Further Resources and Information on Depression
Organizations
National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH)
The largest research organization in the world that focuses on mental
health diseases.
National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill
A support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends
of people with severe mental illness.
Local branches often give guidance to finding treatment.
National Depressive and
Manic Depressive Association
Purpose is to educate patients, families, and the public concerning the
nature of depressive illnesses.
National Foundation
for Depressive Illness, Inc.
A foundation that informs the public about depressive illness and its
treatments and promotes programs of research, education, and treatment.
National Mental Health
Association
National Alliance for Research
on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)
A non-profit organization that supports research on depression
and other mental health problems.
American Psychiatric
Association
American Psychological Association
Canadian
Mental Health Association
Depression and
Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
Depression and Related
Affected Disorders Association
National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill
Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Postpartum Support
International
American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dedicated to helping youth and families
affected by mental, behavioral, or developmental problems.
American Society
for Adolescent Psychiatry
Websites
www.depressionisreal.org
A public education campaign to tell Americans the truth about depression
www.clinicaltrials.gov
Depression research studies identified through the U.S. National Library
of Medicine's link to federally and privately funded studies worldwide.
www.mentalhealthscreening.org
Depression screening
Self-Help Books
The Mindful
Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Cognitive
Behavioral Workbook for Depression: A Step-by-step Program
by William J. Knaus and Albert Ellis
Talking to
Depression: Simple Ways To Connect When Someone
In Your Life Is Depressed
by Claudia J. Strauss and Martha Manning
Overcoming
Depression One Step at a Time: The New Behavioral Activation Approach
to Getting Your Life Back
by Michael E., Ph.D. Addis and Christopher R. Martell
The Depression
Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs
by Stephen S. Ilardi
Depression
Fallout: The Impact of Depression on Couples and What You Can Do to
Preserve the Bond
by Anne Sheffield
Depression-Free,
Naturally: 7 Weeks to Eliminating Anxiety, Despair, Fatigue, and Anger
from Your Life
by Joan Mathews Larson
How You Can
Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout
by Anne Sheffield, Mike Wallace, and Donald F. Klein
The Mindfulness & Acceptance
Workbook for Depression: Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to Move
Through Depression & Create a Life Worth Living
by Kirk D. Strosahl and Patricia J. Robinson
Feeling Good:
The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated
by David D.
Burns
Unstuck: Your
Guide to the Seven-Stage Journey Out of Depression
by
James S. Gordon
Healing Depression
the Mind-Body Way: Creating Happiness with Meditation, Yoga, and Ayurveda
by Nancy Liebler and Sandra Moss
Unmasking Male
Depression: Recognizing the Root Cause to Many Problem Behaviors Such
as Anger, Resentment, Abusiveness, Silence, Addictions, and Sexual
Compulsiveness
by Archibald D. Hart
Depression
For Dummies
by
Laura L. Smith and Charles H. Elliott
Healing Anxiety and Depression
by Daniel G. Amen and Lisa C. Routh
The Depression
Workbook: A Guide for Living with Depression and Manic Depression,
Second Edition
by Mary Ellen Copeland and Matthew McKay
Beyond Blue:
Surviving Depression & Anxiety and Making the Most of Bad Genes
by Therese Johnson Borchard
What to Do
When Someone You Love Is Depressed, Second Edition: A Practical, Compassionate,
and Helpful Guide
by Mitch Golant Ph.D. and Susan K. Golant