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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xx, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Francis argues that the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders threatens to destroy what is considered normal and that grief, sorrow, stress, disappointment, and other feelings are part of life, not a psychiatric disease.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
vii, 256 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Psychiatrist Daniel Carlat exposes deeply disturbing problems plaguing his profession, revealing the ways it has abandoned its essential purpose: to understand the mind, so that psychiatrists can heal mental illness and not just treat symptoms. ... he writes with bracing honesty about how psychiatry has so largely forsaken the practice of talk therapy for the seductive--and more lucrative--practice of simply prescribing drugs, with a host of deeply...
Author
Publisher
Natural Terrain Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
358 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"For years, Dr. Christina Bjorndal, ND, endured debilitating depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety and battled bulimia, addiction, and a range of other mental health challenges. Finally, feeling terrorized by her own thoughts, she attempted to take her life. This devastating low point led to a deep reckoning. She began to take back control of her life. Today she is the owner of a thriving naturopathic clinic, living her life's purpose and passion...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
285 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"In his seminal new book, The Disordered Mind, Kandel draws on a lifetime of pathbreaking research and the work of many other leading neuroscientists to take us on an unusual tour of the brain. He confronts one of the most difficult questions we face: How does our mind, our individual sense of self, emerge from the physical matter of the brain? The brain's 86 billion neurons communicate with one another through very precise connections. But sometimes...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xiii, 382 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"For centuries, doctors have struggled to define mental illness--how do you diagnose it, how do you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan and seven other people--sane, normal, well-adjusted members of society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Forced to remain inside until they'd "proven" themselves sane,...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
xv, 239 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Why are doctors, teachers, and parents incorrectly diagnosing healthy American children with serious psychiatric conditions? Gnaulati examines the factors that have led to our current crisis, provides parents with information about symptoms that to a casual or untrained eye can mimic a psychiatric disorder, and gives parents of struggling children hope, perspective, and direction.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
239 p. ; 24 cm
Description
Falling Into the Fire is psychiatrist Christine Montross's thoughtful investigation of the gripping patient encounters that have challenged and deepened her practice. The majority of the patients she treats here are seen in the locked inpatient wards of a psychiatric hospital; all are in moments of profound crisis. Each case study presents its own line of inquiry, leading her to seek relevant psychiatric knowledge from diverse sources.
11) Akira
Publisher
Kodansha
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Clandestine army activities threaten the war-torn city of Neo-Tokyo when a mysterious being with powerful psychic abilities escapes his prison and inadvertently draws a violent motorcycle gang into a heinous web of experimentation. As a result, a biker with a twisted mind embarks on a path of war, seeking revenge against a society that once called him weak.
Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
11 sound discs (13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Prescription drugs aren't the only answer for those suffering from negative moods and difficulties such as anger and depression. Dr. Amen, a psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, offers healthy and natural 'brain prescriptions' to help ease such symptoms.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
For Sally Diamond, people are confusing, unpredictable, and hard to read. She has always preferred routines to spontaneity, silence to noise, and forthright communication to small talk. Adopted at the age of seven by a psychiatrist, she cannot remember any details of her childhood before that age. Now forty-three, Sally finds the truth coming into sharp focus when her past becomes headline news: she endured something unthinkable as a child, and now...
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xvi, 463 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"In this completely revised and updated edition of the breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Renowned neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes cutting-edge reseach and the latest surprising, effective "brain prescriptions" that can help heal your...
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