Recommended Resource List:
Depression

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Audiobooks
  • Bloomfield, Harold H. & McWilliams, Peter. How to Heal Depression. Los Angeles: Prelude Press, 1995. Call number: SR 616.8527 Bloo
• Books
  • Ainsworth, Patricia. Understanding Depression. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000. Call number:  616.8527 Ains
  • Brown, Marie Annette. When Your Body Gets the Blues: the Clinically Proven Program for Women Who Feel Tired and Stressed and Eat Too Much. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2002. Call number:  616.85270082 Brow
  • Burns, David D. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. New York: Quill, 2000. Call number: 616.8527 Burn
  • Canary, John. Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You That You Need to Know. New York: Collins, 2006. Call number: 616.85270092 Mama
  • Diamond, Jed. The Irritable Male Syndrome: Understanding and Managing the 4 Key Causes of Depression and Aggression. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2005. Call number:  616.85270081 Diam
  • Downs, Alan. The Half-empty Heart: a Supportive Guide to Breaking Free from Chronic Discontent. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. Call number:  616.852706 Down
  • Ferber, Jane. Depression: a Woman Doctor's Guide: Essential Facts and Up-to-the-minute Information on overcoming Depression. New York: Kensington, 2000. Call number: 616.85270082 FRB
  • Fisher, Marlee. 70 Signs of Depression: Recognize and Cope with Your Loved One’s Clinical or Manic Depression. Newport Beach, CA: Communications Strategies, 2005. Call number: 616.8527 Fish
  • Fitter, Fawn & Gulas, Beth. Working in the Dark: Keeping Your Job While Dealing With Depression. Center City, MN: Hazelden, 2002. Call number: 331.594 Fitt
  • Forward, Susan. Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You. New York: Quill, 2001, c1997. Call number: 158.2 Forw
  • Jantz, Gregory L. Moving Beyond Depression: a Whole-person Approach to Healing. Colorado Springs, CO: Shaw Books, 2003. Call number: Call number:  616.8527 Jant
  • Kaufman, Miriam. Overcoming Teen Depression: a Guide for Parents. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2001. Call number:  618.928527 Kauf
  • Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen A. The Hidden Feelings of Motherhood: Coping with Stress, Depression, and Burnout. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, 2001. Call number:  306.8743 Kend
  • Kramlinger, Keith, ed. Mayo Clinic on Depression: Answers to Help You Understand, Recognize and Manage Depression. Rochester, MN: Mayo Clinic; New York: Kensington, 2001. Call number: 616.8527 Mayo
  • Machoian, Lisa. The Disappearing Girl: Learning the Language of Teenage Depression. New York: Dutton, 2005. Call number:  616.852700835 Mach
  • Miller, Mark D. Living Longer Depression Free: a Family Guide to Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Depression in Later Life. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.  Call number:  618.9768527 Mill
  • Mondimore, Francis Mark. Depression: the Mood Disease. 3rd ed. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Call number: 616.8527 Mond
  • Murray, Bob. Creating Optimism: a Proven, Seven-step Program for Overcoming Depression. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Call number:  616.852706 Murr
    
  • Papolos, Demitri and Janice Papolos. The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder. Broadway, 2002. Call number: 618.92895 Papo
  • Preston, John D. You Can Beat Depression: A Guide to Prevention & Recovery, 3rd ed. Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers, 2001. Catalog: 616.8527 Pres
  • Rosen, Laura Epstein. When Someone You Love is Depressed: How to Help Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself. New York: Free Press, 1996. Call number: 616.8527 Rose
  • Rosenthal, Norman E. Winter Blues: Everything You Need to Know to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder. Revised ed. New York: Guilford Press, 2006. Call number: 616.8527 Rose
  • Servan-Schreiber, David. The Instinct to Heal: Curing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression without Drugs and without Talk Therapy. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2004. Call number:  616.852706 Serv
  • Whiffed, Valerie E. A Secret Sadness: the Hidden Relationship Patterns That Make Women Depressed. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2006. Call number: 616.85270082 Whiff
  • Yapko, Michael D. Breaking the Patterns of Depression. New York: Broadway Books, 2001. Call number: 616.8527 Yapk
• Videos
  • Beyond the Blues: Child and Youth Depression. 56 min. National Film Board of Canada, 2004. DVD. Call number: VC DV 616.8527 Beyo
  • Childhood Depression. 28 min. Aquarius Health Care Videos, 2000. Videocassette. Call number: VC 618.928527 Chil
  • Depression and Manic Depression. 28 min. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2001. Videocassette. Call number: VC 616.8527 Depr/VC8094
  • Depression: the Storm Within. 28 min. APA, 1991. Videocassette.  Call number:  VC 616.8527 Depr
  • Flight from Despair: Depression and Mania. 52 min. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2001. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 616.895 Flig
  • Late-life Depression. 28 min. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004. DVD. Call number:  VC DV 618.9768527 Late
  • Lights in the Darkness: Appalachian Teens Speak Out about Depression. 42 min. Newist/CESA #7, 2002. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 618.928527 Ligh
  • Lingering in the Shadow. 57 min. NEWIST/CESA 7, 2003. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 618.928527 Ling
  • Lives in Balance. 30 min. Intelligent Telecommunications, 2001. Videocassette. Call number:  VC 613 Live
  • Lost and Found: Young People Talk About Depression. 21 min. Film Ideas, 1996. Videocassette. Call number: VC 616.8527 Lost/VC5530
  • On the Edge (In the Mix series). 30 min. PBS, 1998. Videocassette. Call Number:  VC 362.25 On
  • The Other Side of Blue: the Truth about Teenage Depression. 31 min. Fanlight Productions, 2000. DVD. Call number:  VC DV 616.8527 Othe
  • Teenage Depression. 20 min. TMW Media Group, 2005. DVD. Call number: VC DV 618.928527 Teen
    
  • Women and Depression. 28 min. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 2000. Videocassette. Call number: VC 616.852 Wome/VC8141
• Websites
  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/depression.html
    MedlinePlus Health Information: Depression, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, offers information and links to consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and other selected sites. Some in Spanish. Last accessed on February 1, 2007.
  • http://www.nimh.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Depressionmenu.cfm
    Depression from the National Institute of Mental Health provides information resources on depression. Spanish language materials also available. Last accessed on February 1, 2007.
  • http://personnel.ky.gov/programs/keap/online.htm
    Depression and Alcohol Screening Program of the Kentucky Employee Assistance Program offers free, confidential screening. Last accessed on February 1, 2007.
• Organizations
  • Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
    730 N. Franklin Street
    Suite 501
    Chicago, Illinois 60610-7224
    (800) 826-3632
    http://www.dbsalliance.org/