Dominick Birdsey's whole existence is coloured by the fact that his twin brother can never be fully responsible for his frightening behaviour, while he himself has beaten the biochemical odds to remain sane. But at what cost?

Addresses issues about women and mental illness today.

Lewis Wolpert had a severe depressive episode, and despite a happy marriage and successful scientific career, he could think only of suicide. When he recovered, he wrote this book, an investigation into the causes and treatments of this disease. This edition features an introduction, in which Lewis Wolpert discusses his struggle with depression.

Looks at what happens when things go wrong with parts of the brain most of us don't know exist. This work shows the awesome powers of our mind and just how delicately balanced they have to be. It is suitable for those who have felt from time to time that certain twinge of self-identity and sensed how easily, at any moment, one might lose it.

The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end, James Murray, the OED's editor, went to Crowthorne in Berkshire to meet him.

Howard Dully was 12 years old when he was given a lobotomy. He was 56 years old when he found out why. In 1960, Howard's father and stepmother delivered him into the hands of the man who had invented the 'ice pick' lobotomy. This book tells the story of his escape from that place.

Deals with total institutions in general and, mental hospitals, in particular. This book focuses on the world of the inmate. It includes essays that focus on the same issue - the inmate's situation in an institutional context. Its chapters approach the central issue from different vantage points, drawing upon different sources in sociology.

A drug-free guide to curing anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other depressive disorders uses scientifically tested methods to improve mood and stave off the blues. Reprint.

Shows how the straitjacket of conformity imposed on us leads to feelings of alienation and a waste of human potential. This title examines schizophrenia and psychotherapy, transcendence and 'us and them' thinking, and illustrates ideas with a case history of a ten-day psychosis.

A fresh new jacket design brings this classic self-help guide up to date for a contemporary readership. One of the forerunners to today's pop psych market along with Women Who Love Too Much, this multimillion bestseller shows us how anger affects women's relationships and explains how to turn this often destructive force into a constructive one.

A highly personal tale of what it's like to fall apart whilst the world watches.

Presents a true story of a woman with sixteen personalities - two of whom were men - and her struggle, against overwhelming odds, for health and happiness.

A 'retired career anorexic' examines herself and her, and our, culture in a masterpiece of confessional literature.

From the time he was three or four years old, John Elder Robison realised that he was different from other people. He was unable to make eye contact or connect with other children. This is his story of growing up with Asperger's syndrome. It is a fusion of inspiration, dark comedy and insight into the workings of the human mind.

An easy-to-use self-help program that is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of depression. Revealing the hidden psychological mechanisms that cause chronic unhappiness, this work guides readers through a series of exercises designed to break the mental habits that lead to despair.

Coping when someone you care about has borderline personality disorder.

Contains eight case-studies of people the author has treated, including a woman of 67, obsessively pining with love for her 32-year-old previous therapist and a woman of 19 stone who has emotional difficulties because of her weight problem. This title includes stories that reveal the diversity of human motivation.

A self-help guide which provides step-by-step strategies for sufferers of depression, using cognitive therapy techniques. The book explains how mind and body interact and how depression can evolve. Case histories are included.

Here, medical journalist Robert Whitaker reveals an astounding truth: schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world's poorest countries. He traces over three centuries of cures for madness, questioning our obligations to the mad.

Presenting case studies of schizophrenic patients, this title intends to make madness and the process of going mad comprehensible. It offers an existential analysis of personal alienation.