Dr. Neel Burton is a psychiatrist and philosopher whose writings delve into the intricate aspects of the human psyche and experience. He draws profound insights from the intersection of psychiatry and philosophy, offering a unique perspective on themes such as self-deception, emotions, and the meaning of life. His style is marked by incisive analysis and an accessible approach, engaging readers with complex ideas presented thoughtfully. Burton's work encourages a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world, exploring how we navigate our inner lives and external realities.
This award winning book opens up the debate on mental disorders. For example, what is schizophrenia? Why does it affect human beings but not other animals? What might this tell us about our mind and body, language and creativity, music and religion? What are the boundaries between 'madness' and 'normality'? And what about genius?
It has forever been said that we are ruled by our emotions, but this today is truer than ever. Yet, the emotions are utterly neglected by our system of education, leading to millions of mis-lived lives. This book proposes to redress the balance, exploring over 30 emotions and drawing some powerful and astonishing conclusions along the way.
This full-colour sixth edition of Clinical Skills for OSCEs has been updated, revised, and extended by a dynamic team of medical students and junior doctors from all over the UK. It now includes mock marking schemes.
This is a book about thinking. Our culture mostly equates thinking with logical reasoning; but it is about much more than this, and so the book also examines concepts such as intelligence, knowledge, and truth, and alternative forms of cognition that our culture tends to overlook and underplay, including intuition, emotion, and imagination.
All the major wine styles and regions are covered in the new third edition of this clear and concise primer, together with notes on the history of wine, winemaking, and blind tasting.
Things are not all they seem. This is a book about how depression can have benefits as well as costs, and how to reap those benefits.
Psychiatry is a concise yet comprehensive textbook of mental health for medical students, junior doctors, general practitioners, mental health nurses, social workers, and anyone else needing or wishing for a fresh, modern, and engaging account of mental disorders.
Thisfull-colour fifth edition of Clinical Skills for OSCEs has been updated, revised, and extended by a dynamic team of medicalstudents and junior doctors from all over the UK.
Many people go through life without giving full consideration to their emotions. This book proposes to do just that, examining over 30 emotions ranging from lust to love and humility to humiliation, and drawing some useful and surprising conclusions along the way.
This new edition of The Meaning of Madness addresses some of the difficult but important questions about schizophrenia and mental health. It provides a highly readable insight into the world of mental disorder.