Mental Health History

Dancing with the Paris Opera ballet is 14-year-old Marie van Goethem's greatest joy. And yet she must honor her father's dying request to keep their poverty-stricken family together. She certainly can't count on the help of her drunken mother or selfish older sister. When famous artist Edgar Degas asks Marie to model for a sculpture, she welcomes the income - although she's hesitant to pose nude.

In his plain spoken way, Father Martin tells it like it is about relapse. What relapse is, and what it is not. He talks hurtful unkind attitudes towards relapse and members coming back that are not helpful. How to prevent it happening to you, and what to do if it does.

When Olivia awakes in a hospital bed following a near-fatal car accident, she can't remember how she got there. She figures it's because she was in a coma for a week, but as time goes on, she realizes she's lost more than just the last week of her life - she's lost all memory of events that happened years ago. Gone is any recollection of starting or graduating high school, the prom, or her steady boyfriend, Matt. Trying to figure out who she is feels impossible when everyone keeps telling her who she was.

All 15-year-old Kelly McAllister wants to do after high school graduation is attend art school. Academic work isn't important to her. When she studies at the library with her friends, she sometimes talks so much the librarian kicks her out. After her teacher pressures her to start working on her current events paper, Kelly decides she has to take the assignment seriously. The only trouble is she can't think of a topic - until she discovers Mr. Weems, a homeless Vietnam vet who spends his days in the library.

In questo audiolibro vengono analizzati tutti e nove gli enneatipi dell'enneagramma. Cos'è l'enneagramma? è un simbolo geometrico che porta con se l'unione di tutti questi caratteri, che verranno in seguito elaborati. Buona lettura!

Um andere zum Lachen zu bringen, kommt es besonders auf eine überraschende Komponente an – und wie wir alle wissen, lacht nicht jede und jeder über dieselben Witze, da ist Fingerspitzengefühl gefragt. Noch stärker ist das bei Ironie und Sarkasmus der Fall. Eines aber ist auf jeden Fall klar: Humor und Sachlichkeit schließen sich nicht aus, im Gegenteil: Gerade nüchterne Inhalte aus der Wissenschaft macht eine Prise Witz besser bekömmlich.

Genius is a fascinating subject which I’ve thought a lot about over my life. There are many books on the subject and they are all different with various viewpoints on what Genius is, who are geniuses, and why Genius is important. No two definitions of Genius are the same. In this book I attempt to cover the history of Genius, why it is important, famous Geniuses in history, and how you can develop a genius consciousness yourself.

Rick Ward wants to go to war. And he's not sure why. Maybe he's running from his dad and his crazy temper. Maybe he's running from his girl, who seems to think he's more of a joke than a man. Or maybe he's just running - to find himself. After basic training, Rick enlists with the Charlie Rangers, a special unit that ambushes the enemy in secret jungle raids. It is the most dangerous front line duty, and Rick's six-man team will experience everything from horrifying enemy encounters to mourning the death of a comrade.

Your Own, Sylvia draws on Plath’s writing and extensive non-fiction sources, chronicling Hemphill’s interpretation of Plath’s life from infancy to her death by suicide at age 30. The poems are arranged chronologically and each conveys an experience in Plath’s life told via the voice and perspective of family members, friends, doctors, fellow writers, etc. - as interpreted by Hemphill. Each poem is accompanied by an addendum that further explains the factual circumstances of that poem’s subject.

PTSD, as the name suggests, is a stress disorder that follows a traumatic event or period of time where an individual is gripped by such terror and feelings of helplessness that it actually changes how their nervous system operates moving forward. This insidious, and far too often life-threatening disorder can arise from the aforementioned cases of war or sexual abuse, but it also can be set in motion by any and all other forms of psychological trauma.

A brief history of psychology and the sciences as related to field theory. Also includes an article on synesthesia/schizophrenia.

El término narcisismo procede de la descripción clínica, y fue elegido en 1899, por Paul Näcke para designar aquellos casos en los que el individuo toma como objeto sexual su propio cuerpo, y lo contempla con agrado, lo acaricia y lo besa hasta llegar a una completa satisfacción. Llevado a este punto, el narcisismo constituye una gran perversión que ha acaparado toda la vida sexual del sujeto, cumpliéndose en ella todas las condiciones que nos ha revelado el gran estudio general de las perversiones.

Walter Riso, doctor en psicología, especialista en terapia cognitiva y magister en bioética, es una auténtica referencia tanto en el ámbito científico como en el divulgativo de la psicología. Lo acreditan sus más de veinticinco libros entre textos técnicos y de divulgación, traducidos a más de doce idiomas. En esta ocasión, habla con Julio Basulto de la compleja pero interesantísima relación que existe entre psicología y alimentación

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is known around the world as the "Father of Psychoanalysis", and for good reason. If anything, Freud's first patient was himself. A sufferer of psychosomatic symptoms, Freud diagnosed himself as having a repressed antagonism against his father. From there, Freud began to build on his now famous concepts of the unconscious, infantile sexuality and repression.

Going Nuclear focuses on one of the most critical negotiations in recent memory, the efforts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. It offers a unique perspective on the negotiations and potential repercussions based on important findings and lessons from psychology, neuroscience, and decision making. It explores the influence of history and hindsight bias on Russia, China, Iran, Israel, and Sunni Arab countries, and the implications for the United States and its Western partners.

Sometimes, you worry for a reason. Sometimes that reason is logical and sometimes it is not. Occasionally we want to stop worry. Here we look at what people have done to stop worrying. Others have done things to get rid of the worry. This book discusses the tactics and mis-tactics that have been used throughout time to address such stresses.