Behavioral Emergencies, an Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Nidal Moukaddam and Veronica Theresa Tucci
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This issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America, edited by Drs. Nidal Moukaddam, Veronica Tucci,...
Ande Thomas (69 KP) rated The Silver Linings Playbook in Books
May 30, 2019
There are flashes of good in there, such as <spoiler>when Pat, (knowing he's been away for years) still refers to his stay in the facility as "just a few months." With firm evidence in hand, his brain simply ignores it.</spoiler>
In many other places though, Pat seems to be written in a way that screams "Look how mentally deranged I am," rather than giving us a more real, grounded recovery from a psychotic episode. I never get the sense of the tortured and confused existence that Pat purports to feel, I just see the caricature he is presented as, and the entire narrative suffers as a result.
Mandy Buffington (7 KP) rated What Doesn't Kill You (Twisted #1) in Books
Jan 8, 2019
My Three Shrinks
Podcast
Three psychiatrists (with private practice, forensic, and consultation-liaison perspectives) from...
Monsters, Demons and Psychopaths: Psychiatry and Horror Film
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Descriptions of monsters, vampires, demonic possessions, and psychopaths in horror films have been...
Under Rose-Tainted Skies
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Available in three different shades of pink (supplied at random). Agoraphobia confines Norah to the...
Mothergamer (1546 KP) rated Locke and Key in TV
Nov 17, 2021 (Updated Nov 18, 2021)
Tamsin Clark (15 KP) rated The Cat Lady in Video Games
Jan 26, 2018
The story follows a female protagonist, Susan Ashworth. She's alone and on the verge of suicide, constantly questioning the worth of her existence. After a significant event, she meets an odd woman who sets her on a journey to meet 5 very dark people who may change her outlook on life....for better or worse. Who can she trust, if anyone at all?
I would recommend that if you suffer from mental illness, suicidal thoughts or if you have issues with emotional triggers then you either don't play this or you play with others (unless you know you're in a good place). While the game IS a basic point and click, it still deals with a LOT of mental health issues; some of the scenes were hard even for me, and I consider myself in a good place mentally right now.
Overall I was seriously impressed with this game, it took me 11 hrs to play but that was including distractions and just leaving the game sitting while I did things, so I maybe got about 8 hrs of straight play. Indie horror point and clicks are so rare and this one is an example for the entire genre.
The Locked Ward: Memoirs of a Psychiatric Orderly
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Dennis O'Donnell started work as an orderly in the Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit of a large...
Social Research in Health and Illness: Case-Based Approaches
Constantinos N. Phellas and Costas S. Constantinou
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Social Research Methods in Health and Illness offers a theoretically informed guide to practising...