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The Truth About Depression: Choices for Healing 13 reviews Charles Whitfield
HCI, 2003
A must-read
+ I'm thankful for this book + Compeling data & approach + FINALLY...THE TRUTH!
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Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and The Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill 65 reviews Robert Whitaker
Basic Books, 2003
Must read for anyone who knows anyone who has/is taking meds (that is, everyone)
+ Comas, eugenics, labotomies, and drugs + Raised the questions that need to be raised + Truly groundbreaking: first critique of the "atypicals" + Mad in America: Bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill
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The Addictive Personality: Understanding the Addictive Process and Compulsive Behavior 28 reviews Craig Nakken
Hazelden, 1996
Good place to start
+ A Window into the Heart and Mind of Today's Individuals + This book + Must Read If You Struggle With Addiction
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Got Parts? An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder (New Horizons ... 13 reviews A.T.W.
Loving Healing Press, 2004
Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder from the inside.
+ Helpful and clear for all.
"Got Parts? An Insider's GUide to Managing Life Successfully With Dissociative Identity Disorder" (whew!)is the best book I have yet read on D.I.D., a disorder that is still not really in the consciousness of the wider public. This is an authentic, useful, and ultimately hopeful book from the ...
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Bulimia/Anorexia: The Binge Purge Cycle and Self-Starvation Marlene Boskind-White, William C. White
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
Author is in private practice in Roanoke, VA. Discusses the dynamics of eating disorders and provides facts on adolescent danger signals, socialization and the family, the challenges of the college years, pros and cons of drug therapy, and nutritional counseling. For therapists. Previous edition: c1987.
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Trauma and Addiction: Ending the Cycle of Pain Through Emotional Literacy 5 reviews Ph.D., Tian Dayton
HCI, 2000
Facing the Truth
+ Trama and Addiction + Ending it through understanding + Very Good + Clear and informative
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Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide 74 reviews Kay Redfield Jamison
Vintage, 2000
Day Has Passed
+ A Study of Suicide with an Insider Point of View + Intellectually helpful + Author of Poetic Thoughts from the Heart of a Woman and Mama and Us
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On-Scene Guide for Crisis Negotiators 4 reviews Frederick J. Lanceley
CRC Press, 1999
On-Scene Guide for Crisis Negotiators
+ Review of On-scene guide for crisis negotiators + A Worthy Addition To The Field + Every Chief and Tactical Commander should read this book.
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Fourth Edition (Text Revision) 110 reviews American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2000
IF YOU ARE BUYING THIS BOOK, READ THIS!!!!!
+ "Must Have"
Let me start by saying if you find this useful, please click on the "Yes" next to the question "Did you find this review uesful". The reason i ask is because i think this is important information and with enough yes's, it can move to the top of the reviews.
My review is to do with the quality of ...
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Victim's Guide to Healing & Recovery Raymond B. Jr. Flannery
The Crossroad Publishing Company, Inc., 1995
A basic introduction to PTSD. Written for victims, it is a helpful source for understanding the responses a psychologically healthy person is likely to undergo after experiencing an acute tramatic episode. --Journal of Tramatic Stress
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Satan's Children: Shocking True Accounts of Satanism, Abuse, and Multiple Personality 1 review Robert S. Mayer
Avon Books (Mm), 1992
Great Book
This is an execllent story about SRA and a therapist that believes his clients. I thin it is a must read for survivors of Ritual Abuse
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Postpartum Survival Guide 2 reviews Ann Dunnewold, Diane G. Sanford
New Harbinger Publications, 1994
A must-read book for all ob's
+ An excellent book with one big flaw
All ob's should read and recommend this book to their patients suffering from post-partum depression. When I when through post-partum depression, this was the only book we could find on the subject. In fact, I gave my doctor his own copy! It was very comforting to read about new moms feeling ...
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Battered Woman 6 reviews Lenore E. Walker
Harper Paperbacks, 1980
Battered Woman
+ SHOWED ME THE WAY + Reading it is a cathartic experience
I have bought at least 12 copies of this book. I feel it is extremely important work and should be read by all young women. I give mine away so much that I keep replacing my own copy. Bravo! Ms. Walker!
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The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook 21 reviews Deborah Bray Haddock
McGraw-Hill, 2001
DID
+ Very Helpful + Dissociative Identity Disorder + Excellent resource! + "DID 101"
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Postpartum Survival Guide 2 reviews Ann Dunnewold, Diane G. Sanford
New Harbinger Publications, 1994
A must-read book for all ob's
+ An excellent book with one big flaw
All ob's should read and recommend this book to their patients suffering from post-partum depression. When I when through post-partum depression, this was the only book we could find on the subject. In fact, I gave my doctor his own copy! It was very comforting to read about new moms feeling ...
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Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and The Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill 65 reviews Robert Whitaker
Basic Books, 2003
Must read for anyone who knows anyone who has/is taking meds (that is, everyone)
+ Comas, eugenics, labotomies, and drugs + Raised the questions that need to be raised + Truly groundbreaking: first critique of the "atypicals" + Mad in America: Bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill
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On-Scene Guide for Crisis Negotiators 4 reviews Frederick J. Lanceley
CRC Press, 1999
On-Scene Guide for Crisis Negotiators
+ Review of On-scene guide for crisis negotiators + A Worthy Addition To The Field + Every Chief and Tactical Commander should read this book.
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Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide 74 reviews Kay Redfield Jamison
Vintage, 2000
Day Has Passed
+ A Study of Suicide with an Insider Point of View + Intellectually helpful + Author of Poetic Thoughts from the Heart of a Woman and Mama and Us
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Victim's Guide to Healing & Recovery Raymond B. Jr. Flannery
The Crossroad Publishing Company, Inc., 1995
A basic introduction to PTSD. Written for victims, it is a helpful source for understanding the responses a psychologically healthy person is likely to undergo after experiencing an acute tramatic episode. --Journal of Tramatic Stress
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Got Parts? An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder (New Horizons ... 13 reviews A.T.W.
Loving Healing Press, 2004
Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder from the inside.
+ Helpful and clear for all.
"Got Parts? An Insider's GUide to Managing Life Successfully With Dissociative Identity Disorder" (whew!)is the best book I have yet read on D.I.D., a disorder that is still not really in the consciousness of the wider public. This is an authentic, useful, and ultimately hopeful book from the ...
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