The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Public Inquiries: 301-443-4513
www.nimh.nih.gov/index.html
The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
800-662-HELP
www.nidi.nih.gov/nidahome.html
The National Mental Health Association
800-969-NMHA [6642]
www.NMHA.org
The National Alliance for Mental Illness
800-950-NAMI [6264]
www.nami.org
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
800-826-3632 www.dbsalliance.org
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
support@bpkids.org
www.bpkids.org
Families for Depression Awareness
www.familyaware.org
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK [8255] (free, 24 hours)
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
International Early Psychosis Association
An international network for the study
and treatment of early psychosis
http://www.iepa.org.au/Default.aspx
For a complete list of early psychosis clinics
in the United States and worldwide, go to:
www.schizophrenia.com/earlypsychosis.htm#clinics
THERAPY
"The Gift of Therapy - An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists
and Their Patients" by Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
"Existential Psychotherapy"
by Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
"When Nietzche Wept - A Novel of Obsession"
by Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
"Every Day Gets a Little Closer - A Twice-Told Therapy"
by Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
"Momma and the Meaning of Life - Tales of Psychotherapy"
by Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
"Love's Exocutioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy"
by Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
"Lying on the Couch"
by Irvin D. Yalom, M.D.
TRAUMA
"Too Scared to Cry -
How Trauma Affects Children...and Ultimately Us All"
by Lenore Terr, M.D.
"The Body Never Lies -
The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting"
by Alice Miller
EXECUTION
"The Autobiography of an Execution"
by David R. Dow
"Actual Innocence - Five Days to Execution,
and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted"
Barry Scheck & Peter Neufeld & Jim Dwyer
OTHER
"A First Rate Madness -
Uncovering Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness"
by Nassir Ghaemi
"The Myth of Sanity - Divided Consciousness
and the Promis of Awareness"
by Martha Stout, PH.D.
"Minds on Trial - Great Cases in Law and Psychology" Charles Patrick Ewing & Joseph T. McCann
"Touched With Fire -
Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament"
by Kay Redfield Jamison