Surviving My Thoughts
on living with bipolar disorder and ocd
Resources
general mental health websites: Canadian Mental Health Association The National Mental Health Association roots of mental illness/ causation/psychiatry books: 
"A history of psychiatry : from the era of the asylum to the age of Prozac", Edward Shorter, John Wiley & Sons "As for the sky, falling : a critical look at psychiatry and suffering", by Shelagh Lynne Supeene, Second Story Press "Women and the psychiatric paradox", by P. Susan Penfold & Gillian A. Walker, Eden Press "Of two minds : the growing disorder in American psychiatry", T.M. Luhrmann, Knopf The Politics of Experience by R.D. Laing, Pantheon Books websites:
mood disorders books: "An Unquiet Mind" by Kay Redfield Jamison, A.A. Knopf "Darkness visible : a memoir of madness", by William Styron, Random House websites: McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web anxiety disorders/ocd books: "The boy who couldn't stop washing : the experience & treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder", by Judith L. Rapoport, Dutton "Tormenting thoughts and secret rituals : the hidden epidemic of obsessive-compulsive disorder" , by Ian Osbornm, Pantheon Books websites: Boss Back OCD (resource for parents and children) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group medication books: "Prozac diary", by Lauren Slater, Random House "The creation of psychopharmacology" . by Healy, David, MRC Psych., Harvard University Press websites: therapy books: Gestalt Therapy Verbatim by Frederick S. Perls Thoughts and Feelings: Taking Control of Your Moods and Your Life by Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning and Martha Davis, New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
The New Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir, Science and Behavior Books
meditation books: Boundless healing : meditation exercises to enlighten the mind and heal the body by Tulku Thondup Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh and Mayumi Oda, Parallax Press Any book by the author Tarthang Tulku websites:
A gradual awakening by Stephen Levine, Anchor Books