Mental Illness category: 868 books

Drawing on his rich experience within psychiatry, Leston Havens takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through the vast and changing landscape of psychotherapy and psychiatry today. Closely examining the dynamics of the doctor–patient exchange, he seeks to locate and describe the elusive therapeutic environment within which psychological healing most effectively takes place.

In a small town called Muddlewoods, young Sadie Sugarspear endures intolerable cruelty at the hands of her brutal stepfather. Sadie finds solace in the one thing her real father, Sam Sugarspear, left behind: a book about an imaginary land, ruled by a king who grants wishes.One day, when her stepfather’s...

Imagine if you could shake off what happened to you at work and start the night fresh. If you could stop your kid coming home like a mini tornado. This book will teach you simple mindfulness techniques for combating work and school stress and help to prevent burnout. If your work is effecting your...

An inquiry into hearing voices-one of humanity's most profound phenomena Auditory hallucination is one of the most awe-inspiring, terrifying, and ill- understood tricks of which the human psyche is capable. In the age of modern medical science, we have relegated this experience to nothing more...

Desde su pasión por la mente y la condición humana, Freud buscó la cura a algunas enfermedades que no podían ser explicadas médicamente y cuyos síntomas aquejaban y llevaban a la desesperación a mujeres que no hallaban remedio. Estudios sobre la histeria es la piedra angular sobre la que está...

A great insight from a sufferer's perspective I hope people draw strength from reading how others deal with this condition. You can see that it is a constant battle living with bipolar, but with the right help and self-management the disorder can be controlled.' Andrew Johns, former Australian...

One woman's startling firsthand account of her struggle to protect her children while facing the man she married, a combat veteran plagued by addiction, rage, and depression born from PTSD. One woman’s startling firsthand account of her struggle to protect her children while facing the man...

An “extraordinary” memoir of growing up in 1970s San Francisco with a paranoid schizophrenic mother (Booklist, starred review). When Laura Flynn was a little girl, her beautiful, dynamic mother, Sally, was the center of her imagination. It wasn’t long, however, before Sally’s fun-loving...

It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media extensions guarantees them a life long past their air dates. An onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising,...

Valkyrie Kerry, bipolar survivor and Horrotica author, offers a selection of poetry that brings to life the range of extreme emotions that are endured by those experiencing mood disorders. Her writing conveys the spectrum of emotions that exist between the poles of depression and elation; Thanatos...

Are you expecting a returning Service Member from a combat zone? Have you recently had one return? Written from the perspective of the returning Service Member, by Adam “Doc” Fenner, after serving five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Fenner combines humor and common sense to...

A complete guide to an innovative, research-based brief treatment specifically developed for service members and veterans, this book combines clinical wisdom and in-depth knowledge of military culture. Adaptive disclosure is designed to help those struggling in the aftermath of traumatic war-zone...

Favola dedicata al narcisismo. Uno gnomo narcisista e' sempre ben accetto

L’obiettivo fondamentale dell’autore è quello di far intendere a tutta l’umanità l’illusorietà delle religioni, andando oltre quel pensiero filosofico che le ha confutate già da molti secoli, anzi sin quasi dall’inizio dell’era cristiana, purtroppo senza "sfondare" in gran...