Neuroscientists, psychologists and other experts share the titles they recommend most. By Hope Reese When Gabor Maté was in his 40s and a successful doctor in Vancouver, Canada, he struggled with ...

Reading about trauma and healing can be an essential part of the recovery process, especially for survivors of domestic violence and family-of-origin abuse 1. Education helps us recognize patterns, ...

Complex trauma—a serious mental health condition, yet one that remains unrecognized by the DSM (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)—is one of the most misunderstood ...

Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In a new series, we look at books that have become cultural touchstones. If new books are lucky they enjoy a brief honeymoon of ...

Encinitas therapist Kristen Hornung recently self-published her first book of poetry, “Too Jagged to Hold”. The deeply personal collection takes readers on her long and ongoing journey of recovery ...

In 1968, at the age of 42, psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton sat down to write Death in Life, a book about his experiences interviewing survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "I was ...