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Recommended Books

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 Read a review

"Grieving Mental Illness" by Virginia Lafond  Read a review

"The Skipping Stone, Ripple Effects of Mental Illness on the Family" by Mona Wasow  Read the featured review!

"Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers and Providers" by E. Fuller Torrey  Read a review

"The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs" by Jack M Gorman MD  Read a review

"A Brilliant Madness: Living With Manic Depressive Illness" by Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman  Read a review

"When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Family, Friends and Caregivers" by Rebecca Woolis  Read a review

"Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadows of Mentally Ill Siblings" by Clea Simon  Read a review

"The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness" by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett  Read a review

"An Unquiet Mind: a Memoir of Moods and Madness" by Kay Redfield Jamison  Read a review

"Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: New Help for the Family" by Herbert L. Gravitz  Read a review

"Bipolar Disorder - An Information Guide" published by The Centre for Addiction & Mental Health  Read a review

"The Shell People: My Story of Schizophrenia" by Sharon Mercato  Read a review

"Learning About Schizophrenia - Rays of Hope" available online at http://www.schizophrenia.ca/szreference.pdf   Read a review

"Catch a Falling Star" by Iris the Dragon Series??  Read a review

"I Am Not Sick - I Don't Need Help!" by Xavier Amador and Anna-Lica, Ph.D.  Read a review

"Stop Walking On Eggshells" by Paul T. Kreger, Randi Mason  Read a review

"The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook: Practical Strategies for Living with Someone Who Has Borderline Personality Disorder" by Randi Kreger  Read a review

"I Hate You - Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality" by Jerold J. Kriesman, Jerold J. Kreisman, and Hal Straus  Read a review

"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  Read a review

"Call Me Anna: the Autobiography of Patty Duke" by Patty Duke  Read a review

"Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide to Understanding and Living with BPD" by Robert, M. D. Friedel  Read a review

"Nowhere to Go: The Tragic Odyssey of the Homeless Mentally Ill" by Fuller E. Torrey  Read a review

"When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness" by Rebecca Woolis  Read a review

"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 Read a review

"A Family Guide to Concurrent Disorders" available online at http://www.camh.net/Care_Treatment/Resources_clients_families_friends/Family_Guide_CD/index.html Read a review

"A Research Agenda Concerning Depictions of Mental Illness in Children’s Media" available online, click hereRead a review

"Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry" by Bebe Moore Campbell. Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group; (September 1, 2003). ISBN: 0399239723.  Read a review

"Edward the Crazy Man" written and illustrated by Marie Day. Available from the publisher's website (Annick Press).  Read a review

"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  Read a review

 

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