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Parenting, Pregnancy and childbirth, General non-fiction
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Is breast really best? Breastfeeding is widely assumed to be the healthiest choice, yet growing evidence suggests that its benefits…
have been greatly exaggerated. New moms are pressured by doctors, health officials, and friends to avoid the bottle at all costs--often at the expense of their jobs, their pocketbooks, and their well-being. In Lactivism, political scientist Courtney Jung offers the most deeply researched and far-reaching critique of breastfeeding advocacy to date. Drawing on her own experience as a devoted mother who breastfed her two children and her expertise as a social scientist, Jung investigates the benefits of breastfeeding and asks why so many people across the political spectrum are passionately invested in promoting it, even as its health benefits have been persuasively challenged. What emerges is an eye-opening story about class and race in America, the big business of breastfeeding, and the fraught politics of contemporary motherhood.Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear
By Margee Kerr. 2015
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Psychology, Self help
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Shiver-inducing science not for the faint of heart. No one studies fear quite like Margee Kerr. A sociologist who moonlights…
at one of America’s scariest and most popular haunted houses, she has seen grown men laugh, cry, and push their loved ones aside as they run away in terror. And she’s kept careful notes on what triggers these responses and why. Fear is a universal human experience, but do we really understand it? If we’re so terrified of monsters and serial killers, why do we flock to the theaters to see them? Why do people avoid thinking about death, but jump out of planes and swim with sharks? For Kerr, there was only one way to find out. In this eye-opening, adventurous book, she takes us on a tour of the world’s scariest experiences: into an abandoned prison long after dark, hanging by a cord from the highest tower in the Western hemisphere, and deep into Japan’s mysterious "suicide forest. ” She even goes on a ghost hunt with a group of paranormal adventurers. Along the way, Kerr shows us the surprising science from the newest studies of fear--what it means, how it works, and what it can do for us. Full of entertaining science and the thrills of a good ghost story, this book will make you think, laugh--and scream.Att Överleva Schizofreni
By Richard Carlson, Berenice Arrieta Cort s. 2018
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Science and medicine biography, Psychology
Richard Carlson Jr. diagnostiserades med paranoid schizofreni när han var tjugo år gammal. Hans sjukdom först manifesterade när han var…
en ung ungdom. Modern psykiatri misslyckades starkt Richard för över ett decennium. Därefter förstod han, efter en incident som involverade polisen, att hans diagnos var riktig och började äntligen den långa processen att återhämta sig. Över tio år senare förbättras hans liv väsentligt. Under sin behandling återhämtade sig också Richard från depression, tvångssyndrom och slöhet. Låt inte vad som hände med Richard hända dig, en nära anhörig, eller en patient som arbetar med allvarlig psykisk sjukdom. Alltid vara ärliga med varandra, och med din psykiater.