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Books

Copeland, Mary Ellen. The Depression Workbook: A Guide for Living With Depression and Manic Depression. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1992.

O'Connor, Richard. Undoing Depression: What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and Medication Can't Give You. Boston: Little Brown, 1997.

Thompson, Tracy. The Beast: A Reckoning with Depression. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1995.

Thorne, Julia. You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression. New York: Harperperennial Library, 1993.

Whybrow, Peter. A Mood Apart. New York: Harper Collins, 1997.

Periodicals

Miller, Sue, "A Natural Mood Booster." Newsweek (May 5, 1997): pp. 74–75.

Organizations

American Psychiatric Association (APA). Office of Public Affairs. 1400 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. (202) 682–6119. http://www.psych.org .

American Psychological Association (APA). Office of Public Affairs. 750 First St., NE, Washington, DC 20002–4242. (202) 336–5700. http://www.apa.org .

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). 200 North Glebe Road, suite 1015, Arlington, VA 22203–3754. (800) 950–6264. http://www.nami.org .

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA). 730 N. Franklin St., Suite 501, Chicago, IL 60610. (800) 826–3632. http://www.ndmda.org .

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm. 7C-02. Bethesda, MD 20857. (301) 443–4513. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ .

Web Sites

"Ask NOAH About: Mental Health." NOAH: New York Online Access to Health. [Online] http://www.noah.cuny.edu/mentalhealth/mental.html (accessed on October 7, 1999).