Psychology & Psychiatry

Self-Help Books Do More Harm Than Good
by eNotAlone.com
Canadian experts have found that so-called self-help books may actually do more harm than good to people who really need help. Researchers say that individuals with low esteem felt much worse after repeating positive statements about themselves.

How To Distinguish Between True And False
by eNotAlone.com
A recent neuroimaging international study has discovered that the ability to distinguish between true and false in our daily lives includes two distinct processes.

Desire To Look Attractive Linked To Fear Of Rejection
by eNotAlone.com
Individuals who are afraid of being rejected by their peers are under constant pressure to look good and attractive, says a new latest study by the scientists at the University of Kent and the University of Buffalo.

Good Body Image Can Harm A Woman's Health
by eNotAlone.com
All women want to look beautiful, slender and attractive, have perfect hair and the best clothes a woman can long for. However, according to the findings of a new study by U.S researchers, and extremely good body image can take its toll on a woman's

Childhood Photos Predict Happy Marriage Or A Divorce
by eNotAlone.com
Psychologists came up with a new evidence that a successful marriage or a divorce may depend on how much people smiled in old family photographs. Scientists at DePauw University in Indiana, USA, say that it is quite possible to predict whose marriage will

Naltrexone: New Drug - New Hope For Kleptomaniacs
by eNotAlone.com
It turns out that a drug that is commonly used to treat alcoholics and drug addicts, can have the same benefits when treating kleptomaniacs from their urge to steal, reports a new study by the University of Minnesota.

Women Handle Stressful Life Events Better Than Men
by eNotAlone.com
The experts at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem indicate that women can handle stressful situations much better than men. According to a new scientific study, individuals have different reactions to strain, mostly due to their genetic differences.

Western Music Affects People Worldwide
by eNotAlone.com
New scientific evidence suggests that three basic emotions that evoke after listening to Western music, affect people all over the globe, regardless of their religion, culture or habits.

Women With PMS Spend Money Without Control
by eNotAlone.com
British psychologists suggest that ten days before their periods, women are more likely to make extravagant purchases and are less likely to control their spending habits than in other regular days.

How Are The First Impressions Formed
by eNotAlone.com
U.S. neuroscientists at New York University and Harvard University claim that they have identified certain brain regions that play role when we form our first impressions of other people. People have always believed that whenever they meet someone new

Why Is It So Difficult To Remember A Good Joke?
by eNotAlone.com
Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to remember bad jokes, rather than good and funny ones? Well, the scientists now claim that they finally have unraveled the reason why it happens so.

Want To Live A Longer Life? - Watch Yor Reaction
by eNotAlone.com
A person's ability to quickly react to different circumstances might better indicate his or her chances for a longer and healthier life, than their blood pressure, weight or exercise levels, reports a new study by British researchers.

Intuition More Reliable Than Brain When Making Decisions
by eNotAlone.com
According to psychologists, our instincts and intuition are more reliable in a decision making, than our conscious brain. A new study conducted at Northwestern University offers precise electrophysiological evidence that such decisions may not be

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The Portable Therapist: Wise and Inspiring Answers to the Questions People in Therapy Ask the Most...
by Susanna McMahon
Drawing from questions her patients ask most, the author teaches how to deal with the issues you car about. With compassion, wisdom and enlightening ideas, this book encourages you to be true to yourself, develop social interests and discover the positive

Waking Up to Positivity
Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity and Thrive
by Barbara Fredrickson, PH.D.
World renowned researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson gives you the lab-tested tools necessary to create a healthier, more vibrant, and flourishing life through a process she calls the upward spiral.

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The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplace
by W. Timothy Gallwey
Do you think it's possible to truly enjoy your job? No matter what it is or where you are? Timothy Gallwey does, and in this groundbreaking book he tells you how to overcome the inner obstacles that sabotage your efforts to be your best on the job.

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Madness and Civilization; A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
by Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault has achieved something truly creative in this book on the history of madness during the so-called classical age: the end of the sixteenth and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
by Oliver Sacks
To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

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Growing Yourself Back Up
by John Lee
We've all experienced moments when we lose control of a situation and ourselves. Now, in Growing Yourself Back Up, the first book to explain the idea of emotional regression to the general reader, bestselling author John Lee identifies the circumstances

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It Will Never Happen to Me! Children of Alcoholics: As Youngsters - Adolescents - Adults
by Claudia A. Black, M.S.W., Ph.D.
This little green book, as it has come to be known to hundreds of thousands of C.O.A.'s and A.C.O.A.'s, is meant to help the reader understand the roles children in alcoholic families adopt, the problems they face in adulthood as a result, and what they