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In April of 2016, Adam Smith found himself at rock bottom after a yearslong struggle with debilitating anxiety and searing physical pain. His search for the right diagnosis and treatment for his mental and physical pain lasted over six years and over a hundred different healthcare systems. He had to deal with the stigma of mental health issues, but ultimately learned that life isn't about finding a quick fix; it's about learning who you are and understanding...
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"La teoría y la técnica contemporáneas del Tratamiento Basado en la Mentalización (MBT) y sus aplicaciones clínicas se han desarrollado significativamente en los últimos 25 años, desde que Fonagy y colaboradores presentaran en 2002 su magistral integración de psicología evolutiva, neurociencia, psicoanálisis evolutivo y genética. Su formulación como tratamiento para niños en edad escolar y sus padres (MBT-C) representa, a su vez, una...
1329) Not okay
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Peter Wilson searches for healing from child sexual abuse and mental illness in the 1980's. With the resources at his disposal inadequate, he turns to the pop psychology self help book, I'm OK You're OK, wisecracks, and a little bit of murder.
1330) Idealna niania
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"A young woman takes a job as a nanny for an impossibly wealthy family, thinking she's found her entrée into a better life--only to discover instead she's walked into a world of deception and dark secrets. Nanny needed. Discretion is of the utmost importance. Special conditions apply. When Sarah Larsen finds the notice, posted on creamy card stock in her building's lobby, one glance at the exclusive address tells her she's found her ticket out of...
1331) Rat time
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"Keiler Roberts is a droll documentarian, unfaltering in her ability to find humour and levity in her life's unflattering moments. Pet deaths and parenting, embarrassing childhood memories and mental illness, Roberts documents her daily life's minutiae, its up and downs, with the deftness of an observational comedian. Her comics demonstrate that sometimes life can deal you a punch to the gut, but it doesn't have to be devoid of a punch line."--Publisher's...
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Children born to women exposed to thyroid-disrupting chemicals have lower IQs and more neurodevelopmental disorders in autism and ADHD, among others. Numerous chemicals that contaminate our bodies and interfere with our thyroids are in fact lowering our IQ and increasing disorders for future generations. A "self-help" guide to reducing exposure to chemicals is included. --
"In today's world, everyone carries a toxic load of dozens of industrially...
1333) Abierto toda la noche
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Colección compactos volume 229
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"Como dijo Ambrose Bierce, «el hogar es el único local abierto toda la noche». Y en esta primera novela de David Trueba, el hogar pertenece a los Belitre, una familia tan numerosa como disparatada. Crónica de una educación sentimental, las personas que habitan este libro sólo escuchan la voz de su corazón, mientras que la razón guarda un impasible silencio. Y así, el lector seguirá a los Belitre en una sucesión imparable de situaciones...
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"Mental illness can be devastating and crippling to those who are suffering. Kevin Conley, a Wildland Firefighter, knows firsthand how depression and a severe panic disorder can affect every aspect of everyday life and existence. This is a story about how he decided to fight back with all his will. On a journey to find peace and clarity and to finally put his demons to rest. He rode his bicycle 3,500 miles across the country in 47 days, all with his...
1337) Creep love
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"Michael Walsh's poetry collection Creep Love explores a family contending with a complex and ongoing crisis, the aftermath of which creates a shockwave that reverberates through these poems. Stories, half-truths, and lies combine into disturbing fable: A young pregnant woman flees her abusive boyfriend only to discover with terror that he is focused on her younger sister. When her younger sister later gives birth to her abusive ex's other sons, the...
1340) The infinity of you & me
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"Almost fifteen, Alicia is smart and funny with a deep connection to the poet Sylvia Plath, but she's ultimately failing at life. With a laundry list of diagnoses, she hallucinates different worlds--strange, decaying, otherworldly yet undeniably real worlds that are completely unlike her own with her single mom and one true friend. In one particularly vivid hallucination, Alicia is drawn to a boy her own age named Jax who's trapped in a dying universe....
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