Reading Lists for Common Diagnoses

This list could use improving! If you can think of a book that should be here but isn’t or that IS on here but shouldn’t be, please let me know via email and I will update the list.

Major Depressive Disorder

• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by Dr. David Burns
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• The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams
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• Back from the Brink: True Stories and Practical Help for Overcoming Depression and Bipolar Disorder by Graeme Cowan
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• Living with Depression: Why Biology and Biography Matter along the Path to Hope and Healing by Deborah Serani
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Dysthymic Disorder

• Beating the Blues: New Approaches to Overcoming Dysthymia and Chronic Mild Depression by Michael E. Thase and Susan S. Lang
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• Beyond Blue: Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes by Therese Borchard
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Bipolar Disorder

• Walks on the Margins, a Story of Bipolar Illness by Kathy Brandt
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• The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, What You and Your Family Need to Know by David J. Miklowitz PhD
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• Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship by Shari Y. Manning Ph.D.
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• Welcome to the Jungle: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bipolar but Were Too Freaked Out to Ask by Hilary T. Smith
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• Bipolar Disorder For Dummies by Candida Fink M.D.
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Suicide

• Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
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• No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One by Carla Fine
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• How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person’s Guide to Suicide Prevention by Susan Rose Blauner
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• When Darkness Comes: Saying “No” to Suicide by Angerona S. Love
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Schizophrenia

• The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks
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• I am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help! by Xavier Amador
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• A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness by Victoria Costello
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• January First: A Child’s Descent into Madness and Her Father’s Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield
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• Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis by Paris Williams
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Anxiety Disorders

• Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes
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• Telling Yourself the Truth: Find Your Way Out of Depression, Anxiety, Fear, Anger, and Other Common Problems by Applying the Principles of Misbelief Therapy by William Backus and Marie Chapian
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• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by Dr. David Burns
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• My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind by Scott Stossel
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• Control the Crazy: My Plan to Stop Stressing, Avoid Drama, and Maintain Inner Cool by Vinny Guadagnino and Samantha Rose
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Panic Disorder

• When Panic Attacks: The New, Drug-Free Anxiety Therapy That Can Change Your Life by David Burns
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• Pass Through Panic: Freeing Yourself from Anxiety and Fear by Claire Weeks
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• Finally Fearless: Journey from Panic to Peace by Cheryl McKay
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• Don’t Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks by Wilson Reid Ph.D.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Bruce Hyman
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• Saving Sammy: A Mother’s Fight to Cure Her Son’s OCD by Beth Alison Maloney
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• Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Ian Osborn
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• “It’ll be Okay.”: How I Kept Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) from Ruining My Life by Shannon Shy
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• Nowhere Near Normal: A Memoir of OCD by Traci Foust
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence by Judith Herman
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• Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
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• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences by Peter A Levine & Ann Frederick
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• Thirty Days with My Father: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD by Christal Presley
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• The War at Home: One Family’s Fight Against PTSD by Shawn Gourley
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Agoraphobia

• The Agoraphobia Workbook: A Comprehensive Program to End Your Fear of Symptom Attacks by C. Alec Pollard Ph.D. & Elke Zuercher-White
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• Agorafabulous!: Dispatches from My Bedroom by Sara Benincasa
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• Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic by Reneau Z. Peurifoy
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• Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life by Allen Shawn
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Anorexia nervosa

• Intuitive Eatin: A Revolutionary Program That Works by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
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• Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia by Harriet Brown
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• Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher
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• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher
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• Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain by Portia de Rossi
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Bulimia nervosa

• Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer & Thom Rutledge
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• Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life by Jenni Schaefer
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• Brain over Binge: Why I Was Bulimic, Why Conventional Therapy Didn’t Work, and How I Recovered for Good by Kathryn Hansen
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• 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience by Carolyn Costin
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Binge-eating disorder

• How to Have Your Cake and Your Skinny Jeans Too: Stop Binge Eating, Overeating and Dieting For Good Get the Naturally Thin Body You Crave From the Inside Out by Josie Spinardi
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• Stop Eating Your Heart Out: The 21-Day Program to Free Yourself from Emotional Eating by Meryl Hershey Beck
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• Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Geneen Roth
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• Overcoming Overeating: How to Break the Diet/Binge Cycle and Live a Healthier, More Satisfying Life by Jane R. Hirschmann & Carol H. Munter
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• You Mean I’m Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder by Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo
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• Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
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• The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps by Melissa Orlov
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• Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
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• Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child by Edward M. Hallowell & Peter S. Jensen
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Autism

• Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism’s Silent Prison by Ido Kedar
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• The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
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• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
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• The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin & Richard Panek
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• Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen Notbohm
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