Friday, August 29, 2008

Review - What is Mental Disorder?

Review - What is Mental Disorder?
An essay in philosophy, science, and values
by Derek Bolton
Oxford University Press, 2008
Review by Phil Jenkins, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4410

Review - Experimental Philosophy

Review - Experimental Philosophy
by Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols (Editors)
Oxford University Press, 2008
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D.
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Review - John McDowell

Review - John McDowell
Experience, Norm, and Nature
by Jakob Lindgaard (Editor)
Blackwell, 2008
Review by Tim Thornton, Ph.D.
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Review - Defeating the Voices: How I Learned to Graduate from Schizophrenia

Review - Defeating the Voices
How I Learned to Graduate from Schizophrenia
by Andrew Roberts
AuthorHouse, 2008
Review by Lorna Lees
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Review - Consciousness: From Perception to Reflection in the History of Philosophy

Review - Consciousness
From Perception to Reflection in the History of Philosophy
by Sara Heinämaa, Vili Lähteenmäki, and Pauliina Remes (Editors)
Springer, 2007
Review by Peter B. Raabe, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4405

Review - Courage to Surrender

Review - Courage to Surrender
8 Contradictions on the Spiritual Path
by Tommy Hellsten
Celestial Arts, 2008
Review by Wendy C. Hamblet, Ph.D., SAC (Dip)
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4404

Review - Philosophy of Biology

Review - Philosophy of Biology
by Brian Garvey
McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007
Review by Christina Behme
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Review - Against Happiness

Review - Against Happiness
In Praise of Melancholy
by Eric G. Wilson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Review by Elisabeth Herschbach, Ph.D.
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Review - Revolution in Psychology

Review - Revolution in Psychology
Alienation to Emancipation
by Ian Parker
Pluto Press, 2007
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D.
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Review - The Political Mind

Review - The Political Mind
Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain
by George Lakoff
Viking, 2008
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D.
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Review - Postcolonial Disorders

Review - Postcolonial Disorders
by Mary-Jo Delvecchio, Sandra Teresa Hyde, Sarah Pinto and Byron Good (Editors)
University of California Press, 2007
Review by Steve Odero Ouma and Aakash Singh, Ph.D.
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Review - Mental Health and Social Space

Review - Mental Health and Social Space
Towards Inclusionary Geographies
by Hester Parr
Blackwell, 2008
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil
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Review - Rethinking Middle Years

Review - Rethinking Middle Years
Early adolscents, schooling and digital culture
by Victoria Carrington
Allen & Unwin, 2007
Review by Elizabeth A. Throop, Ph.D.
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Review - Rethinking Expertise

Review - Rethinking Expertise
by Harry Collins and Robert Evans
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
Review by Tim Thornton, Ph.D.
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Review - The Trauma of Psychological Torture

Review - The Trauma of Psychological Torture
by Almerindo E. Ojeda (Editor)
Praeger, 2008
Review by J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Ph.D.
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Review - Who's Been Sleeping in Your Head

Review - Who's Been Sleeping in Your Head
The Secret World of Sexual Fantasies
by Brett Kahr
Basic Books, 2008
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D.
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Review - God and Phenomenal Consciousness

Review - God and Phenomenal Consciousness
A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments
by Yujin Nagasawa
Cambridge University Press, 2008
Review by David Efird, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4385

Review - Ethics Case Book of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Review - Ethics Case Book of the American Psychoanalytic Association
by Paul A. Dewald and Rita W. Clark
American Psychoanalytic Association, 2007
Review by Lorna Lees, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4384

Review - Memory and Emotion

Review - Memory and Emotion
Interdisciplanary Perspectives
by Bob Uttl, Nobuo Ohta and Amy L. Siegenthaler (Editors)
Blackwell, 2006
Review by Helge Malmgren, PhD, MD
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Review - The Immeasurable Mind

Review - The Immeasurable Mind
The Real Science of Psychology
by William R. Uttal
Prometheus, 2007
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D.
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Review - What is Intelligence?

Review - What is Intelligence?
Beyond the Flynn Effect
by James R. Flynn
Cambridge University Press, 2008
Review by Christina Rawls
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Review - Advance Directives in Mental Health

Review - Advance Directives in Mental Health
Theory, Practice and Ethics
by Jacqueline M. Atkinson
Jessica Kingsley, 2007
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4379

Review - The Geography of Bliss

Review - The Geography of Bliss
One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by Eric Weiner
Twelve, 2007
Review by Patricia Ross, Ph.D.
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Review - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Review - Bonk
The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
by Mary Roach
W. W. Norton, 2008
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D.
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Review - Psychotic Depression

Review - Psychotic Depression
by Conrad M. Swartz and Edward Shorter
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Review by Marion Ledwig, Ph.D.
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Review - Undermining Science

Review - Undermining Science
Suppression and Distortion in the Bush Administration
by Seth Shulman
University of California Press, 2008
Review by Bob Lane, MA
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Review - The Best Seat in the House

Review - The Best Seat in the House
How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed for Life
by Allen Rucker
Harper, 2007
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H.
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Review - Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration

Review - Group Genius
The Creative Power of Collaboration
by Keith Sawyer
Basic Books, 2007
Review by Justine Johnstone, Ph.D,
Jul 29th 2008 (Volume 12, Issue 31)
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Review - Dialogues on Difference: Studies of Diversity in the Therapeutic Relationship

Review - Dialogues on Difference
Studies of Diversity in the Therapeutic Relationship
by J. Christopher Muran (Editor)
American Psychological Association, 2006
Review by Anca Gheaus, Ph.D.
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Review - Polarities of Experiences
Relatedness and Self-definition in Personality Development, Psychopathology and the Therapeutic Process
by Sidney J. Blatt
American Psychological Association, 2008
Review by Edmund O'Toole
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Review - Encountering Nature
Toward an Environmental Culture
by Thomas Heyd
Ashgate, 2007
Review by Tyler Veak, Ph.D.
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Review - Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism

Review - Fear of Knowledge
Against Relativism and Constructivism
by Paul Boghossian
Oxford University Press, 2007
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D.
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Review - Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality

Review - Embracing Mind
The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality
by B. Alan Wallace and Brian Hodel
Shambhala, 2008
Review by Natalie F. Banner
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Review - Escape Your Own Prison: Why We Need Spirituality and Psychology to be Truly Free

Review - Escape Your Own Prison
Why We Need Spirituality and Psychology to be Truly Free
by Bernard Starr
Rowman & Littlefield, 2007
Review by Melanie Mineo
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