The Imprinted Brain How Genes Set the Balance Between Autism and Psychosis By Christopher Badcock Review by Edmund O'Toole on Tue, Feb 9th 2010. |  | The single most predictive factor for many mental disorders is the sex of the individual, autistic spectrum disorders are more prevalent among males as are more severe forms of psychosis such as paranoid schizophrenia. Autism has long been associated with deficiencies of social cognition and self awareness but there have been autistic savants of prodigious abilities. It has often been suggested that autistic traits can be attributed to many men who have proved influential in various spheres of human endeavor, such as science, technology and mathematics. As Christopher Badcock Click here to read the full review! |
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Selves An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics By Galen Strawson Review by Phil Jenkins, Ph.D. on Tue, Feb 9th 2010. | Galen Strawson, analytic philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Reading, tends to hold contrarian views about metaphysical subjects. While being one of England's—nay the world's—most respected analytic philosophers, in various places he argues against free will, for panpsychism, and here, in a debate that tends to be lopsided toward the view that selves don't exist, for the existence of selves. One might think that such bold moves yield interesting reading, and, perhaps counterintuitively for a 472 page work of metaphysics, one would be quite correct. However, Click here to read the full review! |  |
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The Lexicon of Adlerian Psychology 106 Terms Associated With the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler By Jane Griffith and Robert L. Powers Review by E. James Lieberman, M.D. on Tue, Feb 2nd 2010. |  | The authors of this valuable reference point out that Alfred Adler (1870-1937) is less well known than some of his ideas, e.g., his "inferiority complex" has been mistakenly attributed to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung by respected publications. Griffith and Powers are emeriti professors at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago and edit a column on biopsychosocial issues in the Journal of Individual Psychology. The first edition of the Lexicon appeared in 1984 with 59 terms. Besides the added definitions, many of the entries have been updated. Arranged alphabetically, t Click here to read the full review! |
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Male Sexuality Why Women Don't Understand It and Men Don't Either By Michael Bader Review by George Williamson, Ph.D. on Tue, Feb 2nd 2010. |
In Male Sexuality: Why Women Don't Understand It and Men Don't Either, Michael Bader is attempting to present a new theory of male sexuality, based on his clinical experience in therapy with his patients. This new theory of male sexuality, he claims, should do much to dispel the misunderstanding of male behavior behind contemporary controversies over cybersex and internet pornography, as well as the high-profile prostitution scandals which have recently caught some prominent politicians. Simplistic assumptions about the nature of male sexuality in these cases contribute to an ove Click here to read the full review! |  |
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The College Fear Factor How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another By Rebecca D. Cox Review by Maura Pilotti, Ph.D. on Tue, Feb 2nd 2010. |  | The College Fear Factor: How Students and Professors Misunderstand One Another is a fascinating chronicle of the myriad of problems faced by the American higher education system. Although the author of the book, Rebecca D. Cox, focuses on community colleges, most of the evidence collected and conclusions formulated appear to apply to a variety of institutions granting bachelor's degrees, from those subscribing to open-admission policies to those with admission requirements more or less stringent. The common trait among the institutions of higher education selected by Cox is the diversity Click here to read the full review! |
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Psychology Pythagoras to Present By John C. Malone Review by Kamuran Gödelek on Tue, Feb 2nd 2010. | What is real? Do we live in a three-dimensional world that Isaac Newton envisioned? Does time flow like a river? Why is the sky blue? Are human beings aggressive because of their heredity? Do we see with our eyes or through our eyes? Are we born with complete knowledge that is gradually awakened during our lifetime? Is artificial intelligence really intelligent? Do we have free will? How should we deal with depression? How should we raise and educate children? How should we deal with crime? Is what we call the "mind" is just another word for "brain"? These are all psychological questions that Click here to read the full review! |  |
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The Duty to Protect Ethical, Legal, and Professional Considerations for Mental Health Professionals By James L. Werth Jr., Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel, G. Andrew H. Benjamin (Editors) Review by Roger Chao on Tue, Jan 26th 2010. |  | For most mental health professionals today, one of the most perplexing and stressful issues encountered in their working life, is that of their legal and ethical obligations regarding situations where their client is at risk of harming others or themselves. Ever since the Tarasoff case (Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 1976) when the term "Duty to Warn" was first defined, the legal obligations of these MHPs (Mental Health Professionals) has grown increasingly confusing due to the vagueness and constant changes of the law regarding the limits of MHP/client confidentiality. W Click here to read the full review! |
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Sex on the Brain 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life By Daniel G. Amen Review by Christian Perring on Tue, Jan 26th 2010. | Daniel Amen is a scientist who does research in scanning the brain, and he also writes popular psychology books that have play up the importance of brain science to living well. In Sex and the Brain he unsuccessfully tries to make the case that knowing about brain science would improve most people's sex lives. What he in fact delivers is a pretty standard popular psychology of sex book with a bunch of facts or speculative theories about the role of the brain thrown in. The advice is humdrum and vague, and in fact the most interesting thing about the book is the challenge for Click here to read the full review! |  |
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