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Mental Health Books Feed- OCD: Beyond Reasonable DoubtObsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Disorders, is available to buy at The Potential Shop...OCD has most usually been classed as an anxiety disorder, but there is increasing evidence that perhaps it is schizotypal in nature, ie a belief disorder. Speaking from personal experience as some one who has been diagnosed as schizotypal, the OCD symptoms I have […]
- Feeling Unreal: Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the SelfThe experience of depersonalization disorder has been described by many sufferers and clinicians as almost akin to "living in a dream". Symptoms include a sense of going through life without actually experiencing it, and a sense of detachment from body, life and reality...This book offers a comprehensive resource for the disorder, for patients, lov […]
- Painfully Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your LifePainfully Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life, is available to buy at The Potential Shop. It is estimated that over 17 million Americans suffer from social anxiety, and (including myself) a fair few foreigners too. In this book Drs. Barbara and Gregory Markway offer insight into the disorder, analysis of up-to-date research, [...]
- Bipolar Disorder – The Ultimate GuideBipolar Disorder – The Ultimate Guide, written by Sarah Owen and Amanda Saunders, is available to buy at Mental Health Books. If you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, (also known as manic depression), then this book is an invaluable resource. Sarah Owen and Amanda Saunders are not doctors; they are [...]
- Coping with Schizophrenia: A Guide for Patients, Families and Caregivers Coping with Schizophrenia: A Guide for Patients, Families and CaregiversCoping with Schizophrenia: A Guide for Patients, Families and Caregivers is available to buy at Mental Health Books. This book offers a guide to patients on the road to recovery, with the involvement of family members and caregivers. It offers empowerment and hope to those concerned, and addresses the many troubling obstacles that the diagnosed schizophrenic […]
- The Mindful Way Through DepressionThe Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness is available to buy through Mental Health Books. Mindfulness is another word for consciousness or awareness, and is a technique increasingly used by psychotherapists to help enable sufferers to take greater control over their internal thought processes. The technique has its backgr […]
- ADHD: Gut And Psychology SyndromeGut And Psychology Syndrome, a book with a broad spectrum but mainly aimed at sufferers of ADHD, is available to buy from Mental Health Books. Also relevant to autistic spectrum disorders, dyslexia, dyspraxia and schizophrenia.
- Sky Is Falling: Understanding and Coping with Phobias, Panic and Obsessive-Compulsive DisordersSky Is Falling: Understanding and Coping with Phobias, Panic and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, is available to buy through The Potential Shop. It is estimated that between 14-20 million Americans suffer from some sort of anxiety or panic disorder (and including myself, more than a few foreigners too). Many lives are consumed with phobias and irrational fea […]
- The Dissociative Identity Disorder SourcebookThe Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook, written by Deborah Bray Haddock, is available to buy at Mental Health Books. Dissociative Identity Disorder is a personality disorder characterized by a fragmentation of self, in which the individual develops a number of distinct identities and personalities, each with it’s own pattern of behavior and inte […]
- RD Laing: The Divided SelfThe Divided Self, the seminal work by eminent Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing, is available to buy at Amazon. Laing is considered by many to be a founding figure in the anti-psychiatry movement. In this book he postulates that the development of a unified sense of self is essential in cultivating and maintaining a relationship with the [...]
- OCD: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
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