Mental Health Medicine

In a pharmacy in Kermit, West Virginia, 12 million opioid pain pills were distributed in just three years to a town with a population of 382 people. One woman, after losing her brother to overdose, was desperate for justice. Debbie Preece’s fight for accountability for her brother’s death took her well beyond the Sav-Rite Pharmacy in coal country, ultimately leading to three of the biggest drug wholesalers in the country. She was joined by a crusading lawyer and by local journalist Eric Eyre, who uncovered a massive opioid pill-dumping scandal.

The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the 20th century. Into this crisis stepped Walter Freeman, MD, who saw a solution in lobotomy, a brain operation intended to reduce the severity of psychotic symptoms. Drawing on Freeman's documents and interviews with Freeman's family, Jack El-Hai takes a penetrating look at the life and work of this complex scientific genius.

Let's face it, especially these days, there's a lot going on and things are constantly coming at us to the point where overload sets in and mentally our brain is just not handling it. If that describes you, there's something you can do about it starting now. Get your hands on Train Your Brain Mental Strength: How to Train Your Brain for Mental Toughness & 7 Core Lessons to Achieve Peak Mental Performance! You can't go wrong with this audiobook because it's written to improve your cognitive skills and throughout the process your brain will not be overworked.

Here’s what you don't know about stress management that’s going to save your life. Can you feel your mental health slowly slipping away from you? Do you want to take action and restore your energy to what it once was but don't know where to begin? The core of your being knows a truth beyond what you have yet discovered and, once you tap into it, you will be able to release the potential for something greater. All the stress and sleepless nights will fade away...only to be replaced with determination and focus!

The first and last book you will need about intermittent fasting and veganism. Take an exclusive look at what made me choose both methods in my journey to lose four stones and how you can use the same strategy to achieve your own weight loss goals. All of this information is explained and backed up by scientific research! This book provides you with everything you need to know before jumping on the fasting trend and why you will only have to gain by choosing to go vegan!

The audiobook called I Am Healing from Childhood Trauma: Quit Alcohol Drinking Hypnosis and Deep Meditation by Ron Alyn is a hypnosis treatment and guided deep meditation created with the main focus on healing your trigger in drinking alcohol, which may have started at a young age. This is the time for you to tackle these issues, and start to live a life that you deserve.

This audiobook is nothing but the pure, beautiful sounds of rain. No thunder, no talking, and no surprises. Relax and close your eyes as you let the experience of Pure Rain Sounds wash over you and feel the stress melt away.

As humans, we have continued to rely on so many external factors for peace and fulfillment, in a time of increasing stress, conflicts, and rapidly failing mental health. Even though these things seem to be temporary, we keep holding on to them as long as they put us at ease at the moment. Things like exotic parks and other luxurious facilities and establishments. That is okay, but the question is, why do things continue to get worse, instead of improving for the better?

In Drugged, Miller takes listeners on an eye-opening tour of psychotropic drugs, describing the various kinds, how they were discovered and developed, and how they have played multiple roles in virtually every culture. Drugged brims with surprises, revealing the fact that antidepressant drugs evolved from rocket fuel, highlighting the role of hallucinogens in the history of religion, and asking whether Prozac can help depressed cats. Entertaining and authoritative, Drugged is a truly fascinating book.

The Science of Introverts will uncover everything you never knew about yourself and others and will teach you how to take advantage of who you are and capitalize on your unique strengths. It is filled with breakthrough and fascinating studies regarding introversion, extroversion, and personality in general - and the lessons we can take and use to enrich our lives and feel more comfortable in our unique identities.

Low mood and depression are endemic, and on the increase, and the recession has further fuelled the need for the practical, down-to-earth advice provided in The Feel Good Factor. Written and adapted for audio by leading nutrition expert and mental-health specialist Patrick Holford, it reveals highly effective methods to make a difference to how you feel - without the need for medical drugs.

Who is a person you love the most? Have you ever wondered what separates you from a happy and fulfilled life? What do you need to do to achieve harmony you always wanted? I don’t think that many people understand what “Self Love” really means, they always say, “I love you,” and almost never, “I love myself”. The beauty of self love is that it not only gives you the power to appreciate and enjoy your inside or outside the body, but it also opens your mind, gives you confidence and freedom from other people, their opinions, their words, and actions.

Are you sick and tired of not being able to achieve psychological peace and a sense of well-being? If so, you've come to the right place. You see, mental tranquility doesn't have to be complicated. A report from National Center for Biotechnology Information demonstrated that the efficiency of CBT is very high, with its most potent factor being the management of anxiety disorders and general stress.

Sustainable happiness can only be found in the present moment. This can be easily observed in nature as well. Have you ever seen a cat dwelling in the past or the future? Similarly, you also have everything you need to become a full-fledged being and live life with harmony. In this audiobook, mindfulness coach Dharma Hazari will teach you how to harness this natural power and readjust your alignment with the present.

Do you suffer from erectile dysfunction? Is it ruining your relationship? Do you need to do something fast to prevent further embarrassment? The awkwardness and mortification of erectile dysfunction is something from which millions of men suffer. Being unable to perform at crucial times can lead to relationship problems as well, and for many men, seeking help from a doctor just adds to the pain. But there are solutions to this common problem, and Viagra is one that is readily available.

The Other Side of Bipolar offers hope and a new perspective of mental illness that can help millions of people. A unique combination of memoir and self-help book, it invites us to reexamine our definitions of mental illness as a debilitating disease and asks us to consider another possibility. It encourages us to go beyond any diagnosis or label to start exploring the uniqueness and beauty of individuality. Embedded throughout this poetic story are examples of tools and techniques you can apply immediately to begin to create a sense of peace and possibility in your life.

Get ready, this audiobook will change your life! In this guide you will learn how to eliminate the single behavior that 70 years of scientific research proves causes overeating, binge eating, and feeling out of control with food. Uncover the secret to being able to keep any food in your house - without it calling your name. Find out exactly why your best weight loss efforts have failed in the past - and more importantly, exactly what you can do to change it.

Are you tired of reliving traumatic experiences and struggling with the burden of PTSD? Does sleep evade you as nightmares and flashbacks haunt your nights? It's time to take back control of your life and find healing with the transformative audio book, Stop PTSD Now: Sleep Hypnosis Meditation.

The substance of this little book has been given in the form of a lecture. It is now offered to a wider audience in the hope that it may prove useful in helping some to know the power of a larger life.

Breast cancer can interrupt a life and demand that we pay more attention to the way we live. In this lyrical and inviting account, Patricia Greer explores associations and images that surround her experience of the disease. A Jungian analyst, she works with metaphors and meanings related to the illness and uses her dreams, inner journeys, and poetry to deepen into and under the reality of cancer. She shares her exploration with the hope that it may help others reflect on their experiences and find insights from understanding cancer as a source of wisdom.