Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Author: Stacy Pershall

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2011-12-20

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0393340791

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After her 2001 suicide attempt, broadcast live on a Webcam, Pershall realized the need to heal her mind and body. She found a revolutionary cure, met a tattoo artist, and discovered the healing power of body modification.


Active Minds 301 First Grade Questions and Answers

Active Minds 301 First Grade Questions and Answers

Author: Sequoia Children's Publishing

Publisher: Sequoia Children's Publishing

Published: 2021-01-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781642693317

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Get ready for first grade! This huge 192-page workbook contains over 300 educational activies to keep little ones learning and having fun. The engaging question-and-answer format allows kids to breeze along, with topics changing frequently to keep motivation and interest levels high. It's perfect for supplementing online learning, keeping up over summer and holiday breaks, or preparing for back to school. Essential curriculum-based topics include: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Physical and Emotional Development, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, and so much more!


Animals

Animals

Author: Publications International, Limited

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9780785342564

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Learning about animals is an interactive adventure with this super-sized lift-a-flap book on board pages.


Active Minds Mini Amazing Activity Book

Active Minds Mini Amazing Activity Book

Author: Sequoia Children's Publishing

Publisher: p i kids

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781503745919

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Looking for a way to challenge young children and feed their creativity? This collection will keep kids focused, thinking, and entertained all at the same time. Inside, find more than 100 brightly designed pages offering a range of boredom-busters for home or on the go.


Making Minds

Making Minds

Author: Petra Hauf

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9789027222343

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Social stimuli are important proximate determinants of human thought, action, and behaviour. But does the social environment also have deeper, profounder, and possibly more distal impact on more lasting psychological structures and forms, generalizing across time and domains, such as traits, self-consciousness, abilities, and talents? This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to the question of if, how, and how far the mind is socially fabricated: Philosophical contributions address conceptual tools for analyses of how person perceivers shape the psychological structures of the person perceived. Social psychologists consider some of the more local mechanisms of “mind making”, including self fulfilling prophecies, attributions, and self-verification. Moreover, they address the dramatic consequences of being ostracised. From a clinical perspective it is investigated how patients' immediate social environment (e.g., the family) impacts on schizophrenic relapse. In addition, developmental psychologists report on investigations of the role of social factors, e.g., imitative learning, for the development of the social self. Finally an ethological perspective demonstrates the susceptibility of animals to social stimuli. These papers were previously published as Interaction Studies 6:1 and 6:3 (2005).


Criminal Justice and Mental Health

Criminal Justice and Mental Health

Author: Jada Hector

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-08

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3031153383

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This textbook provides an overview of the overlap between the criminal justice system and mental health for students of criminology and criminal justice. It provides an accessible overview of basic signs and symptoms of major mental illnesses and size of scope of justice-involved individuals with mental illness. In the United States, the law enforcement and the criminal justice system is often the first public service to be in contact with individuals suffering from mental illness or in mental distress. Those with untreated mental illnesses are often at higher risk for committing criminal acts, and due to a lack of mental health facilities, resources, and pervasive misconceptions about this population, those with mental illness often end up in the corrections system. This timely work covers the roles of each part of the criminal justice system interacting with mentally ill individuals, from law enforcement and first responders, social services, public health services, sentencing and corrections, to release and re-entry. It also addresses the crucial need of mental healthcare for criminal justice professionals, who suffer from high rates of job stress, PTSD, and other mental health issues. With new chapters on stigma, mental illness during and after disaster and crisis, and updates and new supplementary materials throughout, this book will be of interest to students of criminology and criminal justice, sociology, psychology, and public health. It will also be of interest to policy-makers and practitioners already working in the field, interacting with and addressing the needs of mentally ill individuals.


The Mind Club

The Mind Club

Author: Daniel M. Wegner

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0143110020

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“Compelling, and so beautifully written…’The Mind Club’ deftly brings the most up-to-date research about other minds to readers of all backgrounds. It may cause you to think differently about crime and punishment, about business transactions and health care, and even about the upcoming elections. Things might just start looking up.”–The Wall Street Journal From dogs to gods, the science of understanding mysterious minds—including your own. Nothing seems more real than the minds of other people. When you consider what your boss is thinking or whether your spouse is happy, you are admitting them into the "mind club." It’s easy to assume other humans can think and feel, but what about a cow, a computer, a corporation? What kinds of mind do they have? Daniel M. Wegner and Kurt Gray are award-winning psychologists who have discovered that minds—while incredibly important—are a matter of perception. Their research opens a trove of new findings, with insights into human behavior that are fascinating, frightening and funny. The Mind Club explains why we love some animals and eat others, why people debate the existence of God so intensely, how good people can be so cruel, and why robots make such poor lovers. By investigating the mind perception of extraordinary targets—animals, machines, comatose people, god—Wegner and Gray explain what it means to have a mind, and why it matters so much. Fusing cutting-edge research and personal anecdotes, The Mind Club explores the moral dimensions of mind perception with wit and compassion, revealing the surprisingly simple basis for what compels us to love and hate, to harm and to protect.


High Vaultage

High Vaultage

Author: Chris Sugden

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 2024-03-14

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 139960418X

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A joyously funny and absurd steampunk frolic that satirises both the era in which it is set and our own age' FINANCIAL TIMES From the creators of the acclaimed audio drama podcast Victoriocity comes a cozy scifi mystery set in the chaotic metropolis of Even Greater London - unmissable for fans of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series and Terry Pratchett's Discworld. EVEN GREATER LONDON, 1887: a vast, uninterrupted urban plane encompassing the entire lower half of England and, for complex reasons, only the upper third of the Isle of Wight... The immense Tower casts electricity across the sky itself, powering the mind-boggling mechanisms of the city below; the notorious engineer-army swarms through its very veins, building, demolishing, and rebuilding whatever they see fit; and - at the heart of it all - sits the country's first ever private detective agency. Archibald Fleet and Clara Entwhistle hoped things would pick up quickly for their new enterprise. No one is taking them seriously, but their break will come soon. Definitely... Probably. Meanwhile, police are baffled by a series of impossible bank robberies, their resources wholly absorbed by the case. Which means that when a woman witnesses a kidnapping, Fleet-Entwhistle Private Investigations is the only place she can turn for help. Luckily they're more than happy to oblige. But what's the motive behind the kidnap? As Clara and Fleet investigate, they find more than they could ever have imagined... READERS ARE LOVING HIGH VAULTAGE: 'One of the most original stories I've read' NetGalley review 'Clever, original, funny, sharp, satirical and incredibly entertaining' NetGalley review 'My favourite steampunk/humorous alt history novel' NetGalley review 'A wonderful escape from real life' NetGalley review 'Great fun and endlessly inventive. This was a riotously imaginative read' NetGalley review 'Reminds me of the Discworld books, which is NOT a comparison I use lightly' NetGalley review __________________ Chris and Jen Sugden's book 'High Vaultage' was a No. 5 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18-03-2024.


Obsessive Compulsions

Obsessive Compulsions

Author: C. Thomas Gualtieri

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2018-06-21

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1784509051

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Almost everybody has an obsession or feels a compulsion to do something a certain way. Magic numbers, intrusive thoughts, unusual fears and superstitions happen to about four people out of five, but where do these obsessive-compulsive (OC) traits come from? This book explores what they are, why we have them and what we can do about them, through fascinating and highly original insights. Are you a perfectionist, or can you be fussy? Do you like to have control in certain situations? Or are you overly anxious in others? These are all OC traits, and this book looks at their recent increase in human behaviour, and how they are formed in the brain. Showing that these traits are more common in highly educated, intelligent and successful people, it highlights the positive sides of what have previously been seen as negative quirks. Weaving together sections that are anecdotal and humorous, with technical and up-to-date scientific information, this groundbreaking book gives a fascinating introduction into an under-discussed personality type.