Book List
January 2004
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Abbott, D.E., & Carter, J. (1991). I cried,
you didn't listen: A survivor's expose of California Youth Authority.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Delinquency and the
Justice System.
Anonymous. (1971). Go Ask Alice. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse.
Ashton-Warner, S. (1963). Teacher. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Teachers and Teaching.
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Baldacci, L. (2003). Inside Mrs. B's Classroom.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Teachers and Teaching.
Barron, J. (2002). There's a Boy in Here. Nonfiction;
Autism Spectrum Disorders; Memoirs and Autobiographies
Beers, C. (1921, 1981). A Mind that Found Itself.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental
Illness.
Berger, D., & Berger, L. (1991). We Heard
the Angels of Madness: A Family Guide to Coping with Manic Depression.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Depression or Suicide.
Blanco, J. (2003). Please Stop Laughing at Me.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Psychology; Child Abuse.
Bonner, H. (1995). The Laid Daughter: A true story.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Sexual Abuse
Brinker, E. (2000). Education of a felon: A memoir.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Delinquency and the
Justice System; Institutions and Institutional Life.
Burch,
J.M. (1984). They cage the animals at night. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Institutions and Institutional
Life.
Burroughs, A. (2002). Running with scissors: A
memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health
and Mental Illness.
Burroughs, A. (2008). A Wolf at the Table, a Memoir
of My Father. Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Alcohol,
Drug and Substance Abuse.
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C
Cameron, C. C. (1973). A Different Drum. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Disabilities.
Carlson, T. (2000). The life of a bipolar child:
What every parent and professional needs to know. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness;
Depression or Suicide.
Carlson, T. (1995). The suicide of my son: The
story of childhood depression. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.
Casey, J. F. & Wilson, L. (1991). The Flock:
The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Sexual
Abuse.
Chase, T. (1987). When Rabbit Howls. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness;
Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse.
Cheney, T. (2009). Manic, A Memoir. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and Autobiographies; Psychology; Depression and Suicide.
Clarks, J. C. (1985). Agoraphobia: A Clinical
and Personal Account. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Colin, A. (1997). Willie: Raising and loving a
child with Attention Deficit Disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs and
autobiographies; Attention Deficit Disorder; Parenting and Families.
Collins, P. (2004). Not even wrong: Adventures
in autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum
Disorders.
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E
Eliot, S. (2003). Not the thing I was: thirteen
years at Bruno Bettelheim's Orthogenic School. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Institutions
and Institutional Life.
F
Fling, E.R. (2000). Eating an artichoke: A mother's
perspective on Asperger's Syndrome. Nonfiction; Memoirs and
autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.
Florence, C.L., & Gazzaniga, M. (2004). Maverick
Mind: A Mother's Story Of Solving The Mystery Of Her Unreachable,
Unteachable, Silent Son. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.
Franchi, E. (1975). The Long Road Back. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Alcohol, Drug, and Substance Abuse.
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Gottlieb, L. (2000). Stick figure: A diary of
my former self. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental
Health and Mental Illness.
Grandin, T., & Scariano, M.M. (1986). Emergence:
Labeled autistic. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism
Spectrum Disorders.
Grandin, T. (1995). Thinking in pictures and other
reports from my life with autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Greenfeld, J. (1972). A Child Called Noah: A Family
Journey. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum
Disorders; Parenting and Families.
Greenfeld, J. (1978). A Place for Noah. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting
and Families.
Gregory, J., & Feldman, M.D. (2003). Sickened:
The memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy childhood. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
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H
Hannon,
Bill (1997). Agents in my Brain: How I Survived Manic Depression.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental
Illness; Depression or Suicide.
Hendricks,
J. (2003). Slim To None: A Journey Through The Wasteland Of
Anorexia Treatment. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Henry, B., & Pastore, V.L. (2004). Mending
wounded minds: Seeking help for a mentally ill child. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and
Mental Illness.
Henry, J. (1971). Pathways to Madness. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Herndon, J. (1971). How to Survive in Your Native
Land. Nonfiction; Teachers and Teaching; Memoirs and autobiographies.
Herndon, J. The Way Its Spozed to Be. Nonfiction;
Teachers and Teaching; Memoirs and autobiographies.
Holley,
T.E., & Holley, J. (1997). My mother's keeper: A memoir
of growing up in the shadow of schizophrenia. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting
and Families.
Hornbacher, M. (1998). Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia
and Bulimia. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental
Health and Mental Illness.
Hughes,
S. (1996). What Makes Ryan Tick: A Family's Triumph Over Tourette
Syndrome and Attention Deficit Disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Attention Deficit Disorder; Disabilities;
Parenting and Families.
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Jamison, K.R. (1995). The Unquiet mind: A Memoir
of Moods and Madness. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.
Jamison, K. R. (1997). An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir
of Moods and Madness. Mental Health and Mental Illness; Memoirs
and Autobiographies
Joseph, S. (1969)The Me Nobody Knows: Children's
Voices from the Ghetto. Nonfiction; Poverty; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Children and Young Adult Literature.
Johnson, A. G. (1993). A Rock and a Hard Place:
One Boy's Triumphant Story. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Child Abuse.
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K
Kane, P.R. (1996). My First Year as a Teacher.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Teachers and Teaching.
Karp, D. A. (2007). Is It Me or My Meds?: Living
with Antidepressants. Mental Health and Mental Illness; Memoirs
and Autobiographies
Kaysen, S. (1993). Girl, interrupted. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness;
Institutions and Institutional Life.
Kern, J. (2007). Scars That Wound, Scars That
Heal: A Journey Out of Self Injury. Mental Health and Mental
Illness; Memoirs and Autobiographies
Kettlewell,
C. (1999). Skin game: A cutter's memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Keyes, D. (1981). The Minds of Billy Milligan.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental
Illness.
Kohl, H. (1967). 36 Children. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Teachers and Teaching.
Kotlowitz,
A. (1991). There Are No Children Here: The Story Of Two Boys
Growing Up In The Other America. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Poverty.
Kozol, J. (1991). Savage inequalities. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Teachers and Teaching.
Kozol, J. (1995). Amazing grace: The lives of
children and the conscience of a nation. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Poverty; Parenting and Families.
Kozol, J. (2000). Ordinary resurrections: Children
in the years of hope. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Poverty.
Kozol, J. (1988). Rachel and her children: Homeless
families in America. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Poverty; Parenting and Families.
Kozol, J. (1967). Death at an Early Age. . Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty; Teachers and Teaching.
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Lachenmeyer, N. (2000). The outsider: A journey
into my father's struggle with madness. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting
and Families.
Landsman,
J. (1994). From Darkness to Light. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Poverty; Delinquency and the Justice System.
Lauck, J. (2000). Blackbird: A childhood lost
and found. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health
and Mental Illness.
LeBlanc,
A.N. (2003). Random family: Love, drugs, and coming of age in
the Bronx. Nonfiction: Memoirs and autobiographies; Poverty;
Parenting and Families.
Levenkron, S. (1989). The Best Little Girl in
the World. Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiography; Autism Spectrum
Disorders; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
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Maurice,
C. (1993). Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph Over Autism.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders;
Parenting and Families.
McLean, R. (2005). Recovered, Not Cured: A Journey
Through Schizophrenia. Mental Health and Mental Illness; Memoirs
and Autobiographies
Menzie, M (2008). Diary of an Anorexic Girl. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and Autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Michener,
A. S. (1998). Becoming Anna: The Autobiography of a Sixteen-Year-Old.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Institutions
and Institutional Life.
Mont, D. (2002). A different kind of boy: A father's
memoir about raising a gifted child with autism. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting
and Families.
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Neugeboren, J. (1997). Imagining Robert: My Brother,
Madness, and Survival: A Memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Institutions and Institutional
Life; Parenting and Families.
P
Park, C. (1967, 1995). The Siege: A Family's Journey
into the World of an Autistic Child. Nonfiction; Memoirs and
autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Parenting and Families.
Patersons, A. (2002). Running On Empty, a Novel
about Eating Disorders for Teenage Girls. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and Autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Pelzer, D. (1995). A Child called "It":
One Child's Courage to Survive. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Child Abuse.
Pelzer, D. (1997). The lost boy: A foster child's
search for the love of a family. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Child Abuse; Institutions and Institutional Life.
Pelzer, D. (1999). A man named Dave: A story of
triumph and forgiveness. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Child Abuse.
Pelzer,
D. (2004). The privilege of youth: A teenager's story of longing
for acceptance and friendship. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Child Abuse; Institutions and Institutional Life.
Pipher, M. (1995). Reviving Ophelia: Saving the
Selves of Adolescent Girls. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Emotional and/or Behavioral
Disorders; Resources.
Pirsig, R. M. (1974). Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental
Health and Mental Illness.
Pollard,
M. (2004). In small doses: A memoir about accepting and living
with bipolar disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide.
Prince-Hughes, D. (2004). Songs of the gorilla
nation: My journey through autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Raebum, P. (2004). Acquainted with the night:
A parent's quest to understand depression and bipolar disorder
in his children. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental
Health and Mental Illness; Depression or Suicide; Parenting
and Families.
Rapoport, J.L. (1989). The boy who couldn't stop
washing: The experience and treatment of obsessive-compulsive
disorder. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health
and Mental Illness.
Rodriguez,
L.J. (1994). Always running: La vida loca: Gang days in LA.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Delinquency and the
Justice System.
Rubin, T.I. (1998). David and Lisa: Jordi: Little
Ralphie and the Creature. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness.
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Sachs, O. (1985). The Man who Mistook his Wife
for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. Nonfiction; Memoirs and
autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Disabilities;
Autism Spectrum Disorders; Therapies, Interventions, and Educational
Models.
Sacks, O. (1995). An anthropologist on Mars. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Disabilities; Autism Spectrum Disorders;
Therapies, Interventions, and Educational Models.
Schiller, L., & Bennett, A. (1970). The quiet
room: A journey out of the torment of madness. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Institutions and Institutional Life; Mental
Health and Mental Illness.
Sechehaye,
M. (1951). The Autobiography of a Schizophrenic Girl. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Secunda, V. (1997). When madness comes home. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness;
Parenting and Families.
Seligman,
A. W. & Hilkevich, J. S. (1992). Don't Think About Monkeys:
Extraordinary Stories Written by People with Tourette Syndrome.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Disabilities.
Sheehan, S. (1982). Is There No Place on Earth
for Me? Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health
and Mental Illness.
Sheehan, S. (1983). Is There No Place on Earth
for Me? Mental Health and Mental Illness
Sheff, D. (2008). Beautiful Boy, A Father's Journey
through His Son's Addiction. Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies;
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse.
Sheff, N. (2008). Tweak, Growing Up on Methamphetamines.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Alcohol, Drug and Substance
Abuse.
Silverman, S.W. (1999). Because I remember terror,
Father, I remember you. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and
Families.
Sikes, G. (1997). Eight Ball Chicks: A Year in
the Violent World of Girl Gangs. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Delinquency and the Justice System.
Simon, C. (1997). Mad house: Growing up in the
shadow of mentally ill siblings. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting and Families.
Simon,
L. (2002). Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip In 4-D. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness;
Depression and Suicide.
Simon, R. J. & Roorda, R. M. (2007). In Their
Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories. Nonfiction;
Parenting and Families; Memoirs and Autobiographies
Sizemore, C. C. & Pitillo, E. S. (1977). I'm
Eve. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health
and Mental Illness.
Slater,
L. (2004). Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments
of the Twentieth Century. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Therapies, Interventions,
and Educational Models.
Smith,
B. (2002). Hamlet's dresser: A memoir. Non-Fiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Parenting and Families; Disabilities.
Smith,
C. (1998). The Magic Castle: A Mother's Harrowing True Story
of her Adoptive Son's Multiple Personalities. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and Mental Illness;
Parenting and Families.
Smith,
J. (1999). Where the roots reach for water: A personal and natural
history of melancholia. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; depression or Suicide.
Sparks, B. (1996). Almost lost: The true story
of an anonymous teenager's life on the streets. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Child Abuse; Mental Health and
Mental Illness; Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.
Stacey, P. (2003). The boy who loved windows:
Opening the heart and mind of a child threatened with autism.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Steel,
D. (1998). His bright light: The story of Nick Traina. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Steele, K. & Berman, C. (2001). The Day the
Voices Stopped: A Schizophrenic's Journey from Madness to Hope.
Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental
Illness.
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Vonnegut, M. (1975). The Eden Express. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
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Ward, M. J. (1946). The Snake Pit. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
West, C. (1999). First Person Plural: My Life
as a Multiple. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies; Mental
Health and Mental Illness.
Wierner, J. (2003). A Very Hungry Girl. Nonfiction;
Memoirs and Autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness.
Williams, D. (1992). Nobody, nowhere: The extraordinary
autobiography of an autistic. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Child Abuse; Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Williams, D. (1994). Nobody Nowhere, the Remarkable
Autobiography of an Autistic Girl. Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiography;
Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Williams, D. (1995). Somebody, somewhere: Breaking
free from the world of autism. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Wilensky, A. S. (1999). Passing for normal: A
memoir of compulsion. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; Disabilities.
Willey, L.H. (1999). Pretending to be normal:
Living with Asperger's Syndrome. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Wilson, S. & Bolton, S. L. (2000). Daddy's
Apprentice: Incest, Corruption, and Betrayal-A Survivor's Story,
Nonfiction; Sexual Abuses; Child Abuse; Memoirs and Autobiographies
Wurtzel, E. (1994). Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed
in America: A Memoir. Nonfiction; Memoirs and autobiographies;
Mental Health and Mental Illness; depression and Suicide.
Wyden, P. (1997). Conquering schizophrenia: a
Father, His Son, and a Medical Breakthrough. Nonfiction; Memoirs
and autobiographies; Mental Health and Mental Illness; Parenting
and Families.
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Zailckas, K. (2006). Smashed, Story of a Drunken
Girlfriend. Nonfiction; Memoirs and Autobiographies; Alcohol,
Drug, and Substance Abuse.
