Recommended Reading

FOR CLINICIANS:

American Medical Association (1998). Essential guide to depression. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines).

Bongar, B. (2002). The Suicidal Patient: Clinical and Legal Standards of Care. American Psychological Association.

CNS Spectrums - The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine (2005). The 2005 Black Book of Psychotropic Dosing and Monitoring. New York: MBL Communications.

DeBattista, C. (2003). Medical Management of Depression: 3rd edition. Durant: EMIS, Inc.

Glick, I. (ed.) (1995). Treating depression. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Goldberg, J. (2002). Clinical Course and Outcome. American Psychiatric Association.

Gorman, J.M. (1996). The New Psychiatry: the Essential Guide to State-of-the-Art Therapy, Medication, and Emotional Health. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Klaiber, E.L. (2001). Hormones and the Mind. New York: Harper Collins.

Schatzberg, A.F. (2005). Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology: 5th edition. American Psychiatric Association.

Stahl, S. (2004). Essential Psychopharmacology of Depression and Bipolar Disorder. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Zerbe, K. (ed.) (2002). Women's Mental Health. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.

FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES:

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Major Depressive Disorder: A Patient and Family Guide.

Blazer, D.G. (2002). Depression in Late Life, 3rd ed. New York: Springer Publishers.

Burns, D.D. (1999). The Feeling Good Handbook. New York: Plume Publishers.

Gilbert, P. (2001). Overcoming Depression: A Step-By-Step Approach to Overcoming Depression.

Gottlieb, I.H., Hammen, C.L. (eds.) (2002). Handbook of Depression. New York: Guilford Press.

Greist, H.H. and Jefferson, J.W. (1992) Depression and Its Treatment. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

Hart, A. and Hart, C. (2002). Unveiling Depression in Women: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Depression. Weber Fleming H Revell Co.

Papalos, D. (1996). Overcoming Depression. 3rd Edition. New York: Harper Collins.

Quinn, B. (1997). The Depression Sourcebook. Los Angeles: Lowell House Contemporary Books.

Rosen, L. (1997). When Someone You Love is Depressed. New York: Free Press.

Rosenthal, N.E. (2003). The Emotional Revolution: Harnessing the Power of Your Emotions for a More Powerful Life. Sacramento: Citadel Press.

Solomon, A (2002). The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression. New York: Touchstone Books.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1993). Depression is a Treatable Illness: A Patient's Guide. Rockville: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research