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| Assertiveness at Work |
David R. Stubbs |
Assertiveness |
book |
"…a definitive guide to assertion as a means to influence and success in business". |
| The Aladdin Factor |
Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen |
Personal Development |
book |
"Personal happiness. Creative fulfillment. Professional success. Freedom from fear - and a new promise of joy that's yours for the asking". |
| Bipolar Disorder - a Guide |
Francis M. Mondimore |
Bipolar disorder |
book |
A guide for patients and families |
| Bipolar Disorder - a Guide |
Francis M. Mondimore |
Bipolar disorder |
book |
A guide for patients and families |
| Bluebeard's Egg |
Margaret Attwood |
Novels / Short stories |
book |
"This collection of short stories shows her genius with all its sparkle and humour". |
| Fairytales in Reality |
Margo Orum |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Biographies / Autobiographies |
book |
This powerful autobiography - at times frightening - is a journey of personal fulfilment from which we can all learn. Above all it is an inspirational story of survival and hope". |
| Fairytales in Reality |
Margo Orum |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Biographies / Autobiographies |
book |
This powerful autobiography - at times frightening - is a journey of personal fulfilment from which we can all learn. Above all it is an inspirational story of survival and hope". |
| Be at your best when it really counts |
Susan Perry and Jim Dawson |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Setting your body clocks for maximum energy and health". |
| The Book of Stress Survival |
Alix Kirsta |
Stress/Relaxation |
| Beyond My Worth |
Lillian Roth |
Alcohol |
book |
An actress who beat alcoholism. |
| Being Happy! A handbook to greater confidence and security. |
Andrew Matthews |
Personal Development |
book |
This is a book about understanding yourself, being able to laugh at yourself, becoming more prosperous, and being able to forgive yourself. |
| Beating the Blues |
Xandria Williams |
Depression |
book |
A guide to avoiding and lifting depression. |
| Body Wisdom |
Amiyo Ruhnke, Anando Wurzburger |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
"An easy-to-use handbook of simple exercises and self-massage techniques for busy people". |
| Body Language |
Alan Pease |
Personal Development |
book |
"Body language examines aspects of non-verbal communication in a wide variety of everyday contexts. It discusses techniques that show you how to interpret gestures correctly and thus to 'read' the underlying thoughts or emotions". |
| An Unquiet Mind - REFERENCE ONLY |
Kay Redfield Jamison |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty" |
| An Unquiet Mind |
Kay Redfield Jamison |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
| The Art of Real Happiness |
Norman Peale, Smiley Blanton |
Depression |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"The Art of Real Happiness will help you cope with depression and anxiety, and show you how to achieve peace of mind, contentment and real personal happiness". |
| A Mood Apart |
Peter Whybrow |
Bipolar disorder |
book |
"A thinker's guide to emotion and its disorder" |
| A Brilliant Madness |
Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"Informative…comforting…a thorough and touching exploration of mental illness". |
| A Brilliant Madness |
Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"Informative…comforting…a thorough and touching exploration of mental illness". |
| A Brilliant Madness |
Patty Duke and Gloria Hochman |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"Informative…comforting…a thorough and touching exploration of mental illness". |
| About Schizophrenia |
Schizpphrenia Fellowship |
Schizophrenia |
booklet |
"This booklet is written for anyone with an interest in schizophrenia, but especially for families who are caring for a relative with the illness". |
| A Room of One's Own |
Virginia Woolf |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"But, you may say, we asked you to speak about women and fiction - what has that got to do with a room of one's own?" |
| Alexander Technique |
Chris Stevens |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"The Alexander technique is renowned as a method for improving posture and is used to ease a wide range of physical problems including chronic back pain, painful periods, bad posture, breathing problems - and during pregnancy". |
| Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking |
Allen Carr |
Self-Help, Smoking |
book |
| A Child Called It |
David Pelzer |
| The Calm Technique |
Paul Wilson |
Meditation |
book |
"Meditation without magic or mysticism". |
| Calm at Work |
Paul Wilson |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
"Breeze through your day (at work) feeling calm, relaxed and in control". |
| The Catlins |
Neville Peat |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
A guide to the Catlins and Southern Scenic Route |
| Choosing not Losing |
Dorothy Rowe |
Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"…full of insight into the often strange and moving world of suffering inhabited by the depressive, Choosing Not Losing will give hope to all who read it". |
| Candles in the Wind |
Felix Donnelly |
Youth Health |
book |
"It brings a wealth of insight and experience into the problems and legitimate needs of youth". |
| A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul |
Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen, Hanoch McCarty, Meladee McArty |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"101 more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit" |
| Christmas Treasury |
Canfield-Hansen |
| Choose to be Happy. Your step-by-step guide |
Wayne Froggatt |
Personal Development |
Depression |
book |
"Choose to be Happy offers more than inspiration and 'positive thinking'. It holds out the prospect of permanent change". |
| Completely Calm |
Paul Wilson |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
"The complete book of calm techniques from the guru of calm". |
| Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People |
Stephen Covey |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Living the 7 habits of highly effective people every day". |
| The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Women |
Prevention Magazine Health Books |
Women's Health |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"Women doctors reveal over 2,000 self-help tips on the health problems that concern women the most". |
| Daughter of the Queen of Sheba |
Jacki Lyden |
Personal Experience |
book |
A memoir by Jacki Lyden |
| Depression, What is it and What to do About it |
Roger Barrett |
Depression |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Roger Barrett has written a balanced, professionally astute treatment of a very common problem…The book is well-written, free of technical jargon, and likely to be of value to depressed people and counselors alike". |
| Sleep Deep |
Leslie Kenton |
Sleep and Fatigue |
book |
"Sleep Deep offers practical advice to overcoming insomnia and teaches you how to benefit from the right kind of sleep". |
| The Depression Workbook |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
Self-Help, Depression |
book |
| The Depression Workbook |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
Self-Help, Depression |
book |
| Ecstasy and Agony. Living with mood swings |
June Armstrong, David Grounds |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"This readable, humane and expert analysis explains the disorder and helps dispel the ignorance and stigma so often associated with it". |
| Eating for Even Less / Food for the Frugal |
Barbara Calvert |
| End the Struggle and Dance With Life -How to build yourself up when the world gets you down |
Susan Jeffers |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"…a book of inspirational advice to heal the spirit and lift the weight of the world." |
| Feel the Fear and do it anyway |
Susan Jeffers |
Personal Development |
book |
"Dynamic techniques for turning fear, indecision, and anger into power, action, and love". |
| From Strength to Strength |
Sara Henderson |
Biographies / Autobiographies |
book |
Set in Australia in a remote Northern cattle station. A struggle from debt to business woman of the year. |
| Families and How to Survive them |
Robin Skynner |
| Five to Eight |
Dorothy Butler |
Child Health |
book |
"…down-to-earth guide on sharing books with young children". |
| Fatherhood |
Bill Cosby |
Relationships |
book |
"Fatherhood is…pretending that the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope". |
| 50 Ways to Sleep Better |
Neil Kavey |
Sleep and Fatigue |
book |
"…tips for preventing and coping with sleep problems such as insomnia, snoring, and sleepwalking." |
| Fully Human, Fully Alive. A new life through a new vision |
John Powell |
Self Help / Inspiration |
Spirituality |
book |
"The book includes helpful "vision therapy" exercises as well as as Appendix for Believers which relates achieving new vision to religious faith". |
| Feeling Good - The New Mood Therapy |
David Burns |
Depression |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"The clinically proven drug-free treatment for depression". |
| Fat is a Feminist Issue 2 |
Susie Orbach |
Eating Disorders |
book |
"How to free yourself from feeling obsessive about food". |
| 15 Steps to Overcome Anxiety and Depression |
Iris barrow |
Depression |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"…a practical self-help programme…found to work with anxious, depressed people" |
| A Gift of Stories |
Julie Liebrich |
Personal Experience |
book |
"The stories in this book are by people who have, at some point in their lives, been diagnosed with a mental illness that they have subsequently learned to deal with". |
| A Gift of Stories |
Julie Liebrich |
Personal Experience |
book |
"The stories in this book are by people who have, at some point in their lives, been diagnosed with a mental illness that they have subsequently learned to deal with". |
| The Good Son. Shaping the moral development of our boys and young men |
Michael Gurian |
Youth Health |
book |
"Filled with stories and practical advice for parents and teachers of adolescent boys. I recommend it to those who want to raise fine young men". |
| Getting Well Again |
O.Simonton, S. Mathews-Simonton, J. Creighton |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"The bestselling classic about the Simontons' revolutionary lifesaving self-awareness techniques". |
| Going Solo |
Jacqueline Dineen |
Relationships |
book |
"Going Solo suggests ways in which the individual can cope with the initial period of shock after separation". |
| The Herbal Drug Store |
L.White, S.Foster |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"The best natural alternatives to over-the-counter and prescription medicines". |
| The Goon Cartoons |
Spike Milligan |
Humour |
book |
"Indeed, the amazing characters from Goonland - Henry, Minnie, Eccles, Bluebottle and the others who visually recreate the fantasy world of the Goons - wouldn't really be able to guarantee you anything but laughter. But what's wriong with that?". |
| The Habits of Seven Highly Annoying People |
Bad Dog Press |
Humour |
book |
"Finally, a book for those of us who couldn't care less about effective people". |
| Good Women Get Angry. A woman's guide to handling anger, depression, anxiety and stress |
G.Oliver, H.Wright |
Women's Health |
Spirituality |
book |
"A book on women and anger is long overdue. The chapter defining anger will help bury forever the idea that anger is always bad and particularly unbecoming in women". |
| Healing Victims of Sexual Abuse |
Paula Sandford |
| How to Raise Your Self-Esteem |
Nathaniel Branden |
Personal Development |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"The proven, action oriented approach to greater self-respect and self-confidence". |
| How to get Control of Your Time and Life |
Alan Lakein |
| Hand-me-Down Genes |
Stephen Arterburn |
Mental Illness Management |
book |
"Overcome the genetic and environmental predispositions that control your life". |
| Hearing Voices |
John Watkins |
Hearing Voices |
Self Help / Inspiration |
booklet |
A self-help guide and reference book. |
| Hearing Voices |
John Watkins |
Hearing Voices |
Self Help / Inspiration |
booklet |
A self-help guide and reference book. |
| Hearing Voices |
John Watkins |
Hearing Voices |
Self Help / Inspiration |
booklet |
A self-help guide and reference book. |
| How to be Your Own Best Friend |
Mildred Newman, Bernard Berkowitz |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"This book is for people who do not love themselves enough. Everything changes when you are your own best friend". |
| Help Yourself to Mental Health |
Mary Manning |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"How to beat stress and depression on your own terms" |
| The Healing Power of Sleep - achieve restorative sleep naturally |
Sheila Lavery |
Sleep and Fatigue |
| Health Without Drugs |
Arabella Melville |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
Over the counter drugs, diet, exercise and stress reduction. |
| Healthy Women |
Sarah Calvert |
Women's Health |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
basic health information for women |
| His Bright Light |
Danielle Steel |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul…" |
| Human BE-ing |
William Pietsch |
Relationships |
book |
"How to have a creative relationship instead of a power struggle". |
| Hug the Monster |
David Smith, Sandra Leicester |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Whether it's low self-esteem or no self-control, Hug the Monster will help you face down the fears that live inside of you". |
| I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me |
Hugh Prather |
Personal Experience |
book |
"And so I am left with this belief: that there are no answers, there are only alternatives, and the best that I can do is trust my present experience and follow where it leads me". |
| If You Meet Buddha on the Road, Kill Him |
Sheldon B. Kopp |
| The Illustrated Mum |
Jacqueline Wilson |
| The Illustrated Mum |
Jacqueline Wilson |
| The Illustrated Mum |
Jacqueline Wilson |
| The Illustrated Mum |
Jacqueline Wilson |
| Intriguing Dunedin Street Walks |
Paul Hayward |
Stress/Relaxation |
booklet |
"…many hours of exercise, fascination and fun." |
| More Intriguing Dunedin Street Walks |
Paul Hayward |
Stress/Relaxation |
booklet |
"All the walks are on the public streets and paths of urban Dunedin." |
| Even More Intriguing Dunedin Street Walks |
Paul Hayward |
Stress/Relaxation |
booklet |
"Little argument that Dunedin is the most intriguing of all our cities, so the following pages are filled with the oddities, curiosities and leftovers of an interesting past." |
| Further Intriguing Dunedin Street Walks |
Paul Hayward |
Stress/Relaxation |
booklet |
"…all round walks, so simply park and forget your car, as you'll always return to it." |
| I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can |
Barbara Gordon |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Biographies / Autobiographies |
book |
"The heart-wrenching story of one woman's descent into hell…and her triumphant journey back". |
| Journey into Healing |
Deepak Chopra |
Spirituality |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Awakening the wisdom within you". |
| Journey into Healing |
Deepak Chopra |
Spirituality |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Awakening the wisdom within you". |
| Joy - A Prisoner of Circumstance |
Reg Catto |
| Jacqueline du Pre |
Carol Easton |
Personal Experience |
Biographies / Autobiographies |
book |
"The true story of her life is as extraordinary as her talent". |
| Leisure Walks |
Kathy Ombler |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
A guide to walks in Otago parks and reserves managed by DOC |
| Living Juicy. Daily morsels for your creative soul |
Sark |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"I remember feeling the parrot's claws digging into the top of my head and smiling in spite of the pain. Living Juicy is about saying Ouch! When it hurts, embracing the ouch, and creating something new". |
| The Liars' Club |
Mary Karr |
Personal Experience |
book |
"Astonishing…One of the most dazzling and moving memoirs to come along in years". |
| Living Wisdom |
David Riddell |
| Living Sober |
A.A. World Services |
| The Little Book of Hugs |
Kathleen Keating |
Alternative therapy |
book |
"Touch is not only nice. It's needed" |
| Learning from Other Women |
Carolyn S. Duff |
Women's Health |
book |
"How to benefit from the knowledge, wisdom, and experience of female mentors". |
| Live the Life you Love and Stop Just Getting by |
Barbara Sher |
| Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder |
Julie A. Fast, John D. Preston |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"Understanding & helping your partner". |
| The Little Book of Pot Pourri |
Mary Lawrence |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"An imaginative collection of creative ideas to make and display Pot Pourri". |
| Learn to Relax |
Nicola Jenkins |
| Living with It - A Survivor's Guide to Panic Attacks |
Bev Aisbett |
Anger/Anxiety |
| Living with It - A Survivor's Guide to Panic Attacks |
Bev Aisbett |
Anger/Anxiety |
| Living with It - A Survivor's Guide to Panic Attacks |
Bev Aisbett |
Anger/Anxiety |
| Mother Wit A feminist guide to psychic development |
Diane Mariechild |
Spirituality |
Women's Health |
book |
"Ancient sources of strength and knowledge are infused with their original womanwarmth by Diane Mariechild in Mother Wit, her new collection of exercises, affirmations, meditations and other psychic tools for furthering our feminist growth". |
| Mystery in Suffering |
Michael Craig |
Personal Experience |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"Michael's goal in writing this book is to show the reader how to overcome their suffering and be able to create a process of continual acceptance of their suffering". |
| Mystery in Suffering |
Michael Craig |
Personal Experience |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"Michael's goal in writing this book is to show the reader how to overcome their suffering and be able to create a process of continual acceptance of their suffering". |
| Mystery in Suffering |
Michael Craig |
Personal Experience |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"Michael's goal in writing this book is to show the reader how to overcome their suffering and be able to create a process of continual acceptance of their suffering". |
| More Ways to Live of the Smell of an Oily Rag |
Frank Newman |
| Meditations |
Shakti Gawain |
Spirituality |
book |
"Creative visualization and meditation exercises to enrich your life". |
| My Mum Has Depression |
| My Mum Has Schizophrenia |
| My Dad Has Depression |
| My Mum Has Schizophrenia |
| Mental Health and the Law |
| Mental Health and the Law |
| Media Easy |
Michael Brown |
Assertiveness |
book |
"How to handle the news media with confidence and authority." |
| Making Friends - A Guide to Getting Along with People |
Andrew Matthews |
Relationships |
book |
This is about understanding that if you want friendship, you must be a friend first. |
| The Miniature Book of Pot Pourri |
Judy Taylor |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"Featuring 18 original recipes, this delightful book introduces the ancient art of pot-pourri, and shows you how to create your own fragrant mixtures". |
| More Help for Your Nerves |
Claire Weekes |
| Models of Madness - psychological, social & biological approaches to Schizophrenia |
John Read, Loren Mosher, Richard Bentall |
Mental Illness General |
book |
""Models of Madness shows that hallucinations and delusions are understandable reactions to life events and circumstances rather than symptoms of a supposed genetic predisposition or biological disturbance." |
| Mood Disorders - Recognition and Treatment |
Peter Joyce, Philip Mitchell |
Mental Illness Management |
Depression |
book |
"…individuals who suffer from depression and bipolar disorder, as well as their families, will find this an invaluable resource in increasing their understanding of these common and serious conditions". |
| Manic Depressive Illness |
Frederick Goodwin |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
""Most Outstanding Book" in the Biomedical Sciences 1990." |
| Mind Your Health - A Practical Resource |
Mental Health Foundation NZ |
Community Worker Resources |
Ring binder |
"This book is an easy to use, New Zealand-based book about what mental health promotion is and how mental health and wellbeing can be promoted." |
| Me, Myself, my Shadow - The Survival Guide to Depression Notebook |
Tracey McNamara |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
Personal Experience |
Ring binder |
"Recovery takes time from any illness and in this book I hope to be able to give you some ideas to resource your recovery." |
| The NZ Trampers Handbook |
Grant Hunter |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"More and more New Zealanders are learning to enjoy the unique beauty of our wild country through the rewarding recreation of tramping. This book will equip devotees at all levels of experience with the necessary information to pursue the sport comfortably, enjoyably - and safely." |
| The New Our Bodies, Ourselves |
Boston Womens Health Book Collective |
Women's Health |
book |
"A book by and for women." |
| The 9 Steps to Life Long Happiness |
Rick Foster and Greg Hicks |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"How you can choose happiness every day". |
| NZ Baby and Childcare |
Home Health Trust |
| Overcoming Your Nerves |
Tony Lake |
Anger/Anxiety |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"…you can break out and find a healthier, more resilient approach to life". |
| One Day at a Time |
Hans Petrovic |
Alcohol |
Personal Experience |
book |
"A New Zealand alcoholic's journey of recovery". |
| Poles Apart |
Graham Bishop |
Personal Experience |
Poetry / Sayings |
book |
This book raises major issues about mental health care in New Zealand. |
| Poles Apart |
Graham Bishop |
Personal Experience |
Poetry / Sayings |
book |
This book raises major issues about mental health care in New Zealand. |
| Pedagogy of the Oppressed |
Paulo Freire |
Philosophy |
book |
"In Paulo Freire's hands literacy is a weapon for social change". |
| Peace Love & Healing |
Bernie Siegel |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"The important role of modern medicine is recognized, but PEACE, LOVE AND HEALING shows us the remarkable results that we, ourselves, can achieve through bodymind communication". |
| The Power of Empathy. A practical guide to creating intimacy, self-understanding and lasting love |
Arthur Ciaramicoli |
Personal Development |
book |
"By increasing your awareness of other people's thoughts and feelings you will be able to live your life more fully and wholeheartedly". |
| Psychotropic Drug Directory 1998 |
Stephen Bazire |
Medication and Treatment |
| Positively Thriving |
Kate Birch |
book |
"The professional's pocket handbook & aide memoire". |
| Power Games |
Kay Douglas and Kim McGregor |
Assertiveness |
book |
A book for those caught in the power game. |
| Quantum Healing |
Deepak Chopra |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"Exploring the frontiers of Mind/Body medicine". |
| The Road Less Travelled and Beyond |
M. Scott Peck |
Spirituality |
book |
"Spiritual growth in an age of anxiety". |
| The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook |
M. Davis, E. Eshelman, M. McKay |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
"An exemplary book on stress; it is lucidly written, it is rationally ordered, it is comprehensive, and each section is densely packed with instructions and exercises which make the workbook easy to to practice". |
| Relax and Come Alive |
Iris Barrow and Helen Place |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
"This invaluable guide will show you how to relax, manage stress in your life and avoid stress-related illnesses". |
| Relax and Come Alive |
Iris Barrow and Helen Place |
| Relief Without Drugs |
Ainslie Meares |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
"How to conquer tension, pain and anxiety by a leading Australian psychiatrist". |
| Readings for Mental health |
C. B. Keogh, GROW Publications |
Self Help / Inspiration |
Spirituality |
book |
"… a collection of readings for discussion in the regular weekly meetings of GROW groups". |
| The Skipping Stone |
Mona Wasow |
| The Shelter of Each Other |
Mary Pipher |
Relationships |
book |
"Rebuilding our families to enrich our lives". |
| Springs of Love |
Blake, Byron, Goethe, Rilke, Shakespeare, Stendhal |
Poetry / Sayings |
book |
"It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love". |
| Shrink |
Theodore Rubin |
Personal Experience |
book |
Diary of a psychiatrist. |
| Sleep |
Rod Usher |
Sleep and Fatigue |
book |
"All you ever wanted to know about sleep but were too tired to ask". |
| Stirred but not Shaken |
Geoff Howarth |
| Staying OK |
Amy Harris and Thomas Harris |
Relationships |
book |
"How to maximise good feelings and minimise bad ones". |
| Self Help for Your Nerves |
Claire Weekes |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Learn to relax and enjoy life again…" |
| The Sun Will Shine Again |
SF Otago |
| The Sun Will Shine Again |
SF Otago |
| Straight Talking About Mental Illness with emphasis on schizophrenia |
Robert Miller |
Schizophrenia |
book |
An educational guide from a "…one-time patient, and for the last twenty years, a research worker into the brain mechanisms of schizophrenia and related illnesses". |
| Straight Talking About Mental Illness with emphasis on schizophrenia (second edition) |
Robert Miller |
Schizophrenia |
Ring binder |
An educational guide from a "…one-time patient, and for the last twenty years, a research worker into the brain mechanisms of schizophrenia and related illnesses". |
| Seven Habits of Highly Effective People |
Stephen R. Covey |
| Sleep Deep |
Leslie Kenton |
Sleep and Fatigue |
book |
"Sleep Deep offers practical advice to overcoming insomnia and teaches you how to benefit from the right kind of sleep". |
| Simple, Effective Treatment of Agoraphobia |
Claire Weekes |
Agoraphobia |
book |
Effective treatment for leaving home and joining the outside world. |
| Shadows and Silence |
Clare Goodwin |
Personal Experience |
book |
"Clare Goodwin's images of…abandoned institutions, and the stories of patients, staff, residents and visitors, capture quiet insights of an era many might choose to forget ~ but which we cannot." |
| Stop the Insanity |
Susan Powter |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Eat, breathe, move. Change the way you look and feel - forever". |
| Simple Pleasures |
Michael Wiltshire |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| The Second Little Book of Hugs |
Kathleen Keating |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
Caring |
book |
"…a new dimension of hug therapy: hugs have their own special language". |
| The Sleep Book |
James C. Paupst |
Sleep and Fatigue |
book |
"All you ever wanted to know about sleep but never had a chance to find out". |
| The Sneetches |
Dr. Seuss |
| Touching Peace |
Thich Nhat Nahh |
| To Have and to Hold - Celebration of Marriage |
| Te Iwi Maori |
Ian Pool |
Maori Mental Health |
book |
"A New Zealand Population Past, Present & Projected." |
| Toxic Psychiatry |
Peter Bregdin |
| Touched With Fire |
Kay Redfield Jamison |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"Touched with fire is a fine and artfully written work. Kay Jamison is plainly among the few…who have a profound understanding of the relationship that exists between art and madness." |
| Taming the Black Dog |
Bev Aisbett |
| Taming the Black Dog |
Bev Aisbett |
| Taming the Black Dog |
Bev Aisbett |
| Taming the Taniwha |
Tim Tipene and Henry Campbell |
Children’s Books |
Assertiveness |
book |
"Tama needs to find out just how to tame the meanest, greenest taniwha he's ever met…" |
| Tough Boris |
Mem Fox |
Children’s Books |
book |
"Boris von der Borch is a mean, greedy old pirate - tough as nails, through and through, like all pirates. Or is he?" |
| Understanding Stress Breakdown |
William Wilkie |
| Values and Visions. A handbook for spiritual development and global awareness |
Sally Burns, Georgeanne Lamont |
Spirituality |
Community Worker Resources |
book |
"A masterpiece - an approach that touches on the essential features of various cultures and religions." |
| Living with Depression |
video |
| Obsessive Compulsive Disorder |
video |
| Bipolar Disorder |
video |
| Making Volunteering Work |
video |
| Not in Our Street |
video |
| At First Hand |
video |
| Listen to me |
video |
| Playing with Madness |
video |
| Here's to your Good Health Care |
video |
| Person Next Door |
video |
| Patty Duke |
video |
| Panic Attacks / Anxiety Support |
video |
| A Journey Through the Tides |
video |
| A Journey Through the Tides |
video |
| Four Lives - Portraits of Manic Depression |
video |
| Deep Sleep Deadly Sleep |
60 Minutes Special |
video |
| Spike Milligan |
video |
| On Depression TV 2000 |
video |
| MD Trust Education Group Sept 13th 2000 |
video |
| The Secret Life of Patty Duke |
video |
| A Look at Manic Depression |
video |
| Inside Out Programme #3 |
video |
| Sticks and Stones Documentary |
video |
| Comedy Greats - Spike Milligan |
video |
| The 3rd Floor - Signpost News Story |
video |
| Depression and Men |
video |
| Show us Your Nuts |
video |
| News 4/12/2000 |
video |
| Understanding Generalised Anxiety Disorder |
video |
| Lives Moving Forward - Bipolar Disorder |
video |
| Lives Moving Forward - Schizophrenia |
video |
| What Color is Your Parachute? (1990) |
Richard Bolles |
| What Color is Your Parachute? (1990) |
Richard Bolles |
| Wellness - Prayers for Comfort and Healing |
Rosemary Guiley |
Spirituality |
book |
"Inspiring expressions of renewal and compassion". |
| Walk with us - A collection of poems and stories from the heart |
Members of Bipolar Support North Shore and Whangaparaoa Support Group for Mental Health |
Poetry / Sayings |
book |
Shared experiences concerning mental health |
| Why am I Afraid to Tell You Who I am? |
John Powell |
Relationships |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Presents a catalog of psychological games and roles". |
| Why I am |
John Kirwan |
Depression |
Personal Experience |
book |
"…one person's journey that we're all invited to take part in". |
| Where Have all the Bullets Gone? |
Spike Milligan |
Biographies / Autobiographies |
book |
"Despatched from the front line to psychiatric hospital, and from there to a rehabilitation camp (for 'bomb-happy' soldiers) in Afragola, Spike enters a period of 'khaki limbo' away from active service which offers the chance to re-group forces in his own private war against melancholy". |
| The Womens Book of Courage |
Sue Patton Thoele |
| When am I Going to be Happy? |
Penelope Russianoff |
Personal Development |
book |
"How to break the emotional bad habits that make you miserable". |
| Women and Fatigue |
Marion Hilliard |
Women's Health |
book |
"How to conquer fatigue - 'the greatest enemy a woman faces' - a practical and inspiring handbook by the author of A WOMAN DOCTOR LOOKS AT LOVE AND LIFE". |
| Whats Right With Feminism? |
Elaine Storkey |
Women's Health |
book |
"What's Right with Feminism is a courageous, disturbing and illuminating book which has already brought hope and encouragement to many women". |
| A Winter's Song |
Jane A. Keene |
Sexual Abuse |
book |
"A liturgy for women seeking healing from sexual abuse in childhood". |
| When Bad Things Happen to Good People |
Harold S. Kushner |
Personal Development |
book |
"For everyone who has been hurt by life - here is a book that heals…". |
| Women Who Love Too Much |
Robin Norwood |
Women's Health |
book |
"If being in love means being in pain, this book was written for you. Therapist Robin Norwood describes loving too much as a pattern of thoughts and behaviour which certain women develop as a response to problems from childhood". |
| Why Me, Why This, Why Now? |
Robin Norwood |
Spirituality |
book |
"By teaching us to recognise the soul's purpose behind our encounters with adversity, the author empowers us to cooperate with our own destiny, live a far more effective life and heal the deepest wounds of the heart". |
| When the Dragon Stirs |
Victor MacGill |
Spirituality |
book |
"Healing our wounded lives through fairy stories, Myths and legends". |
| When the Dragon Stirs |
Victor MacGill |
Spirituality |
book |
| What Return can I Make? |
M. Scott Peck |
Spirituality |
book |
"The essays, thematically related to the hymns, deal with topics such as Grace, Guilt, faith and Communion". |
| Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
| Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
| Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
| Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
| Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
| Wellness Recovery Action Plan |
Mary Ellen Copeland |
| You Can Heal Your Life |
Louise Hay |
Personal Development |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"An excellent book for restructuring one's life and finding self-esteem and self-love". |
| You Must Relax |
Edmund Jacobson |
Stress/Relaxation |
book |
"Learn to relax while at work, at play, at rest with specific methods of relieving tension, quieting overactive nerves, relaxing the mind, overcoming nervous disorders and solving the 'mystery' of sleep". |
| You are Not Alone |
Julia Thorne |
| You and Stress |
Bob Montgomery and Lynette Evans |
| About Schizophrenia |
Schizophrenia Fellowship (NZ) Inc. |
Schizophrenia, self-help |
booklet |
| Cobalt Sitar |
Mike Brosnan |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Articulate Maps to the Horizon |
Schizophrenia Fellowship (NZ) Inc. |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Doctor's Rock |
Peter Olds |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
"ideas, images thrown on the page, there is a dazzling quality, and order out of disorder". |
| Beyond the Rim of Darkness |
Ian White |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Dreams and Tea-Cups |
Ian White |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Kingdoms |
Ian White |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Children of the Storm |
Ian White |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Sunlight on the Washing Line |
Linda Paton |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Anger: How to live with and without it |
Albert Ellis |
Anger/Anxiety |
book |
| Alcohol |
Alcoholics Anonymous |
Alcohol |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"Some methods A.A. members have used for not drinking". |
| Talking Past Each Other!? |
Joan Metge, Patricia Kinloch |
Cultural Issues |
book |
"Problems of cross cultural communication". |
| A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul |
Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen |
Novels / Short stories |
book |
"101 more stories to open the heart and rekindle the spirit" |
| Coming to Grief |
Pam Heaney |
Grief, Loss and Change |
book |
"A survival guide to grief and loss". |
| Coping with Death and Grieving |
The Otago Southland Tertiary Chaplaincy Trust Board |
Grief, Loss and Change |
booklet |
"…this booklet is intended to help you feel less alone, more able to cope with your grief, by charting what we know about the grieving experience". |
| Depression. The way out of your prison |
Dorothy Rowe |
Depression |
book |
"This book is a radically different approach to the problem of depression. It shows how we create our own depression and how, since we created it, we are free to change it to live our lives differently". |
| Farvel |
Yvonne du Fresne |
Personal Experience |
Novels / Short stories |
book |
"FARVEL, of course means farewell, and this collection of linked stories is also a leave-taking, a tribute offered in celebration and gratitude". |
| Fighting the Black Beast. Overcoming your depression |
Michael Walton |
Depression |
book |
"This book offers you a powerful weapon against the "Black Beast" of depression. It offers you the means with which to fight and overcome it altogether". |
| The Magic of Thinking Big |
David Schwartz |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"How to: set your goals high…and then exceed them; Discover the secret of Mind Action; Launch yourself to success with the Power of Belief; Stand head and shoulders above others". |
| The Good News about Depression. New breakthrough medical treatments that can work for you |
Mark Gold |
Depression |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"At long last there are effective treatments and cures for depression that have been developed to bring a new science to the practice of psychiatry and the relief of mental suffering". |
| Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures |
Mary Eddy |
Spirituality |
book |
Spirituality and healing. |
| Self-Esteem |
M.McKay, P.Fanning |
Personal Development |
book |
"A proven program of cognitive techniques for assessing, improving, and maintaining your self-esteem". |
| The 1991 What Color is Your Parachute? A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers |
R.Bolles |
Self Help / Inspiration |
book |
"The sixth top selection by therapists of truly helpful self-help books". |
| I Don't Want to Talk about it. Overcoming the secret legacy of male depression |
T.Real |
Depression |
Men’s Health |
book |
"Terrence Real's book offers not only crucial insights to men suffering from depression but also comfort and guidance to the women who love them". |
| You Mean I Don't have to Feel this Way? New help for depression, anxiety and addiction |
C.Dowling |
Depression |
book |
"…life-saving help to the millions who still suffer from depression and related disorders - which include panic, anxiety, phobias, PMS, alcohol and drug abuse, bulimia, migraine, and obesity". |
| The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Drugs |
Ron Lacey |
Medication and Treatment |
book |
"A layman's guide to anti-depressants, tranquillisers and other prescription drugs". |
| Play Resource Kit |
Dunedin City Council |
Government Publications |
Ring binder |
"The kit's intention is to provide information to the people of Dunedin City, encouraging community self-help, interest and involvement in play". |
| Poems and Drawings |
Vanessa Paton-Myers |
Poetry / Sayings |
booklet |
| Heart of the Mind |
C.Andreas, S.Andreas |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies |
book |
"Engaging your inner power to change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming". |
| "Not in My Perfect Mind." An exploration of a Psychiatric Patient's Narrative |
Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb |
Bipolar/Manic Depression |
book |
"This thesis explores the narrative of Mary (1927 - 1977), who developed manic-depressive illness in her late thirties. Mary was born and brought up in Scotland, lived in Africa for 18 years and then in New Zealand until her death." |
| Treatments. The SANE guide |
SANE Australia |
Medication and Treatment |
booklet |
A guide to treatments for mental illness (produced for Eli Lily Pty Ltd) |
| The Psychological Adjustment of Children with Chronic Conditions |
The Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People |
Youth Health |
book |
| The Perinatal Period. Early Interventions for Mental Health |
The Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People |
Youth Health |
book |
| Early Intervention in Conduct Problems in Children |
The Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People |
Youth Health |
book |
| Schizophrenia - The illness and its treatment - a new perspective |
video |
| Early Intervention in the Mental Health of Young People. A Literature Review |
The Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People |
Youth Health |
book |
| Model Projects for Early Intervention in the Mental Health of Young People. Reorientation of Services |
The Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People |
Youth Health |
book |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Preschool Aged Children |
The Australian Early Intervention Network for Mental Health in Young People |
Youth Health |
book |
| Women. A Guide to Health & Well-Being |
Pharmacy Guild |
Women's Health |
journal |
"This comprehensive publication is jam packed with useful information about health issues affecting women at all stages of their lives." |
| Incite. The Mental Health Journal of New Zealand Volume 2 - Issue 3 2004 |
Debra Wells (editor) |
Community Worker Resources |
journal |
| Mums and Dads. Parents with Experience of Mental Illness Share their Stories |
Mental Health Commission, Kites |
Parents with Mental Illness |
booklet |
"Up to 50% of people who experience mental illness are parents. In this booklet 12 of these people share their stories to inspire others." |
