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NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 5, 2013

FALLING INTO THE FIRE: A PSYCHIATRIST'S ENCOUNTERS WITH THE MIND IN CRISIS

by Christine Montross

"No triumphs of modern psychiatry on display here, but rather a sympathetic portrait of seriously ill patients that could guide future practitioners on the art of helping, if not always healing, the sick."

In her residency and now as a professor (Psychiatry and Human Behavior/Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown Univ.) and a hospital inpatient psychiatrist, Montross (Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab, 2007) describes her encounters with patients in crisis, first admitted to emergency rooms and then referred for hospital stays. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 5, 2013

HALDOL AND HYACINTHS: A BIPOLAR LIFE

by Melody Moezzi

"A bold, courageous book by a woman who transforms mental illness into an occasion for activism."

An Iranian-American political activist and writer's memoir of how she came to terms with her bicultural heritage and bipolar disorder. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Oct. 8, 2013

PERV: THE SEXUAL DEVIANT IN ALL OF US

by Jesse Bering

"A master craftsman at refashioning reproductive biology into provocative composition, Bering nimbly probes "the darkest corners of our sexual nature" with no illicit aftertaste."

Outspokenly attesting that everyone's a pervert in some form or another, research psychologist Bering (Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?: And Other Reflections On Being Human, 2012) combines science, research and an unblushing curiosity to plumb the depths of sexual deviancy. Read full book review >

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