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Lists of books and journal articles relating to depression can be
found on my bibliographies and reading
lists page. There is also a separate listing for postpartum depression.
You may also find material of interest on my page on books by or about people with a mental illness
For practice guidelines related to depression and its treatment
click here. For practice
guidelines on the treatment of bipolar disorder click here
Abstracts of reviews from the Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and
Neurosis Group are on my evidence-based
medicine page
Library members have online access to the following journals in this area.
Depression
Depression and Anxiety
Journal of Affective Disorders
The links below are divided into Australian and overseas lists.
Australian Links
All In The Mind - 15 September 2002 - Nursery Blues: Do Children Get Depressed?
All In The Mind - 12 October 2003 - Part A - The Antidepressants Debate: Depressed, Bothered or Bewildered? (Part A, and full printable version)
All In The Mind - 19 October 2003 - Part C - The Antidepressants Debate: Depressed, Bothered or Bewildered? (Part C , and full printable version)
All In The Mind - 14 February 2004 - Bipolar Disorder - Treating the Rollercoaster
All In The Mind - 3 April 2004 - The Evolution of Depression - Does it Have a Role?
All In The Mind - 5 November 2005 - Getting the Regional Blues - postnatal depression and the rural mum
Transcripts and audios from All in the Mind, a series on ABC Radio National. Other programs can be found here
 Bipolar disorder: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, June 2005.
Black
Dog Institute * Depression * Explained
The Black Dog Institute is an educational, research and clinical
facility offering specialist expertise in mood disorders - a range
of disorders that include depression and bipolar disorder. The
Institute is attached to the Prince of Wales Hospital and
affiliated with the University of New South Wales.
BluePages Depression
Information
BluePages provides information about depression for consumers. It
is produced by the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at the
Australian National University (ANU) & CSIRO Mathematical & Information Sciences (CMIS) with the assistance of an Advisory
Board, 110 Ltd.
BluesNews - Community Action
on Depression
From Noarlunga Health Services in South Australia, a site which
provides a wide range of information, including fact sheets and
details of services and support groups, for consumers and carers.
Coping with depression: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, June 2005. The purpose of this guide is to clarify for consumers and carers the symptoms of depression and where to get help, the treatment options and an estimate of the costs, as well as advice on where to find further information and support.
depressioNet
depressioNet is created by DIRS Pty Ltd (Depression Internet & Research Services), the independent, privately owned company that
was formed in June 2000 to provide a comprehensive resource for
Australians living with depression.
eMJA: Supplement: Depression and the community
This whole supplement Medical Journal of Australia 2002; 176
(10 Suppl) is devoted to depression and the community. Its
production was funded by a grant from beyondblue: the national
depression initiative.
FIRENIYCE
Australia's Premier Bipolar Website
An Australian; site with much information for bipolar
sufferers from a fellow traveller.
The MoodGYM Training
Program
"MoodGYM was originally designed as a prevention program for
depression for youth aged between 15 and 25 years .However,data
from over 19,000 individuals who have registered at the MoodGYM
site over the last two years indicates that individuals who use
MoodGYM directly through the Internet have elevated anxiety and
depression scores relative to those in the general community. The
average age of users is about 35 years." The above excerpt is taken
from Working
Out at MoodGYM: A User's Guide. MoodGYM was developed by the
Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National
University, and is free. You'll find an article examining the
effectiveness of the program in the Journal of Medical
Internet Research
National Action Plan for Depression (Under the National Mental
Health Plan 1998-2003)
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, 2000.
National Health Priority Areas Report: Mental Health: A Report
Focusing on Depression 1998
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare (1999)
Postnatal Depression
Rural Health Education Foundation, Program 609. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, and produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation, this program can be viewed online, or downloaded as an audio Podcast.
Overseas Links
Bipolar Disorder
Sanctuary
This site is intended for those suffering from this disorder, their
families, and clinicians. It is well organised and links to a wide
range of resources.
Brain Explorer - Focus on Brain Disorders - Bipolar
Disorder
From the LundBeck Institute, information on how bipolar disorder
affects the brain.
Brain Explorer - Focus on Brain Disorders - Depression
From the LundBeck Institute, information on how depression affects
the brain.
Brighten Your Life,
by Daniel F. Kripke
This is the complete text of a booklet by Daniel Kripke, who is a
Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San
Diego. For the past 20 years he has been doing research on light
treatment and treating patients with light.
Depression Center - MayoClinic.com
Information for consumers from the Mayo Clinic.
The Depression Report: A New Deal for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
A project report of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre for Economic Performance, Mental Health Policy Group, 2006. This pamphlet discusses the cost to the community of mental illness, and makes a convincing plea for implementing treatment recommendations from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
Dr.
Ivan's Depression Central
Although primarily intended for consumers this site describes
itself as "Internet's central clearinghouse for information on all
types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments
for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression
(Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood
disorders."
eMedicine
Journal - Bipolar Affective Disorder
An article by Stephen Soreff
Health
Care Information Resources -- Depression Links
From McMaster University, a well maintained page of useful
annotated links to web resources on depression.
Healthy Eating and Depression: How diet may help protect your mental health
This booklet is for anyone who wishes to protect their mental health through healthy eating. It is particularly relevant for people recovering from mild or moderate depression and suggests how changes to their diet can help improve their mood. Produced by the Mental Health Foundation in the U.K., April 2007.
The Hypericum Home
Page
Here you will find the full text of the book "Hypericum and
Depression", by Harold H. Bloomfield, Mikael Nordfors, Peter
McWilliams.
InfraPsych:
Depression
This site aims to provide information and support for patients and
caregivers and assistance and information for professionals. It was
founded in 1999 by Dennis Tannenbaum, an Australian psychiatrist.
The Inside Story: The impact of depression on daily life
A report, published by Depression Alliance and funded by Servier Laboratories Limited, 21 Apr 2008.
Major
Depressive Disorder
Links to resources on causes, diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment,
outcome, research and more from Internet Mental Health.
MEDLINEplus:
Bipolar Disorder
A collection of resources on this topic from MEDLINEplus, the
National Library of Medicine's information service for the public.
Other relevant sections are MEDLINEplus:
Depression, MEDLINEplus:
Postpartum Depression, and
MedlinePlus: Seasonal Affective Disorder
THE MERCK MANUAL, Section 15, Chapter 189, Mood Disorders
From the online version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and
Therapy.
National Evaluation of the "Doing Well by People with Depression" Programme
A report commissioned by the Scottish Executive Health Department. Edinburgh, Scottish Executive, 2006.
NeLMH mood
disorders
Resources from the National Electronic Library for Mental Health in
the U.K.
NIMH: Bipolar Disorder
From the National Institute of Mental Health in the United States, a detailed booklet that describes symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping.
Pendulum Resources
An extensive collection of material on bipolar disorder for
consumers and their families.
Post-Partum
Depression
This is a section of Dr Ivan's Depression Central, but I
thought it would be useful to have a separate link, as there is a
wealth of information accessible from this page.
Socioeconomic
Status and Depression Among Adult Siblings
This is the first version of a paper, prepared in March 2000 for
presentation at the 2000 Meetings of the PopulationAssociation of
America, Los Angeles California, by Alair MacLean, and Robert M
Hauser, of the Department of Sociology, Center for Demography of
Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (CDE Working
Paper No. 2000-04)
The "Ups and Downs" of Bipolar Carers: An Investigation into the
Coping Strategies and Needs of Bipolar Carers
By Lesley Jenkins. London, Mental Health Foundation, 2003.
Wing of
Madness: A Depression Guide
This page is the work of Deborah Gray who explains "I'm someone who
knows more than most people about depression, not because I'm a
doctor (because I'm not) but because I have clinical depression and
have educated myself about this illness. My reason for setting this
page up is that I would like to make it easier for other people to
learn about depression to help themselves, their friends and their
families."
Workplace Mental Health
Publications on depression in the workplace from the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
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