Psychology / Psychopathology

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney

Pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control. Drawing on cutting-edge...

Anorexia: A Stranger in the Family

by Katie Metcalfe

Katie Metcalfe takes readers through the daily struggle with this potentially lethal obsession. Life After Anorexia is not only for recovering anorexics, but for friends and family, struggling to cope, or for...

Born Killers: Childhood Secrets of the World's Deadliest Serial Killers

by Christopher Berry-Dee & Steven Morris

Analyzing the early years of the lives of men like Jeffrey Dahmer, who abused and killed 17 young men, offers a fascinating insight into the effects of a dysfunctional or abusive childhood. Criminologists Christopher...

The Digital Diet: The 4-step plan to break your tech addiction and regain balance in your life

by Daniel Sieberg

We all know someone who needs a digital diet.

Technology has overwhelmed our daily lives to the point of constant distraction. Many of us can no longer focus on a single task or face-to-face conversation without...

Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian

by John Elder Robison

“I believe those of us with Asperger’s are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. This book will help you bring out those gifts.”

In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison...

Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within

by Nate Self

Former army ranger Nate Self, a hero from the Robert's Ridge rescue in Afghanistan, tells his whole story-from the pulse-pounding battle in the mountains of Afghanistan to the high-stakes battle he has waged...

Games Alcoholics Play

by Claude M. Phd Steiner

The most lucid account of the patterns of problem drinkers ever set down in a book!

Drawing on soundly tested theories of transactional behavior, Dr. Steiner describes the three distinct types of alcoholics --...

Fifty Years in the Service of Addiction Treatment: An Evolution in Paradigm and Policy

by David E. Smith

Addiction medicine in the US from the 1960s to 2012, when healthcare reform requires parity for addiction treatment.

ADD / ADHD Breakthrough

by Enza Lyons

ADD / ADHD Breakthrough is about transforming children struggling with learning challenges to succeed at school and in life. Clearly you can see these children are intelligent, just stuck. Enza Lyons shares...

When Someone You Love Has Depression

by Barbara Baker

Supporting a family member or friend with depression can be demanding and draining. This book looks at the sometimes forgotten population involved in depression, and emphasises that if someone in the family...

Desperately Seeking Self: An Inner Guidebook for People with Eating Problems

by Viola Fodor

This little book is a powerful reminder that your true nature is the most precious resource that you have to help yourself. Presented in the unique form of a dialogue between a therapist and a client, it encourages...

More Cognitively Advanced Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Autism, Asperger Syndrome and PDD/NOS - the Basics

by Susan J. Moreno

The second edition of this concise, plain-English guide fully explains all of the common areas of difficulty for more cognitively advanced individuals with autism, Asperger syndrome and PDD/NOS, and provides...

Understanding Autism

by Scientific American Editors

The term “autism” first appeared in the early 1900s and comes from the Greek word “autos,” meaning self, used to describe conditions of social withdrawal – or the isolated self. Today, autism is one...

Depression as a Spiritual Journey

by Stephanie Sorrell

Depression as a Spiritual Journey is the first book to address depression as a spiritual journey in the context of medication and counselling. It serves as an invitation to reframe depression in a new way. Many...

Born to FREAK: A Salty Primer for Irrepressible Humans

by Sarah Bamford Seidelmann MD

With the help of Alice the Elephant, I came to the realization somewhat late in life that I was born to FREAK. It is my dream that by confessing my own strangeness and sharing tales of epic FREAKY awesomeness,...

Coping with Social Anxiety

by Eric Hollander & Nick Bakalar

An essential guide for the 5.3 million American sufferers of social anxiety from a leading

psychiatrist and researcher

An estimated 5.3 million Americans experience social anxiety disorder, making it the third...

Between Their World and Ours

by Karen Zelan

Autism has reached epidemic proportions. The latest studies suggest that as many as one in 150 children ages ten and younger may be affected by autism---a total of 300,000 children in the United States alone....

Bodies

by Susie Orbach

Esteemed Psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies and points the way toward a process of healing.

Throughout the Western world, people have come to believe...

Smoking

by David Krogh

What compels millions of people to ignore the medical evidence and continue smoking?  David Krogh offers some fascinating and surprising answers in this critically acclaimed analysis of what doctors and scientists...

ADHD Alternatives: A Natural Approach to Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

by Aviva J. Romm & Tracy Romm

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed -- and misdiagnosed -- disorders of childhood. In ADHD Alternatives, Aviva Jill Romm (a professional midwife and acting president...