Recommended Reading

If you or a loved one suffers from a mental illness, these books and websites may help you in your journey as they helped me in mine.

I don't actually agree with what everything some of these web sites have to say, but I present them all so you can judge for yourself. I think the debate is healthy.

I used to link to the Antipsychiatry Coalition, but I don't now that Tom Cruise has helped me to understand that it's a front organization for The Church of Scientology.

Here are four different ways you can get these books:

Most of them can be found in most libraries or bookstores. However, if you purchase them online after clicking the Amazon [A] or Powells City of Books [P] links, I will receive a modest percentage of their price that will help me earn my living through my writing. Amazon usually has the best price for new copies, while Powells often has a better price for used ones.

[P] [ A] Schiller, Lori and Bennett, Amanda, The Quiet Room: A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness
[P] [ A] Pirsig, Robert M., Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
[P] [ A] Kesey, Ken, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
[P] [ A] Edwards, Betty, The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
[P] [ A] Cameron, Julia, The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life
[P] [ A] Peck, M. Scott, The Road Less Traveled
[P] [ A] Shapiro, David, Neurotic Styles
[P] [ A] Berne, Eric, Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
[P] [ A] Langer, Ellen J., Mindfulness
[P] [ A] Locke, Christopher, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, David Weinberger, The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
[P] [ A] Aronson, Elliot, The Social Animal
[P] [ A] Jamison, Kay Redfield, An Unquiet Mind
[P] [ A] Jamison, Kay Redfield, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament
[P] [ A] Jamison, Kay Redfield, Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
[P] [ A] Solomon, Andrew, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
[P] [ A] Duke, Patty and Hochman, Gloria, A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic-Depressive Illness
[P] [ A] Duke, Patty and Turan, Kenneth, Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke
[P] [ A] Vonnegut, Mark, The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity
[P] [ A] Miller, Alice, Hannum, Hunter (translator) and Hannum, Hildegarde (translator), For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
[P] [ A] Cronkite, Kathy, On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations about Conquering Depression
[P] [ A] Nasar, Sylvia, A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash

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