Books for Families

College of the Overwhelmed Overwhelmed by Richard Kadison, Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

Almost half of all students will become seriously depressed during their college career; the authors give help for students and parents

The Bipolar Child by Demitri F. Papolos MD, Janice Papolos

For any caregiver experiencing life with a bipolar child, Demitri and Janice Papolos's The Bipolar Child will be an indispensable reference guide.

The Burden of Sympathy by David Allen Karp

Karp, a sociology professor presents the stories of 60 families afflicted with a mental illness.

Depression Fallout by Anne Sheffield

Is your partner's depression undermining your happiness as a couple? What you need to know about your partner's mentalhealth and what to do about it ... for your own well-being.

Help Me, I’m Sad by David Fassler and Lynne Dumas

Discusses how to tell if your child is at risk; how to spot symptoms; depression’s impact on the family; teen suicide; finding the right diagnosis, therapist, and treatment; and what you can do to help.

Helping Someone with Mental Illness by Rosalynn Carter.

Deeply moving stories of many individuals into a cleanly organized discussion of every salient issue: diagnosis, treatment, scientific research, stigma, advocacy.

Helping Yourself Help Others : A Book for Caregivers by Rosalynn Carter and Susan Golant.

Describes the stages the caregiver progresses through, from first facing the illness or declining health of a loved one to the "long-term, hard-work phase of caregiving."

Hidden Victims - Hidden Healers by Julie T. Johnson

From her experience, Julie Johnson outlines Eight Stages of dealing with someone who has a mental illness.

How You Can Survive When They're Depressed by Anne Sheffield

Gives coping strategies for those living with a clinical depressive or manic-depressive, who often suffer in silence, believing their own problems have no claim to attention.

Nothing to Hide by Jean Beard, Peggy Gillespie, Gigi Kaeser.

This book features posed but casual portraits and candid first-person accounts of mentally ill people and their families.

Out of the Darkened Room: Protecting the Children and Strengthening the Family by Dr. William Beardslee

Dr. William Beardslee presents his effective program to bolster suffering parents with strong tools for healing; and most importantly, to promote resilience in their children.

Parenting Well When You're Depressed: A Complete Resource for Maintaining a Healthy Family by Joanne Nicholson

Based on more than ten years of study of depressed parents and their families, this book offers strategies, action plans, and resources to help depressed parents provide for their children's healthy development.

Raising a Moody Child by Mary Fristad and Jill Arnold

This book explains how treatment works and what additional steps parents can take at home to help children with mood disorders — and the family as a whole — improve the quality of their lives.

What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Mitch Golant, Susan K. Golant

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

When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness by Rebecca Woolis, Agnes Hatfied

This book is a step-by-step guide to more successful interpersonal relationships between family and patients.

When Someone You Love Is Depressed by Laura Epstein Rosen, Xavier F. Amador

The authors teach concrete methods that you and your loved one can use to protect yourselves and your relationship from depression's impact.