These books
are recommended by NAMI Ontario. They are available at public
libraries, or for purchase online or at your favourite bookstore.
These books are also available as part of a small lending library when you
take the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Course.
"Mind Gone Astray" by Wayne Kallio
This book is a first person account of the impact of mental illness on
family members. It may be ordered from the website
http://www.mindbogglingbooks.com/
"The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey
Through Madness" by Elyn R. Saks
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"Grieving Mental Illness" by Virginia
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"The Skipping
Stone, Ripple Effects of Mental Illness on the Family" by Mona
Wasow
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"Surviving
Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers"
by E. Fuller Torrey
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"The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs"
by Jack M Gorman MD
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"A Brilliant Madness: Living With Manic
Depressive Illness" by Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman
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"When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A
Handbook for Family, Friends and Caregivers" by Rebecca Woolis
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"Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadows of
Mentally Ill Siblings" by Clea Simon
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"The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment
of Madness" by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett
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"An Unquiet Mind: a Memoir of Moods and
Madness" by Kay Redfield Jamison
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"Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: New Help for
the Family" by Herbert L. Gravitz
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"Bipolar Disorder - An Information Guide"
published by The Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
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"The Shell People: My Story of Schizophrenia"
by Sharon Mercato
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"Learning About Schizophrenia - Rays of Hope"
available online at
http://www.schizophrenia.ca/szreference.pdf
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"Catch a Falling Star" by Iris the Dragon
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"I Am Not Sick - I Don't Need Help!" by
Xavier Amador and Anna-Lica, Ph.D.
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"Stop Walking On Eggshells" by Paul T.
Kreger, Randi Mason
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"The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook:
Practical Strategies for Living with Someone Who Has Borderline
Personality Disorder" by Randi Kreger
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"I Hate You - Don't Leave Me: Understanding the
Borderline Personality" by Jerold J. Kriesman, Jerold J.
Kreisman, and Hal Straus
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"Can I Catch It Like a Cold?: A Story To
Help Children Understand A Parent's Depression" by Gretchen
Kelbaugh Read a review
"Living Without Depression and Manic
Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability" by M.E.
Copeland Read a review
"We Heard the Angels of Madness" by
Alexander Vuckovic, Diane Berger, and Lisa Berger
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"Call Me Anna: the Autobiography of Patty Duke"
by Patty Duke
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"Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified:
An Essential Guide to Understanding and Living with BPD" by
Robert, M. D. Friedel
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"Nowhere to Go: The Tragic Odyssey of the
Homeless Mentally Ill" by Fuller E. Torrey
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"When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness"
by Rebecca Woolis
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"Understanding, Support and Self-Care - A
resource manual for family members and caregivers"
in traditional Chinese available online at
http://www.hongfook.ca/en/files/Family Manual_Tra Chinese.pdf.
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"A Family Guide to
Concurrent Disorders" available online at
http://www.camh.net/Care_Treatment/Resources_clients_families_friends/Family_Guide_CD/index.html
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"A Research Agenda Concerning
Depictions of Mental Illness in Children’s Media" available online,
click here.
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"Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry" by
Bebe Moore Campbell. Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group; (September 1,
2003). ISBN: 0399239723.
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"Edward the Crazy Man"
written and illustrated by Marie Day.
Available from the publisher's website (Annick Press).
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"How to Be a Real Person (In Just One
Day)" by Sally Warner. Publisher:
Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1st edition (February 13, 2001). ISBN:
0375904344
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