A truly unique documentary that examines the controversial ideas of psychiatrist and philospher R.D. Laing. Asylum is both an exploration of Laing's alternative theories on schizophrenia and an invaluable record of the day-to-day lives of some forgotten members of society.

This innovative film draws from diverse expertise in Child Development, Movement, Psychiatry, Education, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Dance Therapy, NeuroPhysiology, and Body-Mind Centering. Explores dynamic movement's importance in physical, emotional, social and mental development and shows how awareness of movement from the get-go can support healthy family bonding and positively shape how a child grows. Of interest to caregivers and parents...

This Book is about Mass Killing and why it occurs. The author Jacques J. Ohayon, Ph.D., has studied almost every incident that falls into the category of a Mass Killing in which the perpetrator is immediately apprehended or commits suicide since 2016. This group comprises the majority of the incidents going back to the Columbine, Colorado massacre in 1999. How To Prevent Mass Shooting reflects the finding that the majority of Mass Killers are medical...

10 brave kids, 2 Emmy award winning journalists, 1 clinical psychologist at Columbia University and 1 determined mother take on the fear and stigma plaguing the mental health community leaving us enlightened, empowered, and equipped to either live life or lift up life with these challenging and even life threatening conditions. This film will save lives.

Do you have PTSD, but therapy hasn't helped? Has it maybe even made it worse? This groundbreaking new PTSD book, written in plain english, will help you understand how PTSD forms in the first place, and how to finally conquer it.You'll walk through actual patient experiences as Dr. Hans Watson explains to his patient how the patient's PTSD was created, and helps him overcome it.Dr. Watson is not only a board-certified psychiatrist with extensive study...

A deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality. Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than "worried well" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment. In Saving Normal, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists,...

Jacques Lacan se interesó desde sus comienzos por el problema clínico que el pasaje al acto comporta. Sin embargo, hubo que esperar más de treinta años para que, en su seminario sobre la angustia, produzca y formalice el concepto psicoanalítico que rompe con la tradición psiquiátrica francesa que había hecho de la expresión passage à l'acte una categoría meramente descriptiva, cargada de referencias morales, criminológicas y despojada...

Partnerschaften, in denen die Beziehung ständig thematisiert wird, sind erfahrungsgemäß die schlechtesten. Dabei ist Reflexivität nicht grundsätzlich schlecht. Doch wird sie in unserer Gesellschaft maßlos übertrieben. Eine uferlose Reflexivkultur ist entstanden. Ergebnis sind überdrehte Zeitgenossen, die mit ständigem Psychologisieren und Problematisieren nicht nur nervtötend sind, sondern auch wichtige Entscheidungen blockieren. Ob im Privaten...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to survive a coma? In The DNA Mafia, Michelee gives a gripping, first-hand account of her journey in and out of dimensions on her quest to find the truth about reality - and her way back to it. Through her harrowing experiences, Michelee comes to understand that the first step to returning back to her life as she knew it was her determination to do so. After that, all of the circumstances and resources...

Élène a vécu une enfance heureuse, brillante à l'école et passionnée de musique et de sport. Pourtant, sa vie a pris un tournant sombre, la menant aux urgences après avoir traversé des moments de détresse et tenté de se suicider. Désormais, elle se reconstruit avec l'aide de ses proches et de professionnels de la santé. Cependant, dans un pays o la psychiatrie est souvent négligée par rapport à d'autres domaines médicaux, le chemin...