Bibliotherapy Aids

Multi-disciplinary


• Remembered Childhoods: A Guide to Autobiography and Memoirs of Childhood and Youth
  Jeffrey E. Long
  Libraries Unlimited
  2007
  ISBN: 9781591581741
  Descriptor: Reference; Bibliography of 2800 autobiographies, memoirs, and diaries about childhood and youth published between 1725 and 2007; Annotations, thematic chapter arrangement, indexes (subject, author/title, setting), appendixes; Themes cover a wide variety of mental health-related issues.

Major Depression


• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
  David D. Burns, MD
  Avon Books
  1999
  ISBN: 0380810336 (pbk)
  Descriptor: Mental Depression, Cognitive Therapy; self-help style, conversational and easy to read, provides consumer's guide to anti-depressant medications
• Creating Optimism
  Bob Murray, PhD and Alicia Fortinberry, MS
  McGraw Hill
  2005
  ISBN: 0071446834
  Descriptor: Mental Depression - Treatment; focus on interpersonal connections
• The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression
  Mary Ellen Copelant, MS, MA
  New Harbinger Press
  2001
  ISBN: 0071446834
  Descriptor: Depressed persons - Rehabilitation - Handbooks, Manuals, etc., Manic-depressive Persons - Rehabilitation - Handbooks, Manuals, etc., Self-help Techniques - Handbooks, Manuals, etc., Depression, Mental - Popular works, Bipolar Disorder, Depressive Disorder; workbook with exercises for patients struggling with depression

Bipolar Disorder


• The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide: What You and Your Family Need to Know
  David J. Miklowitz, PhD
  Guilford Press
  2002
  ISBN: 1572305258 (pbk)
  Descriptor: Manic-depressive illness - Popular Works, Bipolar Disorder - Popular Works; thorough guide for both patients and clinicians, several preventive strategies outlined
• An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
  Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD
  Vintage Books
  1996
  ISBN: 0679763309
  Descriptor: Manic-depressive Persons - United States - Biography, Bipolar Disorder - Personal Narratives; a first-person account of dealing with manic depressive disorder, Redfield Jamison is Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Anxiety and Panic


• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, 3rd Edition
  Edmund J. Bourne, PhD
  New Harbinger Publications
  2000
  ISBN: 157224223X
  Descriptor: Panic Disorders, Phobias, Anxiety Disorders, Phobic Disorders; workbook covering all forms of anxiety disorders
• 10 Simple Solutions to Panic: How to Overcome Panic Attacks, Calm Physical Symptoms and Reclaim Your Life
  Martin Anthony, PhD and Randi McCabe, PhD
  New Harbinger Publications
  2004
  ISBN: 1572243252 (pbk)
  Descriptor: Panic Disorders - Popular Works, Panic Disorders - Treatment; provides concise, easy-to-follow guidelines for patients addressing panic attacks

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder


• Stop Obsessing
  Edna Foa, PhD and Reid Wilson, PhD
  Bantam Books
  2001
  ISBN: 0553353500
  Descriptor: Compulsive Behavior; user-friendly self-help suggestions well done, written by leading figures in field

Insomnia


• No More Sleepless Nights
  Peter Hauri, PhD and Shirley Linde, PhD
  John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  1996
  ISBN: 0471149047 (pbk)
  Descriptor: Insomnia - Treatment; covers all basics of insomnia treatment including chapter on 29 specific sleep disorders, written by former director of Mayo Clinic Insomnia Program

Alcohol Abuse


• Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems - Advice from Those Who Have Succeeded
  Anne M. Fletcher
  Houghton Mifflin
  2001
  ISBN: 0471149047 (pbk)
  Descriptor: Alcoholics - Rehabilitation, Alcoholism - Relapse - Prevention; personal account by medical journalist plus descriptions by many others who have overcome addiction to alcohol, describes a number of different approaches people have taken to successfully achieve sobriety

Eating Disorders


• Runaway Eating
  Cynthia M. Bulik, PhD and Nadine Taylor, MS, RD
  Rodale
  2005
  ISBN: 1594860386 (pbk)
  Descriptor: Eating Disorders in Women - Treatment, Eating Disorders in Women - Psychological Aspects; focus is on subsyndromal eating disorders but could prove helpful for those with full-symptom disorders, provides outlines, plans and strategies for patients to follow in addressing conditions
• Life without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
  Jenni Schaeffer with Thom Rutledge
  McGraw-Hill
  2004
  ISBN: 1594860386 (pbk)
  Descriptor: Eating Disorders - Patients - Biography, Eating Disorders - Treatment - Case Studies; memoir written in popular language, records personal account of dysfunctional relationship with "Ed" (eating disorder)
• The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook: Your Comprehensive, Step-by-Step Guide to Recovery
  Randi E. McCabe, Traci L. McFarlane and Marion P. Olmsted
  New Harbinger Publications
  2003
  ISBN: 1572243260
  Descriptor: Bulimia - Treatment - Popular Works; a comprehensive workbook providing advice and exercises

ADHD


• Driven to Distraction
  Edward Hallowell, MD and John Ratey, MD
  Pantheon Books
  1994
  ISBN: 0679421777
  Descriptor: Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults - Popular Works; first in a series of books by these same authors, follows Q&A format, easy to read; others in series include Answers to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction

Alzheimer's Disease


• What Your Doctor May Not Tell You about Alzheimer's Disease: The Complete Guide to Preventing, Treating, and Coping with Memory Loss
  Gayatri Devi, MD and Deborah Mitchell
  Warner Books
  2004
  ISBN: 0446691887
  Descriptor: Alzheimer's Disease - Popular Works, Alzheimer's Disease - Prevention - Popular Works; written for lay audience by board-certified psychiatrist and neurologist, outlines basics regarding the science of dementia and practical, non-pharmacologic advice for patients and caregivers

Relationships


• The Seven Principles for Making Marriages Work
  John M. Gottman, PhD and Nan Silver
  Three Rivers Press
  1999
  ISBN: 0609601040
  Descriptor: Marriage, Married People - Psychology, Communication in Marriage, Male-Female Relationships; based on findings from research, each chapter covers one of the "Principles"
• Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
  John Gray, PhD
  HarperCollins
  1992
  ISBN: 006016848X (cloth)
  Descriptor: Marriage, Communication in Marriage, Interpersonal Relations; popular text covering many aspects of modern relationship talk
• The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
  Harriet Lerner
  Perennial Currents
  2005
  ISBN: 006074104X
  Descriptor: Anger, Interpersonal Relations, Women - Psychology; classic text, along with title The Dance with Intimacy providing practical advice for women seeking empowerment in creating health relationships

Note: These titles were suggested by Ruthann Rizzi, MD, Director of the UMMS Student Counseling Services. They originally appeared as selections from "The Carlat Report's Top Self-Help Books in Psychiatry", David J. Carlat, MD (Ed.), The Carlat Report on Psychiatric Treatment: An Unbiased Monthly Covering All Things Psychiatric. (2005, December).