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Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling

by Danny Funt  · 20 Jan 2026  · 285pp  · 100,897 words

state approval and some, like slots and sports betting, that would require a tribe-state compact. In the early eighties, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM—known as “the bible of psychiatric assessment”—had added its first-ever entry for pathological gambling, a “disorder of impulse

Derevensky, Jeffrey, 8–9, 289–290 Detroit Lions, 13, 186–187 Detroit Pistons, 231 DeWine, Mike, 266 DFS (daily fantasy sports), 39–46, 161, 248 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), 31 Disney, 42, 44, 55, 98–99, 101 Ditka, Mike, 35 Doctor, Zach, 250 Donaghy, Kim, 217–218 Donaghy, Tim, 217

Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health--And Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More

by Christopher M. Palmer Md  · 15 Nov 2022  · 402pp  · 107,908 words

in adults are not increasing, many reports suggest that burnout is on the rise. Burnout is not an official psychiatric diagnosis in DSM-5 (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition), but the World Health Organization recently added it to its list of mental disorders—the ICD-11 (International Classification of

in the field. One of the most notable controversies concerns depression—specifically whether, in some situations, these symptoms are “normal” and not an illness. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, is the “bible” of psychiatry. It defines all the different diagnoses, their diagnostic criteria, and provides some relevant information and

Influences Anxiety and Depression.” Trends Neurosci 36(5) (May 2013): 305–312. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.01.005. Chapter 3 1American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-IV-TR. 4th ed. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2000: 356. 2 E. Corruble, B. Falissard, and P. Gorwood. “Is DSM

for diagnoses changes over time in and comorbidities debates over in the DSM heterogeneity in overlapping symptoms in Research Domain Criteria for syndromes concept underlying Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnostic labels diathesis-stress model diet and eating behaviors. see also specific diets eating disorders example of fasting food quality gut

Food Allergy: Adverse Reactions to Foods and Food Additives

by Dean D. Metcalfe  · 15 Dec 2008  · 623pp  · 448,848 words

this book, offers a more comprehensive approach and provides physicians and patients with greater insight in the management of this problem. References 1 DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edn. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994. 2 Pearson DJ. Psychologic and somatic interrelationships in allergy and pseudoallergy. J Allergy Clin

How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine

by Trisha Greenhalgh  · 18 Nov 2010  · 321pp  · 97,661 words

prevalence of diseases worldwide and includes the spectrum covered by antibiotic agents. Psychiatry Online (http://www.psychiatryonline.com/) is a compendium of core textbooks (including Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition (DSM V)), psychiatry journals and practice guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association, produced by the American Psychiatric Press. CardioSource (http

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick

by Maya Dusenbery  · 6 Mar 2018  · 504pp  · 147,722 words

roles available to women. Yet medicine retained the idea that unexplained physical symptoms could be attributed to the mind. When the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was published in 1980, hysteria had been removed, but there was a new section: the “somatoform disorders.” For the next two

for Disease Control and Prevention CMD coronary microvascular disease COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease CPRA Chronic Pain Research Alliance CRPS complex regional pain syndrome DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

, 192, 313; symptoms normalized as “female issues,” 246–49; technology and MUS, 195, 263; women blamed for ill health, 68, 75–76, 101–3, 223 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-III, 76, 77; DSM-IV, 197; DSM-V, 78, 79; SSD in, 201 Didion, Joan, 205 diethylstilbestrol (DES), 29, 30 Doress

The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

by Gary Greenberg  · 1 May 2013  · 480pp  · 138,041 words

of psychiatry / Gary Greenberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-101-62110-3 1. Mental illness—Classification. 2. Psychiatry—Philosophy. 3. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. I. Title. RC455.2.C4G74 2013 2013002239 616.89—dc23 The names, identifying characteristics, and details of the case histories (including session

, proved that running away is neither willfulness nor the normal human striving for freedom, but illness plain and simple. Drapetomania was never considered for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the American Psychiatric Association’s compendium of mental illnesses, but that may be only because there was no such book in 1850

patient’s ambivalent feeling toward his loss,” then the patient had Depressive Reaction20. Because of this new focus, the manual had a new name: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual: Mental Disorders. When it was released in 1952, the DSM’s nomenclature imposed some order on the professional landscape. As insurance payments came to play

2011). American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Mental Disorders (DSM-I). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1952. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-III. Washington, DC.: American Psychiatric Association, 1980. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-III-R. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1987. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM

We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

by Eric Garcia  · 2 Aug 2021  · 398pp  · 96,909 words

notes about language. First, it should be noted that as of 2013, autism diagnoses exist under the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) prescribed term of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). But autism previously existed under various terms, including infantile autism, Asperger’s syndrome

the term autism in 1911 to describe a symptom of childhood schizophrenia. This would be reflected when autism appeared in the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, in 1952, in the section on “schizophrenic reactions occurring before puberty.” It cataloged the condition under an umbrella diagnosis of “psychotic reactions

All the Weight of Our Dreams (Brown, Onaiwu, Ashkenazy), 200 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 100 American Prospect, 58 American Psychiatric Association, 5 See also Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) ADA Generation and, xvi, 72–73 Amendments Act (2008) and autism, 5 effects, 5, 6–7, 93

Sesame Street/autistic character, 171 vaccine myth and, 18 Wright, Bob, 10, 18, 23, 114 Wright, Suzanne, 10, 18, 24, 114 autism spectrum disorders (ASD) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, xvii, 5, 6, 200 DSM and, xvii, 5, 6, 200 surge in diagnoses/surge reasons, 5, 9, 112, 114, 199 “autistic disorder

Party steak-fry, ix, x Developmental Disabilities Act, 12 Developmental Disabilities Council for the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, Arizona, 91 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders autism spectrum disorder, xvii, 5, 6, 200 autism term/diagnosis changes, xvii, 3–5, 6, 55 diets as autism treatment, 12, 14

, 13 Doris-Pierce, Molly, 206 Douglas (Gadsby special), 169–70 Douglass, Frederick, 214, 215 Doyle, Mike, 9–10 driving and autism examples, 95 DSM.See Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders “dysregulated,” 88–89 E echolalia, 3 education college possibilities for autistic people (summary), 31, 47 community college and, 31–35 community college

Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories From the Frontline

by Steven K. Kapp  · 19 Nov 2019

diagnosis because of the practical services and supports medical classification can provide. While the psychiatric and clinical establishment sharply criticized the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) for adding and expanding most diagnoses (increasing medicalization of everyday problems) in its latest revision (DSM-5) or for lacking validity

Godzone]. (2011, November 14). Behavioral therapy—‘normalization’ vs ‘teaching of skills’ (Blog post). Retrieved from http://strangeringodzone.blogspot.com/2011/. 32. American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM-5®). Washington, DC: Author. 33. Woods, R., Milton, D., Arnold, L., & Graby, S. (2018). Redefining critical autism studies: A more inclusive

, my mother and I discovered Asperger’s syndrome. Less than a year later, I had a diagnosis of 299.00 Autistic Disorder by DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, [2]) criteria. With nothing left to lose but my family’s love and support, and on a self-discovery high, I went

1. Wing, L., & Shah, A. (2000). Catatonia in autistic spectrum disorders. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 176 (4), 357–362. 2. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. 3. Sinclair, J. (2005, January). Autism network international: The development of a community and its

protections, social legitimacy, and service provision by the narrowing of the diagnosis. While the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Workgroup charged with revising the autism diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [1]) consisted of researchers who conducted analyses and whose decisions received reviews from academic scholars

partnership will take form. As always, Nothing About Us, Without Us! 190 S. K. Kapp and A. Ne’eman References 1. American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM-5®). Washington, DC: Author. 2. Kaufmann, W. E. (2012). The new diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder. Autism Consortium. Retrieved from

_ FewIHwF6Tvntbi0EXbcY3xL7KmfCne7TMGiMc. 3. Lord, C. (2012). Rethinking autism diagnoses. WCARP Autism Symposium. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX6rRWibX4E. 4. American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV. Washington, DC: Author. 5. Harmon, A. (2012, January 20). A specialists’ debate on autism has many worried observers. The New

, D., Beardon, L., & Chown, N. (2018). England and autism. In F. R. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of autism spectrum disorders. New York: Springer. 5. APA. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, edition four (various ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. 6. Ellis, S. J. (2014). Perspectives of the autistic ‘Voice’: An ethnography examining

). Social support, well-being, and quality of life among individuals on the autism spectrum. Pediatrics, 141(Suppl. 4), S362–S368. 20. American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5®). Washington, DC: Author. 21. Jones, C. R., Happé, F., Golden, H., Marsden, A. J., Tregay, J., Simonoff, E., et al

-13-8437-0 319 320 Index All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism 243, 250 American Psychiatric Association 9. See also diagnosis/Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) Americans with Disabilities Acts (1990 & 2008) 151, 172–173, 198, 235 Ammerdown Centre 110 Andrews, David 54, 215 ANI (Autism Network International) 2, 23

Derber, Charles 287 Des Roches Rosa, Shannon 155, 162, 294 desegregation 66 developmental disability (DD) 11, 65, 83, 85, 180, 312 developmental diversity 309 diagnosis/Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) 9, 23, 42, 90, 167–189, 263, 308 323 and critiques of the neurodiversity movement, 295, 298, 299 disability developmental 11, 65, 82, 83

: when disability and feminism collide 152 “Don’t Mourn for Us” 12, 23–37, 219, 307 “Don’t Speak for Us” 130 324 Index DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) 185–189, 216 Du Bois, Terri 204 Dunn, Dr. Yo 119, 281, 282–283 Durbin-Westby, Paula 174 dyslexia 257–258, 259, 261, 263, 265

Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences

by Geoffrey C. Bowker and Susan Leigh Star  · 25 Aug 2000  · 357pp  · 125,142 words

of categories may also become objects of contention and study. The above-mentioned demedicalization of the category homosexual in the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 3 (the DSM, a handbook of psychiatric classification) followed direct and vigorous lobbying of the APA by gay and lesbian advocates (Kirk and Kutchins 1992

The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well-Being

by William Davies  · 11 May 2015  · 317pp  · 87,566 words

profession experienced its own crisis, with an almost identical chronology. In 1968, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published the second edition of its handbook, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Compared to later versions of the manual, this publication initially elicited very little debate. Even psychiatrists had little interest in the

disorder, 179 Descartes, René, 27, 30 Descartes’ Error (Damasio), 72 desire, science of, 74, 96 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V (DSM-V), 177, 178, 204 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders II (DSM-II), 167, 168, 171, 172, 174 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III (DSM-III), 173–4, 176, 204, 271, 290–291n30 dialogue, 125

Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again

by Eric Topol  · 1 Jan 2019  · 424pp  · 114,905 words

NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

by Steve Silberman  · 24 Aug 2015  · 786pp  · 195,810 words

The Mask of Sanity: An Attempt to Clarify Some Issues About the So Called Psychopathic Personality

by Hervey Cleckley  · 1 Jan 1955  · 612pp  · 206,792 words

SEDATED: How Modern Capitalism Created Our Mental Health Crisis

by James. Davies  · 15 Nov 2021  · 307pp  · 88,085 words

The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy

by Seth Mnookin  · 3 Jan 2012  · 566pp  · 153,259 words

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President

by Bandy X. Lee  · 2 Oct 2017  · 369pp  · 105,819 words

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van Der Kolk M. D.  · 7 Sep 2015  · 600pp  · 174,620 words

The Impact of Early Life Trauma on Health and Disease

by Lanius, Ruth A.; Vermetten, Eric; Pain, Clare  · 11 Jan 2011

What Makes Narcissists Tick

by Kathleen Krajco

The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek  · 15 Feb 2013

What About Me?: The Struggle for Identity in a Market-Based Society

by Paul Verhaeghe  · 26 Mar 2014  · 208pp  · 67,582 words

Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

by Abigail Shrier  · 28 Jun 2020  · 345pp  · 87,534 words

Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

by Temple Grandin, Ph.d.  · 11 Oct 2022

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll  · 19 Aug 2012

Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom and Molyn Leszcz  · 1 Jan 1967

Sex, Lies, and Pharmaceuticals: How Drug Companies Plan to Profit From Female Sexual Dysfunction

by Ray Moynihan and Barbara Mintzes  · 1 Oct 2010  · 269pp  · 77,042 words

Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend

by Barbara Oakley Phd  · 20 Oct 2008

Neurodiversity at Work: Drive Innovation, Performance and Productivity With a Neurodiverse Workforce

by Amanda Kirby and Theo Smith  · 2 Aug 2021  · 424pp  · 114,820 words

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

by Devon Price  · 4 Apr 2022  · 456pp  · 101,959 words

Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself From Harmful People

by Joe Navarro and Toni Sciarra Poynter  · 6 Oct 2014  · 261pp  · 71,798 words

The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty

by Benjamin H. Bratton  · 19 Feb 2016  · 903pp  · 235,753 words

The End of My Addiction

by Olivier Ameisen  · 23 Dec 2008  · 312pp  · 89,728 words

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll  · 15 Jan 2012  · 632pp  · 166,729 words

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

by Steven Pinker  · 13 Feb 2018  · 1,034pp  · 241,773 words

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert Hare  · 7 May 2007  · 345pp  · 100,135 words

The Sociopath Next Door

by Martha Stout  · 8 Feb 2005  · 237pp  · 74,966 words

Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

by Donna Jackson Nakazawa  · 6 Jul 2015  · 435pp  · 95,864 words

The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World's Leading Neuroscientists

by Gary Marcus and Jeremy Freeman  · 1 Nov 2014  · 336pp  · 93,672 words

Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol: Drinking to Cope?

by Matthew Tinsley and Sarah Hendrickx  · 31 May 2008  · 147pp  · 6,471 words

The No Need to Diet Book: Become a Diet Rebel and Make Friends With Food

by Plantbased Pixie  · 7 Mar 2019  · 299pp  · 81,377 words

The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success

by Kevin Dutton  · 15 Oct 2012  · 280pp  · 85,091 words

The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug

by Bennett Alan Weinberg and Bonnie K. Bealer  · 5 Dec 2000  · 559pp  · 174,054 words

Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

by Adam L. Alter  · 15 Feb 2017  · 331pp  · 96,989 words

The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention

by Simon Baron-Cohen  · 14 Aug 2020

Political Ponerology (A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes)

by Andrew M. Lobaczewski  · 1 Jan 2006  · 396pp  · 116,332 words

Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write

by Dennis Yi Tenen  · 6 Feb 2024  · 169pp  · 41,887 words

Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism

by Barb Cook and Samantha Craft  · 20 Aug 2018  · 335pp  · 94,578 words

Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

by Robert D. Hare  · 1 Nov 1993  · 260pp  · 78,229 words

Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences

by Edward Tenner  · 1 Sep 1997

The Narcissist Next Door

by Jeffrey Kluger  · 25 Aug 2014  · 295pp  · 89,280 words

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life

by Emily Nagoski Ph.d.  · 3 Mar 2015  · 473pp  · 121,895 words

Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution

by Francis Fukuyama  · 1 Jan 2002  · 350pp  · 96,803 words

The Pot Book: A Complete Guide to Cannabis

by Julie Holland  · 22 Sep 2010  · 694pp  · 197,804 words

A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America

by Bruce Cannon Gibney  · 7 Mar 2017  · 526pp  · 160,601 words

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

by Sam Harris  · 5 Oct 2010  · 412pp  · 115,266 words

The End of Pain: How Nutrition and Diet Can Fight Chronic Inflammatory Disease

by Jacqueline Lagace  · 7 Mar 2014

Finance and the Good Society

by Robert J. Shiller  · 1 Jan 2012  · 288pp  · 16,556 words

Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate

by Cynthia Kim  · 20 Sep 2014

How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (And Knowing When to Trust Them)

by Tom Chivers and David Chivers  · 18 Mar 2021  · 172pp  · 51,837 words

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

by Chris van Tulleken  · 26 Jun 2023  · 448pp  · 123,273 words

The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder): A Guide to Living in an Intimate Relationship With a Partner Who Is on the Autism Spectrum Second Edition

by Maxine Aston  · 21 Feb 2014  · 126pp  · 35,044 words

Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

by Gail Steketee and Randy Frost  · 19 Apr 2010  · 287pp  · 93,908 words

Power

by Shahida Arabi  · 11 Jan 2017

The Narcissistic Family: Diagnosis and Treatment

by Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman and Robert M. Pressman  · 31 Jan 1994  · 193pp  · 56,895 words

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain  · 24 Jan 2012  · 377pp  · 115,122 words

Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

by Karyl McBride  · 22 Sep 2008

Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

by Jon Kabat-Zinn  · 23 Sep 2013  · 706pp  · 237,378 words

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction

by Gabor Mate and Peter A. Levine  · 5 Jan 2010  · 504pp  · 147,660 words

Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

by Ashley Shew  · 18 Sep 2023  · 154pp  · 43,956 words

Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire: Everything I Know Now About Autism and Asperger's That I Wish I'd Known Then

by David William Plummer  · 14 Sep 2021

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World

by Naomi Klein  · 11 Sep 2023

Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports From My Life With Autism

by Temple Grandin  · 10 Jan 2006  · 291pp  · 92,406 words

Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought

by Andrew W. Lo  · 3 Apr 2017  · 733pp  · 179,391 words

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt  · 14 Jun 2018  · 531pp  · 125,069 words

Living Well on the Spectrum

by Valerie L. Gaus  · 4 Feb 2011

The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

by Marc Lewis Phd  · 13 Jul 2015  · 288pp  · 73,297 words

McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality

by Ronald Purser  · 8 Jul 2019  · 242pp  · 67,233 words

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller and Stanley B Resor Professor Of Economics Robert J Shiller  · 21 Sep 2015  · 274pp  · 93,758 words

Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions

by Johann Hari  · 1 Jan 2018  · 428pp  · 126,013 words

People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil

by M Scott Peck  · 1 Jan 1983  · 329pp  · 103,159 words

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

by Anna Lembke  · 24 Aug 2021

Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex

by Rachel Feltman  · 14 May 2022  · 306pp  · 88,545 words

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding

by David Tolin, Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee  · 14 Dec 2013  · 223pp  · 58,139 words

Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

by Charles Murray  · 28 Jan 2020  · 741pp  · 199,502 words

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI

by Yuval Noah Harari  · 9 Sep 2024  · 566pp  · 169,013 words

Marriage and Lasting Relationships With Asperger's Syndrome: Successful Strategies for Couples or Counselors

by Eva A. Mendes  · 1 Sep 2015  · 291pp  · 75,110 words

Competition Overdose: How Free Market Mythology Transformed Us From Citizen Kings to Market Servants

by Maurice E. Stucke and Ariel Ezrachi  · 14 May 2020  · 511pp  · 132,682 words

The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey Into the Dark Side of the Brain

by James Fallon  · 30 Oct 2013

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

by Barry Schwartz  · 1 Jan 2004  · 241pp  · 75,516 words

Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad---And Surprising Good---About Feeling Special

by Dr. Craig Malkin  · 6 Jul 2015  · 259pp  · 67,261 words

Difficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Power

by Terri Apter  · 6 May 2012

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker  · 24 Sep 2012  · 1,351pp  · 385,579 words

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

by Sebastian Junger  · 23 May 2016  · 109pp  · 33,946 words

Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood

by Rose George  · 22 Oct 2018  · 453pp  · 130,632 words

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers

by David Perlmutter and Kristin Loberg  · 17 Sep 2013

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

by Matthew B. Crawford  · 29 Mar 2015  · 351pp  · 100,791 words

The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom

by Graham Farmelo  · 24 Aug 2009  · 1,396pp  · 245,647 words

The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery Illness

by Suzanne O'Sullivan  · 31 Mar 2021  · 319pp  · 101,673 words

How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS

by David France  · 29 Nov 2016

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

by Iain McGilchrist  · 8 Oct 2012

The Diet Myth: Why America's Obsessions With Weight Is Hazardous to Your Health

by Paul Campos  · 4 May 2005

Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World

by Laura James  · 5 Apr 2017  · 249pp  · 80,762 words

A Theory of the Drone

by Gregoire Chamayou  · 23 Apr 2013  · 335pp  · 82,528 words

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

by Jonathan Haidt  · 26 Dec 2005  · 405pp  · 130,840 words

Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events

by Robert J. Shiller  · 14 Oct 2019  · 611pp  · 130,419 words

Loving Someone With Asperger's Syndrome: Understanding and Connecting With Your Partner

by Cindy Ariel  · 1 Mar 2012  · 180pp  · 57,694 words

Ayn Rand Cult

by Jeff Walker  · 30 Dec 1998  · 525pp  · 146,126 words

The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

by Jeremy Rifkin  · 27 Sep 2011  · 443pp  · 112,800 words

New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future

by James Bridle  · 18 Jun 2018  · 301pp  · 85,263 words

Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do

by Jeremy Bailenson  · 30 Jan 2018  · 302pp  · 90,215 words

Alpha Trader

by Brent Donnelly  · 11 May 2021

Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction

by Judith Grisel  · 15 Feb 2019  · 213pp  · 68,363 words

Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding

by Jerome Bubrick  · 31 Dec 2010  · 159pp  · 49,513 words

Psychopathy: An Introduction to Biological Findings and Their Implications

by Andrea L. Glenn and Adrian Raine  · 7 Mar 2014

Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal  · 21 Feb 2017  · 407pp  · 90,238 words

Love's Executioner

by Irvin D. Yalom  · 1 Jan 1989

This Will Make You Smarter: 150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

by John Brockman  · 14 Feb 2012  · 416pp  · 106,582 words

Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future

by Jean M. Twenge  · 25 Apr 2023  · 541pp  · 173,676 words

Fun Inc.

by Tom Chatfield  · 13 Dec 2011  · 266pp  · 67,272 words

A Beautiful Mind

by Sylvia Nasar  · 11 Jun 1998  · 998pp  · 211,235 words

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan  · 30 Apr 2018  · 547pp  · 148,732 words

The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

by Stephanie Kelton  · 8 Jun 2020  · 338pp  · 104,684 words

The Twittering Machine

by Richard Seymour  · 20 Aug 2019  · 297pp  · 83,651 words

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