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Taylor & Francis Ltd Involuntary Dislocation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Lifes Preservative Against SelfKilling
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Abnormal Psychology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Neurotic Constitution Outlines of a Comparative Individualistic Psychology and
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Taylor & Francis Schizotypy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Schizophrenia Clinical Psychology A Modular Course
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Automatic Affective Processing A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion 15 Special Issues of Cognition and Emotion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disordered Thinking and the Rorschach
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Trauma and Its Impacts on Temporal Experience
Book SynopsisThis unique text develops an original theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between trauma and time by combining phenomenological and psychoanalytical traditions. Moving beyond Western psychoanalytical and phenomenological traditions, this volume presents new perspectives on the assessment and treatment of trauma patients. Powerfully illustrating how the temporal dimension of a patient's symptoms has until now been overlooked, the text presents a wealth of research literature to deepen our understanding of how trauma disrupts individual temporal experience. Ultimately, the resulting phenomena that occur (including dissociation and cognitive distortions) position time as a transdiagnostic psychological dimension, closely connected to the subject's sense of self.This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and trauma and dissociation studies more broadly. Those specifically interTrade Review"While Mezzalira’s book is only 156 pages, it is an extensive compilation and summary of theory and research, past and present, on time and trauma. She includes perspectives from philosophy (especially phenomenology), psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and cognitive science. This book explores many, many useful concepts and research findings and is a valuable reference source for clinicians and researchers."-Michael Stadter, Psychodynamic PracticeTable of ContentsAbout the Author Introduction: Trauma and the Elusive Nature of Psychic Time1: Time and the Nature of Psychological Trauma2. The Concept of Nachträglichkeit and the Traumatic Disruption of Linear Time3. Time, Trauma, and the Unconscious Mind4. Trauma, Time, and Psychopathology5. Dissociation and Traumatic Temporality6. Time, Trauma, and Memory7. Time, Trauma, and Neural (Dis-)Integration8. Time, Trauma, and Therapeutic ChangeConclusion: Healing From TraumaIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Autism and The Predictive Brain
Book SynopsisWhat if our previous teachings and beliefs regarding processing stimuli, reading emotions, and understanding human behavior is all untrue? In this book, Peter Vermeulen investigates new findings on the predictive brain and what these insights mean for autism and current interventions. Trade Review'Peter Vermeulen makes accessible our understanding of how the brain works. Using vivid examples, he unpacks the theory to better explain the difficulties that autistic people experience in the uncertain and unpredictable world of everyday life. His recommendations for autistic people, parents, and practitioners are startling as well as compelling, a rare match between theory and practice.' — Uta Frith, DBE FRS FBA FmedSci, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, University College London'After reading this book, my first reaction was: what a positively written book. It reflects my opinion and experience as an autistic person. Nowhere is it absolutely stated that people with autism cannot do something at all. This innovative book radiates a lot of strength, hope and optimism.' — Sam Peeters, Autistic Self-Advocate, Author and Blogger, Belgium'Translating cutting-edge research and complex theories into clear and useful information is challenging. Reading Peter’s book is not. It offers opportunity to understand human thinking and behaviour in new and thought-provoking ways. In the context of autism, it provides new insights that can support autistic people, parents and professionals to deal with the everyday challenges of autism.' — Dr. Marita Falkmer, Associate Professor, School of Education and Communication, CHILD, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Jönköping University, Gjuterigatan, Sweden and Dr. Torbjörn Falkmer, Emeritus Professor, Curtin University, Perth, Australia'Peter Vermeulen does it again! Vermeulen, more than most any other professional in the field of autism, has changed how we understand the autistic neurology. I thought it impossible that he could surpass the brilliance of Context Blindness, but I was wrong. This book on prediction provides new and much needed insights into how individuals on the spectrum react to and understand the world. To say this book is a "must-read" may sound trite, but this book is essential if you want to understand autism!' — Brenda Smith Myles, PhD, Speaker and Author'Peter Vermeulen has written another game-changing work that is sure to fundamentally shift how we understand autism. Just as he did in Autism as Context Blindness, Vermeulen makes an important but complex theory accessible, relatable and even often entertaining to read about. Drawing from the latest findings in neuroscience, he demonstrates the startling differences in how autistic and non-autistic people’s brains respond to predictions and explores the dramatic implications of these findings for better understanding the incredible strengths and also very real challenges for autistic people living in a complex and ambiguous world. Readers are sure to look at social, sensory and communication differences in a whole new light, and will be equipped with autism-friendly approaches of offering greater predictability and certainty to reduce "uncertainty stress" and increase well-being for the autistic people in their lives.' — Aaron Lanou, MSED, Special Educator, Inclusive Education Consultant, and Former Director of ASD Nest at New York University's Steinhardt School, New York City, US'In this fascinating, accessible and fitting sequel to Autism as Context Blindness, Peter Vermeulen discusses how the autistic brain anticipates and processes uncertainty, and how this contributes to the "characteristics" of autism. In juxtaposing established theories of autism, and the psychology of human biases, important questions are raised about the prevailing autism narrative and the way autism is framed. In so doing, Vermeulen challenges many of the common heuristics about what is helpful to autistic people, and even of the nature of autism itself.' — Richard Mills, Associate Consultant & Adviser to the Board, AT-Autism‘This book uses established, innovative research about the human brain and relates it to real world experiences. Peter applies his wealth of knowledge to focus on areas that range from navigating the social landscape to providing insights into sensory issues. If you are a person who wants to learn more about neurological processing and how it relates to the autistic experience, this book will undoubtedly assist you. I wholeheartedly recommend this book as it provides another step towards demystifying autism, and helping us as practitioners, family members and friends to better support the autistic community to thrive.’ –Andrew McDonnell, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Studio3 Training SystemsTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. The predictive brain 2. The predictive brain and autism 3. The predictive brain and sensory processing in autism 4. The predictive brain and navigating in social traffic 5. The predictive brain and communication 6. The predictive brain and autism: what now? Notes References Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Treating SelfDestructive Behaviors in Trauma
Book SynopsisTreating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, 2nd ed, is a book for clinicians who specialize in helping trauma survivors and, during the course of treatment, find themselves unexpectedly confronted with client disclosures of self-destructive behaviors, including self-mutilation and other manifestations of deliberately hurting the body such as bingeing, purging, starving, substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. Arguing that standard safety contracts are not effective, renowned clinician Lisa Ferentz introduces viable treatment alternatives, assessment tools, and new ways of understanding self-destructive behavior using a strengths-based approach that distinguishes between the experimental non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) that some teenagers occasionally engage in and the self-destructive behaviors that are repetitive and chronic. In the new edition, many of the treatment strategies are cross referenced to a useful workbook, giving therapists and clients conTrade Review"Self-destructive behaviors of all kinds can confuse even the therapists involved with such clients, bringing out the desire to force them to stop. Fortunately, Lisa Ferentz’s original book helped reverse that trend, and this well-written and well-researched second edition goes even further in providing a non-pathologized and empowering understanding approach to these behaviors."—Richard Schwartz, PhD, faculty member at Harvard Medical School."In this new edition of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, Lisa Ferentz offers solid support to clinicians, using a solution- and strengths-focused approach to treating challenging trauma-based behaviors. She offers useful and effective links between this book and Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors, her workbook for clients, and together these two books give both clinicians and clients a dynamic and effective way to collaborate throughout the healing process. Lisa’s emphasis on self-compassion is an essential element of healing into wholeness and I appreciate her deep understanding of its central place in the healing process—for both clinicians and clients." —Nancy J. Napier, LMFT, author of Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children and Recreating Your Self: Building Self-Esteem Through Imaging and Self-Hypnosis"In the second edition of Treating Self-Destructive Behavior, Lisa Ferentz again sets the gold standard for books on this topic. Replacing pathologizing models with a compassionate, neuroscientifically informed approach, she offers a treatment paradigm that integrates cutting-edge approaches to trauma with down-to-earth, practical interventions that are attentive to risk management yet also relational and validating." —Janina Fisher, PhD, coauthor of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment and Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma SurvivorsTable of ContentsPreface Part I: It Makes Sense Given Where They’ve Come From. 1. Toward a New Understanding of Self-Destructive Behaviors. 2. Working With Trauma Survivors. 3. The Role of Attachment. 4. The Inherent Struggles of Adolescence. 5. The Metacommunication of Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Self-Mutilation. Part II: Understanding and Working With Self-Destructive Behaviors. 6. The Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviors. 7. The Triggering Event and the Loop of Negativity. 8. Unbearable Anxiety and the Frozen Loop. 9. Self-Destructive Behaviors, Positive Outcomes, Negative Outcomes, and Emotional Vulnerability. 10. Treatment. 11. Working With the Cycle: The Loop of Negativity. 12. Working With the Cycle: Unbearable Anxiety and the Frozen Loop. 13. Working With the Cycle: Self-Destructive Behaviors and CARESS. 14. Working With the Cycle: Positive Outcomes, Negative Outcomes, and Emotional Vulnerability. Part III: Helping Others While Taking Care of Ourselves. 15. Focusing on Us. 16. Creating a Sense of Internal and External Safety. 17. Assessing Your Agenda. 18. Being Clear About Your Control Issues. 19. Holding Appropriate Boundaries. 20. Understanding Your Triggers. 21. Acknowledging Your Vulnerabilities. 22. Pacing the Sessions. 23. Debriefing After Difficult Sessions. 24. Understanding the Correlation Between Family-of-Origin and Workplace Dynamics. 25. Striving for Balance in Your Life. 26. Giving Yourself Permission to Get Supervision or Refer Out. 27. Practicing What You Preach. 28. Strengthening Your Work. Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Obsessional Neurosis: Lacanian Perspectives
Book SynopsisDespite the important place it occupies in both Freudian and Lacanian nosology, obsessional neurosis has received far less attention than its erstwhile companion hysteria. This volume of essays aims to elaborate and deepen research into the question of obsession, going beyond the usual cliches which reduce obsession to the question 'Am I alive or dead?', and providing rigorous discussion of some of the following themes: the creation of the category of obsessional neurosis and of OCD, act and action in obsession, debt and guilt, aggression and solicitude, distinguishing the symptomology of obsessional neurosis from OCD phenomena, and clinical questions of work with obsessional subjects.Table of ContentsCONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORSPREFACEINTRODUCTIONA brief outline of Freud's and Lacan's conceptualisation of obsessional neurosisAstrid GessertCHAPTER ONEGuilty cognitions, faulty brains: Obsessive-compulsive disorders in the age of the condition-of-autonomy (1980–2010)Pierre-Henri CastelCHAPTER TWOLacanian Approaches to ObsessionDarian LeaderCHAPTER THREEThe signification of debt in obsessional neurosisMoustapha SafouanCHAPTER FOUR The cutting edge of desire in obsessional neurosis: Lacan with LeclaireLuca BosettiCHAPTER FIVEThe signification of mastery of the control of the orifices in anal eroticismMoustapha SafouanCHAPTER SIXThe Rat ManCharles MelmanCHAPTER SEVENThe Lacanian Structure of obsessional neurosisMichel SilvestreCHAPTER EIGHTThere is a stain on the horizon: A loop or two into obsessional neurosisVincent DachyINDEX
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Cambridge University Press Psychopathology
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Cambridge University Press Issues in the Developmental Approach to Mental Retardation
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Capture
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Drop How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book is brilliant. You’ve never seen the gorgonian loops and layers of addiction illuminated so clearly and originally.” — WILLIAM FINNEGAN, New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian Days “Thad Ziolkowski explores the scientific and spiritual depths of the relationship between addiction and surfing—a sport that’s often portrayed as shallow, but in truth is anything but. As in the ocean itself, the sunlit waves coexist with the profound, and darker, layers beneath. The stories Ziolkowski tells—both his own and those of other surfers—are testaments to how there is much to be learned in the deeper waters, but only if you make it back to the surface. The Drop is a searingly personal, timely, and beautifully written book.” — SUSAN CASEY, bestselling author of The Wave “I can’t even swim in the ocean without some dread and fear, so surfing is unfathomable to me; with drugs (and their delights and horrors) I’m somewhat more familiar. Thad Ziolkowski has masterfully woven these two subjects together with his own singular but familiar American dude’s story. The Drop is a frank, fascinating, strange, wise, beautiful book.” — KURT ANDERSEN, New York Times bestselling author of Evil Geniuses “In The Drop, both a vivid personal memoir and a thoughtful exploration of compulsive behavior, Thad Ziolkowski finds an unlikely but sensible commonality between the drives underlying the fervor of surfing and the siren call of addictions. He recognizes the traumatic bases of both yet points to how the sport can ultimately be a force for healing.” — GABOR MATÉ, M.D., author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts “A poetic memoir of addiction, but also a beautiful reflection on the lure of surfing, which (as practitioners know) can be addictive. Ziolkowski examines the seedy, tweaky underside of the surf world as well as its logical upshot: surfing as a natural hook, which can show an addict the way back to sanity and light.” — MICHAEL SCOTT MOORE, author of The Desert and the Sea “What does a surfer do after riding a twenty-five-foot wave, or winning a world title, or getting barreled at Pipeline for a decade? Ah, solving that question—to paraphrase Philip Larkin—brings the rehab staff and the EMT crew running over the beaches in their long white coats. Through a brilliant plumbing of surfing’s dark side, Ziolkowski holds a light up to the bodies taken by addiction, while also showing a way out that exists within surfing itself.” — JAMIE BRISICK, author of Becoming Westerly and Have Board, Will Travel "Intimate take on the subject...vivid writing and evocative insights about the dopamine rush that the sport and drugs share." — Publishers Weekly "Thad Ziolkowski's ambitious new pseudo-memoir is ostensibly a book about surfing, and on a sentence level it contains some truly magical writing in the vein of Barbarian Days…But it's also an addiction memoir that isn't afraid to explore the liminal spaces where the endorphin rush of the sport meets our darker compulsions. In less capable hands the wheels would squeak right off. But when Ziolkowski is on, it's hard not to feel what he's feeling. It's a science book about the things we tether ourselves to, made spiritual." — GQ
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Future Tense
Book SynopsisA psychologist confronts our pervasive misunderstanding of anxiety and presents a powerful new framework for reimagining and reclaiming the confounding emotion as the advantage it evolved to be.We taught people that anxiety is dangerous and damaging, and that the solution to its pain is to eradicate it like we do any disease?prevent it, avoid it, and stamp it out at all costs. Yet cutting-edge therapies, hundreds of self-help books, and a panoply of medications have failed to keep debilitating anxiety at bay. A third of us will struggle with anxiety disorders in our lifetime and rates in children and adults continue to skyrocket.That?s because the anxiety-as-disease story is false?and it?s harming us.In this radical reinterpretation, Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary argues that anxiety is an evolved advantage that protects us and strengthens our creative and productive powers.Although it?s related to stress and fear, it?s uniquely valuable?allowing us to imagine the uncertain future and compelling us to make that future better. That?s why anxiety is inextricably linked to hope.By distilling the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, including her own, combining it with real-world stories and personal narrative, Dennis-Tiwary shows how we can acknowledge the discomfort of anxiety and see it as a tool, rather than something to be feared and reviled. Detailing the terrible cost of our misunderstanding of anxiety, while celebrating the lives of people who harness it to their advantage, she argues that we can?and must?learn to be anxious in the right way.Future Tenseblazes the way for a paradigm shift in how we relate to and understand anxiety in our day-to-day lives?a fresh set of beliefs and insights that allow us to explore and leverage even very distressing anxiety rather than to be overwhelmed by it. Through this new prism of thinking, even anxiety disorders can be alleviated. Achieving a new mindset willnotfix anxiety itself?because the emotion of anxiety is not broken; the way we cope with it is. By challenging our long-held assumptions about anxiety, this book provides a concrete framework for how to reclaim it for what it has always been?a gift rather than a curse, and a source of inner strength, joy, and ingenuity.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hidden Brilliance
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking exploration of the ways in which the intelligence and abilities of children and young adults with autism are often overlooked and misjudged, with tried-and-true interventions that can be used to help them reach their full potential.Our limited and often biased view of what’s considered “normal” often prevents us from recognizing the gifts and brilliance of those who don’t fit a specific mold. Too often we don’t explore and take advantage of the far-reaching gifts and potential of those diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum or neurodiverse. Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel has had vast experience researching Autism Spectrum Disorders—ASD—and working with autistic people of all ages. She has repeatedly witnessed firsthand evidence of great intelligence that hasn’t yet been nurtured or realized.In Hidden Brilliance, Dr. Koegel and writer Claire LaZebnik explore the ways in which the brillia
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The University of Chicago Press Cruel Attachments
Book Synopsis9780226233888.Trade Review"Cruel Attachments is wholly absorbing, in the sense that it is unputdownable, but also in the sense that it provides numerous occasions for what can feel like utterly contaminating, destabilizing emotional identifications: with victims, family members, therapists, prison guards, the anthropologist himself-and, however unnervingly, also perpetrators. It is no small feat to bring readers inside the emotional worlds of all these players. To have done so, and with such subtlety and nuance, is remarkable and unprecedented." (Dagmar Herzog, Graduate Center, City University of New York)
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Palgrave Macmillan Why Kids Kill
Book SynopsisFrom examining the material evidence of notorious school shooters at Columbine and Virginia Tech to addressing the mental states of the violent youths he treats, Langman shows how to identify early signs of homicide-prone youth and what preventive measures parents and communities can take to protect themselves from the tragedy.Trade ReviewCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 'Langman offers a paradigm of three specific categories of youth offenders - psychopathic, psychotic, or traumatized...Langman fully discusses long-term exposure to violence, genetic predisposition to violence, recurrent alienation from mainstream society, depression, narcissism, and lack of empathy, as well as improperly challenged and constrained rage in the context of these three categories...He also looks at cases of youth who are not as notorious and whose intent to kill others was thwarted, and ends with lessons that can be learned from these and other cases. In addition, Langman presents research that informs current practice with disconnected, enraged youth. Langman believes that school shootings can be prevented, and his analysis offers reflections on how prevention can occur. A vital, phenomenal, extremely valuable work. Summing up: Essential. all levels / libraries.' - D.E. Kelly, Adelphi University, CHOICE (Sept. 2009) 'Peter Langman's book Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters is a highly readable, engaging text that analyzes 10 school shooters, outlines a typology that classifies school shooters into three distinct categories, uses the author's personal experience in assessing potential school shooters, and outlines practical lessons from foiled and actual attacks...The author's extensive review of law enforcement records, clinical insight from his own professional work, and ability to clearly organize all of the information have resulted in a well-written book that is long overdue.' - Brandon Robbins, Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books 'The result of his decade-long inquiry...plumbs the interior lives of 10 notorious school shooters - including Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold and Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho - to draw conclusions about what set them off.' - Michael Rubinkam, The New York Times 'A thorough analysis of recent school shootings and a helpful prescription for prevention geared to readers outside the psychiatric profession.' - Library Journal 'Mr. Langman, who is the clinical director of KidsPeace, an Orefield, Pa.-based charity that provides mental-health services for children and teenagers in 11 states, draws 10 lessons for parents and educators from his studies of school shootings across the United States.' - Debra Viadero, Education Week 'Dr. Langman's professional expertise and exhaustive research combine to produce a remarkably comprehensive psychological analysis of school shooters that will revolutionize our understanding of this phenomenon. This book provides an in-depth psychological analysis of school shooters that easily can be understood by non-professionals. The outstanding balance between psychological insight and plain language makes this book invaluable to anyone who works with children.' - Mary Ann Swiatek, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist and member of the Association for Psychological Science 'Dr. Langman...clearly identifies the enormity of the feelings of isolation and meaninglessness that plagued these children. Shows what we can do to make schools safe and homes friendly and child focused. Perhaps his greatest contribution is to point out that hyper reactive child exist in a social context that if it is not empathic and helpful can perhaps trigger the calamites he describes.' - Stuart Twemblow, author of Why School Anti Bullying Programs Don't Work 'We desperately need this book. It provides an interior view of the mind of rampage school shooters that helps us understand the origins of the narcissism, paranoia, sadism, and thwarted rage that appears to motivate them. Through the learned hands of Peter Langman, we come to understand the differences between shooters who are pyschopaths and those who are schizophrenics, and why these distinctions matter. A dispassionate, but clinically powerful analysis, Why Kids Kill, will be of great interest to teachers, parents, school administrators, and law enforcement officials who are responsible for prevention and treatment.' - Katherine S. Newman is the senior author of Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings and the Forbes '41 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgments School Shooters: Beyond the Sound Bite Psychopathic Shooters 'I Am the Law': Two Psychopathic Shooters Psychotic Shooters 'A God of Sadness': A Schizotypal Shooter 'None of This is Real': Four Schizophrenic Shooters Traumatized Shooters 'Every Man's Nightmare': Three Traumatized Shooters The Bigger Picture Comparing the Perpetrators Kids Caught in the Nick of Time What Can Be Done: Preventing School Shootings Notes Bibliography
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Hachette Books The Depression Cure
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Random House USA Inc Hitlers Charisma
Book SynopsisAt the age of twenty-four, in 1913, Adolf Hitler was eking out a living as a painter of pictures for tourists in Munich. Nothing marked him in any way as exceptional, but he did possess certain distinguishing characteristics: a capacity to hate, an inability to accept criticism, and a massive overconfidence in his own abilities. He was a socially and emotionally inadequate individual without direction, from whence came a sense of personal mission that would transform these weaknesses and liabilities into strengths—certainties that would provide him not only with a sense of identity, but of purpose in a communal enterprise. This is the focus of Laurence Rees’s social, psychological, and historical investigation into a personality that would end up articulating the hopes and dreams of millions of Germans.(With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations)
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Random House USA Inc My Age of Anxiety
Book SynopsisA bravely intimate [and] dazzlingly comprehensive history (The New York Times Book Review) of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand anxiety—from an acclaimed journalist with his own longstanding battle with this often misunderstood affliction. Drawing on his own experience with anxiety, Scott Stossel presents a moving and revelatory account of a condition that affects some 40 million Americans. Stossel offers an intimate and authoritative history. We discover the well-known who have struggled with the condition, as well as the afflicted generations of Stossel's own family. Revealing anxiety's myriad manifestations and the anguish it causes, he also surveys the countless psychotherapies, medications, and often outlandish treatments that have been developed to relieve it. Stossel vividly depicts anxiety’s human toll—its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze. He also explores how individual sufferers—including himself—have managed and controlled symptoms. By turns erudite and compassionate, amusing and inspirational, My Age of Anxiety is the essential account of a pervasive affliction.
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Little, Brown Spark How to Find a FourLeaf Clover
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Hachette Books Everything Isnt Terrible
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Little, Brown Spark Calm Your Mind with Food
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Vintage Canada Waiting for First Light My Ongoing Battle with
Book SynopsisIn this piercing memoir, Roméo Dallaire, retired general and former senator, bestselling author and one of the world's leading humanitarians, delves deep into his life since the Rwandan genocide. At the heart of Waiting for First Light is a no-holds-barred self-portrait of a top political and military figure whose nights are invaded by despair, but who at first light faces the day with the renewed desire to make a difference in the world. Roméo Dallaire, traumatized by witnessing genocide on an imponderable scale in Rwanda, reflects in these pages on the nature of PTSD and the impact of that deep wound on his life since 1994, and on how he motivates himself and others to humanitarian work despite his constant struggle. Though he had been a leader in peace and in war at all levels up to deputy commander of the Canadian Army, his PTSD led to his medical dismissal from the Canadian Forces in
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Harvest Publications The Unexpected Gift of Trauma
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking approach to healing from trauma and experiencing posttraumatic growth from a leading psychologist, featuring a powerful, five-stage framework to help readers not just recover, but thrive and transform. Trauma has always been part of the human experience, and traumatic events—both physical and emotional—can shake our very foundation and leave us forever changed. While we know more about the lasting neurological and physical effects of trauma than we did a decade ago, few people realize that experiencing trauma doesn’t have to sentence you to a lifetime of suffering and grief.In this first book of its kind, renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Edith Shiro shares a powerful, five-stage framework for posttraumatic growth, a transformational process that helps you not just heal, but achieve growth and expand consciousness in the face of trauma. Inspired by her grandparents, who were refugees and Holocaust survivors, Dr.
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Harvest Publications Im So Effing Hungry
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WW Norton & Co ZigZag Boy
Book SynopsisA compassionate, heartrending memoir of a mother’s quest to accept her son’s journey through psychosis.Trade Review"By turns an eloquent meditation on the power of nature and a terrifying exposé on the hellscape of parenting a mentally ill child into young adulthood... [Tanya] Frank hangs her intense, readable journey on...the healing power of nature and community... This book will be a balm for relatives of people with mental illness... Frank’s writing is fresh with keenly observed details." -- Beth Macy - New York Times Book Review"[A] moving, beautifully written book about love and mental health and life. Recommended." -- Bob Odenkirk - via Twitter"A bracingly beautiful account of learning to live with uncertainty in turbulent times." -- Rebecca Foster - Shelf Awareness"As she explores the sometimes painful limits of mothering, Frank candidly discusses the wisdom of letting go what cannot be healed or made whole in exchange for the gift of acceptance. A heartfelt memoir about family, mental illness, and unconditional love." -- Kirkus Reviews"[Zig-Zag Boy] reverberates with a mother's fierce love for her son... Frank intimately depicts her family's heart-wrenching experience, rendering the unimaginable with grace." -- Booklist"Tanya Frank’s Zig-Zag Boy starts by chronicling a mother’s nightmare as her promising son falls into psychosis but ends up being far more than the story of what happens when we fear for the life of someone we love. A searing indictment of the medical industrial complex across continents, Frank’s memoir also offers a battle cry for new ways of looking at mental health care and reveals the deep urgency of valuing oneself enough to dare to heal in a perpetually uncertain world." -- Gina Frangello, author of Blow Your House Down: A Memoir of Family, Feminism, and Treason"Zig-Zag Boy takes us to the heart of loving and parenting a child in the most intensive and often heartbreaking way. Tanya Frank’s book is marked by wonderful storytelling, a wry sense of humor, and a determination to tell the truth no matter what. You will get lost in this story, and be better for it." -- Emily Rapp Black, New York Times best-selling author of The Still Point of the Turning World and Sanctuary"In unforgettable imagery and nuanced prose, Tanya Frank gives us an incredible journey—from a parent’s worst fear to an opening in the world—through patient observance and love." -- Susan Straight, author of Mecca and In the Country of Women"Zig-Zag Boy is a wonder. I loved this book and the family at the heart of it. Tanya Frank masterfully tells her family’s story with as much grace, dignity, and compassion as she exhibited while living it. This is a beautiful book." -- Mark Lukach, author of My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
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WW Norton & Co Of Fear and Strangers A History of Xenophobia
Book SynopsisWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award A Bloomberg Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A startling work of historical sleuthing and synthesis, Of Fear and Strangers reveals the forgotten histories of xenophobia—and what they mean for us today.Trade Review"Riveting....weaves together a fascinating if powerfully disturbing series of examples of stranger hatred (and exploitation) alongside the internal dissent such encounters have always prompted....Throughout his analysis, Makari brings an impressive range of reading to bear, wearing his learning lightly and interspersing fascinating capsule biographies of transformation figures like Raphael Lemkin, Carl Schmitt and Theodor Adorno with literary commentary on Aldous Huxley, Richard Wright and James Baldwin....All the material is enthralling." -- Thomas Chatterton Williams - New York Times Book Review"By shedding light on the trajectory of xenophobia during its 150-year history, this skillfully written account helps point us towards ways to combat it." -- Rachel Newcomb - Washington Post"[A] compelling story of racial and ethnic animosity." -- Adam Kuper - Wall Street Journal"[An] illuminating, significant historical study... A timely and thorough investigation of a cultural plague." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"With elegance and passionate conviction, George Makari deconstructs one of the ugliest problems of our time…With penetrating insight, he reveals the history of a grave weakness that is one of the wildest threats against coherent democracy and human kindness…Of Fear and Strangers is at once a work of dispassionate reporting and brave moral righteousness" -- Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree"With astonishing range and lucid erudition, George Makari has again given us an intellectual history that illustrates how little we know about the ideas that animate and rule our world…Breathtaking with its learnedness, dazzling as an easy-to-read narrative of complex ideas and knotty concepts…In an epoch where nations often appear cleaved into equally disdainful mobs, Makari makes an airtight case that an enhanced understanding of the concept ‘xenophobia’ can serve as a skeleton key that will help unlock many of the psychic terrors currently haunting our cognitive processes and social worlds." -- Anthony Walton, author of Mississippi: An American Journey"Drawing on philosophy, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines, George Makari's beautiful writing delivers a strikingly original history... A sheer delight to read, this book is a gift for all." -- Zia Haider Rahman, author of In the Light of What We Know
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WW Norton & Co Six Days in August
Book SynopsisA rollicking account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome."Trade Review"Electrifying…a thrilling look back at a robbery that remains one of the most bizarre crimes of the 20th century." -- Michael Schaub - Minneapolis Star Tribune"[A] smart cross between a true-crime thriller and a psychological investigation." -- Scientific American"A mesmerizing account, not only of the first bank heist to become a global media sensation as it was happening, but of how our understanding of ‘Stockholm syndrome’ is all wrong…Black humor, Scandinavian noir, and it’s all true." -- Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century"Reads like a movie…[King] is adept at teasing out the humanity of the criminals as well as their victims." -- Dan Bilefsky, staff writer for The New York Times and author of The Last Job
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Random House USA Inc The Edge of Every Day Sketches of Schizophrenia
Book SynopsisAgainst the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where she grew up, Marin Sardy weaves an extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent account of the shapeless thief—the schizophrenia—that kept her mother immersed in a world of private delusion and later also manifested in her brother, ultimately claiming his life. Composed of exquisite, self-contained chapters that take us through three generations of this adventurous, artistic, and often haunted family, The Edge of Every Day draws in topics from neuroscience and evolution to the mythology and art rock to shape its brilliant inquiry into how the mind works. In the process, Sardy casts new light on the treatment of the mentally ill in our society. Through it all runs her blazing compassion and relentless curiosity, as her meditations takes us to the very edge of love and loss—and signal the arrival of an important new literary voice.
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Random House USA Inc Smacked A Story of WhiteCollar Ambition Addiction
Book SynopsisA journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex-husband’s descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white-collar drug abuse.“A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal courage, and writerly grace.”—Bill Clegg, author of Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man Something was wrong with Peter. Eilene Zimmerman noticed that her ex-husband looked thin, seemed distracted, and was frequently absent from activities with their children. She thought he looked sick and needed to see a doctor, and indeed, he told her he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Yet in many ways, Peter seemed to have it all: a beautiful house by the beach, expensive cars, and other luxuries that came with an affluent life. Eilene assumed his odd behavior was due to stress and overwork—he was a senior partner at a prominent law firm
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Science of Stuck
Book SynopsisA research-based tool kit for moving past what?s holding you back?in life, in love, and in work.We all experience stuckness in our lives. We feel stuck in our relationships, career paths, body struggles, addiction issues, and more. Many of us know what we need to do to move forward?but find ourselves unable to take the leap to make it happen. And then we blame and shame ourselves, and stay in a loop of self-doubt that goes nowhere. The good news is you?re not lazy, crazy, or unmotivated. In this empowering and action-oriented guide, you?ll discover why we can?t think our way forward?and how to break through what?s holding us back. Using an eclectic approach and a customizable plan that?s as direct or as deep as you want, this life-changing guide empowers you to:break old habits and patternsgain perspective on pain and trauma from the pastfree yourself from the torturous ?why? questionstake control of your choices to create the life you wantBringing together research-backed solutions that range from shadow work to reparenting, embodied healing, and other clinical practices, along with empowering personal stories, this book is a hands-on road map for moving forward with purpose, confidence, and the freedom to become who you?re truly meant to be.
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Harmony/Rodale How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
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Macmillan Learning Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology
Book SynopsisFully updated for DSM-5, this exciting revision complements the abnormal psychology course by providing 17 case histories based on the authors' clinical experiences. The casebook also provides three You Decide cases - written without diagnosis or treatment, so students can identify disorders and suggest appropriate therapies.
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) The Psychopath Whisperer
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. Beyond Crazy
Book SynopsisIn any given year, one in five Canadians will experience symptoms of mental disorder. So why do we still have such a long way to go towards true understanding and acceptance? Because people are afraid to talk.Beyond Crazy takes us beyond the barriers of fear and stigma to meet real Canadians from all walks of life who have encountered mental illness. They tell stories of what it is like to journey to the edge of the abyss and back again, of what it is like to suffer deep psychosis or depression, a misdiagnosis, a life-threatening eating disorder, the suicide of a loved one. And they tell stories of hope recovered, of finding the road back to wellness, of families made stronger than ever. Using the most honest and compelling language - and often a good dose of humour - brave celebrities and unsung heroes tell it like it is. By doing so, they make it easier for those who follow, easier to get past the fear, to move beyond crazy.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Adrenaline and the Inner World
Book SynopsisIt includes an extensive glossary.Trade ReviewThe only book you'll need to thoroughly understand the topic and its related health issues. California Bookwatch 2006 An interesting, well-written book geared to academics and professionals but also intended for patients and people supporting them. Choice 2006Table of ContentsPreface1. The Inner WorldThe Seed and the SoilCannon's CanonsThe Comfort Level in Building 10An Amazing Cooking ExperimentDeath by FootballThe Sleeper HoldSnakes That Faint?Rules of the GameSame DifferenceThe All-Day Sucker2. The "Automatic Nervous System"TransformersVeggingGood HousekeepingThe Hot LineHow Does the Autonomic Nervous System Work?3. The Arbiters of the Inner WorldThe Fat above the KidneysOn the Risk of Being a Physician's SonWhat's in a Name?Catecholamines Look Like CatsAdrenaline's Effects on the BodyNeuronal Soda PopThe Getaway Car AnalogyThe Atavistic Catecholamine"First I Secreted a Hell of a Lot of Adrenaline"A Play-Doh Model of the BrainThe Nobel Chemicals4. The Rest of the CastThe Axis PowersThe Water Works and Kosher Pickle TreatmentSalt SenseYour Own Brand of MorphineCytokinesSexLeptin5. Stress as a Scientific IdeaA Brief History of StressStress Response Patterns6. DistressCharacteristics of DistressBiblical Lie DetectionDistress versus the General Adaptation SyndromeFight Isn't FlightThe Nose of GodStressToonsStress in Evolutionary PerspectiveWhy Evolution Is a Worthwhile Theory and Creationism Isn'Darwin and EthologyThe Price of Complexity Is Eternal StressPrimitive Specificity8. DysautonomiasThe "Mind-Body" ProblemPrimary versus Secondary DysautonomiasSecondary DysautonomiasPrimary Dysautonomias9. Tests for DysautonomiasPhysiological TestsNeuropharmacological TestsNeurochemical TestsNeuroimaging Tests10. Treatments for DysautonomiasNondrug TreatmentsDrug Treatments11. Drugs and the FamilyCatecholamines as DrugsLegal AddictionsCocaineSpeed KillsMorphineBarbs and BenzosYou Aren't What You Eat, Luckily12. The Future: Scientific Integrative MedicineReturn of the Getaway CarAllostatic Load for People Who Hate SnakesThe DialecticDarwinian MedicineTactics and Strategies of Scientific Integrative MedicineWhat, How, and WhyConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Depression the Mood Disease A Johns Hopkins Press
Book SynopsisFull of information compassionately presented, this guide provides hope and help to patients and their families.Trade ReviewA readable, informative, comforting overview of an illness most people consider scary. Library Journal A clearly written, comprehensive, and compassionate guide. Science Books and Films If it seems a gloomy thought to explore the workings of mental doldrums, psychiatrist Mondimore makes this a safe trip, explaining in simple language how depression and manic-depression take effect and what victims can do about it. Publishers Weekly A recommended pick for both public and college-level libraries. Bookwatch 2007 This is a reader friendly book on depression and mood disorders written primarily for patients and their families. It explains scientific and clinical facts at a patient level helping the patient get a better bearing on the nature of depression. Doody's Review Service 2007 There are many books about depression currently available. What makes this one so special is its sheer comprehensiveness within a two hundred page limit... to be recommended to sufferers and professionals in the mental health field. -- Kevin M. Purday Metapsychology 2008 Depression, the Mood Disease is a recommended pick for both public and college-level libraries. Midwest Book Review 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment1. MoodMood: What Is It?The Chemistry of MoodAn Early Breakthrough in Brain ScienceMood DisordersWhat Is the Biology of Depression?2. DepressionThe Symptoms of Major Depression"Normal" Depression?The Classification of Depression3. TreatmentMedicationsElectroconvulsive TherapyOther Brain Stimulation TechniquesComplicated DepressionTests for Mood Disorders4. Bipolar DisorderWhat Is Bipolar Disorder?The Hypomanic SyndromeAnother Duality"Mood Swings" and CyclothymiaIs There a Spectrum of Mood Disorders?The Chemistry of Bipolar DisorderThe Treatment of Bipolar DisorderLength of Treatment in Bipolar DisordersTreating "Soft" Bipolar DisordersPart II: Variations, Causes, and Connections5. Variations of the Mood DisordersMajor Depression in the ElderlyMood Disorders in Children and AdolescentsMood Disorders in WomenDepression and StrokeDepression and PainSeasonal Affective DisorderSchizoaffective DisorderPanic Attacks and Mood Disorders6. Causal Factors and AssociationsThe Heredity of Mood DisordersAlcohol and Drug Abuse and Mood DisordersMedical Causes of Mood DisordersSleep and DepressionPart III: Getting Better7. Advice for Patients with Mood Disorders and Their FamiliesWho Can Help? The Mental Health ProfessionalsLiving with a Mood DisorderCommunity Support and National OrganizationsThe FamilyHow to Help with Depression8. Summing Up and Looking AheadFurther ReadingSupport and Advocacy OrganizationsIndex
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) How to Weep in Public
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Kensington Publishing Full Circle
Book SynopsisAndrea Barber grew up in front of the world on the beloved sitcom Full House, but then abruptly left Hollywood. Why did she leave and what did she do for twenty years out of the spotlight before returning to television? Find out in her funny and inspiring memoir about fame, heartache, resilience--and the reboot of a lifetime...Andrea Barber is known to millions worldwide as Kimmy Gibbler, star of the hit 90s sitcom Full House, and the Netflix sequel, Fuller House. In this funny, heartfelt book, Andrea takes readers behind the scenes of her odd Hollywood career and beyond. She shares how anxiety, particularly postpartum anxiety, derailed her life, and how she was able to take back control and serve as inspiration for others. Refreshingly honest and deeply personal, Andrea writes in a way that feels like catching up with an old friend. Get ready to laugh, reminisce, and finally get to know the woman behind the zany next door neighbor . . .When Kimmy Gibbler burst into the Tanners'' home on Full House in 1987, audiences immediately connected with the confident and quirky pre-teen character, played by ten-year-old actress Andrea Barber. During an eight-season run on one of the most popular series of the ''80s and ''90s, Andrea came of age in front of millions. But she was as far removed from her character as a girl can get. The introverted young star was plagued with self-doubt, insecurities, and debilitating anxieties that left her questioning her identity after the show''s cancelation. Andrea wouldn''t return to the public eye until 2016, for Fuller House. So what happened in those intervening decades that Andrea jokingly calls the lost years?For starters, Andrea never stopped working. But it was on a series of life-changing transitions: earning a college degree, then a Master''s, building a career in international education, getting married, and starting a family. She also faced some unforeseeable transitions: navigating a sudden divorce after nearly twelve years of marriage, and second-guessing her capabilities as a single mother. But it was her devastating bout with post-partum anxiety and depression that derailed Andrea''s life--and became a crucial turning point.Full Circle is a raw, refreshingly honest look into the life of a celebrity who has never been fully comfortable in the spotlight. Here Andrea shares her deeply personal struggles with mental health in a way she has never done before. She opens up about fighting her way back and finding solace--while finding herself--all before her life came full circle with her costars and lifelong friends on Fuller House. Sharing her journey from child star, to champion of mental health, and back to stardom, Andrea writes in a way that feels like catching up with an old friend.You''ll laugh, reminisce, and finally get to know the woman behind the zany next door neighbor.Funny, smart, inspiring, raw, and honest.--Candace Cameron BureA great read from a multi-talented actress, author, and comedienne!--Jodie SweetinBrave, open, and so very human.--Tan France, Queer Eye, and author of Naturally TanPrepare to be entertained and inspired.--Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives RevealedAndrea speaks from her heart with language that every mom, every person, can relate to. . . . Wonderfully written.--Karen Kleiman, Founder, The Postpartum Stress Center, author of Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts
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Sinauer Associates An Introduction to Behavior Genetics
Book SynopsisThis textguides readers throughan orderly sequence of related topics from the field, from the molecular structure and function of DNA to how DNA controls protein development and the neural processes that underlie both normal and abnormal behaviour.Though focused primarily on human research, animal models are also included.
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Random House USA Inc A Really Good Day
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Picador USA The Man Who Couldnt Stop
Book SynopsisWinner of the Medical Journalists' Association's Tony Thistlethwaite AwardA Finalist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science BooksRecipient of the International OCD Foundation's Illumination AwardAn intimate look at the power of intrusive thoughts, how our brains can turn against us, and living with obsessive compulsive disorderWhat might lead a schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece by piece, or a man to die beneath an avalanche of household junk that he and his brother have compulsively hoarded? At what point does a harmless idea, a snowflake in a clear summer sky, become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts?David Adaman editor at Nature and an accomplished science writerhas suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. In this riveting and intimate blend of scie
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