. The New Testament World – Insights from Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition Revised and Expanded, Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.

Martin, Philip. The Zen Path through Depression, New York: Harper San Francisco, 1999.

May, Gerald G. Simply Sane – The Spirituality of Mental Health, New Expanded Edition, Crossroad Publishing Company, 1993.

May, Gerald G. Care of Mind / Care of Spirit – A Psychiatrist Explores Spiritual Direction, Harper Collins e-book, 1982, 1992.

May, Gerald G. The Dark Night of the Soul – A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection between Darkness and Spiritual Growth, Harper, 2004.

* Muktananda, Swami. Meditate- Happiness Lies Within You, South Fallsburg, New York: Syda Foundation, 1999.

Meller, William, Albers, Robert and Thurber, Steven D., Editors. Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families, Fortress Press, 2012.

Oates, Wayne. Behind the Masks – Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior, The Westminster Press, 1987.

Oates, Wayne E. The Religious Care of the Psychiatric Patient, The Westminster Press, 1978.

* Pargament, Kenneth I. Spiritually integrated Psychotherapy – Understanding and Addressing the Sacred, The Guilford Press, 2007.

Perry, John Wier. Trials of the Visionary Mind- Spiritual Emergence and the Renewal Process, SUNY Press, 1999.

* Swinton, John. From Bedlam to Shalom: Towards a Practical Theology of Human Nature, Interpersonal Relationships, and Mental Health Care, Peter Lang Publishing, 2000.

Rendle, Gilbert R. Behavioral Covenants in Congregation – A Handbook for Honoring Differences, Alban Institute, 1999.

* Rennebohm, Craig with David Paul. Souls in the Hands of a Tender God – Stories of the Search for Home and Healing on the Streets, Boston: Beacon Press, 2008.

* Roukema, Richard W., M.D. The Soul in Distress – What Every Pastoral Counselor Should Know About Emotional and Mental Illness, New York: The Haworth Pastoral Press, 1997.

* Schumaker, J.F., editor. Religion and Mental Health, New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Severino, Sally and Richard Liew, Editors. Pastoral Care of the Mentally Disabled; Advancing Care of the Whole Person, New York: Haworth Press, Inc., 1996.

* Shorto, Russell. Saints and Madmen – Psychiatry Opens Its Doors to Religion, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1999.

Swinton, John. Resurrecting the Person: Friendship and the Care of People with Mental Health Problems, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000.

Swinton, John. From Bedlam to Shalom: Towards a Practical Theology of Human Nature, Interpersonal Relationships, and Mental Health Care, Peter Lang Publishing, 2000.

Thomas, Leo and Alkire, Jan. Healing Ministry – A Practical Guide, Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 1992.

Toews, John and Lowen, Eleanor. No Longer Alone, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1995.

Toth, J.C. “Faith in Recovery – Spiritual Support after an Acute Mental Illness”, Journal of Christian Nursing, Fall 1992, pp. 28-31.

Townsend, Loren L. Suicide: Pastoral Responses, Abigdon Press, 2006.

Ulanov, Ann and Barry. Religion and the Unconscious, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1975.

Waterhouse, Stephen. Strength for His People: A Ministry for Families of the Mentally Ill, Amarillo, TX: Westcliff Bible Press, 1994.

Wuellner, Flora Slosson. Prayer, Stress and Our Inner Wounds, Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1985.

Wulff, David. Psychology of Religion – Classic and Contemporary Views, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1991.

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Curricula

Burland, Joyce. The Journey of Hope Family Education Course, Batton Rouge Louisiana Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 1993.

* Meyers, Barbara. The Caring Congregation Program and Training Manual: Resources for Welcoming and Supporting Those with Mental Disorders and their Families into Our Congregations, San Francisco: Will To Print Press, 2005.

* Shifrin, Jennifer. Pathways to Understanding: Manuals and a Videotape on Ministry and Mental Illness, St. Louis: Pathways to Promise.

Strobel, Shirley. Creating a Circle of Caring: The Church and the Mentally Ill, Arlington, VA: National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 2000.

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Unitarian Universalist Publications

Parker, Rebecca. A Theology of Religious Education, LREDA Fall Conference, 2002, Asheville, North Carolina, published as a series of audio tapes by the Liberal Religious Educators Association of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Unitarian Universalist Association. The Welcoming Congregation Handbook, 2nd edition, Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 1999.

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Grief Resources

Dorothy S. Becvar, In the Presence of Grief- Helping Family members resolve death, dying and berevement Issues, New York: Guilford Press, 2001.

Bethesda Lutheran Communities, Grief and Loss. Part of the Cross Road Journey, available on line from Bethesda Lutheran Communities.

Lynn Bennett Blackburn, The Class in Room 44-When a Classmate Dies, Centering Corp, 1990.

Alla Renee Bozarth, Life is Goodbye Life is Hello- Grieving Well through all Kinds of Loss, Hazelden, 1994.

William Bridges, The Way of Transition- Embracing Life’s Most Difficult Moments, De Capo Press, 2002.

* Joanne Cacciatore, PhD Bearing the Unbearable – Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief, , Wisdom Publications, 2017.

Katherine Fair Donnelly, Recovering From the Loss of a Parent, iUniverse, 2000.

Kathleen Dowling Singh, The Grace in Dying – A message of Hope, Comfort, and Spiritual Transformation, HarperOne, 2000.

Jessie Flynn, Donna Abrams, It’s Not Your Fault, Edison, NJ: Accord Aftercare Services, 1994. For Children.

Molly Fumia, Safe Passage- words to help the grieving hold fast and let go, Conari Press, 1992.

Johnette Hartnett, Children and Grief: Big Issues for Little Hearts, Good Mourning, 1993.

Johnette Hartnett, Death Etiquette for the ’90s, What to Do/What to Say, Good Mourning, 1991.

John W. James and Friedman Russell, The Grief Recovery Handbook- The action program for moving beyond death, divorce and other losses, Collins, 1998.

Amy Hillyard Jensen, Healing Grief, 3rd Edition, Medic Publishing Company, 1999.

Barbara Karnes, My Friend, I Care – The Grief Experience, Barbara Karnes 2001.

Stephen Levine, a number of books including: Healing Into Life and Death, Anchor, 1989.

C.S.Lewis, A Grief Observed, HarperOne, 2001.

Richard Lewis, How to Recover From Grief, Judson Press, 1996.

Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking, Penguin, 1998.

Pat McNees, Dying – A Book of Comfort- Healing words on Loss and Grief, Grand Central Publishing, 1998.

James E. Miller, How Will I Get Through the Holidays, Willowgreen Publishing, 1996.

Sukie Miller and Doris Ober, Finding Hope when a Child Dies- What other cultures teach us, Simon & Schuster, 1999.

Kenneth R. Mitchell and Herbert Anderson, All Our Losses All Our Griefs- Resources for pastoral care, Westminster John Knox Press, 1983.

Doug Manning, Comforting Those Who Greive- A guide for helping others, HarperSanFrancisco, 1985.

Mary Kelly Perschy, Helping Teens Work Through Grief, Routledge, 1997.

Phil Rich, The Healing Journey through Grief- Your journal for reflection and recovery, Wiley, 1999.

Robert Romanyshyn, The Soul in Grief,- Love, Death and Transformation, North Atlantic Books, 1999.

Paul C. Rosenblatt, Parent Grief- narratives of loss and relationship, Routledge, 2000.

Eleanora Ross, After Suicide: A Ray of Hope, Da Capo Press, 2002.

Harriet Sarnoff-Schiff, The Bereaved Parent, Penguin, 1978.

Harriet Sarnoff Schiff, Living Though Mourning- Finding comfort and hope when a loved one has died, Penguin, 1987.

Carol Staudacher, A Time to Grive- meditations for healing after the death of a loved one, HarperOne, 1994.

Robert G. Stevenson, What Will We Do? Preparing a School Community to Cope With Crises, Baywood, 2002.

Judy Tatelbaum, The Courage to Grieve- Creative Living, Recovery and Growth through grief, Harper Paperbacks, 1984.

James Van Praagh, Healing Grief- Reclaiming Life After any Loss, New American Library/Penguin Putnam, 2001.

John E. Welshons, Awakening from Grief- Finding the road back to joy, Open Heart Seminars, 1999.

Rabbi David Wolpe, Making Loss Matter- Creating meaning in difficult times, Riverhead Trade, 2000.

William Worden, Children and Grief, Guilford Press, 2001.

Polly Young-Eisendrath, The Gifts of Suffering- Finding insight, compassion and renewal, Perseus Books, 1996.
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