Library Catalogue



A Balancing Act: Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with manic depression

Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with bipolar disorder.
A Balancing Act: Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with manic depression

Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with bipolar disorder.
A Balancing Act: Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with manic depression

Help and coping strategies for those who care for people with bipolar disorder.
A depression management program: incorporating cognitive-behavioural strategies
Hickie, Ian
This manual is designed for those GPs who have the skills required to deliver CBT to their patients. It provides information about depression, pharmacological and behavioural treatments. It is easily understood, ...
A Guide for People Living with a Mental Illness: Consumer Guide
SANE Australia
This guide covers three main sections . . . Looking after yourself is about having a positive attitude and making a balanced, healthy life for yourself. It’s about dealing with stress, ...
A Mood Apart: Depression, Mania, and Other Afflictions of the Self
Peter C. Whybrow
Science, health, and social concerns are all brought into play in this su rvey of serious mood disorders and their consequences. Dr. Whybrow provides a study on how to treat thes ...
An Unquiet Mind: a memoir of moods and madness
Kay Redfield Jamison
This work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has shaped her life. The book follows her ...
An Unquiet Mind: a memoir of moods and madness
Kay Redfield Jamison
This work is a personal testimony from Kay Redfield Jamison: the revelation of her struggle with manic depression since adolescence, and how it has shaped her life. The book follows her ...
Back From the Brink: Australians tell their stories of overcoming depression
Cowan, Graeme
Back from the Brink is a powerful compilation book of Australian stories. It shares the experience and hope of people who have suffered from clinical depression and recovered. Compiled by Graeme ...
Back on Track: Recovering from Depression - real life experiences

Depression and anxiety are illnesses that affect as many as 1 in 5 Australians, and yet both conditions are largely misunderstood. The good news is that depression and anxiety disorders are ...
Beating the Blues: A self-help guide to Overcoming Depression
Susan Tanner; Jillian Ball
This book introduces a step-by-step program for overcoming depression, enabling you to break the lethargy circuit and conquer feelings of hoplessness, persistent bouts of jealousy, lonliness and the suicidal impulse. The ...
Bipolar Disorder for Dummies: understanding manic-depressive illness and discover the latest treatment options
Candida Fink; Joe Kraynak
Bipolar Disorder affects many more people than just the 2.5 million Americans who suffer from the disease. Like depression and other serious illnesses, bipolar disorder also affects spouses, partners, family members, ...
Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families (2nd Edition)
Francis Mark Mondimore
Bipolar disorder can be devastating. It can disrupt relationships and careers, it can wreak havoc on family life, and, when not properly treated, it can be fatal. Since 1999 this compassionate ...
Blue daze: a comic book for young people
Liell, Vanessa; Thorne, Tony
This booklet provides information about depression for young people, their families, friends and carers.
Breaking The Patterns Of Depression
Yapko, Michael D.
Have you ever felt so depressed that you had trouble concentrating on your job, talking with your family, even getting out of bed? Twenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some ...
Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness
Patty Duke
In her revealing bestseller 'Call Me Anna', Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret: the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on 'The Patty Duke Show' was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental ...
Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders (Penguin Psychology)
Aaron T. Beck
This text describes the cognitive approach to psychopathology and psychotherapy and how to apply it.
Coping with Depression and Elation (Overcoming Common Problems)
Patrick McKeon
Depressive mood swings can affect people of both sexes and every age. This book describes the causes, symptoms and treatment of depressive moods. Dr McKeon discusses fully the ways in which ...
Coping with Depression and Elation (Overcoming Common Problems)
Patrick McKeon
Depressive mood swings can affect people of both sexes and every age. This book describes the causes, symptoms and treatment of depressive moods. Dr McKeon discusses fully the ways in which ...
Coping with Depression and Elation (Overcoming Common Problems)
Patrick McKeon
Depressive mood swings can affect people of both sexes and every age. This book describes the causes, symptoms and treatment of depressive moods. Dr McKeon discusses fully the ways in which ...
Coping with Depression and Elation (Overcoming Common Problems)
Patrick McKeon
Depressive mood swings can affect people of both sexes and every age. This book describes the causes, symptoms and treatment of depressive moods. Dr McKeon discusses fully the ways in which ...
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
William Styron
A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps ...
Depression
Rowe, Dorothy
Depression Explained: How you can help when someone you love is depressed
Smith, Gwendoline
Gwendoline Smith is a registered Clinical Psychologist, with twenty years of clinical practice. She is the author of two books, is a columnist and a regular guest on a talkback radio ...
Depression, the Way Out of Your Prison
Dorothy Rowe
This book has saved my life,' say thousands of people who have changed their lives forever after reading 'Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison' over the past decade. Depression is ...
Depression: Lifting the Cloud
Christine. Read
We all feel blue from time to time, but many people experience depression so deep and lasting that it destroys all pleasures in life - even driving some to suicide. The ...
Depression: Lifting the cloud
Read, Christine. & Lampe,Lisa
This easy to read 86-page book is written by Sydney-based medical practitioner Dr Christine Read, with additional material and revisions by Sydney Psychiatrist Dr Lisa Lampe. We all feel blue from ...
Ecstasy & agony: Living with Mood swings
Armstrong, June; David Grounds; June Armstrong
Analysis and personal stories of manic-depression.
Electroconvulsive therapy
Tiller, John W. G; Lyndon, R.W
Feeling better: A guide to mood management
Kidman, A
A succinct guide for anyone who is feeling down, fostering regular negative thoughts, experiencing mood changes or suffering from depression. This book provides a solid starting point for learning about how ...
Fight your dark shadow: managing depression with cognitive behaviour therapy
Reosenvald, Therrie
www.depressionmanaged.com Depression is fast becoming the number one mental health problem of the 21st century and the majority of people will experience some form of depression at some stage in their ...
Getting up from feeling down: young people and depression
Liell, Vanessa
Provides information about depression for young people, their families, friends and carers.
Handbook for Happiness
West, Lorraine.
How to Get the Most Out of Life
Paul A. Hauck
Journeys with the black dog : inspirational stories of bringing depression to heel
Black Dog Institute
Keys to understanding depression: questions & answers about depression
Yapko, Michael D.
In Understanding Depression, Dr Michael Yapko, a leading expert on depression, answers 70 of the most commonly asked questions about the subject. This exceedingly clear question and answer book about depression ...
Life on a roller-coaster: Living well with depression and manic depression
Madeleine Kelly
Life on a Roller-Coaster is an encouraging and empowering resource for anyone who lives with manic-depression, whether they're on the roller-coaster or watching from the ground. Madeleine Kelly developed manic depression ...
Life: a survival kit - sometimes it's hard to keep life in balance.

A collection of information pamphlets when your own, or someone else's life is out of balance. Topis covered include: Depression: How to cope with it Sleep Moodswings and mental health What ...
Light on the Horizon: Two short stories about coping with depression

This video shares the experience of people who have suffered from depressive illness, and how they, and their loved ones coped. The video will help families understand that this common recurrent ...
Living Without Depression and Manic Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability
Mary Ellen Copeland
Living Without Depression and Manic Depression outlines a program that helps people achieve real breakthroughs in coping and healing. This exhaustive handbook covers the following issues: self-advocacy, building a network of ...
Living Without Depression and Manic Depression: A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability
Mary Ellen Copeland
Living Without Depression and Manic Depression outlines a program that helps people achieve real breakthroughs in coping and healing. This exhaustive handbook covers the following issues: self-advocacy, building a network of ...
Malignant Sadness
L. Wolpert
Lewis Wolpert had it all -- a successful scientific career and a happy home life -- when his struggles with clinical depression began. Although he had often dealt with the blues, ...
Mania and Depression: an informational booklet for patients, families and others
Bloch Thorsen, Gerd-Ragna
My Life As a Side Effect: Living with Depression
Deitz, Milissa.
The World Health Organisation forecasts that by 2020 depression will be the second largest illness after heart disease. It is estimated that 10% of the Australian population will suffer a mental ...
New Hope for People with Bipolar Disorder: Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementar y Solutions, Including: Proper ... Depression & Manic-Depressive ... (New Hope)
Jan Fawcett; Bernard Golden; Nancy Rosenfeld; Frederick K. Goodwin
Discover Exciting New Treatments For Bipolar Disorder
Now you can maintain control of your bipolar disorder and begin enjoying life again-today! This book dispels the myths and fears surrounding bipolar disorder. It ...
Overcoming Depression
Demitri Papolos; Janice Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Overcoming Depression: a practical self-help guide to prevention and treatment
Richard Gillett
Synopsis A practical self-help guide to the prevention and treatment of depression.
Overcoming Depression: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques
Paul Gilbert
St. John's Wort, Prozac, psychotherapy, support groups--today's individual suffering from depression has a laundry list of treatments to chose from. For many, Paul Gilbert's self-help manual Overcoming Depression--based on the highly ...
Overcoming Depression: Respected Reference for the Millions Who Suffer from Depression and Manic Depression and for Their Families
Demitri Papolos; Janet Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Overcoming Depression: Respected Reference for the Millions Who Suffer from Depression and Manic Depression and for Their Families
Demitri Papolos; Janet Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Overcoming Depression: Respected Reference for the Millions Who Suffer from Depression and Manic Depression and for Their Families
Demitri Papolos; Janet Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Overcoming Depression: Respected Reference for the Millions Who Suffer from Depression and Manic Depression and for Their Families
Demitri Papolos; Janet Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Overcoming Depression: Respected Reference for the Millions Who Suffer from Depression and Manic Depression and for Their Families
Demitri Papolos; Janet Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Overcoming Depression: Respected Reference for the Millions Who Suffer from Depression and Manic Depression and for Their Families
Demitri Papolos; Janet Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Overcoming Depression: Respected Reference for the Millions Who Suffer from Depression and Manic Depression and for Their Families
Demitri Papolos; Janet Papolos
More than 20 million Americans will suffer an episode of depression or mania during their lifetimes, and one in five American families will feel its impact directly. For these families, 'Overcoming ...
Peace of body, peace of mind: Practical, effective techniques for mental fitness
Rose Van Sickle
If you suffer from stress, anxiety or depression this book is most definitely for you. Using simply, practical easy to use techniques Rose VanSickle shows how it is possible to regain ...
Recovery paths: an anthology of personal journey of hope

Recovery Paths provides a unique insight into individual experiences of recovery from mental illness. People experiencing bipolar mood disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and eating disorders share their paths for overcoming symptoms, ...
Restoring Intimacy: The Patient's Guide to Maintaining Relationships during Depression
Pinsky, Drew
The strongest of personal relationships are tested by depression. Depression leaves partners, friends, and loved ones with many questions, and few comfortable places to turn for answers.

Restoring Intimacy: The Patient's ...

Sad Days, Glad Days: A Story About Depression
Dewitt Hamilton
A simple, low-key story to help explain depression to children. Amanda Martha wants a cat, but her mother is often too sick to take care of a pet. She doesn't have ...
Self Help for Your Nerves
Claire Weekes
Book Description What is Nervous Illness? It will be appreciated that there are different grades of ‘nervous’ suffering. Countless people have ‘bad nerves’ and many of them, although distressed, continue at ...
Sharing the Load: What to do when someone you love is depressed
GWENDOLINE SMITH
Depression is a common disorder, still surrounded by ignorance, fear and prejudice. About one in ten people suffer it to some significant degree at least once in their lifetime. The risk ...
So Young, So Sad, So Listen
Philip Graham; Carol Hughes
This text examines the nature and treatment of childhood depression. It explains the causes and dangers of depression in children and young people and gives positive advice about treatment and outlook. ...
St.John's Wort: Natural Relief from Depression
Norman Rosenthal
Almost 18 million people suffer from depression in the United States. Powerful antidepressant drugs are widely prescribed. Yet the bestselling remedy for depression in Germany, with more than 10 times the ...
Survival Strategies For Parenting Children With Bipolar Disorder (Higher Education Policy)
George T. Lynn; George T Lynn
Up until five years ago, the professional community did not think that Bipolar Disorder occurred in children. Children with symptoms of Bipolar Disorder were diagnosed as 'severe ADHD', 'depressed' or 'Oppositional ...
Taking care of yourself and your family: a resource book for good mental health
Ashfield, John
This book is also available for download at http://www.mnrhs.sa.gov.au/TakingCareofYourFamilyBook.pdf From the foreward: It is wonderful to see someone with the initiative, determination, skill and knowledge to put together this relevant and ...
The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living With Depression and Manic Depression
Mary Ellen Copeland; Matthew Mckay
This bestselling workbook provides interactive exercises that help readers take responsibility for their own wellness and teach essential coping skills, such as tracking and controlling moods, building a support system, increasing ...
The SANE guide for families: Caring for someone affected by mental illness
SANE Australia
The SANE guide for families: Caring for someone affected by mental illness
SANE Australia
The SANE guide to depression: a guide for people living with depression.
SANE Australia
Depression is very common. Around one in five of us will be affected at some time in our lives. Yet despite this, it remains a much-misunderstood illness. Learning about the causes, ...
Too blue: a book about depression
Phillips, Neil.
The World Health Organisation says that depression will be one of the major causes of death and suffering in the twenty first century. Depression is common, troublesome, painful and dangerous. It ...
Towards a better day

This video provides helpful information for people using Avanza and their treatment of depression.
Tracking the Black Dog: Hairy Tales and Historical Legwork from the Black Dog Institute's Writing Competition
Kerrie Eyers (ed)
Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface
Martha Manning
This powerfully gripping account of a therapist's reckoning with her own severe depression is a breathtaking gem of a book, heartrending, hilarious, extraordinarily human. Written in diary form, it takes us ...
Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning with Her Own Depression
Martha Manning
This powerfully gripping account of a therapist's reckoning with her own severe depression is a breathtaking gem of a book, heartrending, hilarious, extraordinarily human. Written in diary form, it takes us ...
Understanding Depression
Maria Prendergast
Understanding depression
Burrows, Graham D; Norman, Trevor R
Understanding Depression is a very useful contribution, particularly for those in our community who are in contact with a family member, a friend, or a work colleague suffering from a depressive ...
Understanding depression
Burrows, Graham D; Norman, Trevor R
Understanding Depression is a very useful contribution, particularly for those in our community who are in contact with a family member, a friend, or a work colleague suffering from a depressive ...
Wanting everything: the art of happiness
Rowe, Dorothy.
From the moment of conception we are in the business of surviving. We come into the world expecting that we can have everything and seeing no reason why we should not ...
What To Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed
Mitch Golant; Susan K. Golant
This book is directed toward the caregiver or 'strengthened ally' of any of the more than seventeen million Americans who suffer from this common but often misunderstood affliction. Woven throughout are ...
When a Parent is Depressed: How to Protect Your Children from the Effects of Depression in the Family
William R. Beardslee
Depression can spread like contagion through families, affecting everyone's lives but especially children's. The good news: We now have the tools to protect children from the legacy of depression. Drawing on ...
When Someone You Know Is Depressed
Rosen, Laura Epstein; Amador, Xavier Francisco
Although numerous books have been written for those suffering from depression, until now none of them has addressed the 'secondary' victims of this debilitating disease: the loved ones of the depressed. ...
Why Are You So Sad?: A Child's Book about Parental Depression
Beth Andrews
This is a book for children with a parent who is depressed. The book defines depression, outlines the most common symptoms, describes how the parent feels and how depression can affect ...
Wounded Healers: Mental Health Workers' Experiences of Depression
Rippere, Vicky (ed)
Wounded Healers Mental Health Workers' Experiences of Depression Edited by Vicky Rippere and Ruth Williams From published reviews: '.... The spontaneity and frankness of most of the contributions, together with the ...
You Can Feel Good Again: Common-Sense Strategies for Releasing Unhappiness and Changing Your Life
Richard Carlson
Carlson, a psychologist and author of You Can Be Happy No Matter What (New World Lib., 1992), contends that there may be a faster, easier way to stop depression and obtain ...