How to Heal Depression

Ninety-three: For General Information on Depression

Depression Awareness Recognition and Treatment

D/ART

National Institutes of Health

Room 10-85

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

800-421-4211

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Executive Office Center

2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 501

Rockville, MD 20852

800-255-1708

Support Organizations -Call or write for further information, referrals, support groups, or local-chapter locations.

National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association

730 N. Franklin Street, Suite 501

Chicago, IL 60610

800-826-3632/FAX 312-642-7243

National Foundation for Depressive Illness

P.O. Box 2257

New York,NY 10116-2257

800-248-4344

National Mental Health Information Center

1020 Prince Street

Alexandria, VA 23314-2971

800-969-6642

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 302

Arlington, VA 22201

703-524-7600/FAX 703-524-9094

For Names of Local Healthcare Professionals

• Psychaistrists

American Psychiatric Association

1400 K. Street N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

202-682-6066

• Psychologists

American Psychological Association

750 1st Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20002

202-336-5500

• Cognitive Therapists

Cognitive Dynamic Therapy Associates

201 N. Craig Street, Suite 408

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-687-8700

• Interpersonal Therapists

Dr. Myrna Weissman's Interpersonal Therapy

Dr. John Markowitz

Cornell University Medical College

Department of Psychology

535 East 68th Street

New York, NY 10021

212-746-3774

• Rational-Emotive Therapists

Dr. Albert Ellis' Rational-Emotive Institute

45 East 65th Street

New York, NY 10021

212-535-0822

• Multimodal Therapists

Dr. Arnold Lazarus' Multimodal Institute

Dr. Clifford Lazarus

330 North Harrison Street, Suite 1A

Princeton, NJ 08540

609-683-9122

Twelve-Step Programs Call or write for referrals to local chapters.

Alcoholics Anonymous 475 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 459 Grand Central Station New York, NY 10163 212-870-3400 Al-Anon Family Groups Headquarters, Inc. P.O. Box 862--Midtown Station New York, NY 10018-0862 800-356-9996 A.R.T.S. Anonymous Artists Recovering through the Twelve Steps P.O. Box 175--Ansonia Station New York, NY 10023 212-873-7075 Cocaine Anonymous 3740 Overland Ave., Suite H Los Angeles, CA 90034 310-559-5833 CoDependents Anonymous P.O. Box 33577 Phoenix, AZ 85067-3577 602-277-7991 or in New York, 212-691-5199 Emotions Anonymous P.O. Box 4245 St. Paul, MN 55204 612-647-9712

Gamblers Anonymous P.O. Box 17173 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Narcotics Anonymous 16155 Wyandotte St. P.O. Box 9999 Van Nuys, CA 91409 818-780-3951 Nicotine Anonymous P.O. Box 591777 San Francisco, CA 94159-1777 415-750-0328 Overeaters Anonymous 383 Van Ness Ave., Suite 1601 Torrance, CA 90501 310-618-8835 Sex Addicts Anonymous P.O. Box 70949 Houston, TX 77270 713-869-4902 Workaholics Anonymous P.O. Box 66150 Los Angeles, CA 90066 310-859-5804

Recommended Reading on Depression

• You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way? New Help for Depression, Anxiety and Addiction,
  Collette Dowling.

• Overcoming Depression
  Demitri Papolos, M.D., and Janice Papolos.

• When the Blues Won't Go Away, New Approaches to Dysthymic Disorder and Other Forms of Chronic Low Grade Depression,
  Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, M.D. with S. Meltsner.

• Feeling Good,
  David D. Burns, M.D.; preface by Aaron T. Beck, M.D. (hard cover)

  Feeling Good
  David D. Burns, M.D.; preface by Aaron T. Beck, M.D. (paper back)

• Interpersonal Psychotherapy of Depression,
  Gerald L. Klerman, M.D.; Myrna M. Weissman, Ph.D.; Bruce J. Rounsaville, M.D.; Eve S. Chevron, M.S.

• From Sad to Glad,
  Nathan S. Kline, M.D.

• Moodswing,
  Ronald R. Fieve, M.D.

• Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness,
  William Styron.

• A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic-Depressive Illness,
  Patty Duke and Gloria Hockman.