Thursday, April 30, 2009

Review - Hot Thought

Review - Hot Thought
Mechanisms and Applications of Emotional Cognition
by Paul Thagard
MIT Press, 2006
Review by David Wall, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4850&cn=396

Review - Philosophy and the Emotions

Review - Philosophy and the Emotions
by Stephen Leighton (Editor)
Broadview Press, 2003
Review by Carsten Fogh Nielsen, MA
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4849&cn=394

Review - Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry

Review - Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry
Explanation, Phenomenology, and Nosology
by Kenneth Kendler and Joseph Parnas (Editor)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
Review by S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4848&cn=394

Review - Depression and Narrative

Review - Depression and Narrative
Telling the Darkby Hilary Clark (Editor)
State University of New York Press, 2008
Review by Christian Perring
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Review - Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry

Review - Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry
by Dinesh Bhugra and Kamaldeep Bhui (Editor)
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4846&cn=390

Review - Medical Anthropology

Review - Medical Anthropology
by Cecil G. Helman (Editor)
Ashgate, 2008
Review by Elizabeth A. Throop, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4845&cn=139

Review - Fitting In Is Overrated

Review - Fitting In Is Overrated
The Survival Guide for Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Like an Outsider
by Leonard Felder
Sterling, 2008
Review by James K. Luiselli, Ed.D., ABPP, BCBA
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4842&cn=396

Review - Breaking the Silence

Review - Breaking the Silence
Mental Health Professionals Disclose Their Personal and Family Experiences of Mental Illness
by Stephen P. Hinshaw
Oxford University Press, 2008
Review by Serife Tekin
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Review - A Mind Apart

Review - A Mind Apart
Poems of Melancholy, Madness, and Addiction
by Mark S. Bauer
Oxford University Press, 2009
Review by S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4836&cn=139

Review - Medically Assisted Death

Review - Medically Assisted Death
by Robert Young
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4835&cn=135

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Review - Medical Research for Hire

Review - Medical Research for Hire
The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials
by Jill A. Fisher
Rutgers University Press, 2009
Review by David Teira
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Review - Mindworks: An Introduction to NLP

Review - Mindworks: An Introduction to NLP
The Secrets of Your Mind Revealed
by Anne Linden
Crown House, 2008
Review by Kevin M. Purday
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4833&cn=397

Review - Kant and the Role of Pleasure in Moral Action

Review - Kant and the Role of Pleasure in Moral Action
by Iain P.D. Morrisson
Ohio University Press, 2008
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4832&cn=394

Review - Still Alice

Review - Still Alice
A Novel
by Lisa Genova
Pocket Books, 2009
Review by Christian Perring
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Review - Foundations of Psychological Thought

Review - Foundations of Psychological Thought
A History of Psychology
by Barbara F. Gentile and Benjamin O. Miller (Editors)
Sage, 2008
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4821&cn=396

Review - Blood Matters

Review - Blood Matters
From Inherited Illness to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene
by Masha GessenHarcourt, 2008
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4822&cn=167

Review - The Intelligibility of Nature

Review - The Intelligibility of Nature
How Science Makes Sense of the World
by Peter Dear
University Of Chicago Press, 2006
Review by Will Buckingham, Ph.D.
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Review - The Criminal Brain

Review - The Criminal Brain
Understanding Biological Theories of Crime
by Nicole Rafter
NYU Press, 2008
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph,D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4824&cn=135

Review - Superstition

Review - Superstition
Belief in the Age of Science
by Robert L. Park
Princeton University Press, 2008
Review by Ed Brandon
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Review - Procrastination

Review - Procrastination
Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now
by Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen
Da Capo Lifelong, 2008
Review by James K. Luiselli, Ed.D., ABPP, BCBA
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4801&cn=399

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Review - Marking the Mind

Review - Marking the Mind
A History of Memory
by Kurt Danziger
Cambridge University Press, 2008
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4820&cn=396

Review - Why Animals Matter

Review - Why Animals Matter
The Case for Animal Protection
by Erin E. Williams and Margo Demello
Prometheus Books, 2007
Review by Constance Perry, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4819&cn=135

Review - What Did I Do Last Night?

Review - What Did I Do Last Night?
A Drunkard's Tale
by Tom Sykes
Modern Times, 2006
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4818&cn=324

Review - Spark

Review - Spark
The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
by John J. Ratey with Eric Hagerman
Little, Brown, 2008
Review by Kevin Purday
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Review - Line of Beauty and Grace

Review - Line of Beauty and Grace DVD
by Christian E. Klinger (Director)
Amedilio Film, 2008
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4815&cn=166

Review - Hysterical Men

Review - Hysterical Men
The Hidden History of Male Nervous Illness
by Mark S. Micale
Harvard University Press, 2008
Review by Ralph Harrington, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4810&cn=400

Review - Narrative Medicine

Review - Narrative Medicine
Honoring the Stories of Illness
by Rita Charon
Oxford University Press, 2006
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4809&cn=394

Review - Positive Psychology

Review - Positive Psychology
Exploring the Best in Peopleby Shane J. Lopez (Editor)
Praeger, 2008
Review by Peter B. Raabe, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4808&cn=396

Review - Tweak

Review - Tweak
Growing Up on Methamphetaminesby Nic Sheff
Blackstone Audio, 2008
Review by Christian Perring
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Review - Mind to Mind

Review - Mind to Mind
Infant Research, Neuroscience, and Psychoanalysis
by Elliot L. Jurist, Arietta Slade, and Sharone Bergner (Editors)
Other Press, 2008
Review by Jason Thompson
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Review - Biofeedback for the Brain

Review - Biofeedback for the Brain
How Neurotherapy Effectively Treats Depression, ADHD, Autism, and More
by Paul G. Swingle
Rutgers University Press, 2008
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4805&cn=396

Review - Superstition

Review - Superstition
Belief in the Age of Science
by Robert L. Park
Princeton University Press, 2008
Review by Ed Brandon
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Review - Brain and Culture

Review - Brain and Culture
Neurobiology, Ideology, and Social Change
by Bruce E. Wexler
MIT Press, 2006
Review by G.C. Gupta, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4793&cn=396

Review - Buyology

Review - Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
by Martin Lindstrom
Random House Audio, 2008
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4792&cn=396

Review - Stoicism and Emotion

Review - Stoicism and Emotion
by Margaret R. Graver
University Of Chicago Press, 2007
Review by Jo Doran
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Review - Taking America Off Drugs

Review - Taking America Off Drugs
Why Behavioral Therapy Is More Effective for Treating ADHD, OCD, Depression, and Other Psychological Problems
by Stephen Ray Flora
State University of New York Press, 2007
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4790&cn=390

Review - Theaters of Madness

Review - Theaters of Madness
Insane Asylums and Nineteenth-Century American Culture
by Benjamin Reiss
University Of Chicago Press, 2008
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4782&cn=139

Review - Music, Madness, and the Unworking of Language

Review - Music, Madness, and the Unworking of Language
by John T. Hamilton
Columbia University Press, 2008
Review by Pallavi Worah
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Review - Moral Clarity

Review - Moral Clarity
A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists
by Susan Neiman
Harcourt Trade, 2008
Review by Ben Mulvey, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4780&cn=135

Review - Tooning In

Review - Tooning In
Essays on Popular Culture and Education
by Cameron White
Rowman & Littlefield, 2008
Review by Richa Yadav, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4779&cn=139

Review - In Pursuit of the Gene

Review - In Pursuit of the Gene
From Darwin to DNA
by James Schwartz
Harvard University Press, 2008
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4778&cn=167

Review - Educational Metamorphoses

Review - Educational Metamorphoses
Philosophical Reflections on Identity and Culture
by Jane Roland Martin
Rowman & Littlefield, 2007
Review by John Mullen, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4777&cn=394

Review - Voluntary Madness

Review - Voluntary Madness
My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
by Norah VincentViking, 2009
Review by Christian Perring
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4776&cn=391

Review - Metacognition

Review - Metacognition
A Textbook for Cognitive, Educational, Life Span, & Applied Psychology
by John Dunlosky and Janet Metcalfe
Sage Publications, 2008
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D.
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4775&cn=396