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😌 Mental Afflictions

Unflinching portrayals of minds under siege — the lived experience of psychological disorders that reshape perception, identity, and daily existence.
The Center Cannot Hold
by Elyn R. Saks • 2007
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
4.33
23k+
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition
The Center Cannot Hold Summary
The Center Cannot Hold 91%
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
by Elyn R. Saks 2007
4.33
23k+ ratings
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
4.14
531
🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 90%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion
The Meaning of Madness
by Neel Burton • 2008
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
3.97
275
💊 Critical Psychiatry🌌 Existential Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Meaning of Madness Summary
The Meaning of Madness 90%
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
by Neel Burton 2008
3.97
275 ratings
💊 Critical Psychiatry🌌 Existential Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995
A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.
4.06
87k+
🎭 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🩺 Patient As Expert
An Unquiet Mind Summary
An Unquiet Mind 90%
A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.
by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995
4.06
87k+ ratings
🎭 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🩺 Patient As Expert
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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3k+
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health Summary
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health 90%
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
by Nathan Filer 2019
4.28
3k+ ratings
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants
Divided Minds
by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
4.00
3k+
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
Divided Minds Summary
Divided Minds 90%
One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.
by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005
4.00
3k+ ratings
🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs👯 Twin Bonds🏥 Psychiatric Wards
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
by David Adam • 2014
Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.
3.90
6k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir💭 Intrusive Thoughts🔬 Brain Science
The Man Who Couldn't Stop Summary
The Man Who Couldn't Stop 90%
Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.
by David Adam 2014
3.90
6k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir💭 Intrusive Thoughts🔬 Brain Science
The Best Minds
by Jonathan Rosen • 2023
He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.
4.03
18k+
🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives🔬 Forensic Psychiatry🏛️ Insanity Defense
The Best Minds Summary
The Best Minds 90%
He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.
by Jonathan Rosen 2023
4.03
18k+ ratings
🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives🔬 Forensic Psychiatry🏛️ Insanity Defense
No One Cares About Crazy People
by Ron Powers • 2017
Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.
3.87
4k+
🏛️ Psychiatric History📋 Mental Health Policy👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir
No One Cares About Crazy People Summary
No One Cares About Crazy People 90%
Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.
by Ron Powers 2017
3.87
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Psychiatric History📋 Mental Health Policy👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir
Madness
by Marya Hornbacher • 2008
At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.
4.04
15k+
🧠 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🍷 Dual Diagnosis
Madness Summary
Madness 90%
At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.
by Marya Hornbacher 2008
4.04
15k+ ratings
🧠 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🍷 Dual Diagnosis
Profiles in Mental Health Courage
by Patrick J. Kennedy • 2024
When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.
4.19
247
📖 Psychiatric Memoir🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders🔄 Addiction And Recovery
Profiles in Mental Health Courage Summary
Profiles in Mental Health Courage 90%
When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.
by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024
4.19
247 ratings
📖 Psychiatric Memoir🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders🔄 Addiction And Recovery
Mad, Bad, and Sad
by Lisa Appignanesi • 2007
Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.
3.70
957
🌀 Women And Madness🏛️ History Of Psychiatry📜 Feminist History
Mad, Bad, and Sad Summary
Mad, Bad, and Sad 90%
Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.
by Lisa Appignanesi 2007
3.70
957 ratings
🌀 Women And Madness🏛️ History Of Psychiatry📜 Feminist History
Strangers to Ourselves
by Rachel Aviv • 2022
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
4.10
15k+
🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis🌍 Cultural Psychiatry📖 Medical Narratives
Strangers to Ourselves Summary
Strangers to Ourselves 90%
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
by Rachel Aviv 2022
4.10
15k+ ratings
🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis🌍 Cultural Psychiatry📖 Medical Narratives
No More Normal
by Alastair Santhouse • 2025
Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?
4.04
91
🧠 Psychiatric Overreach📈 Diagnostic Inflation🏥 Medicalizing Distress
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
🧠 Psychiatric Overreach📈 Diagnostic Inflation🏥 Medicalizing Distress
Desperate Remedies
by Andrew Scull • 2022
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
4.09
448
🏥 History Of Psychiatry🏛️ Institutional Critique💉 Medical Hubris
Desperate Remedies Summary
Desperate Remedies 89%
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
by Andrew Scull 2022
4.09
448 ratings
🏥 History Of Psychiatry🏛️ Institutional Critique💉 Medical Hubris
Night Falls Fast
by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1999
Mental illness drives nine in ten suicides. One existing treatment cuts that risk nearly ninefold.
4.12
7k+
🧠 Mood Disorders🛡️ Suicide Prevention🧬 Behavioral Genetics
Night Falls Fast Summary
Night Falls Fast 89%
Mental illness drives nine in ten suicides. One existing treatment cuts that risk nearly ninefold.
by Kay Redfield Jamison 1999
4.12
7k+ ratings
🧠 Mood Disorders🛡️ Suicide Prevention🧬 Behavioral Genetics
Descriptions and Prescriptions
by Michael R. Emlet • 2017
Psychiatric labels and medications: how to accept the help without worshiping the tool.
4.41
825
🙏 Christian Mental Health🧭 Biblical Counseling📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis
Descriptions and Prescriptions Summary
Descriptions and Prescriptions 89%
Psychiatric labels and medications: how to accept the help without worshiping the tool.
by Michael R. Emlet 2017
4.41
825 ratings
🙏 Christian Mental Health🧭 Biblical Counseling📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis
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
🧠 Clinical Psychology🔄 Ocd Treatment🫀 Anxiety Disorders
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Summary
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 89%
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
🧠 Clinical Psychology🔄 Ocd Treatment🫀 Anxiety Disorders
The Dark Side of Innocence
by Terri Cheney • 2011
She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.
3.98
2k+
🧠 Bipolar Disorder👶 Childhood Bipolar📖 Mental Illness Memoir
The Dark Side of Innocence Summary
The Dark Side of Innocence 89%
She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.
by Terri Cheney 2011
3.98
2k+ ratings
🧠 Bipolar Disorder👶 Childhood Bipolar📖 Mental Illness Memoir
Against Depression
by Peter D. Kramer • 2005
Depression is not depth or creativity: it is brain damage, and treating it restores the self.
3.86
520
🏥 Clinical Depression🧠 Depression Biology🔄 Neuroplasticity And Mood
Against Depression Summary
Against Depression 89%
Depression is not depth or creativity: it is brain damage, and treating it restores the self.
by Peter D. Kramer 2005
3.86
520 ratings
🏥 Clinical Depression🧠 Depression Biology🔄 Neuroplasticity And Mood
The Noonday Demon
by Andrew Solomon • 2000
From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.
4.19
16k+
🩺 Clinical Depression📖 Memoir And Science💊 Integrated Treatment
The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon 89%
From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.
by Andrew Solomon 2000
4.19
16k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Depression📖 Memoir And Science💊 Integrated Treatment
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
🩺 Medicalization Of Distress🧒 Adolescent Mental Health📈 Diagnostic Inflation
Losing Our Minds Summary
Losing Our Minds 89%
Talk about mental health surged. Understanding didn't, so ordinary suffering now gets a diagnosis.
by Lucy Foulkes 2022
4.07
786 ratings
🩺 Medicalization Of Distress🧒 Adolescent Mental Health📈 Diagnostic Inflation
In My Room
by Jim Lucey • 2014
Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.
3.38
203
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🌱 Recovery Journeys💬 Stigma And Mental Health
In My Room Summary
In My Room 89%
Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.
by Jim Lucey 2014
3.38
203 ratings
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🌱 Recovery Journeys💬 Stigma And Mental Health
Darkness Visible
by William Styron • 1990
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
3.99
32k+
🩺 Clinical Depression✍️ Literary Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir
Darkness Visible Summary
Darkness Visible 89%
Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.
by William Styron 1990
3.99
32k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Depression✍️ Literary Memoir🏥 Psychiatric Memoir
We've Been Too Patient
by L.D. Green • 2019
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
4.15
202
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies
We've Been Too Patient Summary
We've Been Too Patient 89%
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
by L.D. Green 2019
4.15
202 ratings
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies
Sybil
by Flora Rheta Schreiber • 1973
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
3.99
91k+
🎭 Dissociative Identity🧒 Childhood Trauma🏥 Clinical Case Studies
Sybil Summary
Sybil 89%
Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.
by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973
3.99
91k+ ratings
🎭 Dissociative Identity🧒 Childhood Trauma🏥 Clinical Case Studies
The Devil's Castle
by Susanne Paola Antonetta • 2025
Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.
3.28
72
🧠 Psychiatric History☠️ Nazi Eugenics🧬 Biological Psychiatry
The Devil's Castle Summary
The Devil's Castle 89%
Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.
by Susanne Paola Antonetta 2025
3.28
72 ratings
🧠 Psychiatric History☠️ Nazi Eugenics🧬 Biological Psychiatry
Rethinking Depression
by Eric Maisel • 2011
Sadness isn't a sickness. It's a summons to build a life that means something to you.
3.40
118
🏥 Mental Health Skepticism📚 Existential Psychology💭 Meaning Making
Rethinking Depression Summary
Rethinking Depression 89%
Sadness isn't a sickness. It's a summons to build a life that means something to you.
by Eric Maisel 2011
3.40
118 ratings
🏥 Mental Health Skepticism📚 Existential Psychology💭 Meaning Making
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
🎭 Mood Disorders🧠 Bipolar Disorder💊 Depression Treatment
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 89%
Your depression might be bipolar. The drugs that should help could be hurting you instead.
by James R. Phelps 2006
4.09
374 ratings
🎭 Mood Disorders🧠 Bipolar Disorder💊 Depression Treatment
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+
🔍 Medical Mystery📖 Illness Memoir🦠 Autoimmune Disease
Brain on Fire Summary
Brain on Fire 89%
A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.
by Susannah Cahalan 2012
4.09
239k+ ratings
🔍 Medical Mystery📖 Illness Memoir🦠 Autoimmune Disease
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder
by Julie A. Fast • 2004
Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.
3.95
925
🧠 Bipolar Disorder🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving🌿 Holistic Mental Health
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder Summary
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder 89%
Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.
by Julie A. Fast 2004
3.95
925 ratings
🧠 Bipolar Disorder🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving🌿 Holistic Mental Health
Mad in America
by Robert Whitaker • 2002
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
4.18
3k+
🏛️ History Of Psychiatry💊 Pharmaceutical Industry⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness
Mad in America Summary
Mad in America 89%
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
by Robert Whitaker 2002
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏛️ History Of Psychiatry💊 Pharmaceutical Industry⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness
Haldol and Hyacinths
by Melody Moezzi • 2013
A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.
3.94
1k+
🎭 Bipolar Disorder🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🤫 Mental Illness Stigma
Haldol and Hyacinths Summary
Haldol and Hyacinths 89%
A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.
by Melody Moezzi 2013
3.94
1k+ ratings
🎭 Bipolar Disorder🏥 Psychiatric Memoir🤫 Mental Illness Stigma
Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen • 1993
One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.
3.95
283k+
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir👩 Women And Madness🤝 Ward Friendships
Girl, Interrupted Summary
Girl, Interrupted 89%
One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.
by Susanna Kaysen 1993
3.95
283k+ ratings
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir👩 Women And Madness🤝 Ward Friendships
Blessed Are the Crazy
by Sarah Griffith Lund • 2014
Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.
4.24
202
🏷️ Mental Health Stigma👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness🙏 Faith And Mental Health
Blessed Are the Crazy Summary
Blessed Are the Crazy 89%
Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.
by Sarah Griffith Lund 2014
4.24
202 ratings
🏷️ Mental Health Stigma👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness🙏 Faith And Mental Health
American Therapy
by Jonathan Engel • 2008
America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.
3.39
70
🛋️ Psychotherapy History🇺🇸 American Cultural History🗣️ Talk Therapy
American Therapy Summary
American Therapy 89%
America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.
by Jonathan Engel 2008
3.39
70 ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy History🇺🇸 American Cultural History🗣️ Talk Therapy
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley • 1941
Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.
3.99
1k+
🧠 Clinical Psychopathy📋 Personality Disorders💔 Empathy Deficits
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity 89%
Intelligent, charming, incapable of love or remorse. The study that first defined psychopathy.
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941
3.99
1k+ ratings
🧠 Clinical Psychopathy📋 Personality Disorders💔 Empathy Deficits
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
by Maria Bamford • 2023
Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.
3.71
25k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir😈 Dark Humor🗣️ Confessional Memoir
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult Summary
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 88%
Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.
by Maria Bamford 2023
3.71
25k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir😈 Dark Humor🗣️ Confessional Memoir
Phantom Limb
by Lucinda Berry • 2016
After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.
3.89
68k+
🔪 Psychological Thriller👯 Twin Bond🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Phantom Limb Summary
Phantom Limb 88%
After her fragile twin's suicide, she wakes in a psychiatric ward with scars she didn't make.
by Lucinda Berry 2016
3.89
68k+ ratings
🔪 Psychological Thriller👯 Twin Bond🌀 Unreliable Narrator
Living Better
by Alastair Campbell • 2020
A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.
4.24
2k+
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🌧️ Depression Management🗣️ Mental Health Stigma
Living Better Summary
Living Better 88%
A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.
by Alastair Campbell 2020
4.24
2k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🌧️ Depression Management🗣️ Mental Health Stigma
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
🧠 Clinical Psychology🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach⚖️ Psychology Ethics
Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary
Destructive Trends in Mental Health 88%
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
by Rogers H. Wright 2005
3.95
21 ratings
🧠 Clinical Psychology🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach⚖️ Psychology Ethics
When Someone You Love Is Bipolar
by Cynthia G. Last • 2009
Spot your bipolar partner's early warning signs, intervene before crisis, and protect your own life.
4.07
131
🧠 Bipolar Disorder🎭 Mood Disorders🤝 Partner Support
When Someone You Love Is Bipolar Summary
When Someone You Love Is Bipolar 88%
Spot your bipolar partner's early warning signs, intervene before crisis, and protect your own life.
by Cynthia G. Last 2009
4.07
131 ratings
🧠 Bipolar Disorder🎭 Mood Disorders🤝 Partner Support
PURE OCD
by Chrissie Hodges • 2017
Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.
4.27
146
🧠 Ocd Memoirs🧩 Pure O💭 Intrusive Thoughts
PURE OCD Summary
PURE OCD 88%
Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.
by Chrissie Hodges 2017
4.27
146 ratings
🧠 Ocd Memoirs🧩 Pure O💭 Intrusive Thoughts
Prozac Nation
by Elizabeth Wurtzel • 1994
At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.
3.64
64k+
🧠 Psychiatric Memoir📖 Confessional Memoir🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting
Prozac Nation Summary
Prozac Nation 88%
At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.
by Elizabeth Wurtzel 1994
3.64
64k+ ratings
🧠 Psychiatric Memoir📖 Confessional Memoir🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok • 2011
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
3.55
8k+
💔 Childhood Trauma🎨 Art As Refuge🧠 Memory And Identity
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace 88%
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
by Mira Bartok 2011
3.55
8k+ ratings
💔 Childhood Trauma🎨 Art As Refuge🧠 Memory And Identity
Projections
by Karl Deisseroth • 2021
How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.
4.00
2k+
🧠 Biological Psychiatry💔 Affective Neuroscience🔌 Neural Circuits
Projections Summary
Projections 88%
How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.
by Karl Deisseroth 2021
4.00
2k+ ratings
🧠 Biological Psychiatry💔 Affective Neuroscience🔌 Neural Circuits
Building a Life Worth Living
by Marsha M. Linehan • 2020
The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.
4.10
6k+
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🛟 Suicide Prevention🏥 Clinical Psychology
Building a Life Worth Living Summary
Building a Life Worth Living 88%
The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.
by Marsha M. Linehan 2020
4.10
6k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Health Memoir🛟 Suicide Prevention🏥 Clinical Psychology
Anatomy of an Epidemic
by Robert Whitaker • 2010
Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.
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5k+
🧠 Critical Psychiatry💊 Psychiatric Drug Critique🏥 Iatrogenic Harm
Anatomy of an Epidemic Summary
Anatomy of an Epidemic 88%
Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.
by Robert Whitaker 2010
4.15
5k+ ratings
🧠 Critical Psychiatry💊 Psychiatric Drug Critique🏥 Iatrogenic Harm
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
🏛️ Forensic Psychology📋 Clinical Assessment🧠 Psychopathy
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
🏛️ Forensic Psychology📋 Clinical Assessment🧠 Psychopathy
Fish
by Stephen C. Lundin • 1996
She broke rules to escape the void where empathy and guilt should have been.
3.92
29k+
🩺 Clinical Memoir🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir🎭 Masking And Mimicry
Fish Summary
Fish 88%
She broke rules to escape the void where empathy and guilt should have been.
by Stephen C. Lundin 1996
3.92
29k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Memoir🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir🎭 Masking And Mimicry
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