Psychology for Everyone

Appendix H

Master Sources for the Series

15 min read · Volume 10

This list names public sites and databases, together with the standard books and official pages that sit behind each chapter. Links are starting points; they change, and they do not replace a clinician.

Official health pages — every chapter

  • WHO mental health: https://www.who.int/health-topics/mental-health
  • WHO depression fact sheet: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression
  • WHO mental health in emergencies: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-in-emergencies
  • National Institute of Mental Health (US): https://www.nimh.nih.gov
  • American Psychiatric Association — patients & families: https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families
  • American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org

Libraries and databases — every chapter

  • PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com
  • JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org
  • ScienceDirect: https://www.sciencedirect.com
  • PsycINFO (APA): https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu
  • Simply Psychology (teaching summaries): https://www.simplypsychology.org
  • Psychology Today (directory, not a diagnosis): https://www.psychologytoday.com

Core textbooks (Chapters 1–5, 12, 35)

  • Myers, D. & DeWall, C. N. — Psychology (intro textbook, any recent edition).
  • Nolen-Hoeksema, S. — Abnormal Psychology (recent edition).
  • Kandel, E. et al. — Principles of Neural Science.
  • American Psychiatric Association — DSM-5-TR (2022). Diagnostic manual; not a self-test.
  • World Health Organization — ICD-11 (https://icd.who.int).
  • James, W. — The Principles of Psychology (1890), public-domain classic.

Chapters 1–2 — what mental health is; who does what

  • WHO mental health: https://www.who.int/health-topics/mental-health
  • APA: https://www.apa.org/topics/psychotherapy
  • Psychiatry.org — what is psychiatry.

Chapters 3–4, 19, 21 — brain, chemicals, body chemistry

  • Kandel — Principles of Neural Science.
  • LeDoux, J. — The Emotional Brain (1996).
  • Damasio, A. — Descartes' Error (1994).
  • Sapolsky, R. — Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers; Behave (2017).
  • NIH / NIMH brain basics: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/educational-resources
  • Endocrine Society patient pages: https://www.endocrine.org/patient-engagement

Chapters 5–7 — emotion, senses, stress

  • Schachter & Singer (1962) two-factor theory of emotion — original papers via PubMed/JSTOR.
  • McEwen, B. — work on allostasis and the stress load.
  • Sapolsky — Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers.

Chapters 8–11, 18, 22 — anxiety, depression, trauma, severe illness, emergency

  • Beck, A. T. — Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders (1976).
  • Burns, D. — Feeling Good (1980) — public CBT, not a stand-alone treatment for severe illness.
  • Linehan, M. — Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (1993).
  • van der Kolk, B. — The Body Keeps the Score (2014).
  • Frankl, V. — Man's Search for Meaning (1946).
  • NIMH anxiety: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders
  • NIMH depression: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression
  • NIMH PTSD: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd
  • NIMH schizophrenia: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia
  • NIMH bipolar: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder
  • NICE guidelines (UK): https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance

Chapters 13–16 — sleep, food, movement, routine

  • Walker, M. — Why We Sleep (popular science; check later papers for updates).
  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine: https://aasm.org
  • WHO physical activity: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity

Chapters 14–15, 17 — therapy, medicines, family

  • APA psychotherapy: https://www.apa.org/topics/psychotherapy
  • NICE and APA practice guidelines for specific disorders (search by name on those sites).
  • NAMI family resources: https://www.nami.org
  • FDA medicines (US): https://www.fda.gov/drugs
  • Indian Psychiatric Society — public education pages (search ips.org.in).

Chapters 20, 23–24 — elements, integration, Gītā, Yoga, Ayurveda

  • Bhagavad Gītā — any standard edition with verse numbers (e.g. public-domain translations plus a scholarly one).
  • Patañjali Yoga Sūtras — Sanskrit with a careful commentary (not a gym poster).
  • Caraka Saṃhitā online: https://www.carakasamhitaonline.com
  • Unmāda Nidāna: https://www.carakasamhitaonline.com/index.php?title=Unmada_Nidana
  • Unmāda Cikitsā: https://www.carakasamhitaonline.com/index.php?title=Unmada_Chikitsa
  • Vāgbhaṭa — Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdaya, Sutra Sthāna 1 (dhi, dhairya, ātma-vijñāna).
  • GRETIL / SARIT / muktabodha — public Sanskrit text repositories (search by title).
  • Tirukkuṟaḷ — standard Tamil editions; English translations vary.

Chapter 35 — thinkers and methods

  • Primary works already named under each person in 33.4–33.5.
  • APA PsycInfo and PubMed for original papers (Asch, Milgram, Bandura, Loftus, Beck).
  • Ethics note: Little Albert, some obedience and prison studies would not pass today's boards. Read the method and the harm together.

Indic bibliography (compact)

  • Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali — 1.2, 1.5–1.6, 1.12–1.14, 1.33, 2.3–2.11, 2.29, 2.46.
  • Bhagavad Gītā — 2.14, 2.47–2.50, 2.62–2.63, 6.5, 6.17, 6.34–6.36, 7.4, 12.13, 15.9, 17.8, 18.66.
  • Katha Upaniṣad 1.3.3; Isha Upaniṣad 1; Taittirīya (pañca kośa).
  • Caraka Sūtra 1.58, 11.54; Nidāna 7; Cikitsā 9–10.
  • Tukaram Gāthā; Tirukkuṟaḷ 1 and 121; Narsiṁha Mehta — Vaiṣṇava jana to; Basava vachana Kāyakavē Kailāsa; Āṇṭāḷ Tiruppāvai 1.

Sources used to check and revise this edition

This edition was checked and revised in October 2026, under the author’s direction, with help from Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic. The work covered the anatomy figures, the hormones table in section 4.4, the verses, and the moving of sections between chapters. The lists below name the standard books, papers and official pages that the checked facts rest on, so that any reader can verify them.

The AI checked statements against what it had learned from these works; it did not open every printed book page by page. Where a fact matters for your health, read the source itself or ask a clinician.

Anatomy of the brain, nerves and body (Figures 3.1–3.4, 4.1, 7.2, 21.1 and others)

  • Standring, S. (ed.) — Gray’s Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, 42nd edition. Elsevier, 2020.
  • Netter, F. H. — Atlas of Human Anatomy, 8th edition. Elsevier, 2022.
  • Betts, J. G. et al. — Anatomy and Physiology, 2nd edition. OpenStax, Rice University, 2022 (free online, CC BY licence). Used as the main anatomical reference while the figures were redrawn: https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2e
  • Kandel, E. R., Koester, J. D., Mack, S. H. and Siegelbaum, S. A. — Principles of Neural Science, 6th edition. McGraw Hill, 2021.
  • Bear, M. F., Connors, B. W. and Paradiso, M. A. — Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 4th edition. Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
  • Hall, J. E. and Hall, M. E. — Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition. Elsevier, 2021.
  • Gray, H. — Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical. London, 1858 (public domain); and Vesalius, A. — De humani corporis fabrica, 1543. The engraved style of the new figures follows this tradition of anatomical atlases.
  • Figure note: the engraved organ images in the new figures were prepared from a reference video supplied by the author (Foundations of Mind, Mood and Mental Health), then cleaned, labelled and checked against the anatomy books above. The endocrine glands without an engraving are simplified drawings. Pointer positions are approximate and are for teaching, not for clinical use.

Psychology, stress and the stress response (Chapters 1–7)

  • Spielman, R. M. et al. — Psychology, 2nd edition. OpenStax, Rice University, 2020 (free online): https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e
  • McEwen, B. S. — Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. New England Journal of Medicine 1998; 338(3): 171–179.
  • Chrousos, G. P. — Stress and disorders of the stress system. Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2009; 5(7): 374–381.
  • Sapolsky, R. M. — Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, 3rd edition. Henry Holt, 2004.

Gut–brain axis and serotonin (Figure 21.1, section 4.4)

  • Furness, J. B. — The enteric nervous system and neurogastroenterology. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2012; 9(5): 286–294.
  • Cryan, J. F. et al. — The microbiota–gut–brain axis. Physiological Reviews 2019; 99(4): 1877–2013.
  • Yano, J. M. et al. — Indigenous bacteria from the gut microbiota regulate host serotonin biosynthesis. Cell 2015; 161(2): 264–276.
  • Gershon, M. D. — The Second Brain. HarperCollins, 1998.

Hormones, food and lifestyle (section 4.4 table)

  • Melmed, S., Auchus, R. J., Goldfine, A. B., Koenig, R. J. and Rosen, C. J. (eds.) — Williams Textbook of Endocrinology, 14th edition. Elsevier, 2020.
  • Gardner, D. G. and Shoback, D. (eds.) — Greenspan’s Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 10th edition. McGraw Hill, 2017.
  • Jonklaas, J. et al. — Guidelines for the treatment of hypothyroidism (American Thyroid Association). Thyroid 2014; 24(12): 1670–1751.
  • Zimmermann, M. B. and Boelaert, K. — Iodine deficiency and thyroid disorders. Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2015; 3(4): 286–295.
  • Anderson, R. J. et al. — The prevalence of comorbid depression in adults with diabetes: a meta-analysis. Diabetes Care 2001; 24(6): 1069–1078.
  • Spiegel, K. et al. — Sleep curtailment in healthy young men is associated with decreased leptin levels, elevated ghrelin levels, and increased hunger and appetite. Annals of Internal Medicine 2004; 141(11): 846–850.
  • Auld, F. et al. — Evidence for the efficacy of melatonin in the treatment of primary adult sleep disorders. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2017; 34: 10–22.
  • Boyer, E. W. and Shannon, M. — The serotonin syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine 2005; 352(11): 1112–1120.
  • Boecker, H. et al. — The runner’s high: opioidergic mechanisms in the human brain. Cerebral Cortex 2008; 18(11): 2523–2531.
  • Gordon, C. M. et al. — Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2017; 102(5): 1413–1439.
  • Bhasin, S. et al. — Testosterone therapy in men with hypogonadism: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2018; 103(5): 1715–1744.
  • Teede, H. J. et al. — Recommendations from the 2023 international evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2023; 108(10): 2447–2469.
  • Holick, M. F. — Vitamin D deficiency. New England Journal of Medicine 2007; 357(3): 266–281.
  • NHS (UK) health A–Z, pages on underactive and overactive thyroid, Addison’s disease, Cushing’s syndrome, low blood sugar, PCOS, menopause, postnatal depression and vitamin D: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions
  • MedlinePlus, US National Library of Medicine — hormone and laboratory test pages: https://medlineplus.gov
  • NIH Office of Dietary Supplements — fact sheets on vitamin D, iodine, selenium, zinc and vitamin B6: https://ods.od.nih.gov
  • Endocrine Society — patient pages on hormones and glands: https://www.endocrine.org/patient-engagement

Verses: texts and translations checked (all ŚLOKA / VERSE boxes)

  • Bhagavad Gītā — Sargeant, W. (trans.), The Bhagavad Gītā, 25th anniversary edition. State University of New York Press, 2009 (Sanskrit, word-by-word gloss and translation).
  • Bhagavad Gītā — Radhakrishnan, S., The Bhagavadgītā. George Allen & Unwin, 1948; and Edgerton, F., The Bhagavad Gītā. Harvard University Press, 1944.
  • Gita Supersite, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur — Sanskrit text with several classical commentaries and translations: https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in
  • Bryant, E. F. — The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. North Point Press, 2009.
  • Olivelle, P. — The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation. Oxford University Press, 1998.
  • Pope, G. U. — The Sacred Kurral of Tiruvalluva-Nayanar. W. H. Allen, 1886 (Tamil text with English translation; public domain).
  • Narsinh Mehta — Vaiṣṇava jana to, as printed in M. K. Gandhi’s Ashram Bhajanavali (Navajivan, Ahmedabad).
  • Caraka Saṃhitā — Caraka Samhita Online, Charak Samhita Research, Training and Development Centre, Jamnagar: https://www.carakasamhitaonline.com

Diagnosis and classification (used to check terms throughout)

  • American Psychiatric Association — Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). APA Publishing, 2022.
  • World Health Organization — International Classification of Diseases, 11th revision (ICD-11): https://icd.who.int
  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK — clinical guidelines for depression, anxiety, psychosis and other conditions: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance

Websites and reference works that may have shaped the wording without being cited

These are widely read general sources. Some may have shaped the wording, through the author’s earlier drafts or through the AI’s training, without being quoted or cited directly. They are listed so that credit is not lost.

  • General encyclopaedias: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org) and Wikisource (https://wikisource.org); Encyclopaedia Britannica (https://www.britannica.com).
  • Hospital and clinic patient pages: Mayo Clinic (https://www.mayoclinic.org); Cleveland Clinic (https://my.clevelandclinic.org); Johns Hopkins Medicine (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health); Harvard Health Publishing (https://www.health.harvard.edu); MSD Manuals, consumer edition (https://www.msdmanuals.com).
  • Medical reference: NCBI Bookshelf and StatPearls (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (https://www.cdc.gov).
  • Mental-health organisations: Royal College of Psychiatrists (https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk); Mind, UK (https://www.mind.org.uk); NAMI (https://www.nami.org); Verywell Mind (https://www.verywellmind.com); Healthline (https://www.healthline.com).
  • India: NIMHANS, Bengaluru (https://nimhans.ac.in); Tele-MANAS national mental-health helpline, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (https://telemanas.mohfw.gov.in); Indian Council of Medical Research (https://www.icmr.gov.in).
  • Anatomy learning sites: Kenhub (https://www.kenhub.com); TeachMeAnatomy (https://teachmeanatomy.info); Radiopaedia (https://radiopaedia.org).
  • Texts and translations: Sacred Texts archive (https://sacred-texts.com); Wisdom Library (https://www.wisdomlib.org); Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org); Internet Archive (https://archive.org); Project Madurai for Tamil texts (https://www.projectmadurai.org); GRETIL Sanskrit texts (http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de); Vedabase (https://vedabase.io); Holy Bhagavad Gita (https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org).

If you find a fact in this book that does not match these sources, or a newer source that changes it, please write to myadvisorfriend@gmail.com so that the next edition can be corrected.

Further reading: going deeper, topic by topic

Many people across the world have given their lives to understanding the mind and easing its suffering. This short shelf names some of the best books for a reader who wants to go further on one topic. Most are written for general readers. Read them alongside your own clinician’s advice, not in place of it. Some popular books simplify the science, and newer research may have moved on.

Foundations and the story of psychology

  • William James — The Principles of Psychology (1890). The founding text of modern psychology, still readable.
  • Sigmund Freud — The Interpretation of Dreams (1899). The start of psychoanalysis; read as history, not as current treatment.
  • Carl G. Jung and colleagues — Man and His Symbols (1964). Jung’s ideas for the general reader.
  • Alfred Adler — Understanding Human Nature (1927). Belonging, courage and the feeling of inferiority.
  • Daniel Kahneman — Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011). How quick and slow thinking shape everyday judgement.
  • Steven Pinker — How the Mind Works (1997). The mind seen through evolution and computation.

The brain and the body

  • Oliver Sacks — The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985). Human stories from a neurologist’s clinic.
  • V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee — Phantoms in the Brain (1998). What unusual cases teach about the normal brain.
  • Norman Doidge — The Brain That Changes Itself (2007). Neuroplasticity for general readers.
  • Eric R. Kandel — In Search of Memory (2006). A Nobel laureate on how memory is stored.
  • Antonio Damasio — Descartes’ Error (1994). Why feeling is part of good reasoning.
  • Lisa Feldman Barrett — How Emotions Are Made (2017). A modern theory of emotion.
  • Robert M. Sapolsky — Behave (2017). Biology of our best and worst behaviour, from seconds to centuries.

Emotions and emotional intelligence

  • Daniel Goleman — Emotional Intelligence (1995).
  • Paul Ekman — Emotions Revealed (2003). Recognising emotions in faces and in oneself.
  • Marc Brackett — Permission to Feel (2019). Teaching emotional skills at home and school.

Stress and anxiety

  • Jon Kabat-Zinn — Full Catastrophe Living (1990). The mindfulness-based stress reduction programme.
  • Claire Weekes — Self Help for Your Nerves (1962). A classic, kind guide to panic and nervous symptoms.
  • Edmund J. Bourne — The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook (1990; later editions). Practical CBT exercises.
  • Russ Harris — The Happiness Trap (2007). Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) made simple.

Depression and mood

  • Andrew Solomon — The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (2001).
  • Kay Redfield Jamison — An Unquiet Mind (1995). A psychiatrist’s own bipolar illness.
  • Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn — The Mindful Way Through Depression (2007).
  • David D. Burns — Feeling Good (1980). Self-help CBT for low mood.
  • Matt Haig — Reasons to Stay Alive (2015). A short personal account of surviving depression.

Trauma, grief and loss

  • Judith Lewis Herman — Trauma and Recovery (1992).
  • Bessel van der Kolk — The Body Keeps the Score (2014).
  • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross — On Death and Dying (1969).
  • C. S. Lewis — A Grief Observed (1961).
  • Viktor E. Frankl — Man’s Search for Meaning (1946).

Severe mental illness

  • E. Fuller Torrey — Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual (1983; later editions).
  • Elyn R. Saks — The Center Cannot Hold (2007). A law professor’s life with schizophrenia.
  • Xavier Amador — I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help! (2000). Helping someone who does not accept illness.

Therapy and healing

  • Carl R. Rogers — On Becoming a Person (1961).
  • Irvin D. Yalom — The Gift of Therapy (2002).
  • Aaron T. Beck — Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders (1976).
  • Albert Ellis and Robert A. Harper — A Guide to Rational Living (1961).
  • Marsha M. Linehan — DBT Skills Training Manual, 2nd edition (2015).
  • Steven C. Hayes — Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life (2005).
  • Lori Gottlieb — Maybe You Should Talk to Someone (2019). Therapy from both chairs.

Sleep, food and movement

  • Matthew Walker — Why We Sleep (2017). Check later research on some of its claims.
  • John J. Ratey — Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (2008).
  • Felice Jacka — Brain Changer (2019). Food and mental health, from a leading nutritional psychiatry researcher.
  • Kelly McGonigal — The Joy of Movement (2019).

Children, families and relationships

  • Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson — The Whole-Brain Child (2011).
  • Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish — How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk (1980).
  • Erik H. Erikson — Childhood and Society (1950). The stages of life.
  • John Bowlby — A Secure Base (1988). Attachment theory.
  • John M. Gottman and Nan Silver — The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (1999).

Well-being, meaning and self-compassion

  • Martin E. P. Seligman — Learned Optimism (1990) and Flourish (2011).
  • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — Flow (1990).
  • Abraham H. Maslow — Toward a Psychology of Being (1962).
  • Brené Brown — The Gifts of Imperfection (2010).
  • Kristin Neff — Self-Compassion (2011).

Addiction, neurodiversity and digital life

  • Gabor Maté — In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (2008).
  • Anna Lembke — Dopamine Nation (2021).
  • Steve Silberman — NeuroTribes (2015). The history of autism.
  • Temple Grandin — Thinking in Pictures (1995).
  • Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey — Driven to Distraction (1994). ADHD.
  • Jonathan Haidt — The Anxious Generation (2024). Phones, childhood and mental health.
  • Cal Newport — Digital Minimalism (2019).

Society, ageing and care

  • Robert B. Cialdini — Influence (1984).
  • Elliot Aronson — The Social Animal (1972).
  • Philip Zimbardo — The Lucifer Effect (2007).
  • Atul Gawande — Being Mortal (2014).
  • Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins — The 36-Hour Day (1981; later editions). Caring for a person with dementia.

Indian perspectives on mind and mental health

  • Vikram Patel and Charlotte Hanlon — Where There Is No Psychiatrist, 2nd edition (2018). A practical manual for community mental health care, written with Indian and other low-resource settings in mind.
  • Sudhir Kakar — The Inner World: A Psycho-analytic Study of Childhood and Society in India (1978).
  • Swami Vivekananda — Raja Yoga (1896).
  • Eknath Easwaran (trans.) — The Bhagavad Gita (1985).
  • B. K. S. Iyengar — Light on Life (2005).
  • J. Krishnamurti — Freedom from the Known (1969).

Free courses and learning online

  • Laurie Santos, Yale University — The Science of Well-Being (Coursera, free to audit).
  • OpenStax — Psychology 2e and Anatomy and Physiology 2e, free textbooks: https://openstax.org
  • WHO — Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide, free: https://www.who.int/publications

Guidelines and URLs change. Treat this page as a shelf label, not as last year's protocol. If a link dies, search the organisation name plus the topic.

Reflection

  1. Which name in this chapter belongs next to a chapter you already read?
  2. Do you know where the nearest hospital is?
  3. Which glossary word do you still confuse with another?

This book is for education and general awareness. It does not replace diagnosis or treatment by a qualified professional. If anyone is in danger, contact your local emergency services.