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During the late nineteenth-century, Dr. Sigmund Freud introduced a theory about human nature that has continued to hinder medical and psychiatric progress for over a century. Freud's approach, called psychoanalysis, ignored differences in human physiology. He presumed that all problematic symptoms or unusual behaviors were rooted in perverted thoughts. He was mistaken. Freud, a medical doctor, overlooked a fundamental medical procedure: the physical...
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The information explosion we have witnessed in the last two decades has unexpectedly accelerated the relentless, forward evolutionary process of complexity as experienced in the real existential reality as narrated from human to human in the language semantic accounts of our communications. Sometimes there are consistent, verifiable experiences by all witnesses that resist being described in common language terms and their undeniable presence must...
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When Dr. Paul Garfinkel started his career in psychiatry in the 1970s, psychoanalysis dominated the profession. Then the pendulum swung the other way. Psychoanalysis was discredited and drugs became the treatment of choice for mental illness. Throughout his career, Garfinkel has struggled to find a balance between these two poles, between compassion and human touch on one hand and the rigour of science and the prescribed drugs that have revolutionized...
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Harry Stack Sullivan remains America's most important and unique contributor to dynamic psychiatry. His published writings never conveyed what his theories were nor how he used them to help his patients. In Participant Observation, Leston L.Havens defines and makes operable Sullivan's interviewing methods for the practicing clinician.
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Cette deuxième édition, par des chapitres inédits ou renouvelés et de nouveaux collaborateurs, représente un recueil des interventions de pointe élaborées afin de favoriser le rétablissement des personnes vivant avec un problème de santé mentale important. Des auteurs du Québec, du Canada, des États-Unis et de l'Europe y partagent leur expertise.
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Cracking the Mind-Body Cipher
Dr. Niall (Jock) McLaren is an Australian psychiatrist who uses philosophical analysis to show that modern psychiatry has no scientific basis. This startling conclusion dovetails neatly with the growing evidence that psychiatric drug treatment is crude and damaging. Needless to say, this message is not popular with mainstream psychiatrists. However, in this book, he shows how the principles of information processing give...
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TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
Both easy to use and highly informative, The Complete Guide to Psychiatric Drugs is an indispensable reference for both patients and professionals. Now in a revised and expanded edition, this up-to-date handbook supplies current information on the newest and most commonly used psychiatric drugs as well as the latest details regarding side effects, dosages, and precautions.
Drawing upon his years of experience...
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Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
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2013
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An exposé of the psychiatric profession's bible from a leading psychotherapist, "The Book of Woe "reveals the deeply flawed process by which mental disorders are invented and uninvented -- and why increasing numbers of therapy patients are being declared mentally ill.
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Gravitas Ventures
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2020.
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10 brave kids, 2 Emmy award winning journalists, 1 clinical psychologist at Columbia University and 1 determined mother take on the fear and stigma plaguing the mental health community leaving us enlightened, empowered, and equipped to either live life or lift up life with these challenging and even life threatening conditions. This film will save lives.
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Defining mental disorders is easy but to actually diagnose a patient needs a lot of hard work and proper information. You need to be able to classify the symptoms in order to narrow down to the right diagnosis. A wrong diagnosis could lead to more serious problems later on. This quick DSM-5 study guide helps you begin with the right treatment for the right patient.
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Despite the rapid advances in medical science, the majority of people who visit a doctor have medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), symptoms that remain a mystery despite extensive diagnostic studies. The most common MUS are back pain, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, and dizziness. This book addresses the obstacles of managing people with MUS in our modern-day society from both a historical and contemporary perspective.
Most MUS are psychosomatic...
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In Anxiety--The Inside Story, the author takes a critical look at modern psychiatry's twin notions that all mental disorders are biological in nature, but anxiety is hardly worth worrying about. By the simple process of taking a careful, detailed history, Niall McLaren shows that anxiety is far more common and far more destructive than mainstream psychiatry realizes. Detailed case histories chart how anxiety arises as a psychological disorder and...
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There are hundreds, if not thousands, of substances that are used to modify behavior. While different classes of substances have known effects, one has only to see a group of people drinking to excess to recognize that not everyone responds in the same way to a given substance. Why do substances have the behavioral effects they do, and why do individuals vary in their responses to them? This book provides a conceptual framework for answering such...
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This book provides an overview of research and practice dealing with the specific needs of gay and bisexual men living with prostate cancer, as well as the special psychosocial needs of their partners. The intention is twofold: to provide insight into the unique experiences and concerns of gay or bisexual men living with prostate cancer in order to inform and assist future research, clinical practice and supportive care, and policy; and to ensure...
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This Book is about Mass Killing and why it occurs. The author Jacques J. Ohayon, Ph.D., has studied almost every incident that falls into the category of a Mass Killing in which the perpetrator is immediately apprehended or commits suicide since 2016. This group comprises the majority of the incidents going back to the Columbine, Colorado massacre in 1999. How To Prevent Mass Shooting reflects the finding that the majority of Mass Killers are medical...
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"Neuropsychopharmacology: An Introduction" is a part of the college-level Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to introduce the basic concepts of neuropsychopharmacology, which is an interdisciplinary study of neuroscience, psychology and pharmacology, integrating the neurobiological basis of psychiatric medicine in treating mental disorders.
It is a study guide with in-depth explanations....
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"Schizophrenia" is a part of the college-level Neuropsychopharmacology course series textbooks. It is a tutorial written in questions and answers format to describe the characteristics, symptoms and treatment of schizophrenia, including the pathology and etiology of the mental disorder.
It is a study guide with in-depth explanations. Each section is a modular unit that is self-contained for easy reading. The principles and concepts are introduced...
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