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"A compelling and incisive book that questions the overuse of mental health terms to describe universal human emotions Public awareness of mental illness has been transformed in recent years, but our understanding of how to define it has yet to catch up.Too often, psychiatric disorders are confused with the inherent stresses and challenges of human experience. A narrative has taken hold that a mental health crisis has been building among young people....
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a challenging condition with a collection of possible symptomsnightmares, relentless harmful emotions (anger, fear, guilt), hypervigilance, flashbacks, and an amplified startle response. PTSD patients are at greater risk of suicide. About 80-percent of the afflicted also suffer from other psychiatric problems (depression, alcoholism, drug abuse). Some causes of PTSD are rape, combat exposure, child abuse, accidents,...
5) Personality
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Our personalities make each of us unique. But what if you had more than one personality? A person with multiple personality disorder can have multiple, unique and sometimes even dangerous personalities. Multiple personality disorder is only one form of disassociation that the human mind can experience. From Cotard delusion, the belief that you re walking dead, to Capgras syndrome, the illusion that those around you are imposters, this volume of Freaky...
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After the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, local caregivers, civic leaders, and first responders had the daunting task of navigating emotional and physical trauma as they stitched their community back together. The recovery process takes years, and as the coordinator of the Newtown Recovery and Resiliency Team, Melissa Glaser managed the town's response. She developed a unique set of therapeutic and transferable...
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Crafters will love this snarky book with its 40 witty cross-stitch patterns that focus on promoting a healthy, self-affirming relationship with yourself. Whether you want to proudly announce that "Self-Care Is Not Selfish" or remind others that "You Are More Than Your Productivity" or "It's Okay to Not Be Okay," you'll find edgy slogans and sharp one-liners that make fabulous wall art or gifts. An illustrated basics section provides beginners with...
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A collection of essay by girls aged 15-25, with an introduction by Lida Prypchan MD
In May 2020, with the pandemic in its early months, Non-Profit organisations Psychiatry, Philosophy & the Arts and The House That Dan Built launched a writing competition for Australian girls aged 15 - 25 on the themes of anxiety and creativity. The response was overwhelming. Featured here are the thirteen selected essays which reflect, with startling honesty and...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 On October 24, 1960, a composer named Charles Dumont arrived at the Paris apartment of Edith Piaf with fear in his heart and songs in his briefcase. Piaf was one of the most famous entertainers in France and one of the best-known singers in the world. She had been in a coma due to liver damage three months earlier, but she remained notoriously mercurial and hot-tempered.
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LOOK! This is the way it is is my life story being told casual, honest, and raw. My passion has always been people. I'm a lover of life. I live for the thrill. I always have and always will. However, that has not always been a good thing, especially in my early young adult years when I thought I was invincible and knew it all. Like every eighteen-year-old that leaves home and thinks they're ready for what the world has out there for them, yeah right,...
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A roadmap from the gutters of society to respectability and success.For those seeking a straight life, it describes what they must change about themselves, and the hazards they must avoid.For anyone interested in crime, punishment, and rehabilitation, it provides an unprecedented look into the minds of offenders.Bluntly acknowledges the existence of unfairness and hypocrisy in society, but not with bitterness or self-pity.Rather it puts these in perspective...
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Ante las situaciones de estrés o malestar, fenómenos frecuentes en la vida, los seres humanos disponemos de varias formas de reaccionar. Una de las más frecuentes es la somatización, es decir, la presentación de síntomas físicos, que no están producidos por una enfermedad médica, como expresión del malestar psicológico.
En este libro se pretende analizar los procesos que nos llevan a los seres humanos a mostrar síntomas somáticos, así...
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Psychotherapist Adam Crabtree shows how we live our lives caught up in a series of trances. For example, when we read we become less aware of the sounds around us, temporarily losing touch with our environment and sense of time. The same kind of effect occurs when we are deeply engaged in a conversation, lost in our own thoughts, enthralled in a creative moment, or immersed in lovemaking.
While trances are necessary, enabling us to function at our...
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Book Preview: #1 If Ted had gone to a therapist in the early twentieth century, he would have been treated with psychoanalysis, a therapy developed by Sigmund Freud and his followers. Psychoanalysis is based on a Freudian understanding of the mind, which includes the belief that early life experiences are powerful determinants of personality.
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ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE A social economic disaster the people of the 21st century are not prepared for. This book is an educational, practical, step by step approach, showing you how to obtain a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. It explains exactly what you need to do and questions to ask. It's all well and good being told " Go and get a diagnosis" But it is not as simple as that, as we need to know how to do things and feel as though we have some form...
17) Choosing Happy
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Are you irritable, struggling to escape negative thoughts, or overwhelmed by persistent sadness?
You're not alone. These are all symptoms of low mood, and are shared by millions of people globally. Often unrecognized, low mood is an emotional state that while milder than depression, can negatively affect every aspect of your life.
The good news is, it can be beaten!
Choosing Happy teaches you to live a life you love, cope with everyday stresses,...
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Mental Health Awareness is a concise manual of mental health conditions and their treatment for patients and their families. Dr Shafiq Yasin is an experienced consultant psychiatrist working in private practice in Brisbane, Australia. He is particularly interested in educating the layperson about mental illnesses to reduce stigma and increase understanding of these debilitating, misunderstood illnesses.
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The Dark Side of the Blue Line is the voice of every line officer in law enforcement that can't speak out. Nicholas Ruggiero follow's his best selling first book "Police Mental Barricade; A survivor's guide to poor law enforcement leadership" with a hard hitting book into what retaliation was taken against him by his former police agency The City of Alexandria Police Department in Virginia.
Nick speaks about how since the "defund the police" movement...
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Upon completing his graduate degree on mental health treatments, therapist and pastor J. Barry Wilson noticed a familiar thread running through each respected model. From Victor Frankle's search for meaning in life, Albert Ellis' paradigm for changing how we think, and Piaget's developmental models, it dawned on Wilson that the core of all this psychobabble held acumen and design from the greatest historical influence of all time--the Bible. Aside...
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