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The School of Life: An Emotional Education

Author: Editorial 17th July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Alain de Botton. The publishers say: “We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we’re never taught is how to live a fulfilled life [editor’s note: see Bad Education ]. That’s why…
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Alain de Botton, books, children and adolescents, Education, emotional health, emotional intelligence, relationships, Research, resilience, The School of Life

Young People Hearing Voices: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do

Author: Editorial 12th July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Sandra Escher and Marius Romme. The publishers say that it: “… is a unique, innovative book providing support and practical solutions for the experience of hearing voices. It is in two parts, one part for…
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books, children and adolescents, hearing voices, Marius Romme, Sandra Escher

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Author: Editorial 10th July 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Gabor Maté. The publishers say: “Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based – and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Maté…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, books, children and adolescents, Gabor Maté, neuro-diversity, neuroscience, parenting

The Social Context of Paranoia

Author: Editorial 3rd July 2019 0 Comments

In De-Medicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition , Chapter 5 – The Social Context of Paranoia – is written by clinical psychologist David Harper. It begins: “’Psychiatry’, suggests Hornstein … ‘is the most contested field in medicine’ and, as Bracken and Thomas … note, ‘it is…
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books, David Harper, misery, paranoia, psychiatry, schizophrenia

The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Author: Editorial 28th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Bessel van der Kolk. The publishers say: “Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew…
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Bessel van der Kolk, books, Childhood trauma, embodied therapy, nervous system, neuroplasticity, neuroscience, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, PTSD, somatic therapies, trauma

Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness

Author: Editorial 27th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Anne Harrington. The publishers say: “Anne Harrington explores psychiatry’s struggle to understand mental disorder in biomedical terms. Harrington shows how little the biological revolution had to do with breakthroughs in science and why the field…
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a wellbeing society, collaborative practice

Anne Harrington, biomedical model, books, history of psychiatry, psychiatry, social influences

The Great Psychiatry Scam: One Shrink’s Personal Journey

Author: Editorial 24th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by psychiatrist David Ross. The publishers say: “The Great Psychiatry Scam provides a detailed criticism of the profession of psychiatry, told from an autobiographical perspective. The critique expands on the analysis published in his book with…
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a coherent system

biomedical model, books, David Ross, pseudo-science, psychiatry, Trauma-informed

A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing

Author: Editorial 21st June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say that it: “… lays bare the flaws and failings of traditional mental health care and offers a radical alternative. Exposing the old-fashioned biological ‘disease model’ of psychiatry as unscientific…
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books, coercion, emotional distress, individual uniqueness of client and patient, medical model, Peter Kinderman, psychiatry, psychosocial factors

The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain

Author: Editorial 14th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Thomas Armstrong. The publishers say : “ADHD, dyslexia, autism: the number of illness categories listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the last fifty years. With so many people affected, it is time to…
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ADHD, American Institute for Learning and Human Development, autism, books, Culture & Society, disabilities, dyslexia, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, Thomas Armstrong

Psychology’s Ghosts: The Crisis in the Profession and the Way Back

Author: Editorial 31st May 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Harvard psychologist Jerome Kagan. The publishers say: “Jerome Kagan, a theorist and leading researcher, examines popular practices and assumptions held by many psychologists. He uncovers a variety of problems that, troublingly, are largely ignored by…
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books, Jerome Kagan, measurement, psychiatry, psychology, Research

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