Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD, aka ADD)
Books
ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life, by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau.
Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood, by Edward Hallowell and John J. Ratey. See also the follow?up titles Answers to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction.
Finding a Career That Works for You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing a Career, by Wilma Fellman.
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder, by Sari Solden. See also the follow-up title Journeys through ADDulthood.
You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?! A Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder, by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo.
Websites
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD): www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA): www.add.org
Bipolar Disorder (aka Manic-Depressive Disorder)
Books
Touched with Fire, by Kay Redfield Jamison.
An Unquiet Mind, by Kay Redfield Jamison.
Chronic Disorganization
See also SITUATIONAL DISORGANIZATION and TIME MANAGEMENT.
Books
Conquering Chronic Disorganization, by Judith Kolberg.
Making Peace with the Things in Your Life, by Cindy Glovinsky. See also the follow-up titles One Thing at a Time and Making Peace with Your Office Life.
Messie No More: Understanding and Overcoming the Roadblocks to Being Organized, by Sandra Felton.
Websites
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD): www.nsgcd.org
Hoarding
Books
Collections of Nothing, by William Davies King.
Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders, by Franz Lidz.
Homer & Langley: A Novel, by E. L. Doctorow.
Inside Animal Hoarding: The Case of Barbara Erickson and Her 552 Dogs, by Arnold Arluke and Celeste Killeen.
Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding, by Fugen Neziroglu, Jerome Bubrick, and Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias.
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, by Randy Frost and Gail Steketee.
Websites
Children of Hoarders (COH): www.childrenofhoarders.com
Hoarding of Animals Research Consortium (HARC): www.tufts.edu/vet/hoarding
Mental Illness in General
Books
Diagnosing and Treating Mental Illness: A Guide for Physicians, Nurses, Patients and Their Families, by John V. Wylie.
Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry-A Doctor's Revelations about a Profession in Crisis, by Daniel Carlat.
Websites
Madison Institute of Medicine: www.miminc.org
National Alliance on Mental Illness: www.nami.org
National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Books
Life in Rewind, by Terry Weible Murphy, Michael A. Jenike, and Edward E. Zine.
Websites
International OCD Foundation: www.ocfoundation.org
Situational Disorganization
See also CHRONIC DISORGANIZATION and TIME MANAGEMENT.
Books
Organize Your Garage in No Time, by Barry Izsak.
Organize Your Home in No Time, by Debbie Stanley.
Organize Your Office in No Time, by Monica Ricci.
Organize Your Personal Finances in No Time, by Debbie Stanley.
Websites
Southeast Michigan:
Estate Organization Services (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan): www.estateorgservice.com
NAPO-Southeast Michigan (NAPO-SE-MI): www.napomichigan.com
Orderly Oasis (Troy, Michigan): www.orderlyoasis.com
National and International:
Australasian Association of Professional Organisers (AAPO): www.aapo.org.au
National [U.S.] Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO): www.napo.net
Professional Organizers in Canada (POC): www.organizersincanada.com
Time Management
See also CHRONIC DISORGANIZATION and SITUATIONAL DISORGANIZATION.
Books
Organize Your Family’s Schedule in No Time, by Val Sgro.
Organize Your Work Day in No Time, by K. J. McCorry.
Websites
Third Eye Group (Detroit, Michigan): www.thirdeyegroup.org
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Books
Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out, by Dr. Claudia L. Osborn.