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Psychiatry Books
Drugs and the Brain (Scientific American Library Series)
Author: Solomon H. Snyder
Author: R. D Laing
Review: This may be patient poetry or things patients said to the this doctor as many of his books were patient dialogues. Or it may be just poetry of the algebra of human relationships as this was a useful approach used by this doctor. A good read if you need to research crazy talk.
Authors: Alan L. Berman, David A. Jobes
Professional titles
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Review: A very categorical look at disability and abnormality. You can learn about people who are obviously suffering or just explore the differences people have that brings them to the attention of professional psychiatrists. Usually these conditions, happen to adults, so this is not the same as childhood psychiatry or psychology. Covers a lot and is a good overview or introduction, perhaps not leading to much insight but educational.
Author: National American Psychiatric Team.
Review: A catalog of mental disorders for clinicians that has both helped and hurt me. A jail guard found it useful to explain criminals and I gave my copy of the old edition to a hopeful medical student. It has a method for standardising diagnosis so should lead to better research on the conditions it describes and takes some of the subjectiveness out hopefully of the mental disorder label.
Self Help Titles
Author: Nathaniel Branden
Authors: Dianne Hales, Robert E. Hales
Family and Consumer books
Author: Mark Vonnegut
Review: This story by Mark V. is enough to convince one that wild living cuases schizophrenia and that drugs aren't needed after enough vitmains are taken. Mark went nuts. Mark smokes a lot. Mark became a doctor. Mark fell in love. Enough of Mark's life is explained by himself. He also talks a bit about the split between existential psychiatry and nerobiology. A good book don't smoke after reading it!
Author: E. Fuller Torrey
Review: A fact filled book, covering the various aspects of illness and treatment. There are resource lists and also sections on USA government policy and history of treatment. You can also find sections on recovery and sections on strange perception.
Authors: Gayle Rosellini, Mark Worden
Review: A good book with techniques for coping with depressions of various kinds. It helped me out on a subconcious level. There are a variety of techniques presented so I hope one would work for everyone.
Authors: Kim T. Mueger, Susan Gingerich
Authors: Rebecca Woolis, Agnes Haffied
Children's and Teen's Books
Drugs
Editor: Solomon H. Snyder.
Authors: Jack E. Henningfield, Nancy Ahmand Ator.
Review: a good look at these drugs which at one time killed about 7,000 people a year by mixing with alcohol.
They are prescribed with more care now a days. Covers intended effects and abuse problems.
Editors: Solomon H. Snyder, Miriam Cohen, William J. Hermes, Anne Galperin.
Review: a good guide to the history of Marijuana and it's use. Also includes the essential medical and legal info.
Editors: Solomon H. Snyder, John Chiles
Review: Learn about depression amongst teens and help when suicide seems the only way out.
Editors: Robert Byck
Review: Learn about treatments available for mental illness.
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