The Insanity of Madness: Defining Mental Illness, Paperback - Daniel R. Berger II

Reducere. For much of the twentieth century, psychiatry, psychology and social theory have held that mental illness, historically known as madness, cannot be...

Reducere. Since the 1950s, psychiatry has controlled both the definitions, theories, diagnoses, and suggested remedies for mental illness. Many intelligent, ...

Reducere. Description"In The Chemical Imbalance Delusion, Berger presents a fresh and simplified navigational tool on a topic that is often overwhelming to t...

Reducere. The number of children being labelled as having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and stigmatized as abnormal continues to grow rapid...

Reducere. Diagnoses of depressive and bipolar disorders have reached epidemic proportions. The current psychiatric theories, approaches, and suggested remedi...

DescriptionParenting and education are hard, and little frustrates an authority more than a child who refuses or seems unable to pay attention. In ...

A radical reappraisal of mental illness Madness, melancholy, insanity, lunacy, craziness, loco: a dizzying litany of words are used to describe a c...

DescriptionWINNER: Best Autobiography/Memoir, 2018 Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest Glenn Close says: "Another Kind of Madness is ...

Reducere. "What was the likelihood my adopted daughter would havemy father's hazel eyes and my mother's mental illness?"In this fiercely candid memoir, Dr. P...

In Saving Abnormal, Dr. Daniel Berger II presents an eye-opening account of both the historic origins and development of the current bio-psycho-soc...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rachel A. PruchnoNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 26Cover type...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rachel A. PruchnoNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 238 x 29Cover type...

Reducere. Dr. Laing's first purpose is to make madness and the process of going mad comprehensible. In this, with case studies of schizophrenic patients, he ...

From the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Saint Elizabeths Hospital was one of the United States' most important institutions for th...

Based on a purpose-built 45-million-word corpus, this book offers timely and original linguistic insights into how the UK press report on mental he...

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Reducere. This is an excellent book, a solid, well-written and very smart work. I couldn't put it down. It is superb. Dr. Sternberg is an excellent story-tel...

Reducere. Are you curious about the shadowy parts of the human psyche? Join Dr. Daniel Mierlak, a psychiatrist for twenty-five years, on a journey to the str...

Reducere. Chad is a verbal cannon with common sense. -- Glenn Beck "This book is classic Chad Prather, which is to say insightful, manly, funny--absolute mus...

This book explores how the ancient path of shamanism can help us to understand the nature of mental illness, recasting psychological breakdown as a...

The very idea of mental illness is contested. Given its differences from physical illnesses, is it right to count it, and particular mental illness...

Reducere. Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and th...

Reducere. Psychiatry remains an emerging discipline. Many people suffer from ailments that have no apparent cause, no obvious cure. Quite by accident, while ...

Reducere. Enlighten Me is a full comprehensive guide to mental health conditions and the array of treatment options for each condition. If you have ever aske...

Description"Before we begin there are a few things you should know. This story is not going to be an altogether happy one. It is the story of how m...

Reducere. Reports reveal an increase in the number of individuals with serious mental illness in jails, prisons and forensic hospitals. Despite the wide-rang...

Reducere. Outside Mental Health: Voices and Visions of Madness reveals the human side of mental illness. In this remarkable collection of interviews and essa...

Reducere. DescriptionGet the straight facts about mental illness from two Harvard trained psychiatrists. More than 40 million people in the US suffer from me...

'A brilliant cultural history ... Scull's book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read ... outstanding' The Times

Reducere. In his early twenties, Nick Griemsmann was diagnosed with an incurable mental illness called schizophrenia. With little hope for the future, Nick t...

Reducere. I would not have survived my struggle with mental illness without my faith and more specifically my relationship with Jesus. He has been the secret...

An urgent expos of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angel...

A selection of reflective essays about mental health on the autism spectrum from a diverse range of people. Each contributor follows the topics of ...

Reducere. Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr are deeply in love. Unwilling to break his vows of celibacy and chastity, they've been determined to forg...

Reducere. DescriptionTable of Contents: - Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ...

DescriptionThis book examines Mental Health Courts (MHC) within a socio-legal framework. Placing these courts within broader trends in criminal jus...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...