In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews:
available at
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews
Postpsychiatry
Mental Health in a Postmodern World
by Patrick Bracken and Philip Thomas
Review by Bradley Lewis, M.D., Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006
Toward an Evolutionary Biology of Language
by Philip Lieberman
Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006
Identifying Hyperactive Children
The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior
by Peter Conrad
Review by Edmund O'Toole on Aug 29th 2006
What's Wrong with Children's Rights
by Martin Guggenheim
Review by Justin Moss, M.A. on Aug 29th 2006
Ethics
Twelve Lectures on the Philosophy of Morality
by David Wiggins
Review by Sirine Shebaya on Aug 29th 2006
On Apology
by Aaron Lazare
Review by Kevin T. Keith, M.A. on Aug 29th 2006
Eye Contact
by Cammie McGovern
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006
Under the Dam
And Other Stories
by David Constantine
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 29th 2006
See Me Feel Me
by Richard Murrian
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006
Mastering Anger and Aggression
The Brazelton Way
by T. Berry Brazelton, Joshua D. Sparrow
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Aug 29th 2006
The Geography of Girlhood
A Novel
by Kirsten Smith
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 29th 2006
Overdosed America
The Broken Promise of American Medicine
by John Abramson
Review by Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H. on Aug 22nd 2006
"My Madness Saved Me"
The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf
by Thomas Szasz
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil. on Aug 22nd 2006
Are Women Human?
And Other International Dialogues
by Catharine A. MacKinnon
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006
Happiness
A History
by Darrin M. McMahon
Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006
Attention Deficit Disorder
The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults
by Thomas E. Brown
Review by Ben Lovett on Aug 22nd 2006
Near Death Experience
A Holographic Explanation
by Oswald Harding
Review by Robert Almeder, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006
The Naked Bird Watcher
by Suzy Johnston
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on Aug 22nd 2006
DSM-IV-TR Case Studies
A Clinical Guide to Differential Diagnosis
by Allen J. Frances and Ruth Ross
Review by Patricia Ferguson, PsyD on Aug 22nd 2006
Reconstructing the Cognitive World
The Next Step
by Michael Wheeler
Review by Pak Hang Wong on Aug 22nd 2006
Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries
by Ruth Macklin
Review by David Teira, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006
Murderball
DVD
by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006
MirrorMask
by Neil Gaiman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 22nd 2006
Understanding Depression
A Complete Guide to Its Diagnosis and Treatment
by Donald F. Klein and Paul H. Wender
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006
Problem Girls
by Gwynedd Lloyd
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006
Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism
New Essays
by John Christman and Joel Anderson (Editors)
Review by Neil Levy, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006
Self-Awareness Deficits in Psychiatric Patients
Assessment and Treatment
by Bernard D. Beitman and Jyotsna Nair (Editors)
Review by Ulrich Mühe on Aug 15th 2006
Social Neuroscience
People Thinking about Thinking People
by John T. Cacioppo, Penny S. Visser and Cynthia L. Pickett (Editors)
Review by G.C. Gupta, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006
Illumine
Photographs by Garry Fabian Miller: A Retrospective
by Martin Barnes
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006
Waking Up to What You Do
A Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and
Compassion
by Diane Eshin Rizzetto
Review by Patricia Ball on Aug 15th 2006
Touchy Subjects
Stories
by Emma Donoghue
Review by Tony O'Brien on Aug 15th 2006
Good Girls
A Novel
by Laura Ruby
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006
All Rivers Flow to the Sea
by Alison McGhee
Review by Patricia Ball on Aug 15th 2006
Adam Canfield of the Slash
by Michael Winerip
Review by Amy Ridley on Aug 15th 2006
A Frog Thing
by Eric Drachman
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Aug 15th 2006
Thanks,
Christian Perring
Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
Home page: http://alien.dowling.edu/~cperring/
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