Resources: Books about Personal Stories

Adamec, C. 1996. How to Live with a Mentally Ill Person: A Handbook of Day-to-Day Strategies. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Behrman, A. 2002. Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania. New York: Random House.

Berger, D., and Berger, L. 1992. We Heard the Angels of Madness: A Family Guide to Coping with Manic-Depression. New York: Quill-William Morrow.

Duke, P., and Hochman, G. 1997. A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic-Depressive Illness. New York: Bantam Books.

Hinshaw, S. P. 2002. The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Jamison, K. R. 1995. An Unquiet Mind. New York: Knopf.

Manning, M. 1994. Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning with Her Own Depression. New York: HarperCollins.

Simon, L. 2002. Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D. New York: Washington Square Press.

Solomon, A. 2001. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. New York: Touchstone.

Steel, D. 2000. His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina. Des Plaines, IL: Dell. Styron, W. 1992. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness. New York: Vintage Books.