BOOKS
Jamison, Kay R. (1995). An Unquiet Mind. New York: Knopf - Bipolar disorder; autobiography by psychiatrist who has bipolar disorder herself.
*Wharton, W. (1979). Birdy. New York: Random House - Questions what is sane and insane (fiction)
Lamb, W. (1998). I Know This Much Is True. New York: Regan Books- Schizophrenia (fiction)
*Greenberg, J. (1989 reissued). I Never Promised You a Rose Garden. New York: New American Library - Schizophrenia (autobiographical fiction)
*Schrieber, F. (1995 reissued). Sybil. New York: Warner Books - Multiple Personality Disorder (case history)
* Nasar, S. (1998). A Beautiful Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster - Schizophrenia (biography)
*Nolan, S. (2000). As Good As It Gets. Quartet Books, Ltd. - OCD (fiction)
*Kesey, K. (1963). One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. - Mental Hospital (fiction)
Ratey, J. and Johnson, C. (1997). Shadow Syndromes. New York: Bantam Books. - mild forms of mental disorders
Unknown White Male (2005). Documentary directed by Rupert Murray about a man who experienced a dissociative fugue.
* - Movie made from this book
DSM-IV - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - IV, a manual of mental disorders published by the American Psychiatric Organization
ICD-10 - International Classification of Diseases, published by World Health Organization. Chapter V deals with mental and behavioral disorders
Moods and The Muse - Creativity and Mental Disorders
The Phobia List - list and definitions of many phobias
Social Anxiety / Social Phobia
Klarman Eating Disorders Center - information about eating disorders
Dr. Ivan's Depression Central - collected information about mood disorders
National Institutues of Mental Health web site - search for information about specific disorder
Psychiatric Epidemiology: It's Not Just About Counting Anymore Archives of General Psychiatry, 2005;62:590-592. - Prevalence of mental illness in the US.
Mental Health Statistics from National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Personality Disorder Prevalence
Personality Disorders - overview and diagnostic criteria
Mental Health Matters - Comprehensive Website about disorders and treatments
A Depression Switch?
New research about deep brain stimulation as treatment for intractable deep depression. Dobbs, David (April 2, 2006). "A Depression Switch,"
New York Times Magazine.
Are Criteria for Depression too Broad? Some think that depression is overdiagnosed. Washington Post, April 2, 2007.
THE MacARTHUR VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT STUDY - study of characteristics of patients recently released from mental institutions: which ones predict violent behavior?
From Daniel M'Naughten to John Hinckley: A Brief History of the Insanity Devense.
