DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria
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The official DSM-5® app for iPhone and iPad The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and...
Happy Gut: The Cleansing Program to Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Eliminate Pain
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Following the success of the bestselling Clean Gut and Wheat Belly comes this essential guide to...
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Serena Marie (7 KP) rated Turtles All The Way Down in Books
Jan 23, 2018
Mental health is a big and important topic. With something so big comes a lot of responsibility when writing about it. John Green nails it. The way he talks about Aza's OCD and how he describes her thought processes is amazing. You really start to bond with the character and feel for her. BUT, not only do you feel for her, you get frustrated with her because you start to get invested. The way that she navigates her life, her thoughts, her relationships, her everything is so well thought out by John.
I think this book has started a lot of really important conversations. People are talking about OCD. How to cope with someone who has OCD. How to cope with having it yourself. How to seek help and know that there ARE great resources out there that people don't know about. Best of all, it's helping to take away the awful stigma that seems to be attached to mental illness and mental health.
Thank you, John Green. Your books bring me peace.
AmyBee (4 KP) rated The Bell Jar in Books
Sep 5, 2018
The Bell Jar is narrated in a similar vein to and is quite reminiscent of Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs Dalloway', although it has a decidedly more risqué tone as the narrator talks in great detail about subjects which would not have been deemed acceptable in the 1920's (such as losing her virginity!).
What particularly gripped me about this novel is that Esther's mental illness seems to sneak up on her and this is reflected in the novel, as it almost seems to take the reader by surprise that this seemingly normal young woman is falling deeper and deeper into her illness.
Mental health stigma is also clearly represented in the novel, as it almost seem is at points that Esther's illness is treated as a joke, and definitely not taken seriously by most. It's also interesting to read about the archaic means of treatment for mental health sufferers eg Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) AKA Electroshock therapy, and it's aftermath.
All in all, a very thoroughly enjoyable read. Highly recommended for lovers of classic literature surrounding mental health issues.
Veterinary Handbook for Cattle, Sheep & Goats
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The Veterinary Handbook app for cattle, sheep and goats is a comprehensive, mobile resource for...
About Herbs
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About Herbs is presented by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine Service....
Cardiology - Animated Concise Dictionary
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The FOCUS CONCISE ANIMATED DICTIONARY OF CARDIOLOGY is the first ever animated dictionary in the...
The Fat Lip
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The Fat Lip is a podcast for and about fat people. In some ways fat people are living in a...