Psychology
Explore top psychology books, from social psychology and sports psychology to novels and beginner guides. Discover bestsellers and highly recommended reads in human psychology available online.
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Outpatient Psychiatry: A Beginner's GuideThis brief primer provides knowledge that will reduce therapists' initial anxiety and heighten their competence in working with outpatients; it covers psychotherapeutic techniques, uses of psychotropic medication, and pertinent issues from the expanding field of therapy research, and includes advice about what to do...
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Solution-Oriented Hypnosis: An Ericksonian ApproachWhen most people think of "hypnosis" they imagine either a sinister, Mesmeresque figure declaring to his subject "you're getting sleepier and sleepier ... your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier, you vill go into trance," or an entertainer compelling a subject to "cluck like...
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EMDR CasebookThe broad range of EMDR is explored via case examples addressing complex emotional problems such as postpartum depression, survivor guilt, and the effects of child abuse. A new chapter on PTSD, written in the wake of September 11, is featured in this paperback edition...
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Borderline Personality Disorder: A Patient's Guide to Taking ControlFew psychological problems carry the negative connotation accompanying borderline personality disorder (BPD). Rather than a single disorder, BPD is a complex constellation of feelings, actions and thoughts that often create difficult or life-threatening situations for the client.Author: Gina M. FuscoPublisher: W. W. Norton &...
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Many Faces of Eros: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Human SexualityA mature, considered presentation of McDougall's] current thinking on sexuality . . . simultaneously impassioned and dispassionate, erudite and plain-spoken, conservative in her insistence on basic psychoanalytic assumptions and radical in her celebration of intimate human diversity. --Contemporary PsychologyAuthor: Joyce McDougallPublisher: W. W. Norton...
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No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human IndividualityWhy do people--even identical twins reared in the same home--differ so much in personality? Armed with an inquiring mind and insights from evolutionary psychology, Judith Rich Harris sets out to solve the mystery of human individuality.Author: Judith Rich HarrisPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished:...
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and SexThe study of sexual physiology--what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better--has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of...
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Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century ParisIn the 1870s, three women--Blanch, Augustine, and Genevieve--found themselves in the hysteria ward of the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris under the direction of the prominent neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. Their illness came to define the era, and in turn they became medical celebrities: every week,...
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Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry the Interpersonal Theory of PsychiatryThis book contains the fullest statement of Sullivan's developmental approach to psychiatry, showing in detail how Sullivan traced from early infancy to adulthood the formation of the person, opening the way to a deeper understanding of mental disorders in later life.Author: Harry Stack SullivanPublisher:...
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Breaking the Patterns of DepressionTwenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some form of diagnosable depression, and their ranks are growing. Psychologist Michael D. Yapko explains that in order to find relief, more than the current episode of depression must be examined. In Breaking the Patterns of Depression,...
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Meetings at the Edge: Dialogues with the Grieving and the Dying, the Healing and the HealedBased on his extensive counseling work with the terminally ill, a bestselling author offers unique support to anyone facing the dying process. This book integrates death into the context of life with compassion, skill, and hope. Capturing the range of emotions and challenges that...
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Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back from Brain InjuryHumorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious account of the effects of traumatic brain injury, not only on the victim, in this case her husband, but on the family. When her husband Alan is injured in a speedboat accident,...
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NeuroLogic: The Brain's Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational BehaviorA groundbreaking investigation of the brain's hidden logic behind our strangest behaviors, and of how conscious and unconscious systems interact in order to create our experience and preserve our sense of self. From bizarre dreams and hallucinations to schizophrenia and multiple personalities, the human...
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Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, Adhd, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A DisordersA comprehensive program that targets all four of the 4-A epidemics: autism, ADHD, asthma, and allergies "An easy-to-read commonsense guide to beneficial biomedical treatments."--Temple Grandin Doctors have generally overlooked the connections among the 4-A disorders. For years the medical establishment has considered autism medically...
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The Seasons of a Woman's Life: A Fascinating Exploration of the Events, Thoughts, and Life Experiences That All Women Share"A HIGHLY NUANCED PORTRAIT, in every shade of gray, of individual women negotiating the transitions of what Levinson calls early adulthood *ages 18 to 45." *The New York Times Book Review Nearly twenty years ago, esteemed Yale psychologist Daniel J. Levinson wrote the groundbreaking...
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I'm Just Happy to Be Here: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering"A refreshingly raw, contrasting perspective on the foolproof idea of motherhood."--POPSUGAR "By turns painful and funny... A searingly candid memoir."--Kirkus "Far from your cookie-cutter story of addiction... [I'm Just Happy to Be Here] describes Hanchett's journey to recovery and sobriety in imperfect and unconventional...
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The Mind of a Murderer: Privileged Access to the Demons that Drive Extreme ViolenceThe Mind of a Murderer: Privileged Access to the Demons That Drive Extreme Violence presents a series of cases in which a psychiatrist, psychologist, or counselor gained privileged access to a mass or serial murderer, going beyond the typical mental assessment to learn more...
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American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: Development, Context, Prevention, and TreatmentThe reasons for mental health issues among American Indian and Alaska Native children have not been well understood by investigators outside of tribal communities. Developing appropriate methodological approaches and evidence-based programs for helping these youths is an urgent priority in developmental science. This work...
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The Essential Guide to Overcoming Avoidant Personality DisorderAvoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD) is an extremely widespread, devastating disorder that generally goes unrecognized or misrepresented by what little scientific literature there is on the topic. Therapists are left mystified about how to diagnose and treat it, and patients and other sufferers are at...
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Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral ChildrenWild or feral children have fascinated us down the centuries, and continue to do so today. In a haunting and hugely readable study, Michael Newton deftly investigates a number of infamous cases. He looks at Peter the Wild Boy, who gripped the attention of...
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