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From the very start of his medical practice, even during his training, Doctor Silkworth (born 1873) worked with Alcoholics and Drug Addicts. Beginning with details of Doctor Silkworth's early medical career. The book tells how Doctor Silkworth got his Medical Doctorate and license to practice medicine (1899) from Bellevue Hospital in New York City. How he treated the multitude of drunks and drug addicts that passed through Bellevue. Then with the outbreak of World War One Doctor Silkworth joined the Army as a Doctor (Rank=Captain) treating combat veterans suffering battlefield trauma.

With the drama of a novel, Untangling: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis tells the story of a turbulent and transformative psychoanalysis in this first ever in-depth patient's account. Joan K. Peters’s story lays bare the inner workings of this complex treatment, which takes place behind closed doors...

The Road I Never Meant to Take is a memoir like no other—a poignant and transformative collection of 52 letters that guide listeners through the descent into addiction and the soul-lifting climb toward recovery. Each letter is its own chapter—a standalone reflection that can be listened to daily, weekly, or at the listener's own pace.

Is violence normal? Aren't they all evil? Does trauma cause violence? And can we change violent minds? For Dr. Gwen Adshead, these are the most common questions she is asked about her work as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in secure hospitals and prisons. Dr. Adshead pays attention to an aspect of humanity we often find hard to comprehend and invites us to do the same as she considers the motivations, the risk factors, the social roots of violence as well as the rehabilitation of offenders.

We've all seen the prettied-up image of mental illness. That movie-perfect, 'single artful tear', 'gazing wistfully out of the window' situation that conveniently disappears when you need to do the laundry. Well, life with a personality disorder isn't like that. At all. Katja Pavlovna and Kay...

La muerte de una persona querida siempre deja un vacío difícil de colmar. Si además esa muerte es por suicidio, se sobreponen a la tristeza y el dolor una serie de sentimientos que pueden ahogar a los que se quedan: culpa, angustia, rabia… Este audiolibro parte de la experiencia íntima del autor, el deceso de su hermano Eduardo. En sus páginas, llenas de una escritura personalísima, se describe con delicadeza, en nombre propio, el tránsito hasta la recuperación emocional de quien perdió por suicidio a su hermano mayor.

Inhalt: 1. Legende und Wahrheit der Beatrice Cenci, 2. Irrfahrt und Ende Pierre Donchamps' - Die Tragödie Philippe Daudets, 3. Erinnerung an Theodor Herzl, 4. Unvergessliches Erlebnis. Ein Tag bei Albert Schweitzer, 5. Worte am Sarge Sigmund Freuds, 6. Jaurès, 7. Otto Weininger: Vorbeigehen an einem unauffälligen Menschen, 8.Walther Rathenau.

Bloomsbury presents Beyond Infidelity written and read by Lauren LaRusso Full of honesty, compassion and wisdom — a powerful companion” — Helen Marie, author of Choose You “A map and companion for one of life’s hardest journeys.” — Jessica Fern, author of Polysecure When...

Ariane Beeston is a child-protection worker and newly registered psychologist when she gives birth to her first child – and very quickly begins to experience scary breaks with reality. With medication, the support of her husband, psychotherapy and, ultimately, time, Ariane rebuilds herself.

Rien ne prédisposait Julie Ewa à vivre une telle expérience. Et pourtant. Un matin, un étrange phénomène se produit : elle sort de son corps. Cette expérience la bouleverse. Que signifie-t-elle ? Est-elle réelle ou le fruit de son imagination ? Loin d'être un épisode isolé, l'évènement se répète. Déterminée à ne pas fuir l'inexplicable, Julie Ewa décide de mener l'enquête. Son objectif : comprendre, tester, vérifier. Trouver la preuve qu'elle n'hallucine pas. Elle partage avec lucidité ses doutes, ses questionnements et ses recherches sur ce phénomène encore très méconnu.

Je crois que cette expérience ne peut se comprendre que lorsqu'on la vit. Je me sens tellement moins seule ! Cette expérience a réellement changé ma vie. Elle a diminué ma peine et mon chagrin en les changeant en joie et en compréhension.

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far'. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going . . . From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is...

Told through 52 heartfelt letters, The Road I Never Meant to Take is a brave and compassionate memoir about one woman’s unexpected descent into addiction—and the gritty, beautiful journey back. Through the voice of “L,” a fictionalized character based on lived experience, author and therapist Alanna Bell explores the emotional wreckage, the neurological science, and the spiritual reckoning behind substance use disorder.

A bold new history of psychology that uncovers the lost legacies of the women who shaped our understanding of what it is to be human If asked to name a psychologist, who springs to mind? No doubt Freud, perhaps Pavlov and his dog, maybe Jung or Piaget. But what of Mary Whiton Calkins, who has...

Before I can tell you about the shock treatment, I should tell you about the horse tranquilizer. Ted Scheinman has struggled with depression through his whole life, and gone to great lengths in his search for relief. As antidepressants prove less and less effective, he turns to the powerful...

El objeto de este libro es mostrar quién fue, qué pensó y cual es el sentido, para nosotros, del pensamiento de Abu al-Ualíd Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ruxd, en adelante Averroes, nombre que deriva de la latinización del apelativo Ibn Ruxd, nacido en Córdoba en 1126 y muerto en Marrakex en 1181. Su impronta en la cultura de su tiempo le hizo figurar nada menos que entre el auténtico canon onomástico de la teología y la filosofía medievales que supuso La Divina Comedia de Dante, o en el parnaso de la filosofía de Rafael en "La escuela de Atenas".

¿Recuerdas cuando en el año 1938 se pudo ver una aurora boreal en el cielo de Barcelona? ¿Recuerdas cuando las tropas franquistas entraron en la ciudad catalana desfilando por Diagonal, mientras cientos de republicanos huían? Muy probablemente no puedas acordarte, bien porque no estuviste allí o bien porque ni siquiera vivías cuando eso sucedió. En cambio, Ramon Bayés, uno de los grandes referentes de la psicología de nuestro país, nacido en 1930, sí estuvo allí. Y Ramón, con lucidez, con brillantez, recuerda.

La vida es, esencialmente, variabilidad y cambio; nuestra biografía –el viaje- se va construyendo sin mapa, brújula ni itinerario previo, momento a momento, a lo largo de una insistente búsqueda de felicidad y plenitud, por selváticos senderos, superpobladas ciudades y, a veces –demasiadas veces-, por desoladas carreteras. Esta es la historia de un viaje. El viaje a través de la vida de un psicólogo en busca de la serenidad.

Bloomsbury presents How to Think Like an Economist by Robbie Mochrie, read by Ben Onwukwe. This book will leave the reader not just smarter – but wiser. -- Professor Erik Angner, Stockholm University, author of How Economics Can Save the World We live in the economy – and we are part of it...

Heinrich Hoffmann war ein deutscher Psychiater, Lyriker und Kinderbuchautor. Er ist der Verfasser des Struwwelpeter. Er verwendete auch die Pseudonyme Heulalius von Heulenburg, Reimerich Kinderlieb, Peter Struwwel sowie Polycarpus Gastfenger.