Recommended Reading
The books mentionned on this page are ones that I have found personally helpful as well as others that have been recommended. If you have a book that you feel should be on this page, please email me at cryingeyes@writeme.com and I will check it out. In your letter, be sure to include the title of the book, the author's full name as well as a short description.
Depression and Suicide
- "...Or Not to Be" - written By Marc Etkind
- "No One Saw My Pain" - written By Andrew Slaby, M.D. and Lili Frank Garfinkle
Eating Disorders and Body Image
- "The Secret Language of Eating Disorders" - written By Peggy Claude-Pierre
- "When Food's a Foe" - written By Nancy Kolodny
- "Hunger Pains" - written By Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
- "The Best Little Girl in the World" - written By Steven Levenkron
Miscellaneous Mental Health Issues
- "I Hate You - don't leave me" - written by Jerold Kreisman, M.D. and Hal Straus (a book about Borderline Personality Disorder)
- "Cutting" - written by Steven Levenkron (a book about self-injury)
- "The Luckiest Girl in the World" - written by Steven Levenkron (a book about self-injury)
- "Reviving Ophelia" - written by Mary Pipher, Ph. D. (a book that deals with numerous mental health issues... eating disorders, self-injury, substance abuse, depression, ect.)
