Mad by the Millions

by Harry Yi-Jui Wu
Mad by the Millions
Author: Harry Yi-Jui Wu
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0262045389
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The World Health Organization's post-World War II work on the epidemiology and classification of mental disorders and its vision of a "world psyche." In 1946, the World Health Organization undertook a project in social psychiatry that aimed to discover the epidemiology and classification of mental disorders. In Mad by the Millions, Harry Y-Jui Wu examines the WHO's ambitious project, arguing that it was shaped by the postwar faith in technology and expertise and the universalizing vision of a "world psyche." Wu shows that the WHO's idealized scientific internationalism laid the foundations of today's highly highly metricalized global mental health system.

The Delusions of Crowds

by William J. Bernstein
The Delusions of Crowds
Author: William J. Bernstein
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0802157114
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This “disturbing yet fascinating” exploration of mass mania through the ages explains the biological and psychological roots of irrationality (Kirkus Reviews). From time immemorial, contagious narratives have spread through susceptible groups—with enormous, often disastrous, consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay’s nineteenth-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, neurologist and author William Bernstein examines mass delusion through the lens of current scientific research in The Delusions of Crowds. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania in western society over the last five hundred years—from the Anabaptist Madness of the 1530s to the dangerous End-Times beliefs that pervade today’s polarized America; and from the South Sea Bubble to the Enron scandal and dot com bubbles. Through Bernstein’s supple prose, the participants are as colorful as their “desire to improve one’s well-being in this life or the next.” Bernstein’s chronicles reveal the huge cost and alarming implications of mass mania. He observes that if we can absorb the history and biology of this all-too-human phenomenon, we can recognize it more readily in our own time, and avoid its frequently dire impact.

Mad Girl

by Bryony Gordon
Mad Girl
Author: Bryony Gordon
Publisher: Headline
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1472232070
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THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB 2017 PICK A new Sunday Times bestseller from Bryony Gordon, Telegraph columnist and author of the bestselling The Wrong Knickers. For readers who enjoyed Matt Haig's Reasons to Stay Alive and Ruby Wax's Sane New World, Mad Girl is a shocking, funny, unpredictable, heart-wrenching, raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness. 'I loved it. A brilliant fast and funny and frank look at something that absolutely needs to be talked about in this way' Matt Haig Bryony Gordon has OCD. It's the snake in her brain that has told her ever since she was a teenager that her world is about to come crashing down: that her family might die if she doesn't repeat a phrase 5 times, or that she might have murdered someone and forgotten about it. It's caused alopecia, bulimia, and drug dependency. And Bryony is sick of it. Keeping silent about her illness has given it a cachet it simply does not deserve, so here she shares her story with trademark wit and dazzling honesty. A hugely successful columnist for the Telegraph, a bestselling author, and a happily married mother of an adorable daughter, Bryony has managed to laugh and live well while simultaneously grappling with her illness. Now it's time for her to speak out. Writing with her characteristic warmth and dark humour, Bryony explores her relationship with her OCD and depression as only she can. Mad Girl is a shocking, funny, unpredictable, heart-wrenching, raw and jaw-droppingly truthful celebration of life with mental illness.

A First-Rate Madness

by Nassir Ghaemi
A First-Rate Madness
Author: Nassir Ghaemi
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-06-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0143121332
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The New York Times bestseller “A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . .” —The Boston Globe “A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —The Washington Post “Provocative, fascinating.” —Salon.com Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, offers a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: The very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. From the importance of Lincoln's "depressive realism" to the lackluster leadership of exceedingly sane men as Neville Chamberlain, A First-Rate Madness overturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the mind.

Piece of Mine

by Phyl Anderson
Piece of Mine
Author: Phyl Anderson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2012-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1475951884
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Angry at the world for a series of bad luck events that are common sometimes in single parent homes, Brandy takes to crime to resolve some of the financial issues her family experiences thinking that because she is the oldest she is supposed to help support the family. Breaking the heart of her mother who plays piano for the church, silencing the repore she had with her younger brother and sister and severing the relationship she had with her family and community; Brandy must somehow find a way back the roots of her happiness and joy. In prison she expected to be beaten up, mistreated, starved and other unfavorable things to happen; but instead she finds friends she keeps for life, people who no longer judge her and humility that will last for the rest of her life. She hated feeling like she did not deserve God's love because she had stolen, lied, cheated and other things. She was told God did not love lesbians and she could not deny who she was. This based on a true life story will make you re-evaluate how you perceive the world around you.

The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch
The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780340978504
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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

I'm Proud

by Elizabeth Crary
I'm Proud
Author: Elizabeth Crary
Publisher: Parenting Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780943990668
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Emphasizes to children and parents that self-esteem depends on knowing the value of one's own accomplishments, even if these are not recognized by others.

Quite Mad

by Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Quite Mad
Author: Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Publisher: Mad Creek Books
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2018
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780814254868
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A young woman's fiercely vulnerable memoir about seeking cure and speaking truth in the midst of America's mental health crisis.

They Called Me Mad

by John Monahan
They Called Me Mad
Author: John Monahan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2010-12-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1101445874
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Discover the true genius behind history's greatest "madmen". From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatus remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes-eccentric real life men and women who challenged our view of the world and broke new scientific frontiers. They Called Me Mad recounts the amazing true stories of such historical luminaries as Archimedes, the calculator of pi and creator of the world's first death ray; Isaac Newton, the world's first great scientist and the last great alchemist; Nikola Tesla, who built the precursors of robots, fluorescent lighting, and particle beam weapons before the turn of the twentieth century-and more.