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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
by American Psychiatric Association • 1952
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
3.90
12k+
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Summary
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR 94%
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
by American Psychiatric Association 1952
3.90
12k+ ratings
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5
by American Psychiatric Association • 2013
Mental health's diagnostic rulebook, reorganized to reflect that disorders bleed into one another.
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4k+
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 Summary
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5 93%
Mental health's diagnostic rulebook, reorganized to reflect that disorders bleed into one another.
by American Psychiatric Association 2013
4.16
4k+ ratings
DSM-5 Insanely Simplified
by Steven Buser M.D • 2015
Mental health is a continuum, not a checkbox: eight spectrums that map the full range.
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236
DSM-5 Insanely Simplified Summary
DSM-5 Insanely Simplified 91%
Mental health is a continuum, not a checkbox: eight spectrums that map the full range.
by Steven Buser M.D 2015
3.95
236 ratings
The Age of Diagnosis
by Suzanne O'Sullivan • 2025
We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.
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3k+
The Age of Diagnosis Summary
The Age of Diagnosis 90%
We pursue diagnosis for certainty and safety. The pursuit itself is making us sick.
by Suzanne O'Sullivan 2025
4.11
3k+ ratings
Every Patient Tells a Story
by Lisa Sanders • 2009
Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.
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9k+
Every Patient Tells a Story Summary
Every Patient Tells a Story 90%
Most diagnoses are found in what the patient says, yet doctors cut them off within seconds.
by Lisa Sanders 2009
3.96
9k+ ratings
Saving Normal
by Allen Frances • 2013
The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.
3.85
2k+
Saving Normal Summary
Saving Normal 89%
The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.
by Allen Frances 2013
3.85
2k+ ratings
No More Normal
by Alastair Santhouse • 2025
Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?
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91
No More Normal Summary
No More Normal 89%
Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?
by Alastair Santhouse 2025
4.04
91 ratings
Strangers to Ourselves
by Rachel Aviv • 2022
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
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Strangers to Ourselves Summary
Strangers to Ourselves 89%
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
by Rachel Aviv 2022
4.10
15k+ ratings
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
by Rogers H. Wright • 2005
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
3.95
21
Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary
Destructive Trends in Mental Health 89%
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
by Rogers H. Wright 2005
3.95
21 ratings
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism
by Otto F. Kernberg • 1975
Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.
4.2
203
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism Summary
Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism 89%
Borderline is a stable pathology, not a transient phase. Splitting locks its contradictions apart.
by Otto F. Kernberg 1975
4.2
203 ratings
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology
by Eve Caligor • 2018
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
4.79
38
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology Summary
Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology 89%
Use the therapy relationship to rebuild the fractured selves at the core of personality disorders.
by Eve Caligor 2018
4.79
38 ratings
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
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531
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 89%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis
by Bruce Fink • 1997
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
4.37
828
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis Summary
A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis 89%
The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.
by Bruce Fink 1997
4.37
828 ratings
Descriptions and Prescriptions
by Michael R. Emlet • 2017
Psychiatric labels and medications: how to accept the help without worshiping the tool.
4.41
825
Descriptions and Prescriptions Summary
Descriptions and Prescriptions 88%
Psychiatric labels and medications: how to accept the help without worshiping the tool.
by Michael R. Emlet 2017
4.41
825 ratings
Desperate Remedies
by Andrew Scull • 2022
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
4.09
448
Desperate Remedies Summary
Desperate Remedies 88%
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
by Andrew Scull 2022
4.09
448 ratings
La psicopatia
by Robert D. Hare • 2018
Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.
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28
La psicopatia Summary
La psicopatia 88%
Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.
by Robert D. Hare 2018
4.21
28 ratings
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Kieron O'Connor • 2011
OCD starts with self-made doubt, not an intrusion. Treat the reasoning, not just the compulsion.
4.03
34
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Summary
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 88%
OCD starts with self-made doubt, not an intrusion. Treat the reasoning, not just the compulsion.
by Kieron O'Connor 2011
4.03
34 ratings
ADHD Does Not Exist
by Richard Saul • 2014
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
3.03
505
ADHD Does Not Exist Summary
ADHD Does Not Exist 88%
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
by Richard Saul 2014
3.03
505 ratings
Schema Therapy
by Eshkol Rafaeli • 2010
An integrative therapy for chronic conditions: heal through the bond, not just the protocol.
4.07
230
Schema Therapy Summary
Schema Therapy 88%
An integrative therapy for chronic conditions: heal through the bond, not just the protocol.
by Eshkol Rafaeli 2010
4.07
230 ratings
Borderline Bodies
by Clara Mucci • 2018
Personality disorders are stored in the body before language. That means the cure cannot be words.
4.56
9
Borderline Bodies Summary
Borderline Bodies 88%
Personality disorders are stored in the body before language. That means the cure cannot be words.
by Clara Mucci 2018
4.56
9 ratings
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook
by Daniel J. Fox • 2015
Surface behaviors are decoys. Treat the core of Cluster B, where lasting change takes hold.
4.01
71
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook Summary
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook 88%
Surface behaviors are decoys. Treat the core of Cluster B, where lasting change takes hold.
by Daniel J. Fox 2015
4.01
71 ratings
Autism
by Uta Frith • 2003
One percent of people perceive social signals differently. That's autism, and it is lifelong.
3.39
632
Autism Summary
Autism 88%
One percent of people perceive social signals differently. That's autism, and it is lifelong.
by Uta Frith 2003
3.39
632 ratings
The Matrix of the Mind
by Thomas H. Ogden • 1986
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
4.35
151
The Matrix of the Mind Summary
The Matrix of the Mind 88%
Inner fantasy and outer fact must stay in productive tension. Their collapse is psychic deadness.
by Thomas H. Ogden 1986
4.35
151 ratings
Losing Our Minds
by Lucy Foulkes • 2022
Talk about mental health surged. Understanding didn't, so ordinary suffering now gets a diagnosis.
4.07
786
Losing Our Minds Summary
Losing Our Minds 88%
Talk about mental health surged. Understanding didn't, so ordinary suffering now gets a diagnosis.
by Lucy Foulkes 2022
4.07
786 ratings
The Laws of Medicine
by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2015
Why a strong hunch beats a weak test, and other laws of a science built on uncertainty.
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5k+
The Laws of Medicine Summary
The Laws of Medicine 88%
Why a strong hunch beats a weak test, and other laws of a science built on uncertainty.
by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2015
4.07
5k+ ratings
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
by Nathan Filer • 2019
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
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This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health Summary
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health 88%
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
by Nathan Filer 2019
4.28
3k+ ratings
Crazy Like Us
by Ethan Watters • 2009
Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.
4.10
4k+
Crazy Like Us Summary
Crazy Like Us 88%
Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.
by Ethan Watters 2009
4.10
4k+ ratings
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
by Glen O. Gabbard • 1990
The psychiatry textbook that builds treatment from unconscious patterns, not symptom checklists.
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354
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice Summary
Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice 88%
The psychiatry textbook that builds treatment from unconscious patterns, not symptom checklists.
by Glen O. Gabbard 1990
4.32
354 ratings
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy
by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins • 1997
A protocol that separates the benign squiggle from the one that needs a crash cart.
4.19
156
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy Summary
Ecg Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy 88%
A protocol that separates the benign squiggle from the one that needs a crash cart.
by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1997
4.19
156 ratings
Psychosomatic Families
by Salvador Minuchin • 1978
Anorexia is a family problem. Treated as one, the cure rate reaches 86%.
4.24
29
Psychosomatic Families Summary
Psychosomatic Families 88%
Anorexia is a family problem. Treated as one, the cure rate reaches 86%.
by Salvador Minuchin 1978
4.24
29 ratings
Personality Development and Psychopathology
by Norman Cameron • 1985
Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.
4.40
15
Personality Development and Psychopathology Summary
Personality Development and Psychopathology 88%
Symptoms as compromise: how unconscious conflict and childhood shape personality and pathology.
by Norman Cameron 1985
4.40
15 ratings
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley • 1941
Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.
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1k+
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity 88%
Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941
3.99
1k+ ratings
How to Read a Paper
by Trisha Greenhalgh • 1999
From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.
4.02
378
How to Read a Paper Summary
How to Read a Paper 88%
From p-values to meta-analyses: critical skills to judge a study, no statistics degree required.
by Trisha Greenhalgh 1999
4.02
378 ratings
The Meaning of Madness
by Neel Burton • 2008
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
3.97
275
The Meaning of Madness Summary
The Meaning of Madness 88%
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
by Neel Burton 2008
3.97
275 ratings
Reaching Through Resistance
by Allan Abbass • 2015
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
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85
Reaching Through Resistance Summary
Reaching Through Resistance 88%
Symptoms are defenses against buried rage, guilt, and grief. The method to break through.
by Allan Abbass 2015
4.38
85 ratings
The Inner Consultation
by Roger Neighbour • 2015
When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.
4.02
46
The Inner Consultation Summary
The Inner Consultation 88%
When the voice in your head goes quiet, the patient finally gets heard. A consultation method.
by Roger Neighbour 2015
4.02
46 ratings
The Devil's Castle
by Susanne Paola Antonetta • 2025
Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.
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72
The Devil's Castle Summary
The Devil's Castle 88%
Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.
by Susanne Paola Antonetta 2025
3.28
72 ratings
Diagnosis
by Lisa Sanders • 2019
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
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4k+
Diagnosis Summary
Diagnosis 88%
High-tech scans get the glory, but the real diagnostic work starts with a doctor who listens.
by Lisa Sanders 2019
4.00
4k+ ratings
The Psychopath Test
by Jon Ronson • 2011
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
3.95
158k+
The Psychopath Test Summary
The Psychopath Test 88%
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
by Jon Ronson 2011
3.95
158k+ ratings
Mad in America
by Robert Whitaker • 2002
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
4.18
3k+
Mad in America Summary
Mad in America 88%
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
by Robert Whitaker 2002
4.18
3k+ ratings
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder
by James R. Phelps • 2006
Your depression might be bipolar. The drugs that should help could be hurting you instead.
4.09
374
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder Summary
Why Am I Still Depressed? Recognizing and Managing the Ups and Downs of Bipolar II and Soft Bipolar Disorder 88%
Your depression might be bipolar. The drugs that should help could be hurting you instead.
by James R. Phelps 2006
4.09
374 ratings
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice
by Jon G. Allen • 2008
All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.
4.31
39
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice Summary
Mentalizing in Clinical Practice 88%
All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.
by Jon G. Allen 2008
4.31
39 ratings
Brain on Fire
by Susannah Cahalan • 2012
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
4.09
239k+
Brain on Fire Summary
Brain on Fire 88%
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
by Susannah Cahalan 2012
4.09
239k+ ratings
Psychological Testing and Assessment
by Ronald Jay Cohen • 1988
Testing gives a score; assessment integrates scores, ethics, and culture to reach a sound judgment.
3.74
274
Psychological Testing and Assessment Summary
Psychological Testing and Assessment 88%
Testing gives a score; assessment integrates scores, ethics, and culture to reach a sound judgment.
by Ronald Jay Cohen 1988
3.74
274 ratings
The New Personality Self-Portrait
by John M. Oldham • 1990
Disorders are just personality styles turned up. Fourteen spectrums that explain everyone you know.
4.07
456
The New Personality Self-Portrait Summary
The New Personality Self-Portrait 88%
Disorders are just personality styles turned up. Fourteen spectrums that explain everyone you know.
by John M. Oldham 1990
4.07
456 ratings
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders
by David H. Barlow • 2010
Anxiety and depression share core vulnerabilities. This protocol treats them together.
4.17
142
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders Summary
Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders 88%
Anxiety and depression share core vulnerabilities. This protocol treats them together.
by David H. Barlow 2010
4.17
142 ratings
Empire of Normality
by Robert Chapman • 2023
The line between healthy and broken minds was drawn by factory logic and market demands.
4.27
1k+
Empire of Normality Summary
Empire of Normality 88%
The line between healthy and broken minds was drawn by factory logic and market demands.
by Robert Chapman 2023
4.27
1k+ ratings
The Great Prostate Hoax
by Richard J. Ablin • 2014
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
4.49
115
The Great Prostate Hoax Summary
The Great Prostate Hoax 88%
The PSA test generates billions and doesn't save lives. Its discoverer explains how that happened.
by Richard J. Ablin 2014
4.49
115 ratings
Neurodiversity
by Thomas Armstrong • 2010
The medical model calls them disorders. Neurodiversity calls them the source of human creativity.
3.85
1k+
Neurodiversity Summary
Neurodiversity 88%
The medical model calls them disorders. Neurodiversity calls them the source of human creativity.
by Thomas Armstrong 2010
3.85
1k+ ratings
Bipolar Disorder for Dummies
by Candida Fink • 2005
Beyond medication: the mood tracking, trigger plans, and daily routines that keep bipolar in check.
4.02
466
Bipolar Disorder for Dummies Summary
Bipolar Disorder for Dummies 88%
Beyond medication: the mood tracking, trigger plans, and daily routines that keep bipolar in check.
by Candida Fink 2005
4.02
466 ratings
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