Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke

14 reviews

melina333's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

2.5

Das Buch hatte einige Interessante Passagen und handelt davon, wie es gelingen kann eine Sucht zu bekämpfen. Viele Kapitel fand ich leider sehr langweilig, da immer wieder (in meinen Augen uninteressante) Geschichten aus dem Leben der Autorin und dem Leben ihrer Patienten ausgebreitet werden. Anstelle dieser ganzen Beispiele hatte ich mir mehr wissenschaftlichen Inhalt erhofft. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

fireside_reads's review

challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Medical content

kkarinh's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Car accident, and Dysphoria

srosen930's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

This book did a good job backing up its main points with real life examples, which always helps me solidify a point.  

I was a little concerned that when the book got to the part of pressing on the "pain" side of the "pleasure - pain scale" that the author didnt condemn harmful self harm techniques.  Like cold showering is a good example of pressing on the pain side, but when talking about cutting, I would put a disclaimer there.  

The book ran a little long for me, but it wasn't too long or wordy.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide