Coping with Depression and Elation
by: Patrick McKeon
(Sheldon Press 1996)

Depressive mood swings can affect people of both sexes and every age. This book describes the causes, symptoms and treatment of depressive moods. Dr McKeon discusses fully the ways in which mood swings can be recognized - the signs of depression and its opposite, an unnatural elation. He also reveals the problems that can arise if the illness is not diagnosed - it may lead to alcohol dependence, overspending, sexual excess, and even, if the depression is deep enough, to suicide.

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Bipolar and the Art of Roller-coaster Riding
by: Madeleine Kelly
Two Trees Media (Australia)

SANE Australia Book of the Year in 2001, this new edition contains medical information as well as practical suggestions for managing work, education, relationships, money and spirituality. To buy the book, which is only available in electronic format, click here for details. SANE will receive 50% of the purchase price of copies bought through the link below.

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A Note of Madness
by: Tabitha Suzuma
Bodley Head Children's Books (4 May 2006)

Life as a student is good for Flynn. As one of the top pianists at the Royal College of Music, he has been put forward for an important concert, the opportunity of a lifetime. But beneath the surface, things are changing. On a good day he feels full of energy and life, but on a bad day being alive is worse than being dead. Sometimes he wants to compose and practise all night, at other times he can't get out of bed.

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Schizophrenia: the facts
by: M. Tsuang, S. Faraone
Oxford University Press; 2Rev Ed edition (8 May 1997)

Schizophrenia is one of the most traumatic psychiatric conditions, both for the patient and their family. It also suffers from frequent misinterpretation by the popular media. The disorder usually manifests itself through significant periods of hallucinations and bizarre delusions, but patients are not generally violent, and do have periods of remission.

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In Search of Madness In search of madness: schizophrenia and neuroscience
by: R. Walter Heinrichs
Oxford University Press Inc, USA (1 Mar 2001)

Is definitive understanding of schizophrenia as a brain disease just around the corner? This book synthesizes twenty years of research into diverse fields such as the symptoms, biology, and neurochemistry of schizophrenia, exploring theories of the disease and possibilities for future research. In fact, it seems that schizophrenia patients differ from healthy people more in their cognition than in their biology, an understanding of which will revolutionize both neuroscience and psychiatry.

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