Library Catalogue

	25 years - 25 stories - 25 years of caring 1977-2002 This book tells the personal and moving stories of families who have been touched by mental illness. The stories are linked together by the historical milestone which illustrate the growth of ...
	25 years - 25 stories - 25 years of caring 1977-2002 This book tells the personal and moving stories of families who have been touched by mental illness. The stories are linked together by the historical milestone which illustrate the growth of ...
	25 years - 25 stories - 25 years of caring 1977-2002 This book tells the personal and moving stories of families who have been touched by mental illness. The stories are linked together by the historical milestone which illustrate the growth of ...
	A Lifelong Journey: Staying Well With Manic Depression/bipolar Disorder Sarah Russell Contributors to this book discuss many different ways they stay well with manic depression. The author has put together common strategies to stay well. With insight, education, experience and time, people ...
	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 ...
	ARCVic Newsletter Vol 12, No 1, February 2007 ARCVic's Newsletter is a quarterly publication produced for our members and supporters. The purpose of the Newsletter is to enable a sharing of information between people with anxiety disorders, carers, clinicians ...
	ARCVic Newsletter Vol 12, No 2, September 2007 ARCVic's Newsletter is a quarterly publication produced for our members and supporters. The purpose of the Newsletter is to enable a sharing of information between people with anxiety disorders, carers, clinicians ...
	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 ...
	Beyond the Tears and Laughter: Insights from a Manic Depressive Delo, David M This emotionally painful, yet thoughtful and absorbing book reveals, in the first person, the way manic depression works on the mind, how it can alter one's life path, what the illness ...
	Breaking the Cycle - Adolescent Violence: Women's stories of Courage and Hope Women's stories about adolescent violence in their family. (NB Not just related to mental health issues) 'Breaking the Cycle' is a publication of stories by women who have experienced significant challenges ...
	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 ...
	Broken open: How one man stared down his demons to recover from a mental breakdown Jameson, Neil; Hamilton, Craig In a remarkable memoir, ABC broadcaster Craig Hamilton tells what it is like to develop a mental illness in the public eye. He explores how his experience and diagnosis of bipolar ...
	Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke Patty Duke; Turan, Kenneth The Star--The public saw her as a gifted child star: the youngest actor to win an Oscar for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and the youngest actor ...
	Caring ...........and other highwire acts Holton, John There are hundreds of thousands of people across Australia who care for someone with a mental illness. Caring is a delicate balancing act like no other. But how many of us ...
	Challenges and triumphs: a mosiac of meanings Alliston, Chris A collection of stories, poems, photographs and other artworks by consumers and carers, outlining the experience of mental distress, illness, recovery and survival.
	Challenges and triumphs: a mosiac of meanings Alliston, Chris A collection of stories, poems, photographs and other artworks by consumers and carers, outlining the experience of mental distress, illness, recovery and survival.
	Confessions of a midweek lady: tall tennis tales Sandy Jeffs Confessions of a Midweek Lady is a humorous poetry collection about the rituals, tribulations and celebrations of midweek tennis by renowned Australian poet Sandy Jeffs. The delightful black and white drawings ...
	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 ...
	Divine Madness: Ten stories of creative struggle Jeffrey A. Kottler
	Do you mind? the ultimate exit survey, survivors of psychiatric services speak out Wadsworth, Yoland This Publication contains 11 chapters, each of which consists of transcribed conversation and discussion between consumers who were members of the Melbourne Consumer Consultants Group in 1997. The conversations in each ...
	Ecstasy & agony: Living with Mood swings Armstrong, June; David Grounds; June Armstrong Analysis and personal stories of manic-depression.
	Fairytales in reality: my victory over manic depression Orum, Margo. At thirty-one Margo Orum suffered a brief psychotic episode which was later diagnosed as bipolar disorder (manic depression). In the seven years that followed she endured six manic episodes and three ...
	Hearing our voices: stories from carers of people with a mental illness Payne, Toni A collection of ten moving and hopeful stories from carers of people with mental illness. This book contains a number of different perspectives on caring: those of parent carers, siblings, spouses ...
	Just care for us: Supporting Young Carers This DVD highlights the experience of five young carers who talk about how their caring responsibilities affected their: Ø Schooling and education Ø Health and wellbeing Ø Leisure and fun Ø ...
	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 ...
	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, ...
	Manic Depressive Illness: A guide to living with it In this Australian made video six people who have manic depressive illness discuss the effect that it has had on their lives and they teach how to manage this serious condition. ...
	Manic Depressive Illness: A guide to living with it In this Australian made video six people who have manic depressive illness discuss the effect that it has had on their lives and they teach how to manage this serious condition. ...
	Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Schizophrenia Snyder, Kurt As a child, Kurt Snyder was healthy and happy. He was a good student with a supportive and loving family, and he enjoyed playing sports with his friends. But things began ...
	My Sisters Keeper: Learning to Cope With a Sibling's Mental Illness Margaret Moorman Margaret Moorman tells the story of her struggle to deal with the legacy of her older sister's devastating schizophrenia. Candid, moving, and ultimately healing, My Sister's Keeper offers hope to anyone ...
	Nightmares that sing Messenger, Marjorie, When he was 19, my son David was diagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenia. David's world crumpled, and so did mine. The world imagined a monster. I saw a young man, hurt ...
	Nightmares that sing Messenger, Marjorie, When he was 19, my son David was diagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenia. David's world crumpled, and so did mine. The world imagined a monster. I saw a young man, hurt ...
	ONE in FIVE: Living with a mental illness One in five of us will experience mental illness during our lifetime. Australia's mental health system is undergoing major reform to improve the lives of those of us living with a ...
	Out of the Shadows: Daughters growing up with a 'mad' mother Catherine Camden-pratt
	Poems from the Madhouse Sandy Jeffs Sandy Jeffs invites the reader into the paradoxical world of insanity: the confusion and clarity, the courage and the fear, the bleak despair and the black comedy. In reading her poetry ...
	Recovered, Not Cured: A Journey through Schizophrenia McLean, Richard This very personal exploration of schizophrenia explores each stage, from the early signs and reactions from friends and family to seeking help and the challenges of recovery. McLean bravely shares his ...
	Recovered, Not Cured: A Journey through Schizophrenia McLean, Richard This very personal exploration of schizophrenia explores each stage, from the early signs and reactions from friends and family to seeking help and the challenges of recovery. McLean bravely shares his ...
	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, ...
	Relative Stranger: A sister's story Loudon. Mary
	Schizophrenia and other Psychoses: Translating research into policy and action
	Spinning Out - an Anne Deveson Production Spinning Out speaks directly to the 'experts' - people with schizophrenia. It also talks to parents who are coming to grips with schizophrenia in the family, and looks ar new breakthroughs ...
	Starry Starry Night: Life and Psychiatric History of Vincent van Gogh Van Meekeren, Erwin There have been a number of books written over the years focusing specifically on Van Gogh's mental and physical issues which lead to his self-mutilation, ongoing breakdowns and eventual suicide. The ...
	Swimming Against the Tide: Petria Thomas Shea, Andy. A truly inspirational story of courage and determination in the bestselling tradition of Lance Armstrong's It's Not About the Bike. Swimming champ Petria Thomas opens her heart about overcoming debilitating physical ...
	Tell Me I'm Here Anne Deveson Anne Deveson's account of her son's struggle to live with mental illness. At the age of 17 Jonathan changed from a charming, confident teenager to a fearful and frightening young man. ...
	The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. 'The Bell Jar' tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a ...
	The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder Demitri Papolos; Janice Papolos From the authors of the classic text Overcoming Depression, here is the first book about early-onset bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder--manic depression--was once thought to be rare in children. Now researchers are ...
	The Dilemma: A Memoir Tina Goss Tina writes a compelling memoir of growing up with a father diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder (Manic Depression), a major mental disorder. Tina's dad spent a large part of his life ...
	The rock pillow: A personal account of schizophrenia Folkard, Lynne, Staggering along through the night with my overnight bag, I made my way back to the trucking station. I was hallucinating badly again; I could see bodies and blood spread over ...
	To pass through the tunnel of mental illness Campbell, Robert J. Robert Campbell and his son both live with Bipolar Disorder. These poems explore mental illness from both perspectives with humour, pathos and compassion. Robert hopes his poems might help others to ...
	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 ...
	Unlocking the System: Consumer Participation Strategies in Mental Health Otto, Di A compilation of consumer and service provider thoughts and experiences: · developments effecting consumer participation in Victoria · the framework of beliefs underlying the Mental Health system · understanding decision-making structures ...
	Unlocking the System: Consumer Participation Strategies in Mental Health Otto, Di A compilation of consumer and service provider thoughts and experiences: · developments effecting consumer participation in Victoria · the framework of beliefs underlying the Mental Health system · understanding decision-making structures ...
	Walls of darkness Evryl, Marina
	Walls of darkness Evryl, Marina
	What Goes Up: Surviving the Manic Episode of a Loved One Judy Eron For those with loved ones who suffer from manic-depression.