Martha Manning Biography

Martha Manning's newest book is A Place to Land: Lost and Found in an Unlikely Friendship a heartrending account of a satisfying personal relationship that helped her heal herself while helping someone else. Dr. Manning's writing has been included in such anthologies as Motherland: Writings on Motherhood by Irish American Women and Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression and Restoring Intimacy: A Couples' Guide to Intimacy in Depression. Manning currently writes full time and speaks nationally on issues related to mental illness. She was the 1996 recipient of the American Psychiatric Association's Presidential Award for patient advocacy. In 1999 she was named the recipient of the Stephen V. Logan Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in recognition of psychologists who have made outstanding contributions in the understanding of brain disorders. She has also been recognized by the National Institutes of Mental Health for work combating stigma. Her current clinical writing has appeared in the Psychotherapy Networker. She has published work in The Washington Post The New York Times Book Review Health Glamour and New Woman Ladies' Home Journal. Her columns in the several social justice oriented Catholic magazines have garnered her the highest recognition in the Church Press. In the September 2001 ROSIE magazine Dr. Manning interviewed and profiled Rosie O'Donnell writer Meri Nana Ama Danquah journalist Mike Wallace and his wife Mary as well as singer Rosemary Clooney about their experiences with clinical depression. In addition the section contained many information boxes as well as a resource tear-out page with recommended associations brochures and books.

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