In the last 4 weeks, we have published the following reviews:
available at
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews
Social Inclusion of People with Mental Illness
by Julian Leff and Richard Warner
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil. on Oct 24th 2006
The Talking Ape
How Language Evolved
by Robbins Burling
Review by Christina Behme, M.Sc., M.A. on Oct 24th 2006
Happiness
Lessons from a New Science
by Richard Layard
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006
The Rational Imagination
How People Create Alternatives to Reality
by Ruth M. J. Byrne
Review by Tatiana Patrone, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Derrida on Deconstruction
by Barry Stocker
Review by A. Singh & M. Singamsetty on Oct 24th 2006
What is the Self?
A Philosophy of Psychology
by A. P. Craig
Review by Kamuran Godelek, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006
The End
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Thirteenth
by Lemony Snicket
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006
What Goes Up
Surviving the Manic Episode of a Loved One
by Judy Eron
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Oct 24th 2006
Beautiful Dreamers
by John Kent Harrison (Director)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 24th 2006
Happiness
The Science behind Your Smile
by Daniel Nettle
Review by John D. Mullen, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006
Freedom vs. Intervention
Six Tough Cases
by Daniel E. Lee
Review by Lisa Bellantoni, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006
Contesting Psychiatry
Social Movements in Mental Health
by Nick Crossley
Review by Elisabetta Sirgiovanni, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006
Ethics Done Right
Practical Reasoning as a Foundation for Moral Theory
by Elijah Millgram
Review by Constantine Sandis, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006
The Tears of Things
Melancholy and Physical Objects
by Peter Schwenger
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, M.Phil. on Oct 17th 2006
The Science of Good and Evil
Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule
by Michael Shermer
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 17th 2006
The Guy Not Taken
Stories
by Jennifer Weiner
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006
Overcoming Obsessive Thoughts
How to Gain Control of Your OCD
by Christine Purdon and David A. Clark
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Oct 17th 2006
Private Dicks - Men Exposed
DVD
by Thom Powers and Meema Spadola (Directors)
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 17th 2006
Pin-up Grrrls
Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture
by Maria Elena Buszek
Review by Lidia HwaSoon Anchisi, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006
Why We Love
The Nature And Chemistry Of Romantic Love
by Helen E. Fisher
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 10th 2006
Getting Under the Skin
Body and Media Theory
by Bernadette Wegenstein
Review by Brian J. McVeigh on Oct 10th 2006
Burn Unit
Saving Lives After The Flames
by Barbara Ravage
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 10th 2006
Forms of Intersubjectivity in Infant Reasearch and Adult Treatment
by Beatrice Beebe, Steven Knoblauch, Judith Rustin, and Dorienne
Sorter
Review by Serife Tekin on Oct 10th 2006
The Discomfort Zone
A Personal History
by Jonathan Franzen
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006
Foucault 2.0
Beyond Power and Knowledge
by Eric Paras
Review by Nader N. Chokr, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006
AM/PM Yoga
DVD
by Ravi Singh and Ana Brett
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 10th 2006
Is It Me or My Meds?
Living with Antidepressants
by David A. Karp
Review by Jo Doran, M.F.A. on Oct 3rd 2006
Always On Call
When Illness Turns Families Into Caregivers
by Carol Levine (Editor)
Review by Kevin Purday on Oct 3rd 2006
The Innate Mind
Structure and Contents
by Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence and Stephen Stich (Editors)
Review by Luc Faucher, Ph.D., Jean Lachapelle, Ph.D., and Pierre
Poirier,Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006
Language Origins
Perspectives on Evolution
by Maggie Tallerman (Editor)
Review by Manuel Bremer, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006
The Era of Choice
The Ability to Choose and Its Transformation of Contemporary Life
by Edward C. Rosenthal
Review by Francesco Giacomantonio, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006
Two Regimes of Madness
Texts and Interviews 1975-1995
by Gilles Deleuze
Review by John Sellars, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006
Fatigue as a Window to the Brain
by John DeLuca (Editor)
Review by Roy Sugarman, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006
Lacan
The Silent Partners
by Slavoj Zizek (Editor)
Review by Paula Satne Jones on Oct 3rd 2006
Introduction to Qi Yoga
DVD
by Dawn Holst
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Oct 3rd 2006
Thanks,
Christian Perring
Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Academic Chair, Division of Arts & Humanities, & Chair of Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
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