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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction-a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives-by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself"--
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"...In this updated edition, Dr. Orloff reflects on her career and the changes that have revolutionized modern medicine and psychiatry since Second Sight was first published. She expands her earlier ideas and further explores intuition's role in maintaining physical health and emotional well-being, using examples from her own life as well as her patients' lives. This is both a remarkable self-portrait of one woman's journey toward the acceptance of...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Grey's Anatomy meets One L in this psychiatrist's funny and moving memoir about his residency at Harvard Medical School. In his memoir, Stern pulls back the curtain on the intense and emotionally challenging lessons he and his fellow doctors learned while studying the human condition, and ultimately, the value of connection. The narrative focuses on these residents, their growth as doctors, and the life choices they make as they try to survive their...
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Publisher
High Road Books, an imprint of the University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Believer is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack. This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had happened. Nothing in Mack's four decades of psychiatry had prepared him for the otherworldly accounts of those who reported being...
7) Impromptu man: J.L. Moreno and the origins of psychodrama, encounter culture, and the social network
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Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Jacob L. Moreno (1889-1974) was an early critic of Freud, wrote landmark works of Viennese expressionism, founded an experimental theater where he discovered Peter Lorre, influenced Martin Buber, and became one of the most important psychiatrists and social scientists of his time. A mystic, theater impresario, and inventor in his youth, Moreno immigrated to America in 1926, where he trained famous actors, introduced group therapy, and was a forerunner...
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Publisher
Redwood Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"A co-written project by Irvin and Marilyn Yalom, which describes their heartbreaking journey as a couple married 65 years facing the end of their long partnership. A longtime teacher and therapist on the subject of death anxiety, Dr. Yalom now confronts the loss of his wife and his own mortality. This book will offer wisdom from one of the foremost existential psychiatrists and illuminate the importance of relationships-friendship, family, and romantic-as...
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