Tom Pyszczynski: 3 books
The Worm at the Core
On the Role of Death in Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
A transformative, fascinating theory—based on robust and groundbreaking experimental research—reveals how our unconscious fear of death powers almost everything we do, shining a light on the hidden motives that drive human behavior
More than one hundred years ago, the American philosopher...
Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death
A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
In Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment, Dr. Norman Straker proposes that “death anxiety” is responsible for the American society’s failure to address costly futile care at the end of life; more specifically, doctors default on the appropriate prescription...
Hanging On and Letting Go
Understanding the Onset, Progression, and Remission of Depression
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Hanging On and Letting Go: Understanding the Onset, Progression, and Remission of Depression presents a complementary rather than a competing theory of depression, which will interest a wide spectrum of practicing psychotherapists, researchers studying depression, and personality and social psychologists...