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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire: A Study of Genius, Mania, and Character

Kay Redfield Jamison · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 544
Format: Print book

The best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind now gives us a groundbreaking life of one of the major American poets of the twentieth century that is at the same time a fascinating study of the relationship between manic-depressive (bipolar) illness, creative genius, and character. In his Pulitzer...
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Henry David Thoreau: A Life

Laura Dassow Walls · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover

"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to "live deliberately" in a small woods at the edge...
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When Someone You Know Has Depression: Words to Say and Things to Do

Susan J Noonan · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder can be devastating to the person who has the disorder and to his or her family. Depression and bipolar disorder affect every aspect of how a person functions, including their thoughts, feelings, actions, and relationships with other...
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Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids, Fourth Edition

Timothy E Wilens · The Guilford Press
Pages: 342
Format: Print book

When a child is struggling with an emotional or behavioral problem, parents face many difficult decisions. Is medication the right choice? What about side effects? How long will medication be needed? In this authoritative guide, leading child psychiatrists Drs. Timothy Wilens and Paul Hammerness...
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He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself

Adam Price · Sterling
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"Clinical psychologist Price offers one of the most significant books of the year in this new look at an old problem - the underperforming teenage boy ... Price's book brings an important voice to a much needed conversation." - Library Journal (Starred review) On the surface,...
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A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal

Jen Waite · Plume
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

What do you do when you discover that the person you've built your life around never existed? When "it could never happen to me" does happen to you? These are the questions facing Jen Waite when she begins to realize that her loving husband - the father of her infant daughter,...
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Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do

Kathleen Trainor · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Ten million children in the United States -- two million of them preschoolers -- suffer from anxiety. Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents' sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist on performing tasks...
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Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town

Nick Reding · Bloomsbury
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic story of the methamphetamine epidemic as it sweeps the American heartland a timely, moving, very human account of one community s attempt to battle its way to a brighter future. Crystal methamphetamine is widely considered to be the most dangerous drug in the world, and nowhere...
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Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships, and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine

Michele Lent Hirsch · Beacon Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

What happens when you're expected to be healthy, building relationships, and starting your career but are faced with a life-altering medical condition?When we meet a young woman with a serious illness, we tend to label her an outlier. But while we might think of young female patients as anomalies,...
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Mental health disorders sourcebook : basic consumer health information about healthy brain functioning and mental illnesses, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychotic and personality disorders, eating disorders, impulse control disorders, and more ; along with information about medications and treatments, mental health concerns in specific groups, such as children, adolescents, older adults, minority populations, and people in poverty, a glossary of related terms, and directories of resources for additiona

Omnigraphics Inc. · Omnigraphics
Pages: 640
Format:  Print book : English : Sixth editionView all editions and formats

"Provides basic consumer health information about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of various mental illnesses, and the special mental health concerns of children and adolescents, older adults, the LGBT community, and immigrant populations. Along with tips for maintaining mental...
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Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies

Ann Hulbert · Knopf
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the widely praised Raising America--a compelling exploration of child genius told through the gripping stories of fifteen exceptionally gifted boys and girls, from a math wonder a century ago to young jazz and classical piano virtuosos today. A thought-provoking book...
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Leaving the OCD Circus: Your Big Ticket Out of Having to Control Every Little Thing

Kirsten Pagacz · Conari Press
Pages: 262
Format: Print book

"It's like the meanest, wildest monkey running around my head, constantly looking for ways to bite me." That was how Kirsten Pagacz described her OCD to her therapist on their first session when she was well into her 30s -- she'd been following orders from this mean taskmaster...
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Resilient Grieving: How to Live with Loss That Changes Everything

Lucy Hone · The Experiment
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralyzed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow - by becoming more engaged with our lives, and discovering...
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The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother's Suicide

GAYLE BRANDEIS · Beacon Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning novelist and poet Gayle Brandeis's wrenching memoir of her complicated family history and her mother's suicideGayle Brandeis's mother disappeared just after Gayle gave birth to her youngest child. Several days later, her body was found: she had hanged herself in the utility...
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The Common Good

Robert B Reich · Knopf
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important public voices,...
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