![]() ![]() ![]() Please vote on and/or add suggestions to this list of healing, humorous books. Good fiction can reduce the need for medications by distracting ill readers from their pain. Note: the Recovery section is out-of-date. Judith Herman is a classic on the history of the treatment of mental illness: how Freud was pressured into retracting his discovery that his female patients were victims of childhood incest (resulting in the cruel psychoanalytic practice of blaming the victim), the use of borderline diagnosis as a pejorative substitute for PTSD, trauma in the military, etc. Note: the case studies involve some graphic descriptions of atrocities. The book describes the physiology of trauma, many case studies, and new non-pharmaceutical treatments. Bessel van der Kolk is a best-selling, compassionate book by one of the world's top experts in mental illness. For those who have struggled with mental illness or know someone who does, these books are a must-read: ![]()
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