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"Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have autism? In this surprising and inventive look at the evolution of mental health, respected journalist Claudia Kalb gives readers a glimpse into the lives of high-profile historic figures through the lens of modern psychology, weaving groundbreaking research into biographical narratives that are deeply embedded in our culture. From Marilyn Monroe's borderline personality disorder to Charles Darwin's anxiety,...
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"As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness--only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In January 2015, Barbara Lipska--a leading expert on the neuroscience of mental illness--was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to her brain. Within months, her frontal lobe, the seat of cognition, began shutting down. She descended into madness, exhibiting dementia- and schizophrenia-like...
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"A compelling and incisive book that questions the overuse of mental health terms to describe universal human emotions. Public awareness of mental illness has been transformed in recent years, but our understanding of how to define it has yet to catch up. Too often, psychiatric disorders are confused with the inherent stresses and challenges of human experience. A narrative has taken hold that a mental health crisis has been building among young people....
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"Few mental disorders have been met with more controversy in recent years than Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. An estimated 4.7% of adults, and up to 16% of children are living with ADHD in the US. However, some allege that doctors are handing out prescriptions indiscriminately. Thousands of patients respond poorly to stimulant medication, which is at times prescribed to individuals without the condition. There have been countless reports...
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"To a 21st century human, the brain is the seat of all our powers. But the hyperbolic way we talk about the brain is more informed by a mystical conception of what the soul is than by scientific fact. From the confines of ancient philosophy to the duality inherent to Christianity, from the mysterious depths of psychoanalysis to today's tendency to compare the brain to a computer, our belief in a mind distinct from the body has tainted the way we think...
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"The effects on sex and the sex drive are not generally considered when thinking through the consequences of traumatic brain injury, stroke, Parkinson's disease, or the early stages of dementia, but these brain conditions and many more can result in dramatic changes in the sex lives of those who suffer them. There is even less understanding of what happens to a person's sexuality after injury or illness affects their frontal and temporal lobes. In...
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After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. Cullen's murderous career in the world's most trusted profession...
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El presente libro reúne una selección de trabajos del autor que abarcan buena parte de la psiquiatría clínica: la esquizofrenia, las enfermedades del ánimo, las perturbaciones psíquicas en la epilepsia, las adicciones, los trastornos de personalidad, las neurosis y el problema de la psicoterapia. Todos los temas son analizados con gran rigurosidad desde la perspectiva fenomenológico-antropológica. Esta selección incluye, entre otros, un trabajo...
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Los antiguos distinguían tres formas de la sabiduría: el saber intelectual, lo que se capta de lo que se dice (scire), el saber emocional, lo que se ha saboreado alguna vez (sapere) y el saber consolidado, que se ha experimentado (experire). Vemos allí las diferencias entre "explicar" (aunque no se pueda comprender o creer), "comprender" (aunque no se pueda creer o explicar) y "creer" (aunque no se pueda explicar o comprender). Son tres maneras...
14) Patosofía
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La Patosofía es el último tomo de las obras completas de Viktor von Weizsäcker que, en su totalidad, abarcan diez volúmenes. Fue escrita cuando el autor ya tenía una edad avanzada y se trata de una elaborada síntesis de su pensamiento original y revolucionario. Incluye las reflexiones finales de sus experiencias clínicas y sus profundas ideas teóricas con respecto a la reformulación de la medicina a partir de sus mismas bases.
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#1 When I opened my private practice as a psychologist, I was deluded about what I would be doing. I was expecting to cure my patients, but instead I had to learn how to be flexible as new information trickled in weekly.
#2 It's difficult to treat a patient who isn't psychologically oriented. Laura just wanted her herpes cured and, in her mind, therapy was a means to...
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National Geographic's riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease, and everyday events. Drawing on centuries of research and interviews with leading
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Esta obra está dirigida a quienes estén interesados en llegar a ser psicólogos clínicos existenciales, así como aquellos psicólogos que deseen complementar sus perspectivas y abordajes, de forma tal que puedan seguir interpretando la realidad desde su enfoque teórico, pero contextualizando este último en una adecuada descripción de la experiencia de sus pacientes. El propósito de esta obra es servir de texto introductorio para acceder de...
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Book Preview: #1 DNA had a lackluster start in the scientific world. It was only discovered in 1944, by Dr. Oswald Avery, who was a nearly retired Canadian bacteriologist with a wide forehead and a narrow chin. He was a drably dressed creature of habit.
#2 Avery's experiment proved that DNA was the long-sought-after molecule that conferred hereditary traits. With only four nucleotides...
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This little book is the outgrowth of a conviction, strengthened by some years of experience with hundreds of supposedly normal young people in schools and colleges, confirmed by my years of training in a neurological hospital and months of work in a big city general hospital, that it is of little value to help some people back to physical health if they are to carry with them through a prolonged life the miseries of a sick attitude. As nurses I believe...
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La Psicología Ontológica o centrada en el Ser considera que el psiquismo se construye a partir del núcleo de nuestra esencia, el Ser que somos. Propone un modelo antropológico integral, bio-psico-socio-cultural-espiritual inmerso en un ecosistema, y emerge de un modelo esperanzador, humanístico y plenificante del ser humano que integra los conocimientos clínicos y científicos con los de la sabiduría perenne. Como humanidad transitamos un tiempo...
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