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BOOKS
“Living Without Depression & Manic Depression:
A Workbook for Maintaining Mood Stability”
Mary Ellen Copeland
Includes: taking charge of your life – advocating for yourself, building a support network, eliminating physical causes; developing & fine-tuning your lifestyle, dealing with issues such as resolving trauma, using a journal, focusing on what’s bothering you; addressing specific issues such as preventing & responding to the symptoms of depression & mania
“The Bipolar Workbook:
Tools for Controlling Your Mood Swings”
Monica Ramirez Basco (2006)
Includes: facts about bipolar disorder, charting your own history, developing an early warning system, taking precautions, getting the most out of your medication, reducing your symptoms, & checking your progress
“Mind Over Mood:
Change How You Feel by
Changing the Way You Think”
Dennis Greenberger, Christine A Padesky (1995)
This is a Cognitive Behavioural workbook. It includes: understanding your problems and your thoughts, identifying your moods, balanced thinking, action plans, understanding depression, anxiety, anger, guilt & shame; conquering anxiety, fears & phobias.
“The Feeling Good Handbook”
David Burns (1999)
Includes: understanding your moods, how to measure them, how to diagnose them; conquering depression & building self-esteem, “Ten Ways to Untwist Your Thinking”, developing a healthy personal value system, cognitive therapy in action. He also covers strengthening relationships through better communication, & finally mood-altering medications.
“Feeling Good:
The New Mood Therapy”
David Burns (1980)
Okay, maybe not so new anymore. Still he covers ways of defeating guilt, prevention & personal growth – “The Approval Addiction”, “Your Work is Not Your Worth”, “Ways to Overcome Perfectionism”; also defeating hopelessness & suicidal feelings; coping with the stress of daily life; the chemistry of mood
“Ten Days to Self-Esteem:
Defeat Depression, Develop Self-Esteem,
Discover the Secrets of Joy in Daily Living”
David Burns (1993)
The title says most of it. Changing the way you feel, breaking out of a bad mood, root causes, & dealing with procrastination
“Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder:
What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You ...
That You Need to Know”
John McManamy (2006)
Includes different types of depression, Bipolar I & Bipolar II, Bipolar Depression, & mania; looking at behaviour – exuberance, creativity, “The Brain in Love & Lust”, moral issues & anger; associated illnesses & symptoms; things your psychiatrist doesn’t know about brain science; ECT, deep brain stimulation, brain-scan therapy; complementary treatments; “The Sexes and Relationships” & resources
“The Bipolar Disorder Answer Book”
Charles Atkins (2007)
Includes the Bipolar spectrum “One Size Does Not Fit All”, getting treatment, medications – mood stabilizers, antipsychotic meds, antidepressants & other medications, also other medical therapies, relapse prevention strategies, substance abuse; age, gender & cultural issues, survival tips for family & friends
“The Bipolar Handbook:
Real-Life Questions with
Up-to-Date Answers”
Wes Burgess (2006)
In a question & answer format it includes the basics of the disorder - time course, causes, mania, depression, types I, II & III, misdiagnosis; life changes to reduce symptoms; a list of meds – mood stabilizers, atypical antipsychotics, antianxiety meds, seldom used meds that can help, new meds; treatment without meds; how to find the right doctor, psychotherapy, career strategies, healthy personal relationships, women’s issues, crisis management & resources
“Bipolar Disorder:
A Guide for Patients and Families”
Francis Mark Mondimore (1999)
Includes the symptoms of normal & abnormal mood, the diagnosis – type I & II, Cyclothymic Disorder, Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder, Schizoaffective disorder; the diagnostic criteria in the DSM IV; treatment – mood stabilizers, antidepressants, antipsychotics, other meds, ECT, counselling & therapy; women with bipolar disorder; substance abuse; Seasonal Affective Disorder; the genetics of bipolar disorder, the biology; creativity; staying better; the role of the family
“Surviving Manic Depression:
A Manual on Bipolar Disorder
For Patients, Families and Providers”
E Fuller Torrey, Michael B Knable (2002)
Includes “Mania and Depression From the Inside”, “Manic-Depressive Illness Defined”, mania caused by drugs, infections, head injuries, other brain disorders & illnesses; risk factors for developing bipolar; onset, course & outcome; causes, medications, non-medication treatments, special problems, a whole chapter on bipolar & creativity, commonly asked questions, & issues for advocacy
First Nations 101 -
New Book by Lynda Gray
if you would like a copy go to...
Email: info@firstnations101.com<mailto:info@firstnations101.com>
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MOVIES
[coming soon]
NEWSLETTERS, JOURNALS, MAGAZINES
ON OUR WAY: RECOVERY NEWS
This is a newsletter that focuses on the activities of the Vancouver Acute & Community Mental Health Services and the service’s exploration of recovery.
There is also a perspectives page section where people living with mental illness, family members and service providers can write about their thoughts on recovery. Whether you are connected to the organization or not you can submit short pieces to this section and they will be considered for inclusion. Anything you submit must be related to the theme of recovery. Generally, they are looking for stories and ideas based on personal experience.
If you have ideas for future issues or would like to contribute, please contact renea.mohammed@vch.ca
To read the newsletter go to http://www.spotlightonmentalhealth.com/images/recovery_newsletter.pdf
VISIONS:
BC’s Mental Health & Addictions Journal
This is published quarterly and is available at no cost by subscription through email or a printed copy is free to those who have used the mental health or addictions services, and/or family and friends.
The journal is written by people who have used the mental health and addictions services, their family and friends, as well as “community advocates, leaders and decision-makers”.
They have specific issues on topics such as
Ø Borderline Personality Disorder
Ø Social Support
Ø LGBT - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
Ø Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Ø Cannabis
Ø Medications
Ø Housing & Homelessness
Ø Trauma and Victimization
Ø And plenty more
To take a look at the journal and to subscribe go to
NEWS FROM MHCC
This is put out by the Mental Health Commission of Canada which focuses on
Ø a mental health strategy for Canada
Ø a national research project on mental health & homelessness
Ø an anti-stigma initiative called “Opening Minds”
Ø the Knowledge Exchange Centre
Ø and a social movement à Partners for Mental Health
To read this newsletter go to
BULLETIN
This 16-page journal is written by the members of The West Coast Mental Health Network Society focusing on issues that are important to people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness and have experienced treatment in the mental health system.
Most of the issues have specific themes such as
Ø “Riches and Poverty: Jobs and Joblessness” Spring 2011
Ø “Gifts & Giving” Winter 2010
Ø “The Great Outdoors” Fall 2010
People who have been through the mental health system are invited to submit articles, essays, stories, poetry and graphic art. If your submission is accepted and published you will be paid an honorarium.
They prefer to get their submissions via email (in MS Word and images in jpeg) to office@wcmhn.org
They will also accept legible handwritten pieces or clearly recorded audio that can be transcribed, as well as visual materials, all of which can be sent to their office at
The West Coast Mental Health Network
#207 – 1300 Richards Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 3G6
604-733-5570
To read the Bulletin go to
TV SHOWS
[coming soon]
WEBSITES
Drug interactions checker - really helpful when you are on a lot of meds. Can even look up things like 'alcohol' or 'benadryl' or 'cough medicine' to see how it interacts with various drugs, too. [Sharon]
Drug information - most complete list of side effects I've come across. I find it helpful to print out the info, highlighting the parts that apply to me. I bring it in to my pdoc for discussion and to have on record; he takes my side effects more seriously when they are reported formally like this. [Sharon]
Meds info website, created by a consumer. Quite entertaining, too. [Sharon]
