Creator: David Horowitz
Publication date: 2004-09-25
Dewey code: 191
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.99
Review The Anti Chomsky Reader / Encounter Books,USA:
Publication date: 2007-02-01
Dewey code: 920
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.69
Review The Road He Travelled: The Revealing Biography of M Scott Peck / Rider & Co:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2002-07-04
Dewey code: 150
RRP: £17.99
Price: £9.20
Review Melanie Klein: Her Work in Context / Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.:
Publication date: 2005-12-02
Dewey code: 320
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.17
Review A Month and a Day and Letters / Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd:
Creator: Mark Ridley
Publication date: 2006-03-16
Dewey code: 591.5092
RRP: £12.99
Price: £1.99
Review Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think / OUP Oxford:
Creator: Lord Justice Auld
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2003-09-01
Dewey code: 320
RRP: £7.99
Price: £1.82
Review The Magistrate's Tale: A Front Line Report from a New JP / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC:
Publication date: 2006-09-05
Dewey code: 364.1092
RRP: £18.71
Price: £3.50
Review Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Powerbrokers / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-01-01
Dewey code: 616.0252
RRP: £17.99
Price: £3.04
Review MOUNTAIN RESCUE DOCTOR: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature / St. Martins Press:
Authors
- Cynthia O'Neill
- Rosalind Franklin
Dewey code: 609
RRP: £9.95
Price: £6.77
Review When the Nightingale Sang: A Nurse's Life in the 1950's & 1960's / Diggory Press:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2001-02-19
Dewey code: 158
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.49
Review Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression / Faber and Faber:Lewis Wolpert is Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine at University College, London. Several years ago he had a severe depressive episode and could think only of suicide. His erudite and informative Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression is therefore written with the empathy of someone with real knowledge of the mood disorder, but also with scientific cynicism. A recent report published by the World Health Organisation states that depression was the fourth most important health problem in the developing world in 1990 (accounting for about three percent of the total burden of illness) and predicts it will be the number one health problem in the developing world in 2020 (accounting for about six percent of the total burden). This astounding statistic reflects how widespread this little-understood, stigmatised illness is. It also points to the enormous financial burden and suffering it causes and will cause in the future. In Malignant Sadness, Wolpert, who is also the author of The Unnatural Nature of Science, looks at psychological explanations-which focus on the importance of loss and early experience-and biological research which looks at brain functioning and chemistry. He discusses various treatments for depression, such as medication and psychotherapy, with an analysis of what works and for whom. A report on experiences in the treatment of depression in China, Japan, and India is also included. Wolpert hopes that genetic, neuroscience and pharmacy will one day provide a cure. [+]But his advice for immediate treatment would be to combine drug and cognitive therapy. Malignant Sadness doesn't offer quick-fix answers which are characteristic of many pop-psychology manuals on the subject. It's strength is in offering a sober overview of the illness and a thorough look at treatment alternatives. -Christine Buttery A recent report published by the World Health Organisation states that depression was the fourth most important health problem in the developing world in 1990 (accounting for about three percent of the total burden of illness) and predicts it will be the number one health problem in the developing world in 2020 (accounting for about six percent of the total burden). This astounding statistic reflects how widespread this little-understood, stigmatised illness is. It also points to the enormous financial burden and suffering it causes and will cause in the future. Lewis Wolpert is Professior of Biology as Applied to Medicine at University College, London, and the author The Unnatural Nature of Science. Several years ago he had a severe depressive episode and could think only of suicide. His erudite and informative Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression is therefore written with the empathy of someone with real knowledge of the mood disorder, but also with scientific cynicism. Wolpert looks at psychological explanations-which focus on the importance of loss and early experience-and biological research which looks at brain functioning and chemistry. He discusses various treatments for depression, such as medication and psychotherapy, with an analysis of what works and for whom. A report on experiences in the treatment of depression in China, Japan, and India is also included. Wolpert hopes that genetic, neuroscience and pharmacy will one day provide a cure. But his advice for immediate treatment would be to combine drug and cognitive therapy. Malignant Sadness doesn't offer quick-fix answers which are characteristic of many pop-psychology manuals on the subject. It's strength is in offering a sober overview of the illness and a thorough look at treatment alternatives.
Publication date: 1990-04-18
Dewey code: 510.9
RRP: £18.99
Price: £13.21
Review Journey Through Genius: Great Theorems of Mathematics (Wiley Science Editions) / John Wiley & Sons:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-10-05
Dewey code: 616.8917092
RRP: £19.99
Price: £14.47
Review Learning From Life / Routledge:
Authors
- Peter and Chris Garratt. Pugh
Dewey code: 330.156
Review KEYNES FOR BEGINNERS. / Icon:
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: 2007-09-04
Dewey code: 340
RRP: £10.95
Price: £6.17
Review Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC:
Edition: New title
Publication date: 2004-04-30
Dewey code: 301.092
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.08
Review In Sierra Leone / Duke University Press:
Authors
- Carnie Wilson
- Cindy Pearlman
Dewey code: 362.1963980092
RRP: £9.99
Price: £3.55
Review I'm Still Hungry: Finding Myself Through Thick and Thin / Hay House Inc:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2002-06-01
Dewey code: 294.3092
RRP: £13.89
Price: £5.00
Review Turning Toward the Mystery: A Seeker's Journey / Stephen Levine. / HarperSanFrancisco:
Creator: Michael McGuinness
Publication date: 1994-04-01
Dewey code: 150.1954092
Price: £8.99
Review Jung for Beginners / Icon Books Ltd:
Publication date: 2008-06-27
Dewey code: 944.04092
RRP: £20.00
Price: £19.00
Review Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant: A Dual Biography / Yale University Press:
Publication date: 1999-11-09
Dewey code: 181
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.69
Review LIVING WITH THE HIMALAYAN MASTERS / HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE PRESS:
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