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Alcoholism

Obsessive / Compulsive

Alzheimer's

Parenting

Anxiety

Psychology

Bipolar

Relationships

Caregiving

Separation and Divorce

Codependence

Schizophrenia

Death and Dying

Self Improvement

Depression

Sleep Disorders

Eating Disorders

Suicide

Gender

Tourette

Medications

Trauma

Mental Illness

 


Alcoholism

Title Author
Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome Wayne Kritsberg
The Miracle Method - A Radically New Approach to Problem Drinking Miller & Berg

 

Alzheimer's

Title Author
A Personal Care Book - Alzheimer's Disease  
Alzheimer's - A caregiver's guide and sourcebook Howard Gruetzner
Alzheimer's - The Answers you need Davies & Jensen
Alzheimer's Disease Molloy & Caldwell
At Home With Alzheimer's Disease - Useful adaptations to the home environment CMHC SCHL
Catch a Falling Star - Living with Alzheimer's Spohr & Bullard
Facing Alzheimer's - Family Caregivers Speak Patricia Brown Coughlan
Forget Me Not - The spiritual care of people with Alzheimer's Deborah Everett
Keeping Busy - a handbook of activities for persons with Dementia James R Dowling
Reversing Memory Loss Mark & Mark
Through Tara's Eyes - Helping Children Cope With Alzheimer's Disease Baumann & Conners
Understanding Difficult Behaviors - Coping with Alzheimer's Disease Robinson, Spencer & White

 

Anxiety

Title Author
Anxiety Disorders and Phobias - a Cognitive Perspective Beck & Emery
Anxiety, Phobias & Panic - a step by step program for regaining control of your life Reneau Z. Peurifoy
Fighting Fear - The Eight-Week Program for Treating Your Own Phobias Fredric Neuman
Helping your Anxious Child Ronald M. Rapee
Overcoming Anxiety Without Tranquilizers Edward H Drummond
Simple, Effective Treatment of Agoraphobia Dr. Claire Weekes
The Agoraphobia Workbook Pollard & Zuercher-White
The Anxiety Cure for Kids - A Guide for Parents Spencer, DuPont, DuPont
The Boy who Couldn't Stop Washing Judith L. Rapoport MD
Too Perfect - When Being in Control Gets Out of Control Mallinger & DeWyze
You Anxious Child: How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children John S. Dacey & Lisa B. Fiore

 

Bipolar

Title Author
A Brilliant Madness - Living with Manic-Depressive Illness Patty Duke & Gloria Hochman
Bipolar Disorder - A Guide for Patients and Families John Hopkins
Bipolar Disorder - An Information Booklet Erika Hilliard
Coping With Bipolar Disorder - A guide to living with manic depression Jones, Hayward & Lam
Manic Depression - How to Live While Loving a Manic Depressive Lynn Bradley
We Heard The Angels of Madness Diane & Lisa Berger

 

Caregiving

Title Author
Family Hospice Care Harry Van Bommel
Share My Lonesome Valley - The Slow Grief of Long-term Care Doug Manning

 

Codependence

Title Author
Breaking Free - a recovery workbook for Facing Codependence Mellody & Miller
Broken Toys Broken Dreams Terry Kellogg

 

Death and Dying

Title Author
Empty Arms - Coping With Miscarriage, Stillbirth & Infant Death Sherokee Ilse
On Death and Dying Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
To Live Until We Say Good-Bye Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

 

Depression

Title Author
A Parent's Guide for Suicidal and Depressed Teens Kate Williams
Can I Catch It Like A Cold? Gretchen Kelbaugh
Coping with Teenage Depression - a parent's guide Kathleen McCoy
Depression: What Families Should Know Elaine F Shimberg
Feeling Good - The New Mood Therapy David D. Burns MD
Helping Your Teenager Beat Depression Katharina Manassis, Anne Marie Levac
Lonely, Sad & Angry - a parent's guide to depression in children & adolescents Ingersoll & Goldstein
Malignant Sadness - The Anatomy of Depression Lewis Wolpert
Overcoming Depression Demitri & Janice Papolos
Postpartum Depression Sharon Roan
Postpartum Depression & Anxiety Pacific Post Partum Support Society
Sleepless Days - One woman's journey through postpartum depression Susan K Resnick
Understanding Depression Klein & Wender
Undoing Depression - What Therapy Doesn't Teach You & Medication Can't Give You Richard O'Connor
When Someone You Love is Depressed Epstein Rosen and Xavier F. Amador
Why Are You So Sad? - A child's book about Parental Depression Beth Andrews

 

Eating Disorders

Title Author
Anorexia Nervosa - A guide for sufferers and their families R L Palmer
Bulimia - a guide for sufferers and their families David Haslam
Eat Like A Lady - Guide For Overcoming Bulimia Carla Wills-Brandon

 

Gender

Title Author
Absent Fathers, Lost Sons - The Search for Masculine Identity Guy Corneau
Anger-Free - Ten Basic Steps to Managing Your Anger W Doyle Gentry
Changing Patterns - Women in Canada Burt, Code & Dorney
Gender Roles - Doing What Comes Naturally? Salamon & Robinson
Gender Stereotypes - Traditions and Alternatives Susan A Basow
Psychology of Women - Selected Readings Juanita H Williams
School Girls - Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap Peggy Orenstein
The Resource Guide for Immigrant Women Gulistan Shariff
Touchstones - Daily Meditations for Men Hazelden

 

Medications

Title Author
Listening to PROZAC Peter D Kramer
Making Connections - A Booklet About Women and Prescription Drugs and Alcohol
Prozac - questions and answers for patients, family and physicians Ronald R Fieve

 

Mental Illness

Title Author
How to Cope with Mental Illness in Your Family  Marsh & Dickens
How to Live With A Mentally Ill Person  Christine Adamec
I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help Xavier Amador
Mental Illness in the Family - Issues & Trends Beverley Abosh & April Collins

 

Obsessive-Compulsive

Title Author
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders - Treating and Understanding Crippling Habits Steven Levenkron
Stop Obsessing - How to Overcome Your Obsessions & Compulsions Edna B Foa & Reid Wilson
The Boy who Couldn't Stop Washing Judith L. Rapoport MD

 

Parenting

Title Author
Family: An Exploration Betty Jane Wylie
Kids are Worth It! - Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline Barbara Coloroso

 

Psychology

Title Author
An Unquiet Mind - a memoir of moods and madness Kay Redfield Jamison
Asperger's Syndrome - A Guide for Parents and Professionals Tony Attwood
Escape From Intimacy Anne Wilson Schaef
Getting The Love You Want - A Guide For Couples Harville Hendrix
Self-Esteem McKay & Fanning
Thinking in Pictures & Other Reports from My Life with Autism Temple Grandin
When Perfect Isn't Good Enough - Strategies for Coping with Perfectionism Antony & Swinson

 

Relationships

Title Author
Conscious Heart - Seven Soul-Choices that Create Your Relationship Destiny Hendricks & Hendricks
Coping With Your Husband's Retirement Friedman & Nussbuam
Creating Love - The Next Great Stage of Growth John Bradshaw
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail...and How You Can Make Yours Last John Gottman

 

Separation and Divorce

Title Author
Because Life Goes On: Helping Children and Youth Live With Separation and Divorce Health Canada
Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends Fisher & Alberti

 

Schizophrenia

Title Author
A Call To Action Schizophrenic Society of Canada
Coping With Schizophrenia Kim T. Mueses and Susan Gingerich
Day the Voices Stopped Ken Steele & Claire Berman
If I Played My Life Kate Goldsmith
Is There No Place On Earth For Me? Susan Sheehar
Learning About Schizophrenia: Rays Of Hope Various
Schizophrenia & Manic-Depressive Disorder Torrey, Bowler, Taylor & Gottesman
Schizophrenia - the Facts Tsuang & Faraone
Schizophrenia: The Dark Horse Gillian Shirreff
Surviving Schizophrenia E. Fuller Torrey
The Family Face of Schizophrenia Patricia Backlar
The Quiet Room Schiller and Bennett

 

Self Improvement

Title Author
A Third Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul Canfield & Hansen
An Action PLAN for Your Inner Child - Parenting Each Other Laurie Weiss
Be the Person You Were Meant to Be - Your best friend is you Jerry Greenwald
Boiling Point Jane Middleton-Moz
Chicken Soup for the Soul Canfield & Hansen
Different Drum - Community Making and Peace M Scott Peck
Do One Thing Different - Ten Simple Ways to Change your Life Bill O'Hanlon
Don't Panic - Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks R. Reid Wilson
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and it's all small stuff Richard Carlson
Emotional Intelligence - Why it can matter more than IQ Daniel Goleman
Family Guide to Emotional Wellness Patrick Fanning & Matthew McKay
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway Susan Jeffers
From Panic to Power Lucinda Bassett
Healing The Shame That Binds You John Bradshaw
Home Coming - Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child John Bradshaw
How Good Do We Have To Be? - New understanding of Guilt & Forgiveness Harold S Kushner
Joy of Imperfection Howarth & Tras
Love, Medicine & Miracles Bernie S Siegel
Mind Power John Kehoe
Overcoming Situational And General Anger Jerry L. Deffenbacher & Matthew McKay
Recovery of Your Inner Child - Liberating Your Inner Self Lucia Capacchione
Stress and Marriage Miller & Smith
The Fear of Success Leon Tec
The Sky is Falling Raeann Dumont
Tuesdays with Morrie - an Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson Mitch Albom
Unofficial Guide to Beating Stress Pat Goudey
What Your Mother Couldn't Tell You & Your Father Didn't Know John Gray
Why Can't I Ever Be Good Enough? - Escaping the limits of your childhood roles Joan Rubin-Deutsch, Licsw
Words That Heal - Affirmations & Meditations for Daily Living Douglas Bloch
You Can Be Free - an easy to read handbook for abused women Ginny NiCarthy
You Can Heal Your Life Louise L. Hay
Your Perfect Right Alberti & Emmons

 

Sleep Disorders

Title Author
How to Get a Good Night's Sleep Richard Graber & Paul Gouin
No More Sleepless Nights Peter Hauri & Shirley Linde

 

Suicide

Title Author
Choosing to Live - How to defeat suicide through cognitive therapy Ellis & Newman
No Time to Say Goodbye - Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One Carla Fine

 

Tourette

Title Author
Living with Tourette Syndrome Elaine F Shimberg

 

Trauma

Title Author
Adult Children Of Abusive Parents Steven Farmer
Child Abuse Trauma - Theory and Treatment of the Lasting Effects John N. Briere
Conspiracy of Silence - The Trauma of Incest Sandra Butler
Courage to Heal - guide for women survivors of child sexual abuse Bass & Davis
Courage to Heal Workbook - for women & men survivors of child sexual abuse Laura Davis
Healing Hidden Memories - Recovery for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse Mary Jane Williams
How Long Does It Hurt? - guide to recovering from incest and sexual abuse Mather & Debye
Living with Brain Injury - A Guide for Families and Caregivers Sonia Acorn & Penny Offer
Other Side of the Family - a book for recovery from abuse, incest & neglect Ellen Ratner
Outgrowing the Pain - a Book for and About Adults Abused as Children Eliana Gil
Secret Survivors - Uncovering Incest and Its Aftereffects in Women E Sue Blume
Wounded Boys Heroic Men - guide to recovering from child abuse Daniel Jay Sonkin

 

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