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Everything you need to know about Teen Suicide

Suicide DIY?

April 28, 2016 Holly Feelings and Self Help, Talkin 'Bout My Generation 11 comments

Everything You Need to Know About Teen Suicide Schleifer 1988 Submitter: My local library has two copies of the 1988 edition of Everything You Need to Know About Teen Suicide. Plus they have multiple copies of the 4 later editions

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Isn’t Depression Cute?

December 10, 2015 Mary Kelly Health and Safety, Ladies only! 15 comments

How to Beat the Blahs Littauer 1979 As a long sufferer of the “blahs”, this book is beyond awful. For the time, this was probably how most folks thought about depression. Basically, with a little lipstick and a new outfit,

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You may not need a psychiatrist, but you do need a librarian

March 31, 2014 Mary Kelly Feelings and Self Help, Health and Safety 4 comments

You May Not Need a Psychiatrist How Your Body May Control Your Mind Galton 1979 Straight from the 1970s, we have another mind-body connection health book.  In this book he criticizes diagnostics with respect to those conditions as “mental” rather

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Self Help for Your Nerves

Working your last good nerve

September 27, 2012 Mary Kelly Feelings and Self Help 9 comments

Self Help for Your Nerves Weekes 1962 My cohort in weeding, Holly, is famous for saying that “<insert name of annoying patron, family member, etc> is working my last good nerve.”  In fact, she says this at least once a

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Curing the Gay Life

September 23, 2012 Holly Department of God, Vice Patrol 8 comments

Homosexuality And Hope: A Psychologist Talks About Treatment and Change Van Den Aaardweg 1985 ​Submitter: We’re a small academic library, for a small non-traditional-student-focused college. The college’s programs mostly center around human services degrees.  And we’ve spent this summer (3

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The Primal Scream

Scream Your Way to Mental Health

July 10, 2012 Mary Kelly Feelings and Self Help 7 comments

The Primal Scream Primal Therapy: The Cure for Neurosis Janov 1970 Talk about a blast from the past! Primal Scream Therapy was the “it” therapy for many celebrities in the 70s. The basics of Primal Therapy is that current neurosis

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Groovy Mental Health for the Holidays

December 23, 2010 Mary Kelly Feelings and Self Help 7 comments

Inside Groups:  A Practical Guide to Encounter Groups and Group Therapy Verny 1974 I would imagine many of you are taking a moment or two in the holiday madness to contemplate family, friends and the meaning of life.  If not,

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Going Sane

Going Sane

June 8, 2010 Holly Feelings and Self Help

Going Sane: An Introduction to Feeling Therapy Hart, Corriere, Binder 1975 Oooh, most excellent suits, hair, and glasses on the cover! The Center for Feeling Therapy was seen as a cult in the early 1970’s.  Check out the Wikipedia article

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