Date: Tue, 2 May 95 10:56:06 MDT From: jikelman@ngdc.noaa.gov (Joy A. Ikelman) To: pendulum@ucar.edu Subject: Media List (LONG) *************************** MEDIA FILE ****************************** This file contains a listing of books, pamphlets, movies, and documentaries which may be of interest to people diagnosed with mental illnesses, especially bipolar and unipolar disorder. Items on this list have been suggested by people on Pendulum, Walkers-in-Darkness, alt.support.depression, alt.support.manic.depression, and the Mood Disorders Support Network support group. Categories listed include: Nonfiction Biographical/Autobiographical Fiction Movies Documentaries Television Shows Pamphlets/Brochures Please send updates to jikelman@ngdc.noaa.gov. File last updated on 2 May 1995. --------------------------------------------------------- NONFICTION: Title: Anxiety Disorders and Phobias: A Cognitive Perspective Authors: Aaron T. Beck and Gary Emery with Ruth L Greenburg Publisher/Year: 1985 ISBN: Comments: Covers all aspects of anxiety, including how it touches on mania and depression, depersonalization and derealization,and other topics. Title: A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness Author: Patty Duke (Anna Pearce) and Gloria Hochman Publisher: Bantam Books; 1992 ISBN: 0-553-07256-0 Comments: Patty Duke's very personal account of her struggle with manic-depression. Duke writes every other chapter, while Hochman writes about the more clinical aspects of manic-depression. Title: The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry Author: Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D. Publisher/Year: Harper-Perennial; 1984 ISBN: 0-060-91272-3 Comments: Scientific theories on biochemistry Title: A Brotherhood of Tyrants: Manic Depression and Absolute Power Authors: Hershman & Lieb Publisher/Year: ISBN: 0-87975-888-0 Comments: The authors consider tyranny as the product of bipolar disorder (especially mania) together with ruthlessness, ambition, paranoia, and other charming qualities. The approach is interdisciplinary, combining psychiatry and history. They present biographies of the public and private lives of Napoleon, Hitler, and Stalin. Title: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association Publisher/Year: Version IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994 ISBN: Comments: Lists all mental illnesses and diagnostic criteria and assigns a coding system. Fascinating reading. Title: The Consumers Guide to Psychotherapy Author: Jack Engler, Ph.D. and Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. Publisher/Year: Fireside-Simon & Schuster; 1992 ISBN: 0-671-77851-X Title: The Depression Workbook Author: Mary Ellen Copeland Publisher: New Haringer Publications; 1992 ISBN: Comments: A detailed overview of the history, causes and treatment of mood disorders. Offers step-by-step, self-help guidance for taking responsibility for your own wellness; using charts to track and control your moods; find appropriate mental health professionals; build a support system, increase your self-confidence and self-esteem; using relaxation, diet, exercise and full-spectrum light to stabilize your moods; and avoid conditions that can exacerbate you moods swings. "An essential tool to assist people struggling with depression and mania to gain insight to actively enter a lifelong journey of healing and wellness." Title: Depression and its Treatment Author: John H. Greist, M.D. and James W. Jefferson, M.D. Publisher: Warner Books; 1992 ISBN: 0-446-60029-6 Title: Depression: The Mood Disease Author: Francis M. Mondimore, M.D. Publisher/Year: 1990 ISBN: Comments: Contains-- Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Mood, Depression, Bipolar Disorder), Variations, Causes, and Connections, and Getting Better. From the jacket: "Dr. Mondimore's book reduces the complexities of this baffling and very common illness to terms the general reader can understand. Having been treated for manic-depression for more than ten years and considering myself something of a lay expert, I was pleasantly surprised at how much this book increased my own knowledge of the subject." --Thomas M. Posey, President, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Title: The Emotional Pharmacy Author: Roberta Morgan Publisher/Year: 1988 ISBN: Comments: Covers psychological problems treatable with psychoactives as well as recreationals and their affect on brain chemistry and behavior. Title: The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs Author: Jack Gorman Publisher/Year: St. Martin's Press; 1992 ISBN: 0-312-06967-7 Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About Prozac Author: Jeffrey M. Jonas, M.D. and Ron Schaumburg Publisher/Year: Bantam; 1991 ISBN: 0-553-29192-0 Title: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Author: David Burns, M.D. Publisher/Year: Signet; 1980 ISBN: 0-451-16776-7 Comments: Self-help cognitive therapy techniques for depression, anxiety, etc. Title: The Feeling Good Handbook Author: David D. Burns, M.D. Publisher/Year: Plume; 1989 ISBN: 0-452-26174-0 Title: Good Mood: The New Psychology of Overcoming Depression Author: Julian L. Simon Publisher/Year: Open Court Press; 1993. ISBN: 0-812-69097-4 (cloth) 0-812-69098-2 (paper) Title: The Good News About Depression Author: Mark S. Gold Publisher/Year: Bantam; 1986 ISBN: 0-553-34511-7 Title: The Good News About Panic, Anxiety and Phobias; Cures, Treatments and Solutions in the New Age of Biopsychiatry Author: Mark S. Gold, M.D. Publisher/Year: 1989 ISBN: Comments: How biological mimickers can cause psychiatric symptoms, caffeine, sunlight, OCD, medications, tests, MAO levels, etc. Lists resources by state and contains a bibliography. Title: Graedons' Best Medicine from Herbal Remedies to High- Tech Rx Breakthroughs Authors: Joe and Teresa Graedon Publisher/Year: 1991 ISBN: Comments: Very readable, nontech reference book with useful inserts on such topics as "Drug-induced Insomnia." Has separate chapters on "High Anxiety," "Mind Matters," and others. Title: How to Cope with Depression - A Complete Guide for You and Your Family Author: J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr. M.D. and Keith Russel Ablow, M.D. Publisher/Year: Ballantine Books; 1989 ISBN: 0-449-21930-5 Title: How to Heal Depression Author: Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D. and Peter McWilliams Publisher/Year: Prelude Press; 1994 ISBN: 0-931-58039-0 Title: Impressive Depressives Author: Peter Nolan Lawrence Publisher/Year: 1994 ISBN: 0-95-22806-04 Comments: The author is bipolar, himself. Lawrence cites 75 bipolar people including Bach, Beethoven, Rossini, JMW Turner, Dumas, Shelley, Byron, Lincoln, Edison and the author himself. Published in aid of the (U.K.) Manic Depression Fellowship. Title: Key to Genius: Manic Depression and the Creative Life Author: Hershman Publisher/Year: Prometheus, 1988 ISBN: Comments: A discussion of imagination, manic depression, and a few famous people of the past as examples. Title: Listening To Prozac Author: Peter D. Kramer, M.D. Publisher/Year: Viking; 1993 ISBN: 0-670-84183-8 Comments: A psychiatrist explores some of the implications of anti- depressants, and especially of Prozac's unusual effects on the personality. Kramer also discusses the recent research on depression, as well as several other issues which seem linked to depression. Title: Manic-Depressive Illness Author: Fredrick K. Goodwin, M.D., & Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D. Publisher/Year: Oxford; 1990 ISBN: 0-195-03934-3 Comments: This is THE medical textbook for manic depression. It is technical, but excellent. Highly recommended. Title: Mood Swing Author: Ronald Fieve Publisher/Year: ISBN: Comments: Contains information and anecdotal stories about depressives and manic depressives; by the individual who spearheaded lithium therapy. Title: On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations about Conquering Depression.