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Just as a photographer might shoot a photo through a colored lens, Wendy Williamson skillfully holds up the filter of mania and depression for her reader to peer through. With heart-wrenching honesty and humor, she shows the effects of bipolar disorder on the mind, body and soul of those who suffer from it. Despite Wendy's struggles, this is a not a book that brings the reader down, rather a road map for wellness and a vastly informative, yet entertaining,...
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Marshal the Skills and Resources You Need to Live Your Best Life!
This book is about how to recover from bipolar disorder, or at least how to attempt to recover from it. Sufferers will be briefly introduced to new coping skills including: emotional regulation, method acting, empathy development and relaxation. In order to get the most out of this book, you'll need to develop your own strategies, based on the recommendations of this book.
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La importancia de los duelos, las fijaciones tempranas y las combinaciones con patologías corporales son tres ejes de esta exhaustiva investigación llevada a cabo por la autora. Dos aspectos se ponen en foco: por una parte, los procesos psíquicos en juego en la temática del carácter y la tramitación del trauma, por otra parte, la copresencia de adicciones o patologías psicosomáticas, traumatofilias, lo cual lleva a incluir el problema de las...
64) Las adicciones
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Este libro que persigue dar una explicación científica de lo que hacen las drogas en el cerebro, explicar sus mecanismos de su acción para producir sus efectos placenteros, sus afectos indeseables, sus efectos enigmáticos.
Pero una obra de esta naturaleza no sólo intenta conocer los mecanismos cerebrales que son afectados por las drogas de abuso, sino también implica entender a los usuarios como personas, todo ellos como prueba fehaciente de...
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After a significant loss, grief is normal and necessary. But sometimes a mourner's grief becomes naturally heightened, stuck, or made more complex by especially difficult circumstances, such as suicide, homicide, or multiple losses within a short time period. This is called complicated grief. In this primer by one of the world's most respected grief educators, Dr. Wolfelt helps caregivers understand the various factors that often contribute to complicated...
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In this non-fiction story of struggle and grief, My Secret Life: A Memoir of Bulimia details one teenager's battle with Bulimia Nervosa. After years of bullying, Leanne Waters examines the development of her illness and looks closely at the psychological foundations of this ambiguous disease. It is a first-hand account of a secret world that lurks behind closed doors in daily life. A penetrating insight into the mentality of a Bulimic, the story follows...
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Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly 50 years since its first publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this seminal book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. Now back in print this completely revised and updated edition from 2005 adds to her original research and findings perspectives on the issues of eating disorders,...
68) Psychopathy
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In this Psychopathy book, we will discuss some of the exact neuroscience in the brain that is responsible for the poor behavioral controls prominent in a manipulative psychopath who hurts people for his or her own gain. Due to these damaged or under-developed parts of the brain, we can see why psychopaths often cannot change their brain pathology and behavior to match their peers. The psychopathic individual often does not have the learning and...
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El libro tiene como objetivo exponer de manera introductoria algunos aspectos clínicos y teóricos del ámbito de la psicopatología y la salud mental, especialmente en la etapa del diagnóstico. Está dirigido a estudiantes y profesionales de la salud mental que deseen reflexionar sobre el ejercicio clínico.
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La obesidad es omnipresente hoyEn muchas ciudades, más de la mitad de los adultos son obesos y muchos de los niños también lo son. Uno de los mayores contribuyentes a la obesidad es el atracón de comida. El atracón de comida es cuando alguien se ve obligado a comer compulsivamente y sigue comiendo pasando el punto de plenitud e incluso llegando el punto de dolor físico.
A menudo se realiza en un estado alterado de conciencia en el que el comensal...
71) The Terrorist
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In this novel, Ben Fine is no ordinary Australian, but these aren't exactly ordinary times. A clash of cultures has beset the world: George W. Bush has declared the War on Terror, and the Fines have taken in a Muslim homestay student. Not long after he arrives, the Second Lebanon War between Hezbollah and Israel breaks out, and all hell breaks loose.
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"How can Chasing Hunger, the 90 day Bulimia Breakthrough Method help me with my recovery? Whether you are in recovery and taking care of yourself at home now, or attempting to help yourself make a decision about seeking help, this book offers specific step-by-step strategies to help you target areas that can trigger binge eating. In Chasing Hunger, understanding the source that can trigger such behaviour like having certain emotions trigger a binge...
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What is it like to be at the mercy of biochemical agents in your brain that make you think you are working in league with secret agents? In Agents in My Brain, Bill Hannon guides you into a world in which crossword puzzles are coded messages from the CIA and a scrap of masking tape on your car windshield means that your conversations are being monitored. Never before has anyone described the bizarre though processes of a manic-depressive so clearly....
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Of all the books written about eating disorder, only one looks at what the Bible says about this all-too-common struggle in the lives of young women. Hungry Souls digs deeply into God's Word to uncover the origins of eating disorder in history, sins that contribute to anorexia and bulimia, prophecies relevant to eating disorder, the relationship between eating disorder and sexuality, an anorexic woman in the Bible, why eating disorder is prevalent...
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When you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), it can feel like your own mind is at war with itself. Instead of having productive and positive thoughts, you rehash the same worries and fears over and over again until they become unbearable. Did you really remember to lock the front door? What if you were to hit someone while driving your car? You may find yourself engaging in exhaustive rituals to keep these thoughts at bay. But soon, the doubts...
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This book was born from a lifetime of study about the mind games people play in business and social relationships. Dr. Ron Dalrymple is a practicing licensed psychologist in Florida and Colorado and a meber of PSYPACT. In his private practice, he treats individuals, couples, families, adults and children with a wide variety of psychological problems. Over the years, he has made an extensive study of the mind games people play in a plethora of relationships....
77) Narcissist: A Complete Effective Guide To Understanding And Dealing With A Range Of Narcissistic
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The Most Comprehensive and Detailed Guide to Understanding And Dealing With Narcissists You'll Ever Read. Whether it's family members with an overblown ego or a friend who's extremely self-absorbed or a colleague at work that's driving you insane with his sense of entitlement, we've all encountered a narcissist at some point in our lives, and the experience is never a pleasant one.
Narcissism is a personality disorder that is often difficult to deal...
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Is it possible to rid yourself of chronic stress, anxiety and depression? Is it possible to experience true peace of mind? Is it possible to discover a new way of living life, beyond what you imagined? In this inspirational true story, Terry Rubenstein explains why this IS absolutely possible. The answers lie within the Three Principles of Innate Health – a ground-breaking new paradigm that replaces the countless misconceptions that cause many of...
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When readers first meet Ben, he is a sweet, intelligent, seemingly well-adjusted youngster. Fast forward to his teenage years, though, and Ben's life has spun out of control. Ben is swept along by an illness over which he has no control-one that results in runaway episodes, periods of homelessness, seven psychotic breaks, seven hospitalizations, and finally a diagnosis and treatment plan that begins to work. Schizophrenia strikes an estimated one...
80) Dark psychology
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Dive into the intricate realms of human psychology with "Dark psychology" a thought-provoking and comprehensive exploration that delves into the depths of manipulation, influence, and the ethical responsibilities that guide our interactions. In this enlightening journey, readers are invited to traverse the intricate landscape of Dark Psychology-a realm shrouded in mystery and intrigue, where psychological techniques are harnessed for both constructive...
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