Download or read book Dear Psychiatrist written by Jennie Roberts and published by James Clarke & Co.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom was born with Asperger (or Asperger's) Syndrome, a form of Autism that affects both mental and physical development. He changed from a happy, achieving nine-year-old to an uncommunicative adolescent requiring psychiatric treatment after years of bullying by his peers because he was different. A minor shoplifting offence and the resulting court case brought the psychiatrist's report to the attention of Tom's parents. Failing to recognise bullying as a probable cause for Tom's behaviour it blamed instead his parents for "poor understanding of their son's limitations, consequently they have placed unrealistic expectations upon him leading to his deep sense of failure." Very alarmed by this, the parents were further disturbed on being refused a meeting with the psychiatrist to discuss their concerns, a major result of which was the mother's decision to write this book. Written as a series of letters (mainly fictional to highlight the author's frustrations) to Tom's psychiatrist, Dear Psychiatrist is Jennie Robert's perspective on her son's case history; a perspective that details not only the difficulties that Tom suffered through his handicap, but also the extra (and perhaps more disabling) difficulties imposed by the bullying and the unhelpful attitudes encountered from some members of the teaching, medical, psychological and psychiatric professions. This intensely moving mother's account of the childhood and adolescence of her handicapped son is a must read for those working with special needs children and their families, or for parents in the same position as the author. Having first-hand experience, Jennie Roberts recognises that parents should be considered a valuable and indeed, vital source of information when any sort of discussion about their child takes place. In her Foreword, Baroness Warnock's concluding hope is that "The book should be compulsory reading for anyone entering training whether as a teacher, doctor, social worker, psychologist or psychiatrist". It is no less an essential source of support for parents who are having difficulties with the professional help they have received. These sentiments are given poignant endorsement by the tragic circumstance of Tom's suicide in November 1994, his final letter making it clear that his unhappy school experience was a major contributory factor. Read the Foreword by Baroness Mary Warnock here. Read the Introduction here.
Download or read book Dear Rabbi Dear Doctor written by Abraham J. Twerski and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elizabeth Bishop in the 21st Century written by Angus J. Cleghorn and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, a series of major collections of posthumous writings by Elizabeth Bishop--one of the most widely read and discussed poets of the twentieth century--have been published, profoundly affecting how we look at her life and work. The hundreds of letters, poems, and other writings in these volumes have expanded Bishop's published work by well over a thousand pages and placed before the public a "new" Bishop whose complexity was previously familiar to only a small circle of scholars and devoted readers. This collection of essays by many of the leading figures in Bishop studies provides a deep and multifaceted account of the impact of these new editions and how they both enlarge and complicate our understanding of Bishop as a cultural icon. Contributors: Charles Berger, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville * Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, University of Notre Dame * Angus Cleghorn, Seneca College * Jonathan Ellis, University of Sheffield * Richard Flynn, Georgia Southern University * Lorrie Goldensohn * Jeffrey Gray, Seton Hall University * Bethany Hicok, Westminster College * George Lensing, University of North Carolina * Carmen L. Oliveira * Barbara Page, Vassar College * Christina Pugh, University of Illinois at Chicago * Francesco Rognoni, Catholic University in Milan * Peggy Samuels, Drew University * Lloyd Schwartz, University of Massachusetts, Boston * Thomas Travisano, Hartwick College * Heather Treseler, Worcester State University * Gillian White, University of Michigan
Download or read book The Scandalous Ecstasies of the Statuesque Sensationalists written by Leith Lachlan Wulf and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the faded Australian 1960s girly-pop idol Jill St. Brandelis accepts the flirty-eyed advances of a passionate London fan, tabloid dishonor and two fatalities are the shocking upshot of their wretched romantic misadventure. The outrageous particulars behind the appallingly sensationalist tabloid headlines are blushingly recounted in candid detail by Jills still remarkably beautiful big sister, the fabled 1960s pop culture icon Pill Strathspey.
Download or read book Schrodinger s Cat Trilogy written by Robert A. Wilson and published by Dell. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the cult classic The Illuminatus! Trilogy, this is an epic fantasy that offers a twisted look at our modern-day world--a reality that exists in another dimension of time and space that may be closer than we think.
Download or read book Homosexuality and Science written by Vernon A. Rosario and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-04-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive resource explores the role of science and scientific discovery in the nature versus pathology debate surrounding homosexuality. Homosexuality and Science is the compelling history of this intense, ongoing scientific controversy. The story begins in the Victorian era, when doctors were horrified to discover that homosexuality, which they called "sexual perversion" was widespread—probably the result of childhood masturbation, they theorized, and sure to result in mental weakness and blindness for generations to come. The story progresses to a world where gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual scientists are involved in sexuality research, but where the AIDS pandemic has given rise to "reparative therapy" and ministries that claim to "cure" homosexuality. This high-interest title shows how our understanding of homosexuality has been shaped not only by theories of evolution, eugenics, endocrinology, neurobiology, molecular biology, psychology, genetics, anthropology, and sexology, but also by the values of the times.
Download or read book What to Do Till the Psychiatrist Comes written by Norman Anthony and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Doctor In Clover written by Richard Gordon and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now Dr Grimsdyke is qualified he finds practising medicine less congenial than anticipated. Porterhampton is suddenly rife with difficulties - as is being a waiter, or a writer. And writing obituaries is just plain depressing. Doctor in Clover finds the hapless Grimsdyke in a hilarious romp through misadventures, mishaps and total disasters.
Download or read book Bullying written by Aidan Macfarlane and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over a million copies sold worldwide and translated into 22languages, the Health Freak books have been a global publishing phenomenon,bringing both fun and vital health education to teenagers the world over.Health Freak: Bullying has the popular question-and-answer format of the HealthFreak series (Sex, Drugs), based on genuine questions emailed by kids to theauthors' award-winning health advice website (teenagehealthfreak.org). Frank,down-to-earth answers are given by the authors, both of whom are doctorsspecializing in teenage health issues.Bullying is a perennial and highly damaging problem affecting many thousands ofchildren - boys and girls of all ages. It is a matter of desperate concern forthose affected and for their parents and teachers, and is among the issues mostfrequently raised by kids in their emails to the authors' website. Bullying iscurrently much in the media spotlight and the target in the UK of a majorgovernment-sponsored initiative. It is also prominent within the UK NationalCurriculum (in the guidelines for PSHE at KS2 and KS3).BLAIDAN MACFARLANE ran the Child and Adolescent Health services for theOxfordshire Health Authority. He is now an international freelance consultant inchild and adolescent health.BLANN McPHERSON is a general practitioner with extensive experience of youngpeople and their problems, and a lecturer in the Department of Primary HealthCare at the University of Oxford.Teenage Health Freak titles include: The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak; TheDiary of the Other Health Freak; RU a Teenage Health Freak?; Health Freak: Sex;Health Freak: Drugs. The authors' other books include Mum I Feel Funny (whichwon the Times Education Supplement Information Book Award), Me and My Mates, TheVirgin Now Boarding, and Fresher Pressure. Most recently they published a bookfor parents about the teenage years called Teenagers: the agony, the ecstasy,the answers.
Download or read book Maladaptive Coping Mechanisms written by Ashwath Narayan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-05-12 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: N/A
Download or read book Dear Dr Roth Letters to my Website written by Lorraine S. Roth, M. D. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Years of Trump on the Psychiatrist s Couch written by Dr David Laing Dawson and published by Bridgeross Communications. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of Donald Trump in a series of blog posts by Canadian psychiatrist David Laing Dawson.
Download or read book The Book of Woe written by Gary Greenberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gary Greenberg has become the Dante of our psychiatric age, and the DSM-5 is his Inferno.” —Errol Morris Since its debut in 1952, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has set down the “official” view on what constitutes mental illness. Homosexuality, for instance, was a mental illness until 1973. Each revision has created controversy, but the DSM-5 has taken fire for encouraging doctors to diagnose more illnesses—and to prescribe sometimes unnecessary or harmful medications. Respected author and practicing psychotherapist Gary Greenberg embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition, and returned with an unsettling tale. Exposing the deeply flawed process behind the DSM-5’s compilation, The Book of Woe reveals how the manual turns suffering into a commodity—and made the APA its own biggest beneficiary.
Download or read book The Fog That is Darkest The Fog in My Heart written by Zekria Ibrahimi and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rapid Psychiatry written by Allison Hibbert and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-12 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid Psychiatry is the fifth title in the Rapidseries of short revision notes books, covering key information in asimple and easily accessible format, using a mnemonic to aidrecall. This book provides an excellent revision tool in the run-upto exams, but is also useful for clinical students working onPsychiatry attachments. Rapid Psychiatry covers the common psychiatricconditions encountered on the wards, in clinics, in generalpractice, and in exams. It acts as a rapid refresher, and isa concise no-nonsense book covering just the basic relevantfacts. The book is divided into sections covering psychiatrichistory-taking and examination, differential diagnosis, disorders,treatment, the key points of the Mental Health Act, psychiatricemergencies, and a glossary of terms. The disordersare arranged in A-Z format, and each topic is coveredusing the same Rapid series mnemonic that covers Definition,Aetiology, Associations/Risk Factors, Epidemiology, History,Examination, Pathology, Investigations, Management, Complications,Prognosis and Differential Diagnosis.
Download or read book A Psychiatrist Looks at Medicine from A to Z written by Roy Hanu Hart and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Schizophrenia and Multiculturalism written by Moeze M Lalji and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dear Moeze, The Queen wishes me to write and thank you for the poem which you have sent for Her Majesty to see. The Queen thought it was kind of you to send her this and much appreciated your message of good wishes. Yours sincerely, Susan H********Lady in Waiting to Her Majesty the Queen" - By Susan H********, Lady in Waiting to Her Majesty the Queen About the AuthorMy name is Moeze Lalji. I was born in Uganda in 1958 and came to England as a refugee in 1972.I have been a paperboy, worked for a chain of chartered accountants, then a bank, then I had a post office business and worked for a property company, after that I had my breakdown and I suffer from schizophrenia. I come from a background of mental health.I am married with one daughter and my wife is our strength. I belong to the Ismaili community and it is our faith in the Aga Khan I think that is keeping me alive and the obvious support from the mental health team.
