Suggests an open system of psychological exploration to cut through accepted norms of morality, language, and politics

Explores neurological disorders and their effects upon the minds and lives of those affected with an entertaining voice.

With verve and immense learning, Healy tells a story with surprising implications in a book that will become the leading scholarly work on its compelling subject.

"...Dr. Stout will show you how to arm yourself against the threat -- to question their authority, suspect their flattery and above all, when a sociopath is beckoning, not to join in their game." -- from page 4 of cover.

Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin introduces the neuroimaging advances and genetic research that link brain science to behavior, even sharing her own brain scans from numerous studies.

Aviv asks how the stories we tell about mental disorders shape their course in our lives—and our identities, too.

Presenting cases - recounted in the patients' own words - that reveal the inner workings of the suicidal mind, Shneidman looks at suicide from a psychological perspective.

Originally published by Viking Penguin, 2014.

Are psychopaths mad, or simply bad? How can they be recognized? And how can we protect ourselves? This book provides solid information and surprising insights for anyone seeking to understand this devastating condition.

Traces the literary, philosophical, and moral themes of madness as well as its social and theological impact in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries.