Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Drug Guides    3. General    4. Medical    5. Mental health    6. Neuropsychopharmacology    7. Popular works    8. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    9. Psychology    10. Psychopharmacology    11. Psychotropic drugs    12. Health & Fitness / General    13. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    2. Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Chemotherapy    2. Drug Guides    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Mental Health    6. Mental illness    7. Pain Medicine    8. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    9. Psychotropic drugs    10. Women    11. Pharmacology    12. Psychiatry   

Reviews (3)

This book is a revelation
Thought the era of talk therapy was over? Thought you didn't need your unconscious anymore? Think again. Metzl's startling and wholly convincing thesis that Freud's fingers can be found in Prozac's pies is amazing, and brilliantly told. His close readings of pharmaceutical ads are especially keen and insightful--a serious feminist intervention. This is a must read for all students of cultural history are well as medical doctors!

An incredible accomplishment
This book is truly a brilliant work. Metzl delves deeply into the social construction of the so-called wonder drugs which have permeated our society. In an age where prozec and ritilin have become as common as aspirin and M&Ms, Metzl's work should be required reading for all those contemplating responses to psychological phenomena.

Read this book!
This book is a gem. Metzl writes beautifully and compellingly, and his premise is fascinating and brilliantly argued. This is such an important book for doctors, patients, and anyone else interested in the cultural aspects of gender and mental illness. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Medical / Nursing    2. Psychiatry - General    3. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    4. Psychology    5. Psychotherapy - General    6. Sociology    7. Women's Studies - General    8. Gender Studies/Feminist Theory    9. MEDICINE & MEDICAL HUMANITIES    10. PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY    11. Psychiatry   

Reviews (8)

KUDOS!
As a child psychiatrist who works with children, adults and families in much the same way as Dr. Kalikow, and as one who is all too familiar with the "thorny" kinds of issues which can block parents andor their cihldren from benefitting from the therapeutic process and to then go on and experience real healing, I am very grateful to him for this book.
To Medicate or Not
Your Child in the Balance by Kevin Kalikow, a pediatric psychiatrist addresses the dilemma that parents face when deciding whether ir not to use medicine to treat their child's psychiatric disorder.Dr. Kalikow opens by searching for the answers to two questions.Where do we draw the line between function and dysfunction in defining pediatric mental illness?When and how do we decide to treat these illnesses with medications?
A Sensitive and Intelligent Guide to a Difficult and Emotional Subject
Dealing with a child's illness in any form is always difficult and emotionally draining, but when it comes to less tangible psychological disorders, the acknowledgment of the condition and the subsequent choice of treatment for our children are among the most difficult of all medical issues a parent must deal with.
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Subjects:  1. Behavior therapy for children    2. Child Care/Parenting    3. Child psychiatry    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Differential therapeutics    6. Evaluation    7. Family & Relationships    8. Health - General    9. Health Care Issues    10. Medicine And Psychology    11. Mental Disorders    12. Parenting - Child Rearing    13. Pediatric psychopharmacology    14. Popular works    15. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    16. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology   

Subjects:  1. Medical / Nursing    2. Medicine And Psychology    3. Mental Disorders    4. Mental illness    5. Psychiatry - General    6. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    7. Psychology    8. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    9. Psychopharmacology    10. Psychotherapy    11. Psychotherapy - General    12. Treatment    13. Pharmacology    14. Psychiatry   

Reviews (1)

This one is either boring or great
There are already numerous books about drugs and their history available on the market, several of them very well-written and great to read. So why, then, do you want to read yet another book about all those substances that have been part our mankind's history as long as there's been a history to speak of.
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Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Neuropsychology    3. Pharmacology    4. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - Addiction    7. Medical / Neuroscience   

Subjects:  1. Drug Abuse    2. Drug Addiction (Psychiatric Aspects)    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    5. Psychopathology - Addiction    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Sociology - General    9. Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drug Dependence    10. Drug addiction & substance abuse    11. Medical / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology   

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A BOOK OF SUBSTANCE WITH FASCINATING CASE STUDIES
Roemmelt presents some fascinating case studies of children whose lives were distorted by family and environment; children very difficult to reach, but for whom the force of a human relationship with Roemmelt was enough tokeep them from a life of medicated confusion and increasingfragmentation. Keep on taking the pills ...
Yet another book deriding the new biologically-oriented psychiatry as dry and heartless. Read more

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Child psychotherapy    3. Medical    4. Pediatric psychopharmacology    5. Philosophy    6. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    7. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    8. Psychology    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    11. Social aspects   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Methodology    3. Psychology    4. Psychometrics    5. Research    6. Statistics    7. Probability & statistics    8. Psychological methodology    9. Social Science / Statistics   

Subjects:  1. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    2. Recovery    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Sociology - General    5. Substance Abuse & Addictions - General    6. Drug abuse    7. Drugs of abuse    8. Medical / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology    9. Neuropsychopharmacology    10. Social aspects   

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Neurology - General    4. Neuropsychopharmacology    5. Pharmacology    6. Psychiatry - General    7. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    8. Psychoneuroses    9. Psychopathology - General    10. Medical / Neurology    11. Psychiatry   

Subjects:  1. Medical / Nursing    2. Pain Medicine    3. Psychology    4. Psychopharmacology    5. Psychotherapy - General    6. Psychotropic drugs    7. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    8. Pharmacology    9. Psychiatry   

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An Invaluable Book for Prescribers and Users of Medications
This often ignored problem is sensibly discussed in this excellent reference book, which was recommended to me by the senior pharmacist in a leading UK psychiatric hospital.The clear and honest approach to adifficult subject, makes an invaluable contribution to help physicians,nurses and users. I believe that every university and reference library,hospital and medical practitioner should obtain a copy. Top marks forincluding a CD Rom too. from the founder of 'APRIL' (Adverse PsychiatricReactions Information Link) email address : info@april.org.uk

An Invaluable Book for Prescribers and Users of Medications
This often ignored problem is sensibly discussed in this excellent reference book, which was recommended to me by the senior pharmacist in a leading UK psychiatric hospital.The clear and honest approach to adifficult subject, makes an invaluable contribution to help physicians,nurses and users. I believe that every university and reference library,hospital and medical practitioner should obtain a copy. Top marks forincluding a CD Rom too. from the founder of 'APRIL' (Adverse PsychiatricReactions Information Link) email address : info@april.org.uk ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Behavioral toxicology    2. Central Nervous System Agents    3. Drugs    4. Medical    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Neurotoxicology    7. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    8. Side effects    9. Toxicology    10. Pharmacology    11. Psychiatry    12. Reference works   

Editorial Review

Ayahuasca is a tea made from two plants found, until recently, only in the Amazon basin. Indigenous people of the region have used it for medicinal and shamanic purposes since time immemorial. In the last century, it has been ceremonially incorporated by polyglot Christian/goddess religions springing up in Brazil and by seekers on the margins of consciousness exploration. In this book, Metzner, a hallucinogenic and mystical experience researcher for over 35 years, has compiled essays and journal-type writings from a wide assortment of people who have experienced its divinity-evoking effects--28 scientists, psychologists, chemists, curious laypeople, and practitioners of these religions. While uneven in literary ability, each contributor provides an insightful peek behind the curtain of an experience that until now has been shrouded in tribal secrecy and cult ritual--truly an adventure into the Amazon of the mind. Read more

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Metzner Rules
It is rare for me to have such unbridled praise for any individual writer, but Metzner is quite simply a shining intellect - a hero among others. Interesting, Thorough, professional, well-written!
This book discusses Ayahuasca from a variety of perspectives: historical, religious, chemical, cultural, horticultural and experiencial.The way the book is structured it would be easy for a reader to skip over the topics that don't interest them.All of the information is presented in a thorough, well-written, and objective manner offering some conclusions while at the same time allowing the reader to form their own.Read more

Subjects:  1. Amazon River Region    2. Ayahuasca    3. Customs & Traditions    4. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies    5. Medical    6. Neuropsychopharmacology    7. Popular Culture - General    8. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    9. Psychology    10. Psychotropic effects    11. Shamanism    12. Sociology    13. Spirituality - Shamanism    14. Drug addiction & substance abuse    15. North America    16. Popular culture   

Subjects:  1. Medical / Nursing    2. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    3. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    4. Psychology    5. Reference    6. Psychiatry    7. Reference works   

Reviews (1)

Introductory book on behavioral genetics
The book is a rather good introductory book upon behavioral genetics, covering various emotional and behavioral disorders.It is stimulating and interesting, and very academic in nature.To a reader searching for practical implication of behavioral genetics, there may be little appointment.No matter what, I do agree that the behavioral genetics is a subject that every psychologist, or even every person, should have some ideas about this new development in science. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Behavior Therapy    2. Behavior genetics    3. Cognitive Psychology    4. Genetics    5. Personality    6. Psychology    7. Psychopathology - General    8. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    9. Child & developmental psychology    10. Medical genetics   

Reviews (15)

Not very useful
One glaring omission is that he fails to mention that SSRIs can cause permanent sexual side effects even after discontinuance.Long overlooked by the medical community.Do google search for details.

Up-to-date look at antidepressants
Appleton offers a cutting-edge look at the current crop of antidepressants. However, this isn't just a recitation of facts, but also Appleton offering his own views about the state of medication in our society. I only share some of his views. It's worth checking out to see if you agree with him. Also worth checking out if you're considering taking an antidepressant and want to get a feel for what's available.Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".

Thank You
Simply, although I was embarrassed to be seen buying this book,Read more

Subjects:  1. Antidepressants    2. Depression    3. Health/Fitness    4. Hypericum perforatum    5. Mental Depression    6. Mental Illness    7. Pharmacology    8. Popular works    9. Psychology    10. Serotonin uptake inhibitors    11. Specific Drugs    12. Medical / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology   

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Erika you rock!!!!
After reading the book,I recommended it to everyone I know and don't know. It is a book you can't put down once you start.Erika has done a great job giving her life experiences that have helped me understand my son a little bit better.I have also seen her and her husband John speak in person and wow are they good.Any chance anybody gets to read the book and/or see them speak, you won't regret it.When's the next book coming out?

Fascinating look at Asperger's, from the inside
This is a quick read, and a fascinating book.It's a look at the world from the inside of a person with Asperger's Syndrome, Tourette's, and OCD.I found the book to be a real eye-opener, as I have a child who has PDD and may experience some of the same things as the author. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Medical / Nursing    3. Mental Health    4. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology   

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A precious Seventies classic
I discovered this book at the library of the Catholic elementary school I went to around 1973.Yep, apparently the nun in charge of buying books was browsing the bestseller list and assumed from the title that it was a childrens' book. Ha haaaaw!!Rick D. and I checked it out in turns and loved it.Of course its content was soon discovered and it was removed from the library (no doubt incinerated), but Rick and I did a joint order (heh heh) to Pocket Books and got each of ourselves a copy.I haven't laid eyes on this title for nearly twenty years, but I can still quote it at length.Like the part that warns you not to get *too* good at rolling joints, because you'll end up sitting in the corner rolling your stupid joints while everyone is going down to the lake for skinny dipping.Or the intro, where the authors say they don't smoke grass and never have, everything in the book is based on what their friend "Ernie Lundquist" told them.Or that nothing is bad when you're stoned, except getting arrested, and even *that's* a learning experience. Or that the results of using a "steamboat" (their term for a big glass waterless bong) would make "even the mighty Zeus shake his head in disbelief."Or referring to the things you will do stoned and not get bored or feel silly, like picking lint off your dog or watching The Flying Nun. I actually think of this book often, after all this time.Highly recommended, even if you've never had a puff in your life (which is,looking back on the effects grass had on my life, my recommendation).

A Must Read for Any Smoker, Friend of A Smoker, etc.
This book was brilliant. It's funny, cute, and very informative. A must read for anyone who is, knows, or has even seen a stoner. Absolutly hilarious!

hysterically funny
This is my favorite book and my prized possession. Not only is it informative in a variety of ways - it is, as the title informs you, a Handbook for Marijuana Users - it is also deftly written in a lighthearted, goofy, tongue-in-cheek style that epitomizes late 60s and early 70s humor. While the sections on legality and availability are now incredibly out-of-date, the amount of fairly accurate information and the sly, good-natured sense of humor more than make up for its dated nature. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Psychiatry - Psychopharmacology    2. Psychology    3. Non-Classifiable