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“peter lehmann (ed)”

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  • Coming off Psychiatric Drugs

    Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Mood Stabilizers, Ritalin and Tranquilizers (New and updated edition)

    by Peter Lehmann (ed.), Karl Bach Jensen, Pirkko Lahti, Loren R. Mosher, Judi Chamberlin ...
    The first book in the world about the issue of successfully coming off psychiatric drugs primarily addresses people in treatment who decide to withdraw. It also addresses their relatives and therapists. +++ Millions of people are taking psychiatric drugs, such as Haloperidol, Prozac, Risperidone or Zyprexa; for them, detailed accounts of how others came off these substances without ending up in ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Withdrawal from Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs (New and updated edition)

    by Peter Lehmann (ed.), Craig Newnes (ed.) ...
    Doctors, including psychiatrists, prescribe antidepressants, neuroleptics ("antipsychotics"), mood stabilizers, tranquilizers and psychostimulants all over the world, and, in most cases, without providing information about the risks of taking them and problems when stopping, for example, adverse effects, tolerance formation, bodily and psychological dependence and withdrawal symptoms. Nor they ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    Exploding the Antidepressant Myth

    by Irving Kirsch PhD ...
    Everyone knows that antidepressant drugs are miracles of modern medicine. Professor Irving Kirsch knew this as well as anyone. But, as he discovered during his research, there is a problem with what everyone knows about antidepressant drugs. It isn't true.How did antidepressant drugs gain their reputation as a magic bullet for depression? And why has it taken so long for the story to become public ... Read more

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  • Doctoring the Mind

    Why psychiatric treatments fail

    by Richard P Bentall ...
    Towards the end of the twentieth century, the solution to mental illness seemed to be found. It lay in biological solutions, focusing on mental illness as a problem of the brain, to be managed or improved through drugs. We entered the 'Prozac Age' and believed we had moved on definitively from the time of frontal lobotomies to an age of good and successful mental healthcare. Biological psychiatry ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The Essential Guide

    by Joanna Jast ...
    Series series Need2Know Books
    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious anxiety-related condition which affects as many as three in a hundred people – from young children to older adults – regardless of gender and social or cultural background. Sufferers often go undiagnosed for many years, because of the lack of understanding surrounding the condition, as well as the intense feelings of embarrassment, guilt and shame ... Read more

    $7.36 CAD

  • The Use and Misuse of Psychiatric Drugs

    An Evidence-Based Critique

    by Joel Paris ...
    "Dr. Paris has written an honest, balanced presentation of the ways in which psychiatric drugs are evaluated and prescribed. He highlights the complexity of the task, the limits of what is known and the mixed picture that research often produces. His conclusions are refreshing because they are built from an even-handed, pragmatic assessment of the empirical evidence. The result is a stimulating ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

    Management and Policy Perspectives of FASD

    Edited by Edward P. Riley, Sterling Clarren, Joanne Weinberg, Egon Jonsson ...
    Series series Health Care and Disease Management
    Reflecting the recent increased public awareness of the topic, this is the first and most comprehensive resource for over a decade on the molecular basis, prevalence, treatment options, socioeconomic impact and prevention strategies of FADS. Edited by world-renowned experts, this compendium includes the latest research results to provide new insights and realistic estimations of FADS frequencies ... Read more

    $174.99 CAD

  • Healing Schizophrenia: Using Medication Wisely

    by John Watkins ...
    THE INFORMATION IN THIS book is based on the authors personal research and opinions and is intended to assist readers in their journey of healing and recovery. It is provided for educational purposes only and cannot replace competent medical diagnosis and treatment. People with a psychiatric condition are advised to seek assistance from appropriately qualified mental health professionals. Anyone ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Mental Health Survival Kit and Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs

    A User's Manual

    by Peter C. Gotzsche ...
    This book is the collected images of Joanna Walitalo's first five years of woodburning artwork. Pyrography, the use of heat or fire to create an image, is an uncommon and sometimes under-appreciated media in the art world and commonly considered more of a craft. Joanna, like many other Midwest kids, was given a craft wood-burner when she was young, tried it once or twice, burnt herself and ... Read more

    $7.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Models of Madness 2nd Edition

    Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Psychosis

    Edited by John Read, Jacqui Dillon ...
    Series series The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis Book Series
    Are hallucinations and delusions really symptoms of an illness called ‘schizophrenia’? Are mental health problems really caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions? Are psychiatric drugs as effective and safe as the drug companies claim? Is madness preventable?This second edition of Models of Madness challenges those who hold to simplistic, pessimistic and often damaging theories ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • e-Pedia: Asperger Syndrome

    Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests

    by Wikipedia contributors ...
    Series series e-Pedia
    This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. As a milder autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Attachment to Pets

    An Integrative View of Human-Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice

    by Henri Julius, Andrea Beetz, Kurt Kotrschal, Dennis Turner, Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg ...
    The biological and psychological basis of pet therapy / animal-assisted therapy and what this means for practice "A comprehensive, scientific foundation for human-animal therapy." (Judith Solomon) In recent years, the ancient symbiosis between humans and their pets has entered a new phase, marked by the burgeoning clinical specialty of human-animal therapy. This approach uses the relationship ... Read more

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