Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness (Harrington Anne)(Paperback)

Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness (Harrington Anne)(Paperback)

In Mind Fixers, 'the preeminent historian of neuroscience' (Science magazine) Anne Harrington explores psychiatry's repeatedly frustrated efforts to understand mental disorder. She shows that psychiatry's waxing and waning theories have been shaped not just by developments in the clinic and lab,

Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church's Mission (Simpson Amy)(Paperback)

The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award Winner (Her.meneutics) Winner of a 2013 Leadership Journal Book Award (Our Very Short List in The Leader's Outer Life category) Mental illness is the sort of thing we don't like to talk about. It doesn't reduce nicely to simple solutions and happy outcomes

A Well Mind: The Tools for Attaining Mental Wellbeing (Parkinson Roberts Lisa)(Paperback)

A Well Mind provides a holistic approach to mental wellness by showing how the processes of looking after your body can complement those of looking after your mind. Recent research has shown that through improving our eating, sleeping, and exercise habits, we can experience physical health benefits

A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (Rogers Anne)(Paperback)

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context?A former BMA Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major areas of mental health and illness. The book considers contemporary and historical aspects of sociology, social psychiatry,

Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry (Lieberman Jeffrey A.)(Paperback)

The inspiration for the PBS series Mysterious of Mental Illness, Shrinks brilliantly tells the 'astonishing' story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption (Siddhartha Mukherjee). Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining 'lunatics' in cold cells and parading them as

Depressive Illness: The Curse of the Strong - Helping Christians Cope with Mental Health Problems (Cantopher Dr Tim)(Paperback / softback)

A practical, non-patronizing guide to depressive illness for

Tackling Mental Illness Together - A Biblical And Practical Approach (Thomas Alan (Reader))(Paperback / softback)

This book offers a biblical framework for understanding mental illness and helping the mentally ill. It synthesises the relevant biblical material with our scientific understanding of mental illness and equips the reader to deal wisely, intelligently, and compassionately with issues of mental

Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic (Atkinson William Walker)(Paperback)

An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition To Include: The Mental Dynamo - The Nature Of Mind-Power - Mentative Induction - Mental Magic In Animal Life - Mental Magic In Human Life - The Mentative Poles - Desire And Will In Fable - Mind-Power In Action - Personal Magnetism - Dynamic Mentation - Dynamic

Agnes's Jacket - A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness (Hornstein Gail A.)(Paperback / softback)

Hornstein bridges the gulf between medical explanations of psychiatric illness and the lived experiences of those given labels such as schizophrenia, bipolar illness, depression and paranoia. What emerges is a new model of understanding which asks not 'what's wrong with you' but 'what happened to

Mind is Flat - The Illusion of Mental Depth and The Improvised Mind (Chater Nick)(Paperback / softback)

Silence the Voices: Discovering the Biology of Mind Chatter (McFetridge Grant)(Paperback)

Psychotic (Mathis Jacques)(Paperback)

A moving autobiographical portrayal of psychosis and mental illness as shown through the experiences and writings of writer-poet Jacques Mathis. Jacques Mathis tells his own story--of a megalomaniacal man stuck in a body too small for his ideas. His childhood, spent in a dreary little town in

The Basic Science of Oncology, Sixth Edition (Harrington Lea)(Paperback)

Complete full-color coverage of the basis of cancer and molecular biology - from globally recognized expertsBasic Science of Oncology, Sixth Edition is an engagingly written intermediate level review of cancer causation, cancer biology, and the biology underlying cancer treatment. It is ideal for

The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic Experience (Evans Jules)(Paperback)

Since the Enlightenment, western culture has written off ecstatic experience as a form of mental illness. But why should rationality be considered the highest part of human nature when we are capable of so many more states of experience? Piecing together interviews, analysis of ancient and modern

Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness (Roth Alisa)(Paperback)

An urgent expos of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons from a veteran public radio journalist. America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people

Queen Anne - The Politics of Passion (Somerset Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical biography at its

Diflucan (Burke Wayne F.)(Paperback)

Poetry that takes the reader to the strangest place of all--the human mind; troubled, bizarre, diabolical even, to the more familiar, though occasionally very odd, quotidian. Poetry based on the truth of a poet's experience, and on the greater truth of his imagination. Narrative poetry written in

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays (Wang Esm Weijun)(Paperback)

Powerful, affecting essays on mental illness, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and a Whiting Award An intimate, moving book written with the immediacy and directness of one who still struggles with the effects of mental and chronic illness, The Collected Schizophrenias cuts right to

Studies in Hysteria (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback / softback)

The tormenting of the body by the troubled mind, hysteria is among the most pervasive of human disorders - yet at the same time it is the most elusive. This text of psychoanalysis helps us understand love, desire and the human

Mind Warrior (Lung Haha)(Paperback)

From Dr. Haha Lung, the master of mental manipulation, come these ancient mind-control techniques to overcome any foe The true secret to vanquishing your enemies--whether on the battlefield, in the conference room, or even in a barroom brawl--is truly knowing and understanding both yourself and

The Young Mind (Bailey Sue)(Paperback)

Sadly, millions of children today are affected by mental health problems, almost a doubling of the number of sufferers in just one generation. Illustrated and written in a completely accessible style by some of the most distinguished and respected professionals in the field of child and adolescent

Sexual States of Mind (Meltzer Donald)(Paperback)

A groundbreaking revision of the psychoanalytic theory of sexuality and its centrality to mental life, distinguishing between adult and infantile states of mind, and between infantile polymorphous and infantile perverse

Biology for the Ib Diploma Coursebook (Walpole Brenda)(Paperback)

Biology for the IB Diploma, Second edition covers in full the requirements of the IB syllabus for Biology for first examination in 2016. The second edition of this well-received Coursebook is fullly updated for the IB Biology syllabus for first examination in 2016, comprehensively covering all

Under Rose-Tainted Skies (Gornall Louise)(Paperback)

'A love story set against the backdrop of debilitating mental illness. . . . Infused with humor, self-doubt, and, eventually, self-acceptance.' --School Library Journal Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. While using a stick to snag grocery bags left on the porch, she meets Luke. He's sweet and funny,