Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Review - Photography and Philosophy

Review - Photography and Philosophy
Essays on the Pencil of Nature
by Scott Walden (Editor)
Blackwell, 2008
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4360

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Review - 5x7 by William Eggleston

Review - 5x7
by William Eggleston
Twin Palms, 2007
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4359

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Review - Understanding Treatment Without Consent

Review - Understanding Treatment Without Consent
An Analysis of the Work of the Mental Health Act Commission
by Ian Shaw, Hugh Middleton and Jeffrey Cohen
Ashgate, 2007
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4353

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Review - Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents

Review - Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents
Bridging Science and Practice
by Ric G. Steele (Editor), T. David Elkin, Michael C. Roberts (Editors)
Springer, 2007
Review by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4352

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Review - Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac

Review - Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac
The True Story of a Man and the Dog Who Saved His Life
by Bruce Goldstein
Da Capo Press, 2008
Review by Miriam Gabriel, M.A.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4351

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Review - Drunk the Night Before: An Anatomy of Intoxication

Review - Drunk the Night Before
An Anatomy of Intoxication
by Marty Roth
University of Minnesota Press, 2005
Review by Chiara Ambrosio, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4350

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Review - Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother

Review - Daughters of Madness
Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother
by Susan Nathiel
Praeger, 2007
Review by Sue Bond
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4349

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Review - The Mind in Nature by C.B. Martin

Review - The Mind in Nature
by C.B. Martin
Oxford University Press, 2008
Review by Christina Behme, M.Sc.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4348

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Review - Why Think? The Evolution of the Rational Mind

Review - Why Think?
The Evolution of the Rational Mind
by Ronald de Sousa
Oxford University Press, 2007
Review by Angela Bird
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4347

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Review - Zip Zip My Brain Harts: Photographs by Angela Buckland

Review - Zip Zip My Brain Harts
Photographs by Angela Buckland
by Kathleen McDougal, Leslie Swartz, and Amerllia van der Merwe
Human Sciences Research Council, 2006
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4346

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Review - Dialectics of the Self: Transcending Charles Taylor

Review - Dialectics of the Self
Transcending Charles Taylor
by Ian Fraser
Imprint Academic, 2007
Review by Laxminarayan Lenka
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4345

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Review - Recovery from Schizophrenia: Psychiatry and Political Economy

Review - Recovery from Schizophrenia
Psychiatry and Political Economy
by Richard Warner
Routledge, 2004
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4344

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Review - Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men, Its Causes and Solutions

Review - Lifting the Weight
Understanding Depression in Men, Its Causes and Solutions
by Martin Kantor
Praeger, 2007
Review by James K. Luiselli, Ed.D., ABPP, BCBA
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4343

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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Review - Esssential Philosophy of Psychiatry

Review - Esssential Philosophy of Psychiatry
by Tim Thornton
Oxford University Press, 2007
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4340&cn=

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Review - The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment

Review - The Science of Addiction
From Neurobiology to Treatment
by Carlton K. Erickson
W.W. Norton, 2007
Review by Daniel Moseley
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4339&cn=

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Review - Psychoanalysis and Narrative Medicine

Review - Psychoanalysis and Narrative Medicine
by Peter L. Rudnytsky and Rita Charon (Editors)
State University of New York Press, 2008
Review by Terry Burridge
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4338&cn=

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Review - On Being Moved: From Mirror Neurons to Empathy

Review - On Being Moved
From Mirror Neurons to Empathy
by Stein Braten (Editor)
John Benjamins, 2007
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4337&cn=

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Review - The Good Eater: The True Story of One Man's Struggle With Binge Eating Disorder

Review - The Good Eater
The True Story of One Man's Struggle With Binge Eating Disorder
by Ron Saxen
New Harbinger, 2007
Review by Kevin Purday
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4336&cn=

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Review - Your Brain on Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans

Review - Your Brain on Cubs
Inside the Heads of Players and Fans
by Dan Gordon (Editor)
Dana Press, 2007
Review by Mary Hrovat
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4334&cn=

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Review - The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking About People

Review - The Normal Personality
A New Way of Thinking About People
by Steven Reiss
Cambridge University Press, 2008
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4332&cn=

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Review - Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults

Review - Sticks and Stones
The Philosophy of Insults
by Jerome Neu
Oxford University Press, 2007
Review by Viorel Zaicu, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4331&cn=

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Review - Socrates in Love: Philosophy for a Die-Hard Romantic

Review - Socrates in Love
Philosophy for a Die-Hard Romantic
by Christopher Phillips
W. W. Norton, 2008
Review by Eccy de Jonge
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4329&cn=

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Review - The Uncertain Sciences

Review - The Uncertain Sciences
by Bruce Mazlish
Transaction, 2007
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4326&cn=

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Review - The Altruism Equation:

Review - The Altruism Equation
Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness
by Lee Alan Dugatkin
Princeton University Press, 2006
Review by Marc Baer, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4325&cn=

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Review - Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Review - Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
HarperCollins, 2008
Review by Nancy Fontaine
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4324&cn=

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Review - ADHD in Adults: What the Science Says

Review - ADHD in Adults
What the Science Says
by Russell A. Barkley, Kevin R. Murphy and Mariellen Fischer
Guilford, 2008
Review by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4323&cn=

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Review - The New Rational Therapy

Review - The New Rational Therapy
Thinking Your Way to Serenity, Success, and Profound Happiness
by Elliot D. Cohen
Rowman & Littlefield, 2006
Review by Kevin M. Purday
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4322&cn=

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Review - Deconstruction and Democracy

Review - Deconstruction and Democracy
Derrida's Politics of Friendship
by A. J. P. Thomson
Continuum, 2007
Review by Alex Cistelecan
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4321&cn=

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Review - Only a Promise of Happiness

Review - Only a Promise of Happiness
The Place of Beauty in a World of Art
by Alexander Nehamas
Princeton University Press, 2007
Review by Ben Mulvey, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4320&cn=

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Review - Making Babies the Hard Way

Review - Making Babies the Hard Way
Living with Infertility and Treatment
by Caroline Gallup
Jessica Kingsley, 2007
Review by Minna Forsell
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4319&cn=

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Review - Psychotherapy without the Self

Review - Psychotherapy without the Self
A Buddhist Perspective
by Mark Epstein
Yale University Press, 2007
Review by Laura Cook
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4318&cn=

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Review - The Light of Discovery

Review - The Light of Discovery
by Toni Packer
Shambhala, 2007
Review by Marko Zlomislic
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4317&cn=

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Review - Poets on Prozac: Mental Illness, Treatment, and the Creative Process

Review - Poets on Prozac
Mental Illness, Treatment, and the Creative Process
by Richard M. Berlin (Editor)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
Review by Tony O'Brien
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4312

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Review - Therapeutic Landscapes

Review - Therapeutic Landscapes
by Allison Williams (Editor)
Ashgate, 2008
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4311

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Review - Planning for Uncertainty: Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for You and Your Family

Review - Planning for Uncertainty
Living Wills and Other Advance Directives for You and Your Family
by David John Doukas and William Reichel
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
Review by Kevin M. Purday
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4310

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Review - Trauma and Human Existence: Autobiographical, Psychoanalytic, and Philosophical Reflections

Review - Trauma and Human Existence
Autobiographical, Psychoanalytic, and Philosophical Reflections
by Robert D. Stolorow
Analytic Press, 2007
Review by Laura Cook
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4309

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Review - Beyond AI: Creating the Conscience of the Machine

Review - Beyond AI
Creating the Conscience of the Machine
by J. Storrs Hall
Prometheus Books, 2007
Review by Rob Harle
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4307

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Review - Dennett and Ricoeur on the Narrative Self

Review - Dennett and Ricoeur on the Narrative Self
by Joan Mccarthy
Humanity Books, 2007
Review by Mary Jean Walker
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4306

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Review - The Identity Trap: Saving Our Teens from Themselves

Review - The Identity Trap
Saving Our Teens from Themselves
by Joseph Nowinski
American Management Association, 2007
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4304

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Review - Empirical Ethics in Psychiatry

Review - Empirical Ethics in Psychiatry
by Guy Widdershoven, John McMillan, Tony Hope, and Lieke Van Der Scheer (Editors)
Oxford University Press, 2008
Review by George Graham, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4299

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Review - Ethics in Mental Health Research

Review - Ethics in Mental Health Research
Principles, Guidance, and Cases
by James M. DuBois
Oxford University Press, 2007
Review by Rebekah Humphreys, M.A.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4298

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Review - The Ethics of Bioethics

Review - The Ethics of Bioethics
Mapping the Moral Landscape
by Lisa A. Eckenwiler and Felicia G. Cohn (Editors)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
Review by Mark Dietrich Tschaepe
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4297

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Review - Moral Stealth: How "Correct Behavior" Insinuates Itself into Psychotherapeutic Practice

Review - Moral Stealth
How "Correct Behavior" Insinuates Itself into Psychotherapeutic Practice
by Arnold Goldberg
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
Review by Elizabeth A. Throop, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4296

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Review - What Works for Whom? A Critical Review of Treatments for Children and Adolescents

Review - What Works for Whom?
A Critical Review of Treatments for Children and Adolescents
by Peter Fonagy, Mary Target, David Cottrell, Jeannette Phillips, Zarrina Kurtz
Guilford, 2002
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4295

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Review - The Meaning of the Body by Mark Johnson

Review - The Meaning of the Body
Aesthetics of Human Understanding
by Mark Johnson
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
Review by Tom Sparrow
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4286

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Review - The Philosophy of Philosophy by Timothy Williamson

Review - The Philosophy of Philosophy
by Timothy Williamson
Blackwell, 2008
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4285

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Review - Popper, Objectivity and the Growth of Knowledge

Review - Popper, Objectivity and the Growth of Knowledge
by John H. Sceski
Continuum, 2007
Review by Luke Jerzykiewicz, M.A.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4284

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Review - The Situated Self by J. T. Ismael

Review - The Situated Self
by J. T. Ismael
Oxford University Press, 2007
Review by James Dow
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4283

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