Books

A book list was originally a blog entry.  Given this list of books will most likely continue to expand; a unique page has been created for books.

* NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness Reading List

Books Author Notes
General Topics
The Highly Sensitive Person Dr. Elaine Aron The foundation of this book is that some people are born more sensitive – Carl Jung called this innate sensitiveness. These books address strategies using this trait as an asset rather than a limitation.
The Highly Sensitive Person’s Workbook
The Highly Sensitive Child
Reviving Ophelia: 

Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

 Mary Pipher, PhD Based on her experiences providing therapy to teens, this book addresses the challenges girls are up against in this culture.
Girls will be Girls: 

Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters

 JoAnn Deak, PhD Written by a school psychologist and educator, this book offers suggestions to problems girls are facing.
Parenting Teens With Love And Logic Dr. Foster Cline and Jim Fay A psychiatrist and an educator wrote this book. It addresses the impact of different types of parenting, and includes tips and recommendations on how to help teens become responsible through applying life logic.
The Anatomy of Peace:  

Resolving the Heart of Conflict

 The Arbinger Institute Both of these books are based on Terry Warner’s work on self – deception. The first book setting is when parents are dropping of their child at a wilderness program. The second book applies these same principles in a business setting.
Leadership and Self Deception: 

Getting Out of the Box
The Four Agreements: 

A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

 Don Miguel Ruiz Based on Toltec tradition, this book addresses the impact that agreements have in our lives. To quote “In these agreements we tell ourselves who we are, how to behave, what is possible, what is impossible.”
Loving What Is: 

Four Questions That Can Change your Life

 Byron Katie A self inquiry approach developed by Byron Katie when she realized that what had been causing her depression was not the world around her, but rather her beliefs about that world
The Price of Privilege: 

How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage are Creating a Generation of Unhappy and Disconnected Kids

 Madeline Levine This book is based on a Marin County’s (north of San Francisco) therapist experience with privileged teens in this county.
The Broken Brain Nancy C. Andreasen MD NAMI – General Topics
By Force or Fantasy How We Make our Lives Ethel Person NAMI – General Topics
The Essential Guide to Mental Health Jack Gorman MD NAMI – General Topics
When Someone you love has a Mental Illness Rebecca Woolis NAMI – General Topics

 

Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
The Big Book Alcoholic Anonymous NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Alcoholic Anonymous Classic foundation work of 12 step programs
Safe Passage Stephanie Brown PhDd NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
A Time to Heal Cermak NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Adult Children of Alcoholics Woititz NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
It Will Never Happen to Me Black NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Life Skills for Adult Children Woititz et al NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Beyond Co-Dependency Beattie NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Codependent No More Beattie 

 

 NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Free at Last: Meditations Hazleden Foundation NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Help for Helpers Hazleden Foundation Aid NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Living Sober NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Rational Steps for Quitting Alcohol Albert Ellis NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency
Staying Sober(text and workbook) Terry Gorski NAMI – Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency

 

Anxiety Disorders
The Anxiety Disease Daniel Sheehan NAMI – Anxiety Disorders
Social Phobia Richard Heimberg MD et al NAMI – Anxiety Disorders
Triumph over Fear Jerilyn Ross NAMI – Anxiety Disorders

 

ADD/ADHD
Driven to Distraction Edward M. Hallowell MD and John J Raley MD NAMI – ADD/ADHD

 

Bipolar Disorder
An Unquiet Mind Ray Redfield Johnson PhD NAMI – Bipolar Disorder
We Heard the Angels of Madness: A Family Guide to Coping with Manic Depression Diane Berger and Lisa Berger NAMI – Bipolar Disorder

 

Depression
Darkness Visible: A Memoir Madness William Styron NAMI – Depression
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy David Burns MD NAMI – Depression
Listening to Prozac Peter Kramer MD NAMI – Depression
Overcoming Depression Demetri Papolos and Janice Papolos NAMI – Depression
Understanding Depression Donald Klein MD and Paul Wender MD NAMI – Depression
On Death an Dying Elizabeth Kubler-Ross NAMI  – Grief and Loss
How we Die Sherman Nuland MD NAMI  – Grief and Loss
Grief Recovery Handbook James et al NAMI  – Grief and Loss
Living when a Loved one has Died Grollman NAMI  – Grief and Loss

 

Medications
Mind, Mood, and Medicine Donald Klein MD and Paul Wender MD NAMI – Medications

 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
The Boy who couldn’t Stop Washing Judith L Rapoport MD NAMI – OCD

 

Psychotherapy
The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs Jack Gorman MD NAMI – Psychotherapy
Consumer’s Guide to Psychotherapy Jack Engler and Daniel Goleman NAMI – Psychotherapy
Love’s Executioner Irvin Yalom MD NAMI – Psychotherapy
A Practical Guide to Cognitive Therapy Dean Schuyler NAMI – Psychotherapy
The Drama of the Gifted Child Alice Miller NAMI – Psychotherapy

 

Schizophrenia
Family Care of Schizophrenia Ian RH Falloon MD NAMI – Schizophrenia
Surviving Schizophrenia Torrey E Fuller MD NAMI – Schizophrenia
Understanding Schizophernia Richard Keefe and Philip D. Hrvey NAMI – Schizophrenia

 

For books on Addiction also refer to the Institute of Addiction Studies Library’s Reading List (http://www.addictiondoctor.com/library.html#)

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