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This book comes at a high time: psychiatric medications for children have been front-page news. Untoward effects of Prozac and Paxil, including risk of suicide, led to warnings on packages. Widespread use of stimulants to treat attention...
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A grief-stricken mother wants her picture taken with the still body of her six-month-old child. The medical student hoped the woman would change her mind or be dissuaded by the attending physician, so “she would remember her child in...
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Narcissists are needy people who do not negotiate well for what they want. They manipulate, wheedle, threaten, sulk, and punish in order to get an unfair share of recognition, status, and love. They succeed surprisingly often, thanks to...
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Is it legitimate to view an icon of a bygone era through the lens of modern psychiatry? In this case it is, because of what Thoreau revealed about himself and because the author avoids the pitfalls of pathography-facile diagnosis and...
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While most experts in psychopharmacology are psychiatrists, they represent less than ten percent of physicians, so most prescriptions for psychiatric drugs are written by internists, family practitioners, pediatricians, and...
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“Five years ago, when I began this project, I never imagined how much one could learn about one’s culture from a pill.” Professor Loe, who teaches sociology and women’s studies at Colgate, began her documentary in 1998, when...
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Advertisers deny it vehemently, but they use subliminal messages all the time. That’s the message of this challenging, profusely and provocatively illustrated book, documented by an attorney who has researched the subject for many...
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In Japan, a phrase that means “wet leaves” is sometimes used to describe retired men: to their wives they seem passive, clinging, and hard to get rid of! The author of this rich, concise, and practical guide is retired from teaching...