In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=news

The Architecture of Madness
Insane Asylums in the United States
by Carla Yanni
Review by Lloyd A. Wells, Ph.D., M.D. on Sep 4th 2007

Body Language
Representation in Action
by Mark Rowlands
Review by Robert Kimball, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Story of Cruel and Unusual
by Colin Dayan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

Law
Key Concepts in Philosophy
by David Ingram
Review by Steven Napier, MA on Sep 4th 2007

Letting Go of Anger
The Eleven Most Common Anger Styles And What to Do About Them
by Ronald T. Potter-Efron and Patricia S. Potter-Efron
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Sep 4th 2007

Language
Key Concepts in Philosophy
by Jose Medina
Review by Michael Fenton on Sep 4th 2007

Human Goodness
Pragmatic Variations on Platonic Themes
by Paul Schollmeier
Review by Richa Yadav, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Mindful Brain
Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being
by Daniel J. Siegel
Review by Kathleen Kimball, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Root of All Evil
An Exposition of Prejudice, Fundamentalism and Gender Imbalance
by Sharon G. Mijares, Aliaa Rafea, Rachel Falik, and Jenny Eda
Schipper
Review by Shari M. Childers and James M. King on Sep 4th 2007

Power Yoga for Happiness
by Eoin Finn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

The Amnesia Clinic
A Novel
by James Scudamore
Review by Amy Ridley on Sep 4th 2007

Firegirl
by Tony Abbott
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Sep 4th 2007

Brain Science and Psychological Disorders
Therapy, Psychotropic Drugs, and the Brain
by F. Scott Kraly
Review by Andrew Pollock on Aug 28th 2007

Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls
Review by Glen Pettigrove, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy
by Steven D. Hales
Review by Erich von Dietze, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Breaking Murphy's Law
How Optimists Get What They Want from Life - and Pessimists Can Too
by Suzanne C. Segerstrom
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Aug 28th 2007

Lust in Translation
The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee
by Pamela Druckerman
Review by Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Split Decisions
How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism
by Janet Halley
Review by George Williamson, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

The Devil and Daniel Johnston
DVD
by Jeff Feuerzeig (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

The Anti-Oedipus Papers
by Felix Guattari
Review by Charles T. Wolfe, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

On Truth
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

African Psycho
by Alain Mabanckou
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 28th 2007

God Is Dead
by Ron Currie
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 28th 2007

Spirit, Mind, and Brain
A Psychoanalytic Examination of Spirituality and Religion
by Mortimer Ostow
Review by A. P. Bober on Aug 28th 2007

Critical New Perspectives on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
by Gwynedd Lloyd, Joan Stead, & David Cohen (Editors)
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Top 10 Myths About Evolution
by Cameron M. Smith and Charles Sullivan
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Aug 21st 2007

The Evolving Brain
The Known And the Unknown
by R. Grant Steen
Review by Nigel Leary on Aug 21st 2007

Love, Sex & Tragedy
How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
by Simon Goldhill
Review by David M. Wolf, M.A. on Aug 21st 2007

Satisfaction
Sensation Seeking, Novelty, and the Science of Finding True
Fulfillment
by Gregory Berns
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Aug 21st 2007

The Primacy of the Subjective
Foundations for a Unified Theory of Mind and Language
by Nicholas Georgalis
Review by Gert-Jan C. Lokhorst, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

Philosophical Counselling and the Unconscious
by Peter, B. Raabe (Editor)
Review by Rob Harle on Aug 21st 2007

On Chesil Beach
A Novel
by Ian McEwan
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Bird Woman
A Novel
by Kerry Hardie
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 21st 2007

The Easy Yoga Workbook
A Complete Yoga Class in a Book
by Tara Fraser
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

Sex on the Couch
What Freud Still Has To Teach Us About Sex and Gender
by Richard Boothby
Review by Petar Jevremovic on Aug 21st 2007

Lucky
by Gabrielle Bell
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 21st 2007

The Medicalization of Society
On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
by Peter Conrad
Review by Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Merit, Meaning, and Human Bondage
An Essay on Free Will
by Nomy Arpaly
Review by James Pratt on Aug 14th 2007

The Anxious Brain
The Neurobiological Basis of Anxiety Disorders and How to Effectively
Treat Them
by Margaret Wehrenberg and Steven M. Prinz
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D, on Aug 14th 2007

Mind
(Key Concepts in Philosophy Series)
by Eric Matthews
Review by Marcus P. Adams, M.Div. on Aug 14th 2007

Knowledge Monopolies
The Academisation of Society
by Marten Shipman
Review by Ethan Miller on Aug 14th 2007

Biomedical Ethics
Humanist Perspectives of Humanism Today
by Howard B. Radest (Editor)
Review by Nancy Nyquist Potter, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Sometimes It's New York
Stories
by Claude Stanush
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 14th 2007

The Unhappy Child
What Every Parent Needs to Know
by Kenneth N. Condrell
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Aug 14th 2007

Putnam Camp
Sigmund Freud, James Jackson Putnam, and the Purpose of American
Psychology
by George Prochnik
Review by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic on Aug 14th 2007

Evidence
by Mona Kuhn
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

After Dark
A Novel
by Haruki Murakami
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007

Optic Nerve #11
by Adrian Tomine
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 14th 2007


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Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling
College
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