I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! How to Help Someone Accept Treatment

20th Anniversary by Dr. Xavier Amador (2020)

Dr. Amador's research on poor insight was inspired by his success helping his brother Henry, who had schizophrenia, accept treatment. Like tens of millions of others diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and addictions, Henry did not believe he was ill. 

Touched with Fire: Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

 by Kay Redfield Jamison (1993)

This author has lived experience and is also a professor of psychiatry and she examines the intersection between artistic genius and mental illness. Fascinating book. Best-selling author - she also has a memoir "An Unquiet Mind" 



Darkness Before Dawn, Redefining the Journey Through Depression

Various Authors, Tami Simon (Editor) (2015)

 The guidance presented here supports traditional psychotherapy and medication as valuable tools. But for those who’ve found these approaches incomplete―or seek to help others at an impasse―there’s much to discover within these pages.

Silent Souls Weeping: Depression, Sharing Stories - Finding Hope

by Jane Clayson Johnson (2019)

Journalist Jane Clayson Johnson shines a light in the desperate, dark, and lonely reality faced by those who struggle with clinical depression. At once hopeful and heart-wrenching, Silent Souls Weeping examines the stigma and isolation associated with depression, as well as the dangers of perfectionistic tendencies and suicidal ideation.

Falling Into the Fire: A Psychiatrist's Encounters with the Mind in Crisis

by Christine Montross (2013)

Case studies of people this psychiatrist has worked with and how psychiatry/treatment need to be individualized and humanized even though its a medical condition - the mind needs careful handling.

The Power of Positive Self-Talk

by Kim Fredrickson (2015)

A tiny little book with powerful advice written by a licensed marriage and family therapist based on her work with individuals suffering from depression and anxiety. NOTE: This is Christian/Bible based advice on how our self-talk can help or harm our healing from depression and anxiety. 

The Family Guide to Mental Health Care: Advice on Helping Your Loved Ones

from the Medical Director of the Country's Largest State Mental Health System and Mental Health Editor of the Huffington Post, Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D. (Forward by Glenn Close) 2013)

NOTE: I haven't yet read this one - it's a couple down on my stack to read! Sounds good!!! Have browsed through the book and can't wait to read it. 



How You Can Survive When They Are Depressed: Living and Copying with Depression Fallout

by Anne Sheffield (1998) Forward is by Mike Wallace.

I read this years ago and remember it was helpful.



Talking to Depression: Simple Ways to Connect When Someone in Your Life is Depressed

by Claudia J. Strauss (2006)

I really like this guide to how to talk to someone who is depressed and why we often say the "wrong" thing and feel frustrated. It contains examples of what to say and what not to say to someone who is in a depressed state. Very helpful.



The Bipolar Booklet: A healthy, balanced life beyond the diagnosis of mental illness

by Rick Killpack, Katie Killpack, and Kacy Clifton (2020)

Rick shares how his healthy, balanced life and helping others rise above the diagnosis of his mental illness.