Psychiatry

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Connexions Library

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Doidge, Norman
Book
2007
Doidge explains neuroplasticity and shows that the brain is not a collection of specialized parts but a dynamic organ and can rewire and rearrange itself as the need arises.
Character Analysis: Third, Enlarged Edition
Reich, Wilhelm
Book
1933
Reich's psychoanalytic investigations of the human character.
Connexions: Volume 7, Number 1 - March 1982
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1982
Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality
Perls, Frederick; Hefferline, Ralph E. Goodman, Paul
Book
1951
The authors believe that the Gestalt outlook is the original, undistorted, natural approach to life, to thinking, acting and feeling.
HealthSources.ca
Website
2017
A web portal featuring information and resources about health, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important arti...
Killing 'Schizophrenics': Contemporary U.S. Psychiatry Versus Nazi Psychiatry
Levine, Bruce E.
Article
2017
In the United States in the earlier part of the twentieth century, there was widespread compulsory sterilization of those diagnosed with serious mental illness; and from the 1970s through the early 19...
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - November 7, 2016: Depression and Joy
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2016
It's a difficult thing to measure, but there are strong reasons for believing that the number of people struggling with depression has increased significantly in recent decades. Despite the evidence t...
Our Generation: Volume 1 Number 4
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1962
The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise
Laing, R.D.
Book
1973
Laing questions the concept of 'normality' and explores the psychological wepaons of construction, deprivation, splitting, and projection.
The Radical Therapist: Therapy means change not adjustment
Radical Therapist Collective - Agel, Jerome (ed.)
Book
1971
The contributors to this anthology proceed from the premise that therapy should be a means of liberation rather than a tool of social control.

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Internet Mental Health
Long, Phillip
A free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long.
On Becoming a Counselor
A Basic Guide for Nonprofessional Counselors and Other Helpers
Kennedy, Eugene; Charles, Sara C.
1977
A resource for those who, without extensive psychological training, must deal with troubled individuals.
Psychiatry
Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders which include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual disorders.
Psychology Psychiatry Mental Health Topic Index in Sources Directory
Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources
A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to psychology, psychiatry, and mental health in the Sources directory for the media.
Recovered Memories Cross the Oceans
Psychic Vibrations
Scheaffer, Robert
1995
The American practice of "recovering memories" of all manner of unspeakable abuse has leaped the Atlantic, and the Pacific as well.
A Safe Place
Laying the Groundwork of Psychotherapy
Havens, Leston
1989
Hawkin examines the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry and asks what allows psychological healing to take place.
Stop Shock Now: Psychiatry's War Against Women and the Elderly
Weitz, Don
2017
Today, most people including many health professionals are surprised to learn that electroshock (ECT) is still prescribed. As we also know, women, particularly elderly women, are the main targets of e...

From the Connexions Archives

Kids And Psychiatry
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1982
"Phoenix Rising" is published quarterly by On Our Own, a group of ex-psychiatric patients. Kids and Psychiatry is a special insert in Volume 2, Number 2, on the treatment of troubled children.