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There exists, of course, few more famous figures in the field of psychology than Sigmund Freud. As the founding father of psychoanalysis, or the clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, his impact on the field of psychology cannot be overstated. In 1898 Sigmund Freud published a short essay on the psychology of forgetfulness. It is from this essay that the following work would grow out of....
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An application of the philosophy of science to psychiatry
Although it's been 140 years since Maudley's groundbreaking treatise, modern psychiatry is in a state of intellectual collapse. No psychiatrist practicing today can point to a universally agreed model of mental disorder, which explains the common observations of mental disorder, dictates a research program and ordains a form of management.
This book, the result of thirty years research...
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Therapy which can help you fighting emotional disturbances as well as mental health is called psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy helps you to control your emotions by controlling the symptoms of any kind of mental illness.
This results in healing and well being of the person. This therapy allows you to cope with the problems of daily life i.e. anxiety issues and depression.
Based on scientific research this guide will help a person to heal from emotional...
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In the Eastern world, the positive mind belongs to a spiritual horizon. For westerners, it is a technique. In the Eastern world where it originated, Vedanta, the positive mind, is a spiritual journey encrypted in insightful stories, rich in content and filled with symbols. These symbols can be absorbed by everyone, through the path of intuition regardless of the mystic and spiritual orientation. The positive mind is a part of a philosophy of life...
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En 2017, las acusaciones contra un productor de Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein, propiciaron el nacimiento del #MeToo. Desde entonces, este fenómeno ha visibilizado conductas inadecuadas que habían permanecido ocultas durante décadas. Acoso. #MeToo en la ciencia española es un trabajo periodístico sobre el acoso sexual y el acoso por razón de sexo en las universidades y los organismos públicos de investigación. En sus páginas encontraremos respuestas...
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This book provides brief biographical descriptions of historical and contemporary public figures, with a focus on the behaviors and personality traits that relate to the person's psychological functioning. Diagnostic impressions are provided based on the criteria in the diagnostic manual used by psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health counselors, the DSM-5. Most of the people described in this book have never been analyzed in terms of current...
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This book is about a person with schizophrenia. There are poems and stories about schizophrenia. There are explanations about how she learned from family, professionals and the bible. Hopefully if you have schizophrenia you will learn something to help you or if your a friend or professional you'll learn something about a friend or relative with schizophrenia. There is no easy fix for schizophrenia and people with it need a lot of support for sometimes...
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Drawing on more than thirty years' experience as a practicing psychiatrist, Dr. Rubin shows the reader the heartrending and hope-filled stories of emotionally disturbed children as they struggle to make it through each day.
Along with two classic stories in the literature of psychology, Lisa and David and Jordi, Dr. Rubin has now added Little Ralphie and the Creature. Together they demonstrate the power of love and its ability to heal. Meet these...
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Borderline mais pas folle, c'est mon histoire. C'est celle d'une fille qui en a eu assez de broyer du noir et d'avoir toujours mal à l'âme, d'être sans cesse à la limite entre vivre et mourir, de se sentir emprisonnée dans une camisole de force et de ne pas savoir comment s'en sortir. D'après l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, de 10 à 15 % des gens souffriront de dépression au cours de leur vie.
Que de questions je me...
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After decades of practice, psychotherapist Bryan C. Hazelton began expressing through poetry various moments he experienced in his profession. The result is a collection of verse filled with imagination and discernment, exploring psychotherapy in an innovative way. Poetic Moments in Psychotherapy offers a refreshing alternative to looking through the lens of diagnosis and theory, presenting a thoughtful, empathic understanding of the patient/therapist...
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Consciente de la necesidad actual de clarificar la relación entre el psicoanálisis y algunas de las principales propuestas filosóficas y psicológicas contemporáneas que de alguna manera se han visto influenciadas por los planteamientos psicoanalíticos, el autor se aproxima a los planteamientos freudianos desde una perspectiva que, aunque implica el aspecto psicológico, también apunta a la contextualización de éste en el ámbito histórico...
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Charles B. Strozier's college lost sixty-eight alumni in the tragedy of 9/11, and the many courses he has taught on terrorism and related topics since have attracted dozens of survivors and family members. A practicing psychoanalyst in Manhattan, Strozier has also accepted many seared by the disaster into his care. In some ways, the grief he has encountered has felt familiar; in other ways, unprecedented. Compelled to investigate its unique character...
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Post-traumatic stress disorder - aka PTSD or simply "trauma" - is a growing problem, with adults and children today affected by threats of terror; combat in the Middle East; and social, economic, and personal crises. It is a hidden disease affecting ten percent of the population - many whether they know it or not. This book explains how PTSD arises, how to recognize its effects, and how to stabilize and recover from it, focusing on three areas: how...
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Dead Drunk is the moving and powerful story of a teenager who lost himself to alcohol addiction after the breakdown of his parents' marriage. Paul Garrigan has written an honest (and often darkly humorous) account of his alcoholism. His adventures took him from the quiet suburbs of Dublin to begging on the streets of London, getting paid to drink in Oxford, and swigging illegal booze in Saudi Arabia, before finally ending up in a remote Thai village...
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Amy Caruso was a junior in the nursing program at Boston College and seemed to have everything going for her-brains, beauty, athleticism, career goals, a loving family, and many wonderful friends. But in November of 2009, she admitted she was a heroin addict and voluntarily entered treatment. Five weeks later, she died from an overdose at the treatment facility on the day after Christmas, weeks shy of her twenty-first birthday. Melissa Weiksnar wrote...
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Approximately 21.5 million people aged 12 or older in 2014 had a substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year. Over the years we have seen alcohol and drug trends impact individuals, families, communities, states, and as far reaching as nationwide. The opioid epidemic, the rise in stimulant use, legalization of marijuana in some states, and vaping are a few of the major trends we have seen impact the world of addiction and recovery. Addiction is...
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