💊 Radical Psychiatry

Provocative challenges to mainstream mental health practice, questioning who gets labeled ill and whose interests the institution truly serves. These books reimagine care, diagnosis, and the politics of the mind.

The Myth of Mental Illness

by Thomas Szasz • 1961

Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.

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2k+

🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🏥 Medicalization ⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics

The Myth of Mental Illness 92%

Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.

by Thomas Szasz 1961

3.76

2k+ ratings

🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🏥 Medicalization ⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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 91%

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

The Meaning of Madness

by Neel Burton • 2008

Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.

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💊 Critical Psychiatry 🌌 Existential Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Meaning of Madness 91%

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

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

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion

What Is Madness? 91%

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

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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🧠 Critical Psychiatry 💊 Psychiatric Drug Critique 🏥 Iatrogenic Harm

Anatomy of an Epidemic 91%

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

Mad in America

by Robert Whitaker • 2002

Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.

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🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry ⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness

Mad in America 91%

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

Empire of Normality

by Robert Chapman • 2023

The line between healthy and broken minds was drawn by factory logic and market demands.

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1k+

🧠 Neurodiversity Politics ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🧬 History Of Eugenics

Empire of Normality 91%

The line between healthy and broken minds was drawn by factory logic and market demands.

by Robert Chapman 2023

4.27

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity Politics ♿ Social Model Of Disability 🧬 History Of Eugenics

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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15k+

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives

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

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

🧠 Psychiatric History ☠️ Nazi Eugenics 🧬 Biological Psychiatry

The Devil's Castle 90%

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

Anti-Oedipus

by Gilles Deleuze • 1972

Desire produces, not pursues. Oedipus is how society tames it.

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9k+

🏛️ Post-Structuralism 📚 Continental Philosophy 🇫🇷 French Theory

Anti-Oedipus 90%

Desire produces, not pursues. Oedipus is how society tames it.

by Gilles Deleuze 1972

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Post-Structuralism 📚 Continental Philosophy 🇫🇷 French Theory

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 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

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.

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4k+

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir

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

Rozdělené Self

by R.D. Laing • 1960

Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.

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7k+

🧠 Existential Psychology 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌊 Existential Phenomenology

Rozdělené Self 90%

Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.

by R.D. Laing 1960

4.11

7k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌊 Existential Phenomenology

Saving Normal

by Allen Frances • 2013

The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.

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🏥 Psychiatric Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩺 Medicalization Critique

Saving Normal 90%

The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.

by Allen Frances 2013

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩺 Medicalization Critique

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

🧠 Psychiatric Overreach 📈 Diagnostic Inflation 🏥 Medicalizing Distress

No More Normal 90%

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

Scripts People Live

by Claude M. Steiner • 1974

Three childhood scripts are the engine behind depression, madness, and addiction.

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1k+

🧠 Transactional Analysis 🕊️ Humanistic Psychology 🧒 Childhood Conditioning

Scripts People Live 90%

Three childhood scripts are the engine behind depression, madness, and addiction.

by Claude M. Steiner 1974

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧠 Transactional Analysis 🕊️ Humanistic Psychology 🧒 Childhood Conditioning

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs

by Joanna Moncrieff • 2009

Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.

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107

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth 💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs Summary

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs 90%

Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.

by Joanna Moncrieff 2009

4.36

107 ratings

🧠 Critical Psychiatry 🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth 💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal

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

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach ⚖️ Psychology Ethics

Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary

Destructive Trends in Mental Health 90%

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

Psychedelic Medicine

by Richard Louis Miller • 2017

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

4.01

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform

Psychedelic Medicine 90%

Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.

by Richard Louis Miller 2017

4.01

312 ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🩺 Psychiatry Critique ⚖️ Drug Policy Reform

Learning from Experience

by Wilfred R. Bion • 1962

Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.

4.19

135

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🍼 Object Relations 🌡️ Affect Regulation

Learning from Experience 90%

Thoughts come first. An apparatus to think them has to be built, and it requires another mind.

by Wilfred R. Bion 1962

4.19

135 ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🍼 Object Relations 🌡️ Affect Regulation

The Mass Psychology of Fascism

by Wilhelm Reich • 1933

Fascism is a character structure, not a party, built inside the sexually repressive family.

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1k+

🧠 Mass Psychology 🔗 Sexual Repression ⚠️ Authoritarianism

The Mass Psychology of Fascism 90%

Fascism is a character structure, not a party, built inside the sexually repressive family.

by Wilhelm Reich 1933

4.03

1k+ ratings

🧠 Mass Psychology 🔗 Sexual Repression ⚠️ Authoritarianism

To Have or To Be?

by Erich Fromm • 1976

Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.

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14k+

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Frankfurt School

To Have or To Be? 90%

Two modes of existence divide us: one treats everything as property; the other, as living encounter.

by Erich Fromm 1976

4.18

14k+ ratings

🧠 Humanistic Psychology 📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Frankfurt School

Practising Existential Psychotherapy

by Ernesto Spinelli • 2007

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

4.26

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

Practising Existential Psychotherapy Summary

Practising Existential Psychotherapy 90%

Three existential truths translated into a clinical method that puts presence ahead of technique.

by Ernesto Spinelli 2007

4.26

88 ratings

🛋️ Psychotherapy Practice 📚 Clinical Training 🤝 Therapeutic Relationship

The Center Cannot Hold

by Elyn R. Saks • 2007

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

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23k+

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition

The Center Cannot Hold 90%

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

The Shadow of the Object

by Christopher Bollas • 1987

The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.

4.51

196

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience

The Shadow of the Object 90%

The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.

by Christopher Bollas 1987

4.51

196 ratings

🧸 Object Relations Theory 🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis 👶 Early Infant Experience

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

🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Social Cognition 🌊 Affect Regulation

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice Summary

Mentalizing in Clinical Practice 89%

All effective therapy rests on a single trainable capacity: reading the mind behind behavior.

by Jon G. Allen 2008

4.31

39 ratings

🧸 Attachment Theory 🧠 Social Cognition 🌊 Affect Regulation

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

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis

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

🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis 🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis

The Primitive Edge of Experience

by Thomas H. Ogden • 1989

Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.

4.41

105

🧩 Object Relations 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🌫️ Primitive Mental States

The Primitive Edge of Experience Summary

The Primitive Edge of Experience 89%

Older than thought, a sensory psychological mode forms the self. Its isolation makes the mind rigid.

by Thomas H. Ogden 1989

4.41

105 ratings

🧩 Object Relations 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 🌫️ Primitive Mental States

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

🛋️ Psychotherapy History 🇺🇸 American Cultural History 🗣️ Talk Therapy

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

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends

by Michael White • 1990

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

4.06

396

🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends Summary

Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends 89%

Your life is a story under revision. A therapeutic method for taking back the pen.

by Michael White 1990

4.06

396 ratings

🕸️ Narrative Therapy 🧱 Social Constructionism ✍️ Therapeutic Writing

The Sane Society

by Erich Fromm • 1955

Entire societies can be mentally ill and call it normal. A psychoanalyst delivers the diagnosis.

4.24

3k+

🏛️ Critical Theory 🛋️ Humanistic Psychoanalysis 📚 Frankfurt School

The Sane Society 89%

Entire societies can be mentally ill and call it normal. A psychoanalyst delivers the diagnosis.

by Erich Fromm 1955

4.24

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 🛋️ Humanistic Psychoanalysis 📚 Frankfurt School

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream

by Robert I. Simon • 1996

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

3.77

230

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits

Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream 89%

The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.

by Robert I. Simon 1996

3.77

230 ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🔍 Criminal Psychology 💔 Empathy Deficits

Slavoj Zizek

by Tony Myers • 2003

Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.

3.82

266

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📖 Critical Theory 🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Slavoj Zizek 89%

Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.

by Tony Myers 2003

3.82

266 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📖 Critical Theory 🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Anxiety

by Samir Chopra • 2024

What if your anxiety isn't a disorder, but the feeling of freedom itself?

3.91

522

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🗣️ Philosophical Therapy 🌊 Living With Anxiety

Anxiety 89%

What if your anxiety isn't a disorder, but the feeling of freedom itself?

by Samir Chopra 2024

3.91

522 ratings

🧠 Existential Philosophy 🗣️ Philosophical Therapy 🌊 Living With Anxiety

Listen, Little Man!

by Wilhelm Reich • 1946

Tyranny keeps winning because ordinary people fear real life more than a dictator.

3.96

9k+

🏛️ Mass Psychology 🔗 Freudo-Marxism 🐦 Fear Of Freedom

Listen, Little Man! 89%

Tyranny keeps winning because ordinary people fear real life more than a dictator.

by Wilhelm Reich 1946

3.96

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Mass Psychology 🔗 Freudo-Marxism 🐦 Fear Of Freedom

The Psychopath Test

by Jon Ronson • 2011

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

3.95

158k+

🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy

The Psychopath Test 89%

A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.

by Jon Ronson 2011

3.95

158k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychology 📰 Investigative Journalism 🎭 Psychopathy

The Psychology of Totalitarianism

by Mattias Desmet • 2023

Reason was meant to free us. It left us isolated, anxious, and begging for an absolute master.

3.98

2k+

🧠 Mass Psychology 🗳️ Political Psychology ⛓️ Totalitarianism Studies

The Psychology of Totalitarianism Summary

The Psychology of Totalitarianism 89%

Reason was meant to free us. It left us isolated, anxious, and begging for an absolute master.

by Mattias Desmet 2023

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧠 Mass Psychology 🗳️ Political Psychology ⛓️ Totalitarianism Studies

Antidepressed

by Beverley Thomson • 2021

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

4.40

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization

Antidepressed 89%

Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.

by Beverley Thomson 2021

4.40

48 ratings

🧠 Antidepressant Harm 💊 Psychiatric Drugs 🏥 Medicalization

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 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

In Praise of Risk

by Anne Dufourmantelle • 2011

To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.

4.12

613

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Thought ✍️ Essay Collections

In Praise of Risk 89%

To avoid risk is to refuse life. A philosopher's argument for love, beauty, and freedom.

by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011

4.12

613 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Thought ✍️ Essay Collections

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

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 👥 Object Relations

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

🧠 Personality Disorders 🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy 👥 Object Relations

Projections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

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2k+

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits

Projections 89%

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

Change

by Paul Watzlawick • 1974

When fixing things only makes them worse, the problem is the solution.

4.24

802

🕒 Brief Therapy 🧩 Systemic Therapy 🔄 Systems Thinking

Change 89%

When fixing things only makes them worse, the problem is the solution.

by Paul Watzlawick 1974

4.24

802 ratings

🕒 Brief Therapy 🧩 Systemic Therapy 🔄 Systems Thinking

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 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

The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler

by Alfred Adler • 1920

A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.

4.06

782

🧠 Psychodynamic Theory 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology

The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler Summary

The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler 89%

A felt sense of inferiority powers all striving. The healthy path channels it into contribution.

by Alfred Adler 1920

4.06

782 ratings

🧠 Psychodynamic Theory 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🌱 Humanistic Psychology

Tell Me How You Eat

by Amber Husain • 2026

Stopping eating was not about thinness but a world she could no longer stomach.

3.34

112

🍽️ Food Politics 🥄 Eating Disorders 🤝 Collective Care

Tell Me How You Eat 89%

Stopping eating was not about thinness but a world she could no longer stomach.

by Amber Husain 2026

3.34

112 ratings

🍽️ Food Politics 🥄 Eating Disorders 🤝 Collective Care

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 89%

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

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

3.55

144

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 89%

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016

3.55

144 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique

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