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by Tracy Thompson Plume; 1996. ISBN: 0452276950 Journalist Thompson recounts her struggle with depression, which culminated in a terrifying bout with suicide, and her search for an understanding of and a cure for it. |
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by Michael D. Yapko, Main Street Books; 1998. ISBN: 0385483708 Contradicting the widely held belief that depression is a disease best treated with medication or extensive psychotherapy, this book shows how to recognize the patterns that contribute to depression, and how to break them. |
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Living with Manic Depressive Illness. Patty Duke, Mary Lou Pinckert, and Gloria Hochman. Bantam Books; 1993 ISBN: 0553560727 Patty Duke's personal account of her struggle with manic depression. |
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A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life by Thomas Moore Harperperennial Library; 1994. ISBN: 0060922249 Moore draws from his experiences as a therapist and his lifelong campaign of exposing the connection between spirituality and the problems of individuals and society. |
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by William Styron Vintage Books;1992 ISBN: 0679736395 William Styron explains his descent into a suicidal depression and his later recovery. |
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Conversations About Conquering Depression by Kathy Cronkite Delta; 1995. ISBN: 0385314264 Kitty Dukakis, Joan Rivers, Mike Wallace, Jules Feiffer, and many other famous people, along with the author, tell how they overcame depression, alongside information by medical experts on the workings of depression and varieties of treatment. |
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by Linda Sebastian LPC; 1998. ISBN: 1886039348 This book explains postpartum depression very clearly and helps the woman and her family understand what the new mother is going through. |
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by Dana Crowley Jack. HarperCollins; 1993. ISBN: 006097527X |
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Why Therapy, Empathy, and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the New Psychiatry by Peter R. Breggin St. Martin's Press; 1994. ISBN: 0312113668 Breggin discusses the "New Psychiatry" and shows how potentially dangerous, even brain-damaging, many of its drugs and treatments are. |
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by Martha Manning Harper San Francisco; 1996. ISBN: 006251184X This memoir traces the devastating path of clinical depression and electroshock treatment through the diaries of psychotherapist Martha Manning- |
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What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and Medication Can't Give You by Richard O'Connor. Berkley Pub Group; 1999. ISBN: 0425166791 ; A psychotherapist explains how to "undo" depression by replacing depressive patterns of thinking, relating, and behaving with a new and more effective set of skills. |
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by Kay Redfield Jamison Random House; 1997. ISBN: 0679763309 In this book Jamison tells of her own manic depression, the bitter costs of her illness, and its paradoxical benefits. |
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by Priscilla Slagle St Martins Mass Market Paper; 1999 ISBN: 0312929145 This easy-to-follow program of vitamins and amino acids requires no drugs or therapy and will increase stamina and improve moods--forever. Learn how the right vitamins and foods can boost mental health, how to determine mood level,how improved mental habits can end depression, and more. |
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Research into Women's Experience of Neglect and Abuse in Childhood, and Adult Depression by Antonia Bifulco, Patricia Moran Routledge; 1998. ISBN: 041516527X |
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Black Women Overcoming Stress and Depression by Angela Mitchell, Kennise Herring (Contributor) Perigee; 1998. ISBN: 0399523766 |
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How to Break the Emotional Bad Habits That Make You Miserable by Penelope Russianoff Bantam Books; 1989. ISBN: 0553282158 The book explains that many of the negative emotional habits that make us unhappy are learned behaviors which can be exchanged for habits that are life-giving, not life-wrecking. |
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What Every Women Needs to Know about Depression by Brenda Poinsett Unknown; 1996. ISBN: 0891099247 |
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A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah Ballantine Books (Trd Pap); 1999. ISBN: 0345432134 |
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Strategies for Self-Empowerment by Lois P. Frankel Health Communications; 1991. ISBN: 1558741615 |
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A Sane Approach to Mood Disorders by M. Sara Rosenthal, Debra Lander Lowell House; 2000. ISBN: 0737303255 A medical health journalist explains depression and how women experience it in practical feminist terms, defining medical terms, describing how to find a good therapist, and outlining a patient's rights. Includes a list of associations and services available, a glossary of terms, and other resources. |
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Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression by Julia Thorne, Larry Rothstein (Contributor) Harperperennial Library; 1993. ISBN: 0060969776 Provides information, companionship and hope for individuals and families coping with depression. |