▲▲ E. Fuller Torrey, Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers, 5th Edition, New York: Harper Row, 2006

▲ Susan Inman, After Her Brain Broke: Helping My Daughter Regain Her Sanity, Bridgeross, 2010

▲ Anne Deveson, Tell Me I'm Here, London: Penguin Books, 1991 (out of print; available in libraries only)

Kim T. Mueser, PhD, The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life, The Guilford Press, 2006

Maryellen Walsh, Schizophrenia: Straight Talk for Family and Friends, New York: Morrow, 1985

Patricia Backlar, The Family Face of Schizophrenia, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994

Kevyn Noble and Sandy Lenz, Children with Schizophrenia, Edmonton: Glenrose Hospital Educational Services, 1995

Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich, Coping with Schizophrenia: A Guide for Families, Oakland: New Harbinger, 1992

Richard Keefe and Philip Harvey, Understanding Schizophrenia: A Guide to the New Research On Causes and Treatment, Toronto: The Free Press, Macmillan, 1994

▲E. Fuller Torrey, Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual On Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers, Basic Books, 2002

▲Nathan Kline, From Sad to Glad, New York: Putnam, 1974

▲Ronald Fieve, Moodswing, New York: W. Morrow, 1989

Claudia J. Strauss, Talking to Depression: Simple Ways to Connect When Someone in Your Life is Depressed, NAL Trade, 2004

Julia Nunes and Scott Simmie, Beyond Crazy: Journeys Through Mental Illness, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2002

▲ E. Fuller Torrey, The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers Its Citizens, W.W. Norton, 2008

▲Rael Jean Isaac and Virginia C. Armat, Madness in the Streets: How Psychiatry and the Law Abandoned the Mentally Ill, New York: The Free Press, 1990

▲Nancy Andreasen, The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry, New York: Harper & Row, 1984

E. Fuller Torrey and Judy Miller, The Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present, Rutger's University Press, 2007

Rebecca Woolis, When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness, New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Perigee, 1992

Xavier Amador, I am not sick, I don't need help!, 2nd Edition, Vida Press, 2007

Gwen Howe, Serious Mental Illness, A Family Affair, 1997

E. Fuller Torrey, Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental Illness Crisis, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

E. Fuller Torrey, Nowhere To Go: The Tragic Odyssey of the Homeless Mentally Ill, New York: Harper & Row, 1988

Julia Nunes and Scott Simmie, The Last Taboo: Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001

Christine Adamec, How to Live with a Mentally Ill Person: A Handbook of Day-to-Day Strategies, John Wiley & Sons. 1996

Virginia Lafond, Grieving Mental Illness: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994

Diane Marsh and Rex Dickens, Troubled Journey: Coming to Terms with Mental Illness of a Sibling or Parent, Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc., 1997

Sherry Dinner, Nothing to be Ashamed Of: Growing Up with Mental Illness in Your Family, New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1989. (For younger readers. Recommended age level 9-12)

Victoria Secunda, When Madness Comes Home: Help and Hope for Children, Siblings and Partners, Disney Press, 1998

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