In no specific order, please find 19 literary fiction classics on mental health from a psychiatry resident’s perspective below. Do take note that this is not our typical “free ebook” compilation post, but more of a “What to Read” kind of post. However, a link will be provided should the book is freely and legally available.
Psychology
The Science of Practice: How to Rewire Your Brain for Performance
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘practice makes perfect.’ Whether it’s violin, running, or writing, everyone knows we have to practice in order to improve our performance. But have you ever wondered, what’s happening inside my brain when I practice? Why do some people practice over and over and never get any better? How do I make sure I’m not just going through the motions?
Possibility
In these pages, I shared some of my finds in my little journey into human psychology and simply ignored elements that makes us powerful and possible. My aim is that in the end you may find yourself, and deploy yourself to possibilities.
The Psychology of Snapchat Marketing
Download our eBook and learn about the psychological principles that keep Snapchat’s community going, and how this affects your marketing strategy.
The Keepers (or The Momentum)
Follows the lives of two characters Lysei, to prevent humanity from self-destructing because of hyper-sexuality and all its consequences and Rikki as they come to terms of what is good and what is bad and what is going on in the world.
Cyberbullying: Where Are We Now?
The current publication provides a state-of-the-art review of key concerns in cyberbullying research; focusing on fundamental issues such as the conceptualisation of cyberbullying (or cyber aggression), cyberbullying as experienced by different age groups, correlates of cyberbullying involvement, cross-national research, and coping with cyberbullying.
Manifest Madness: Mental Incapacity in the Criminal Law
Bringing together previously disparate discussions on criminal responsibility from law, psychology, and philosophy, this book provides a close study of mental incapacity defences, analysing their development through historical cases to the modern era. It maps the shifting boundaries between normality and abnormality as constructed in law, arguing that ‘manifest madness’ – the distinct character of mental incapacity revealed by this interdisciplinary approach – has a broad significance for understanding the criminal law as a whole.
The ”I” of the Storm: Understanding the Suicidal Mind
There are no necessary or sufficient causes for suicide, so rather than explaining suicide (looking for causes), perhaps we can understand suicide, at least in one individual, a phenomenological approach. This book begins by examining the diaries from eight individuals who killed themselves.
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"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the...