Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Mental Health

By the time Susan Blech was 38 years old, she weighed a staggering 468.1 pounds. She binged. She was "only a little chubby," or so she convinced herself. Gripping, sometimes shocking, and ultimately inspiring, Confessions of a Carb Queen is the story of how Susan changed her life to save her life, ultimately losing 250 pounds without surgery. Susan speaks candidly about eating binges, fat sex, and other topics no obese person has dared to address.

The human reaction to insects is neither purely biological nor simply cultural. And no one reacts to insects with indifference. Insects frighten, disgust, and fascinate us. Jeff Lockwood explores this phenomenon through evolutionary science, human history, and contemporary psychology, as well as a debilitating bout with entomophobia in his work as an entomologist. Exploring the nature of anxiety and phobia, Lockwood explores the lively debate about how much of our fear of insects can be attributed to ancestral predisposition for our own survival and how much is learned through individual experiences.

Powerful and eye-opening, Seeing Ezra is an inspirational chronicle of a mother's struggle to protect her son from a system that seeks to compartmentalize and "fix" him, and of her journey toward accepting and valuing him for who he is - just as he is.

In 1998, at the very moment that a publisher had approached Bruce Davidson about a book of his 1959 Brooklyn Gang photographs, former gang leader Bobby Powers unexpectedly telephoned the Davidsons. Over the next decade, Emily Davidson maintained an ongoing conversation with Powers in order to bring to light his struggle to overcome his drug-ridden and violent past and to inspire others with his example.

Making War at Fort Hood offers an illuminating look at war through the daily lives of the people whose job it is to produce it. Kenneth MacLeish conducted a year of intensive fieldwork among soldiers and their families at and around the US Army's Fort Hood in central Texas. He shows how war's reach extends far beyond the battlefield into military communities where violence is as routine, boring, and normal as it is shocking and traumatic.

A penetrating examination of the insidious effects of the Internet on our personalities - online and off. Whether sharing photos or following financial markets, many of us spend a shocking amount of time online. While the Internet can enhance well-being, Elias Aboujaoude has spent years treating patients whose lives have been profoundly disturbed by it.

Sure, everyone gets sick sometimes, but do you realize that plenty of those folks also die slow, unpleasant deaths from diseases that stumped even the experts at top-notch (still privately run) hospitals? That's right: There are plenty of illnesses that even physicians have never heard about. Nodding Disease, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and Cutaneous Horn (yes, you grow a horn) are all featured here in pithy, energetic entries. You won't have to worry about socialized medicine if you have this book....

From the time she is nine years old and discovers a “Private Way” full of the wonderful and creepy creatures of the wild - spiders, deer, moles, chipmunks, and foxes - Lauren Slater finds in animals a refuge from the troubled life of her suburban home. As she matures, her bond with animals - raccoons, horses, swans, cats, and primarily, dogs - strengthens and grows more complex and compelling. They offer relief from the pain of her mother’s mental illness.

Parents can easily feel overwhelmed when suddenly faced with a moody, defiant, unfocused, unpredictable, angry or overly sensitive teenager. They wonder if these changes are a normal part of adolescence of if their teen is in need of help. When to Worry helps parents distinguish typical teenage behaviors from those that merit concern. It then walks parents through steps they can take to help troubled teens before it's too late.

In this deeply moving and resourceful memoir, beloved actor-director and New York Times best-selling author Joe Pantoliano takes aim at the stigma attached to what he calls “brain dis-ease” by writing candidly and humorously about his own journey through clinical depression and addiction.

Five soldiers injured in the same 2009 bomb blast are a case study in a new epidemic among America's troops, who are grappling with a combination of concussion and post-traumatic stress disorder.

In La Petite, the renowned French writer and film producer Michle Halberstadt vividly recounts the painful events that surrounded the death of her beloved grandfather, which led to a suicide attempt when she was 12 years old. Michle’s mother favored her older sister, her father was emotionally remote, her teachers dismissive, and her peers a foreign species. Her grandfather alone had given her an image of herself that she could embrace. After he died, there seemed to be nothing left for her.

In my room I have an original piece of artwork by Sally Huss which says, "Around me I wear a coat of many colors, fabrics, and textures. It’s made of friends and family here and no longer here, far and not so far. They are all part of my coat which keeps me warm wherever I go." A few summers ago, I noticed a hole in that very coat. One of my best friends developed an eating disorder. As the disorder progressed I knew I needed to find help for her, and fast. I made the decision to approach her, express my concerns, and offer my support. The extraordinary thing is, despite her fears, she put her trust in me and leaned on my shoulder.

Lavarsi le mani continuamente, controllare il gas, verificare la chiusura di porte e finestre più del necessario, seguire un ordine preciso nel compiere banali azioni quotidiane. Sono i rituali più diffusi di chi soffre di ossessioni. A livello patologico esse possono portare forte disagio, ansia e disturbi dell'umore. Ma tali manie ci hanno accompagnato in tutto il corso dell'evoluzione? Da dove sorgono? Quali sono i farmaci e le terapie psicologiche efficaci se non per una totale guarigione almeno per un sostanziale sollievo?

È possibile guardare alla depressione, anziché come a un mostro che ci terrorizza e ci annienta, come a una dimensione emotiva tra le tante, che può concorrere al benessere e alla stabilità personale non meno di quegli stati d'animo che consideriamo di segno positivo, come la gioia e la speranza. È bene convincersi che non si guarisce dal "mal di vivere" perché è parte integrante, ed essenziale, della nostra esperienza affettiva.

Un esame, un incontro di lavoro, l'attesa di una notizia, un cambiamento, un ritardo, ma anche solo una telefonata: l'ansia è uno stato d'animo che sperimentiamo quasi ogni giorno. Ma è proprio l'ansia che, in condizioni normali, ci consente di affrontare le sfide della quotidianità manifestandosi innanzitutto come tensione positiva e carica psicologica.

Che cosa è una "carezza"? È carezza tutto ciò che, riconoscendo l'esistenza dell'altro, si esprime in una comunicazione con una valenza affettiva, anche minima. Assentire sorridendo, toccare amichevolmente una spalla, dire "sono contento di vederti", ascoltare con attenzione, dare un segno di disponibilità. Come il cibo è indispensabile da un punto di vista fisico e permette la crescita e il mantenimento di un benessere corporeo, così avviene per quanto riguarda "le carezze come nutrimento".

Orge alimentari e digiuni sono presenti in tutte le epoche e le culture. Nel corso degli ultimi cento anni il rapporto dell'essere umano con il cibo è diventato ancora più difficile e l'atto di mangiare si è annodato al problema dell'immagine fisica di sé. Nell'audiolibro si descrivono i meccanismi che regolano alimentazione, attività fisica e peso corporeo. Si esaminano cause e funzioni dei sintomi alimentari in relazione sia ai fattori biologici e ambientali sia ai processi mentali consci e inconsci.

Dieses Hörbuch zeigt ebenso eindrucksvoll wie unterhaltsam, dass unsere Welt noch nie perfekt war, dass sie aber heute um so vieles besser ist als das Zerrbild, das die Medien in uns erzeugen. Ralf Senftleben, Gründer der erfolgreichsten deutschen Selbsthilfeplattform, zeigt uns Schritt für Schritt, mit vielen praktischen Anleitungen, wie wir mit schlechten Nachrichten, unseren Sorgen und den Risiken unserer Zeit klüger und gelassener umgehen können.

Depressionen, Panikattacken, Essstörungen - psychische Erkrankungen sind uns längst allen ein Begriff. Doch wie entsteht eigentlich ein seelisches Ungleichgewicht? Was ist dann zu tun und was ist das überhaupt genau - diese Psyche? Psychotherapeutin und Bloggerin Lena Kuhlmann räumt auf charmante Art und Weise mit Vorurteilen über psychische Krankheiten auf und berichtet, wie es in psychiatrischen Einrichtungen heute wirklich aussieht. Neben praktischen Tipps, um die Psyche in Schuss zu halten, gibt sie durch persönliche Anekdoten außerdem einen spannenden Einblick in ihre tägliche Arbeit.