RECOMMENDED SELF HELP BOOKS FOR PATIENTS

 

 

Depression

 

·            Taming the black dog:  a guide to overcoming depression.  Aisbett, Bev.

·            Breaking the patterns of depression.  Yapko, Michael D.

·            Depression and how to survive it.    Milligan, Spike.

·            Beating the blues:  a self help approach to overcoming depression.  Tanner, Susan.

·            Darkness visible:  a memoir of madness.  Styron, William.

·            Understanding Depression:  what we know and what you can do about it.  De Paulo, J. Raymond, MD.

·            Beat Depression.  Hinds, David, M.

·            Getting your life back:  the complete guide to recovery from depression.  Wright, Jesse, H.

·            The depression sourcebook.  Quinn, Brian.

·            The Australian Medical Association home medical guide to depression.  McKenzie, Kwame.

·            Life on a rollercoaster:  living well with depression and manic depression.  Kelly, Madeleine.

·            When words are not enough:  how to choose what's right for you.  Raskin, Valerie Davis.

·            Gas smells awful:  the mechanics of being a nutcase.  Razer, Helen.

·            When someone you love is depressed:  how to help your loved one without losing yourself.   Rosen, Laura Epstein.

·            Beating the blues:  self help for depression.  Mcconville, Brigid.

·            Surfing the blues:  a guide to understanding and coping with mood disorders.  Rzecki, Catherine.

 

 

Anxiety / Panic

 

·            In stillness conquer fear:  overcoming anxiety, panic and agoraphobia.  Mckinnon, Pauline.

·            Embracing uncertainty:  say "no" to worry and "yes" to peace of mind.  Jeffers, Susan.

·            Working through panic.  Fox, Bronwyn.

·            Power over panic:  freedom from panic / anxiety related disorders.  Fox, Bronwyn.

·            Master your panic and take back your life! :  Twelve treatment sessions to overcome high anxiety.  Beckfield, Denise.

·            Living it up:  the advance survivors guide to anxiety free living.  Aisbett, Bev.

·            Letting it go:  Attaining awareness out of adversity.  Aisbett, Bev.

·            Don't panic!  Overcoming anxiety, phobias and tension.  Page, Andrew.

·            Living with anxiety:  a practical research-based plan for managing anxiety problems.  Montgomery, Bob.

·            Feel the fear and do it anyway.  Jeffers, Susan.

·            Instant Calm.  Wilson, Paul.

·            Worry.  Hallowell, Edward, M.

·            Overcoming shyness & social phobia.  Rapee, Ronald, M.

·            Panic Anxiety (Sound Recording) the power of meditation.  Fox, Bronwyn.

 

 

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

 

·            ...nine, ten dot it again.  A guide to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  I'Anson, Kathryn.

·            Getting Control.  Overcoming your obsessions and compulsions.  Rapoport, Judith, L.

·            Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  New help for the family.  Gravitz, Herbert, L.

 

 

Post-Natal Depression

 

·            The hidden feelings of motherhood:  a guide to coping with stress, depression, and burnout.  Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen, A.

·            This isn't what I expected:  recognising and recovering from depression and anxiety after childbirth.  Kleiman, Karen.

·            Coping with postnatal depression.  Barnett, Bryanne.

·            Banish post-baby blues.  Sapsted, Anne-Marie.

·            Depression after childbirth:  how to recognize and treat postnatal depression.  Dalton, Katarina.

 

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