Psychology & Psychiatry
98 Articles & Excerpts
The Secret Life
 Anatomy of a Secret Life
by Gail Saltz, M.D.
We all have secrets; we live and breathe them every day. We may not know what one another's secrets are, but we know they're there. They're always there, invisible presences in everyone's lives, the subtext beneath the text, the almost uttered
Contradiction or connection?
 The Geography of Thought
by Richard E. Nisbett, Ph.D.
The greatest of all Greek scientific discoveries was the discovery - or rather, as philosopher Geoffrey Lloyd put it, the invention - of nature itself. The Greeks defined nature as the universe minus human beings and their culture.
Essence or Evanescence?
The Geography of Thought
by Richard E. Nisbett, Ph.D.
More than a billion people in the world today claim intellectual inheritance from ancient Greece. More than two billion are the heirs of ancient Chinese traditions of thought.
The Syllogism and the Tao
The Geography of Thought
by Richard E. Nisbett, Ph.D.
More than a billion people in the world today claim intellectual inheritance from ancient Greece. More than two billion are the heirs of ancient Chinese traditions of thought.
Preface
 Entangled Minds
by Dean Radin, Ph. D.
One of the most surprising discoveries of modern physics is that objects aren't as separate as they may seem. When you drill down into the core of even the most solid-looking material, separateness dissolves.
Introduction
 Choosing Truth
by Harriette Cole
Choosing Truth is a book devoted to supporting the search for the deepest understanding of Truth that we can find: The answer to the age-old question, Who am I? It is a subject that I have held close to my heart for my entire life, even when I wasn't sure
Introduction
 Bridges to Recovery
by Jo-Ann Krestan
This book really began in the early nineties, on an icy, rain-soaked January day. I had been invited to the Roberto Clemente Guidance Center, in New York City, to teach a seminar on the family systems model of treatment first elaborated
Anxiety: Friend or Foe?
 Beyond Shyness : How to Conquer Social Anxieties
by Jonathan Berent, A.C.S.W., Amy Lemley
Shyness. We've heard this word a lot. At one time or another, all of us have probably thought of ourselves as shy. Indeed, research shows that 93 percent of all people have experienced shyness. What does it mean to be 'shy'?
Dunblane
 The Anatomy of Motive
by John Douglas, Mark Olshaker
I just happen to be in Scotland when I hear about the massacre. It's the morning of Wednesday, March 13, 1996, and I'm in a television studio in Glasgow as part of a promotional tour for my book Mindhunter, at the invitation of our British publisher.
Twenty Questions To Get You Started
 Am I Okay?
by Michael B First, M.D., Allen Frances, M.D.
When you go to a doctor for a routine physical checkup, part of the examination will include what is called a 'review of systems.' The doctor asks you a comprehensive series of questions covering everything about your health from head to toe in order
Introduction
 Adult Psychopathology, Second Edition
by Francis J. Turner, Ph.D.
The term psychiatric social work, a term once highly status laden, is now rarely seen or heard in the profession's lexicon. In its heyday the concept was seen as denoting some form of higher-level position and practice than 'just' social work.
Psychology and Spirituality: The Bridge
 Connecting to God
by Rabbi Abner Weiss, Ph.D.
A century of clinical psychology has made therapy a household concept in the Western world. More people than ever before have experienced psychotherapy. More methods for achieving psychological well-being are available.
Two Ways of Looking at Life
 Learned Optimism : How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Vintage)
by Martin E. Seligman, Ph.D.
The optimists and the pessimists: I have been studying them for the past twenty-five years. The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do.
Incapable of Being Indifferent
 Exuberance: The Passion for Life
by Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
It is a curious request to make of God. Shield your joyous ones, asks the Anglican prayer: Shield your joyous ones. God more usually is asked to watch over those who are ill or in despair, as indeed the rest of the prayer makes clear.
The Personal Unconscious
 Secrets of the Soul : A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis
by Eli Zaretsky, Ph.D.
In the modern West there have been two episodes of genuine, widespread introspection: Calvinism and Freudianism. In both cases the turn inward accompanied a great social revolution: the rise of capitalism in the first, and its transformation into
Our Anxious Culture: Triggers for Anxiety
 Poe's Heart and the Mountain Climber : Exploring the Effect of Anxiety on Our Brains and Our Culture
by Richard M. Restak, M.D.
Unfortunately, our brain isn't very proficient at probability estimation. Take an airplane phobia, for instance. Untold numbers of people suffer from a fear of flying, an anxiety condition that can range from the mildly discomfiting to the totally
The Many Faces of Trauma and Recovery
Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
by Belleruth Naparstek
A wide range of situations can catalyze post-traumatic stress, and there are many avenues-seemingly different, but very much related-to recovery. Here are some personal stories from trauma survivors that provide a sampling of traumatic situations
The Skinny On ADD
 Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder
by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., John J. Ratey, M.D.
Most people who have ADD don't read books all the way through. It's not because they don't want to; it's because reading entire books is very difficult-sort of like singing an entire song in just one breath.
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