Mental Health Medicine

Discover the evolution of mental health throughout the decades! Get a glimpse into how society viewed and treated those with mental illnesses. This book volume series is a must for anyone interested in the history of mental health. Download this volume and stay tuned for the next one!

Misguided Missouri explores Missouri's lack of mental healthcare. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too!

What if you could activate or improve your body’s natural healing thanks to a few simple physical exercises? Just imagine those exercises reducing your body’s inflammation, anxiety, or chronic illness. How could it be possible? Simply thanks to the vagus nerve! If you never heard about vagus nerves, which are usually referred to in the singular, they are the longest and maybe the most important autonomic nerves in human body. Approximately the 80 percent of its nerve fibers drive information from the body to the brain.

Feeling down? Tired? Foggy-headed? It could be more than just a bad day. There's a growing body of evidence suggesting a strong link between vitamin B12 deficiency and mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and fatigue. Boost Your Mood delves into the science behind this essential nutrient, exploring how it impacts your brain and overall well-being. Discover the subtle signs of B12 deficiency, often mistaken for other issues, and learn how to recognize the symptoms that might be affecting you.

Practicing medicine is traumatic: coping with the death of a patient, sharing a life-changing diagnosis, grieving futility in the face of a no-win situation. The emotional burden placed on doctors, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners is profound...and yet their suffering is often displaced, dismissed, or unrecognized. Here, Rachel Jones breaks the silence, daring to imagine a future where every healthcare worker is provided with the right tools to process grief, the space to integrate trauma, and--most importantly--the knowledge that they’re not alone.

These days there are all kinds of problems that introduce struggle into our lives. Like the epidemic of social anxiety. Everybody who has had parents knows that a lot of internal conflict arises from the process of growing up with parents. And many people have suffered some real trauma. These sometimes cause people to feel like things aren’t going to get any better.

Today, 90 percent of psychiatric beds are located in jails and prisons across the United States, institutions that confine disproportionate numbers of African Americans. After more than a decade of research, the celebrated scholar and activist Mab Segrest locates the deep historical roots of this startling fact, turning her sights on a long-forgotten cauldron of racial ideology: the state mental asylum system in which psychiatry was born and whose influences extend into our troubled present.

Western medicine plays a vital role in maintaining our health, but should it be our sole reliance? Many have experienced leaving a doctor's office with a little more than rest and Acetaminophen as the answer or felt frustration at the cost of pharmaceuticals. While these medicines are backed by research, humanity has relied on nature's remedies for centuries. Herbalism, the ancient practice of using plants for healing, is gaining renewed interest, with scientific support for its effectiveness.

From Jillian Lavender, one of the most experienced and in-demand meditation teachers in the world, Why Meditate? Because It Works delivers a modern, accessible and trustworthy explanation of what meditation is and, most importantly, what it will do for you. It delves into why a daily meditation practice is so necessary in your busy life. As co-founder of London and New York Meditation Centres, Jillian has taught Vedic Meditation to thousands of people across the globe. She now shares her much sought-after wisdom in her debut book.

In this compassionate and powerful healing guide, Dr. Bernie Siegel, the author of the triumphant best sellers Love, Medicine & Miracles and Peace, Love & Healing, provides listeners with healthy ways to respond to life's adversities.

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.

This book is about how mindfulness to improve mental health and mood begins with exercise, by sacrificing the body. Most people think the hard work is achieved through sweat, but it's in the kitchen, in what we feed ourselves, where the true challenge begins. One can't outwork a bad diet. This is where learning how to master self-control is key. The catch is that anyone can do it: All it takes is consistency.

Do you want to take control of your emotional and physical well-being? Are you looking to elevate your mood, increase your energy, improve cognition, and reduce stress? Then Hack Your Happy Hormones is the perfect book for you! This book provides a comprehensive guide to help you naturally boost the power of the four happy hormones—serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins.

Welcome to the Guided Meditation Collection to Free Your Thoughts, Embrace Tranquility, and Manifest, a set of beginner-friendly practices designed to relieve anxiety, bring mental clarity, and promote inner balance. In today’s fast-paced world, finding peace can be tough, but this collection offers a path to calm your mind, embrace stillness, and manifest your desires.

We already know from scientific research that mindfulness practices enhance mental health and improve clarity and focus. Finding the Space to Lead shows how this training has specific value for leaders. This is not a new leadership system to add to the burden of already overworked people. It brings the concepts of mindfulness into the everyday life of anyone in a leadership role, through specific exercises that address practical issues.

Dacă alte studii despre această afecțiune pornesc de la ipoteza transmiterii genetice, în volumul de față accentul cade pe felul în care societatea și emoțiile modelează realitatea pacienților. Apelând la cercetări de ultimă oră și la exemple din propria experiență, Maté arată cum pot fi reglate emoțiile și cum poate fi ADD ținută sub control. Dinamica familială și relațiile cu lumea, alături de înțelegerea propriilor mecanisme interioare sunt doar câteva dintre coordonatele care pot fi îmbunătățite cu ajutorul acestei lecturi fundamentale.

Even during the most troubling or overwhelming situations in your life, you have the capacity to experience an unbreakable inner-felt sense of joy, peace, well-being, and security.

How has COVID-19 affected you or your family? We will never be the same even as we appear to be coming out of this viscous killer know as COVID-19 pandemic has affected millions of people since December 2019. Summarizing the development of COVID-19 and assessing the effects of control measures are very critical to China and other countries. Deciding to take the vaccine became a political hot thing. Some of the 900.000 dead American were a casualty of the raging war (COVID-19) unleaded on use.

Want to improve your mental and physical health? Build your spiritual health - through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! This audiobook blends scripture with science to heal the human spirit, mind, and body.

St. Peter of Alcantara (1499 - 1562) wrote this famous Spanish classic to aid the pious listener in growing closer to God through prayer and mediation. In this work, he gives detailed meditations for each day of the week, morning and evening, on everything - from the suffering of Christ to the beauty of heaven. He also provides counsels on numerous topics related to prayer, such as spiritual dryness and drowsiness. The work was widely read in St. Peter's day, especially in Spain, where, for a time, it was the most popular devotion book outside of the Bible.