Author: Jerome Kagan
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300184913
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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This book is the product of years of thought and a profound concern for the state of contemporary psychology. Jerome Kagan, a theorist and leading researcher, examines popular practices and assumptions held by many psychologists. He uncovers a variety of problems that, troublingly, are largely ignored by investigators and clinicians. Yet solutions are available, Kagan maintains, and his reasoned suggestions point the way to a better understanding of the mind and mental illness. Kagan identifies four problems in contemporary psychology: the indifference to the setting in which observations are gathered, including the age, class, and cultural background of participants and the procedure that provides the evidence (he questions, for example, the assumption that similar verbal reports of well-being reflect similar psychological states); the habit of basing inferences on single measures rather than patterns of measures (even though every action, reply, or biological response can result from more than one set of conditions); the defining of mental illnesses by symptoms independent of their origin; and the treatment of mental disorders with drugs and forms of psychotherapy that are nonspecific to the diagnosed illness. The author's candid discussion will inspire the debate that is needed in a discipline seeking to fulfill its promises.

Author: Gabor Maté, MD
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583944206
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 522

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A “thought-provoking and powerful” study that reframes everything you’ve been taught about addiction and recovery—from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Myth of Normal (Bruce Perry, author of The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog). A world-renowned trauma expert combines real-life stories with cutting-edge research to offer a holistic approach to understanding addiction—its origins, its place in society, and the importance of self-compassion in recovery. Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with people with addiction on Vancouver’s skid row, this #1 international bestseller radically re-envisions a much misunderstood condition by taking a compassionate approach to substance abuse and addiction recovery. In the same vein as Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts traces the root causes of addiction to childhood trauma and examines the pervasiveness of addiction in society. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout—and perhaps underpins—our society. It is not a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects but rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional and neurological development, brain chemistry, and the drugs and behaviors of addiction. Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. Dr. Maté argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and how they perpetuate the War on Drugs. The mix of personal stories—including the author’s candid discussion of his own “high-status” addictive tendencies—and science with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers and professionals.

Author: James Hollis, PH.D.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781630512996
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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What does life ask of us, and how are we to answer that summons? Are we here just to propagate the species anew? Do any of us really believe that we are here to make money and then die? Does life matter, in the end, and if so, how, and in what fashion? What guiding intelligence weaves the threads of our individual biographies? What hauntings of the invisible world invigorate, animate, and direct the multiple narratives of daily life? In Hauntings, James Hollis considers how we are all governed by the presence of invisible forms-spirits, ghosts, ancestral and parental influences, inner voices, dreams, impulses, untold stories, complexes, synchronicities, and mysteries-which move through us, and through history. He offers a way to understand them psychologically, examining the persistence of the past in influencing our present, conscious lives and noting that engagement with mystery is what life asks of each of us. From such engagements, a deeper, more thoughtful, more considered life may come. James Hollis, PhD, is a co-founder of the C. G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia and Saybrook University's Jungian Studies program, director emeritus of the Jung Center of Houston, vice president emeritus of the Philemon Foundation, and an adjunct professor at Saybrook University and Pacifica Graduate Institute. He resides in Houston, Texas, where he conducts an analytic practice.

Author: Steve Luxenberg
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401394426
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret emerged. It had a name: Annie. Praise for Annie's Ghosts "Annie's Ghosts is one of the most remarkable books I have ever read . . . From mental institutions to the Holocaust, from mothers and fathers to children and childhood, with its mysteries, sadness, and joy--this book is one emotional ride."--Bob Woodward, author of The War Within and State of Denial "Steve Luxenberg sleuths his family's hidden history with the skills of an investigative reporter, the instincts of a mystery writer, and the sympathy of a loving son. His rediscovery of one lost woman illuminates the shocking fate of thousands of Americans who disappeared just a generation ago."--Tony Horwitz, author of A Voyage Long and Strange and Confederates in the Attic "I started reading within minutes of picking up this book, and was instantly mesmerized. It's a riveting detective story, a moving family saga, an enlightening if heartbreaking chapter in the history of America's treatment of people born with what we now call special needs." -- Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand and You're Wearing That "This is a memoir that pushes the journalistic envelope . . . Luxenberg has written a fascinating personal story as well as a report on our communal response to the mentally ill." -- Helen Epstein, author of Where She Came From and Children of the Holocaust "A wise, affecting new memoir of family secrets and posthumous absolution." -- The Washington Post "Annie's Ghosts will resonate for many, whether the chords have to do with family secrets, the Depression, memories of a thriving Detroit, the Holocaust's horrors, or the immigrant experience." -- The Detroit Free Press

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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Author: Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 844

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Author: Granville Stanley Hall
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 596

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Issues for 1904-47 include the Proceedings of the society.

Author: Mathew James
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781500295479
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 740

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There's something odd about Cabin 47. On the surface, Ghost Psychology: One Tale of a Ghost Story is a tale of survival as a group of young adults struggle to adapt to a new way of life; as they come together in a new job... a job where they go out and work with their hands and make new friends and learn the value of a hard day's work. For most new employees at Camp Elkhorn, life is simple and rewarding. Yet... Something is not quite right. At least, Ryan and Dillon certainly think so. Their girlfriends, Rachel and Jenny, would agree, but for the girls, having a few pesky ghosts around isn't such a big deal. Just because a couple of ghosts like to watch girls as they sleep or live their daily lives... or as they get undressed... isn't a good enough reason to abandon their new lives and go running to mommy. So... Things go bump in the night. For those who have the misfortune of being assigned to Cabin 47, life can be very complicated. What happens when you are witness to a lovers' quarrel which could literally last FOREVER? ...When the ghost stories told around the campfire come to life right before your eyes? ...When you get caught in the middle of a ghostly feud that's been brewing for decades? You're faced with many life changing questions: Are ghosts real or could this really be just your imagination? If not, how do the lights keep turning on by themselves? Can ghosts influence our daily lives? How long do wedding vows last... exactly? Would a ghost psychologist be of any use? Do ghosts think about sex? How hard is it to get a dead prospector to reveal where he hid his gold? Ask yourself... How do you keep a seriously twisted ghost from hitting on your girlfriend?