books – Page 3 – A New Vision for Mental Health

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A new story about anxiety

Author: Editorial 11th January 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Sarah Wilson. The publishers say: “If you have anxiety, this book is for you. If you love someone who is anxious, this book is for you.I Quit Sugar founder and New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson…
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anxiety, books, Sarah Wilson

Schizophrenia and Genetics: The End of An Illusion

Author: Editorial 22nd December 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Jay Joseph. The publishers say: “Schizophrenia is a widely investigated psychiatric condition, and though there have been claims of gene ”associations,’ decades of molecular genetic studies have failed to produce confirmed causative genes. In this book, Joseph…
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adoption studies, books, genetic psychiatry, Genetics, Jay Joseph, molecular genetics, psychiatry, schizophrenia, twin studies

Shamans Among Us: Schizophrenia, Shamanism and the Evolutionary Origins of Religion

Author: Editorial 21st December 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Joseph Polimeni. The publishers say: “Schizophrenia is one of the most enigmatic human experiences. While it can cause terrible distress, it doesn’t fit the mold of a classic medical disease. In Shamans Among Us, Joseph Polimeni shows…
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books, evolution, Evolutionary Psychiatry, Joseph Polimeni, Martin Brüne, religion, schizophrenia, shamanism, shamans

On the Heels of Ignorance: Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing

Author: Editorial 14th December 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Owen Whooley. The publishers say: “Psychiatry has always aimed to peer deep into the human mind, daring to cast light on its darkest corners and untangle its thorniest knots, often invoking the latest medical…
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books, history of psychiatry, Owen Whooley, psychiatry, sociology

Turning Emotion Inside Out: Affective Life Beyond the Subject (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)

Author: Editorial 23rd November 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Edward S. Casey and presents a different view of emotions. As such it has relevance to our understanding of the emotional and psychological distress that is usually labelled ‘mental’ ill-health. The publishers say: “In Turning Emotion Inside Out,…
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books, Edward Casey, emotional knowing, emotions, existentialism, phenomenology, subjectivity

Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness

Author: Editorial 17th November 2022 0 Comments

Mental ill-health – better described as psychological and emotional distress – fundamentally involves consciousness, a subjective awareness and experience. So, if we misunderstand the nature of consciousness, then we will not be best placed to help those in distress. But…
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books, brain, consciousness, Galileo, mind, neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philip Goff

Does Psychiatry Work? Review of ‘Desperate Remedies’ by Andrew Scull

Author: Editorial 10th November 2022 0 Comments

This book review by Berties Bregman has been published in Commentary magazine. It begins: “When I was a young medical student and it came time to pick a specialty, the landscape was alarmingly broad. At one extreme was psychiatry. The noble goal…
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Andrew Scull, Bertie Bregman, books, Commentary, Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness, history of psychiatry, psychiatry

The Book of Woe: the DSM and the unmaking of psychiatry

Author: Editorial 9th November 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Gary Greenberg. The publishers say: “Since its debut in 1952, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has set down the “official” view on what constitutes mental illness. Homosexuality, for instance, was a mental illness…
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American Psychiatric Association, APA, books, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, DSM, Gary Greenberg, history of psychiatry, psychiatry

Indicative Trauma Impact Manual 2023

Author: Editorial 31st October 2022 0 Comments

This manual is currently on pre-order, with a release date of 1st March 2023. The publishers say: “A non-diagnostic, trauma-informed guide to emotion, thought, and behaviour. This must-have manual presents the first trauma-informed, non-diagnostic alternative to other manuals of mental health…
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anti-oppressive practice, books, New Approaches, non-diagnostic approaches, trauma, trauma-informed approaches, victim focus

Madness: A Philosophical Exploration

Author: Editorial 14th October 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Justin Garson. The publishers say: “Reframes philosophical debates about the nature of mental disorderOffers an innovative reading of the history of madnessDevelops alternative paradigm for thinking about what it means to be mad” “Since the…
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books, Culture & Society, history of madness, Justin Garson, madness, philosophy