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Scattered Minds

by Lenard A. Adler • 2006

ADHD is brain chemistry, not a moral failing. The medication-first approach that treats it.

3.72

152

🧠 Adult Adhd 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 💊 Pharmacotherapy 📋 Executive Function 🏥 Medical Model

Scattered Minds

ADHD is brain chemistry, not a moral failing. The medication-first approach that treats it.

by Lenard A. Adler 2006 193 pages

3.72

152 ratings

🧠 Adult Adhd 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 💊 Pharmacotherapy 📋 Executive Function 🏥 Medical Model

Comprende tus emociones (NO FICCIÓN)

by Enrique Rojas • 2023

A psychiatrist's map of emotion, the architecture of lasting love, and the project of a serene life.

3.91

289

🧠 Psychology Of Emotions 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 🏛️ Virtue Ethics ⚖️ Modern Stoicism 🤲 Self-Compassion

Comprende tus emociones (NO FICCIÓN)

A psychiatrist's map of emotion, the architecture of lasting love, and the project of a serene life.

by Enrique Rojas 2023 306 pages

3.91

289 ratings

🧠 Psychology Of Emotions 🎛️ Emotional Regulation 🏛️ Virtue Ethics ⚖️ Modern Stoicism 🤲 Self-Compassion

La psicopatia

by Robert D. Hare • 2018

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

4.21

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

La psicopatia

Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.

by Robert D. Hare 2018 307 pages

4.21

28 ratings

🏛️ Forensic Psychology 📋 Clinical Assessment 🧠 Psychopathy 🎭 Personality Disorders ⚠️ Antisocial Behavior

Psychoanalysis and Religion

by Erich Fromm • 1959

Neurosis is private religion. The battle is submission vs. self-realization, not God vs. science.

4.06

1k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🙏 Psychology Of Religion 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🏛️ Frankfurt School ✨ Humanistic Religion

Psychoanalysis and Religion

Neurosis is private religion. The battle is submission vs. self-realization, not God vs. science.

by Erich Fromm 1959 128 pages

4.06

1k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🙏 Psychology Of Religion 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 🏛️ Frankfurt School ✨ Humanistic Religion

Personality Development and Psychopathology

by Norman Cameron • 1985

Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.

4.40

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧩 Psychopathology 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🧠 Ego Psychology 👥 Object Relations

Personality Development and Psychopathology

Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.

by Norman Cameron 1985

4.40

15 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🧩 Psychopathology 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🧠 Ego Psychology 👥 Object Relations

Emotional Disorders and Metacognition

by Adrian Wells • 2000

The therapeutic target most clinicians miss: beliefs about thinking, not the thoughts themselves.

3.63

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Therapy 💭 Metacognition 🔁 Rumination 🌪️ Intrusive Thoughts

Emotional Disorders and Metacognition

The therapeutic target most clinicians miss: beliefs about thinking, not the thoughts themselves.

by Adrian Wells 2000 256 pages

3.63

16 ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Therapy 💭 Metacognition 🔁 Rumination 🌪️ Intrusive Thoughts

Psychosomatic Families

by Salvador Minuchin • 1978

Anorexia is a family problem. Treated as one, the cure rate reaches 86%.

4.24

🏥 Family Systems Therapy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🧬 Psychosomatic Medicine 🪑 Structural Family Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dynamics

Psychosomatic Families

Anorexia is a family problem. Treated as one, the cure rate reaches 86%.

by Salvador Minuchin 1978 351 pages

4.24

29 ratings

🏥 Family Systems Therapy 🍽️ Eating Disorders 🧬 Psychosomatic Medicine 🪑 Structural Family Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Dynamics

Bowen Family Systems Theory

by Daniel V. Papero • 1990

Anxiety organizes your family more than love does. The theory that reveals the hidden patterns.

4.15

🛋️ Family Therapy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧭 Emotional Autonomy 😰 Anxiety In Relationships 🌳 Generational Patterns

Bowen Family Systems Theory

Anxiety organizes your family more than love does. The theory that reveals the hidden patterns.

by Daniel V. Papero 1990 113 pages

4.15

34 ratings

🛋️ Family Therapy 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧭 Emotional Autonomy 😰 Anxiety In Relationships 🌳 Generational Patterns

The Ego and the Id

by Sigmund Freud • 1923

The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.

3.81

12k+

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🌊 Unconscious Processes 🔥 Drive Theory ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🦴 Embodied Cognition

The Ego and the Id

The self is not the boss. It's the exhausted middleman between animal hunger and moral punishment.

by Sigmund Freud 1923 87 pages

3.81

12k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🌊 Unconscious Processes 🔥 Drive Theory ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🦴 Embodied Cognition

The PMDD Phenomenon

by Diana L. Dell • 2002

Severe premenstrual misery is not in your head. The evidence based path to relief.

4.09

180

🩸 Premenstrual Disorders 🧠 Women's Mental Health 🌡️ Hormonal Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The PMDD Phenomenon

Severe premenstrual misery is not in your head. The evidence based path to relief.

by Diana L. Dell 2002 256 pages

4.09

180 ratings

🩸 Premenstrual Disorders 🧠 Women's Mental Health 🌡️ Hormonal Health 📊 Evidence Based Medicine 💭 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology

by Eve Caligor • 2018

Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.

4.79

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 👥 Object Relations 💬 Therapeutic Relationship 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology

Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.

by Eve Caligor 2018 615 pages

4.79

38 ratings

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 👥 Object Relations 💬 Therapeutic Relationship 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

Borderline Bodies

by Clara Mucci • 2018

Personality disorders are stored in the body before language. That means the cure cannot be words.

4.56

🛋️ Clinical Psychology 👶 Attachment Theory 🧒 Developmental Trauma 🫀 Somatic Psychology ⚖️ Affect Regulation

Borderline Bodies

Personality disorders are stored in the body before language. That means the cure cannot be words.

by Clara Mucci 2018 480 pages

4.56

9 ratings

🛋️ Clinical Psychology 👶 Attachment Theory 🧒 Developmental Trauma 🫀 Somatic Psychology ⚖️ Affect Regulation

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis

by Nancy McWilliams • 1994

Every symptom changes meaning with the personality beneath it. Treat the structure, not the surface.

4.52

4k+

📋 Clinical Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🏛️ Character Structure 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 👶 Object Relations Theory

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis

Every symptom changes meaning with the personality beneath it. Treat the structure, not the surface.

by Nancy McWilliams 1994 398 pages

4.52

4k+ ratings

📋 Clinical Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🏛️ Character Structure 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 👶 Object Relations Theory

The Psychology Of Women - A Psychoanalytic Interpretation - Vol I

by Helene Deutsch • 1944

Receptivity, self-absorption, pain: the female psyche's three pillars, from girlhood to birth.

3.13

🛋️ Freudian Psychology 👧 Female Development 🧠 Ego Psychology 📚 Women's Studies 🔬 Psychosexual Development

The Psychology Of Women - A Psychoanalytic Interpretation - Vol I

Receptivity, self-absorption, pain: the female psyche's three pillars, from girlhood to birth.

by Helene Deutsch 1944 461 pages

3.13

8 ratings

🛋️ Freudian Psychology 👧 Female Development 🧠 Ego Psychology 📚 Women's Studies 🔬 Psychosexual Development

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