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Suicide

by Émile Durkheim • 1897

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

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🧱 Classical Sociology 😕 Anomie 🤝 Social Integration 🖤 Sociology Of Suicide 🏝️ Isolation And Belonging

Suicide

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

by Émile Durkheim 1897

3.86

5k+ ratings

🧱 Classical Sociology 😕 Anomie 🤝 Social Integration 🖤 Sociology Of Suicide 🏝️ Isolation And Belonging

The Deepest Well

by Nadine Burke Harris • 2018

Childhood adversity rewires stress biology and predicts disease decades before symptoms appear.

4.42

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🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏥 Trauma-Informed Care 🧬 Stress Physiology 💪 Resilience Science 🔄 Generational Trauma

The Deepest Well

Childhood adversity rewires stress biology and predicts disease decades before symptoms appear.

by Nadine Burke Harris 2018

4.42

12k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏥 Trauma-Informed Care 🧬 Stress Physiology 💪 Resilience Science 🔄 Generational Trauma

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health

by Nathan Filer • 2019

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

4.28

3k+

🔍 Psychiatric Critique 💔 Trauma And Psychosis ⚖️ Medical Racism 💊 Pharma Skepticism 🧠 Psychosis

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

by Nathan Filer 2019

4.28

3k+ ratings

🔍 Psychiatric Critique 💔 Trauma And Psychosis ⚖️ Medical Racism 💊 Pharma Skepticism 🧠 Psychosis

The Wellness Trap

by Christy Harrison • 2023

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

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2k+

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

The Wellness Trap

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

by Christy Harrison 2023

3.76

2k+ ratings

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

Epidemiology

by Rodolfo Saracci • 2010

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

3.37

351

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference 🔬 Study Design 📊 Health Statistics

Epidemiology

The science that saved cities from cholera and proved tobacco kills, packed into 100 pages.

by Rodolfo Saracci 2010

3.37

351 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🗺️ Disease Patterns 🔗 Causal Inference 🔬 Study Design 📊 Health Statistics

Body Respect

by Linda Bacon • 2014

BMI standards were written by the weight-loss industry, and dieting trains your body to gain weight.

4.19

2k+

🔬 Weight Science 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🧘 Mindful Eating 🍏 Intuitive Eating

Body Respect

BMI standards were written by the weight-loss industry, and dieting trains your body to gain weight.

by Linda Bacon 2014

4.19

2k+ ratings

🔬 Weight Science 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🧘 Mindful Eating 🍏 Intuitive Eating

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