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
Lafond
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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
Series??
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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
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"Living Without Depression and Manic
Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability" by M.E.
Copeland
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"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,
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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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"Clinical Guide to the
Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders, 2nd Edition"
Michael B. First (Columbia University, USA),
Allan Tasman (University of Louisville School of Medicine, USA).
For more information about this book including purchase information go
to
http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470745207.html.
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