The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, "Chronically Inflexible" Children, by Ross Greene
http://www.explosivechild.com/index.html (Greene's website)

The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada by 
Scott Simmie and Julia Nunes, pub  McClelland & Stewart in 2001

Codependent No More, How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
Melody Beattie, A Hazeldean Book

Mind over Mood, Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think,Dennis Greenberger, Christine Padesky
(Basically in workbook format)
Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids,
Timonthy E. Wilens, M.D. 1998

The BiPolar Child, The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder, by Demitri & Janid Papolos
(a favorite among adults)

Bipolar Disorder, A Guide for Patients and Families
Francis Mark Mondimore, M.D.

Learned Optimism
Seligman, M. E. P. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York (1990).

Here's a reference to a current book by Martin Seligman. He has also written in the 1970s on learnt helplessness and depression. The books had a lot of similar content. His research in the 1970s was before safe anti-depressants such as SSRIs, Understanding Depression: A Complete Guide to its Diagnosis & Treatment
Klein, D. F., & Wender, P. H. (1993).. New York: Oxford University Press