Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

11 reviews

slipppers98's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

2.5

Warning: Animal cruelty detailed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

mjadeh's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Eating disorder

okayshea's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

1.5

it always makes me feel icky and voyeuristic reading therapists tell their patients' stories, though i know obviously the patients gave their consent and i can see the value of sharing these real and vulnerable things people go through to create better understanding and give authentic examples. BUT this author came across judgmental of pretty much everyone she discussed in this book, and seemed to often look down on others struggling with addiction, even as she tried to relate personally by sharing her troubled relationship to romance novels. there were just too many cases where, to me, she felt smug and like she knew all the answers and didn't seem interested in actually learning what her patients saw of what they were going through -- and that's from her own retelling of these interactions. but maybe that's just me and that type of attitude might be necessary sometimes in helping someone with a serious addiction.

like other reviewers said, dopamine nation isn't really about modern technology or social media as much as the book advertises itself to be, and is more just about overcoming addiction and how dopamine works in general. there wasn't much scientific information in here that you couldn't gather from just watching a few self-help type youtube videos about dopamine or "dopamine resets". lembke also uses this book to make a few broad claims with flimsy support, so that turned me off too from finding much trust or value from this text. it just showed up on libby and was short, so i picked it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Self harm and Stalking

adrianna_0623's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

drdolphinphd's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Murder, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Child death, Animal death, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

relisel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

wanna_read's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

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: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Self harm

fireside_reads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual content

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

kkarinh's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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