POUR UN PUBLIC AVERTI. Publié en 1788, le Traité du fouet et de ses effets sur le physique de l'amour est-il un ouvrage libertin déguisé ou un vrai traité médico-philosophique? Si les divers effets de la flagellation sur l'éveil ou le réveil du désir y sont traités, l'auteur étaie ses constatations médicales de tous les exemples, anciens et nouveaux, qu'il peut trouver dans l'histoire et dans la chronique. De l'aphrodisiaque externe, il...

Renowned grief counselor Stephen Levine tells us that long after an initial loss has passed and the period of grieving has ended an unattended sorrow lingers, accounting for a host of physical, emotional and spiritual maladies. It is not uncommon then for those with unresolved grief to lean toward addictions or dangerous behaviors or other forms of self-destruction. In Unattended Sorrow, Levine addresses the grief from fresh loss but also attends...

Children are recovering from autism, as are their families. Children are recovering from autism, and yet the general public is largely unaware that this is even possible, let alone happening at astounding rates. While traditional medicine continues to be stymied on the causes and potential remedies, other physicians and proactive parents have partnered to become a progressive force for change. In Victory over Autism, Mary Romaniec takes the reader...

Harley, 13, has been sectioned under the mental health act after attempting suicide. She was spotted climbing the railings on a footbridge that crossed a busy motorway and pulled to safety by a member of the public. After six weeks in hospital, social services are looking for a short-term placement so she can be kept safe while family therapy takes place. Harley has a family - a widowed mother and an older sister, Milly, who left home with her long-term...

Throughout our years of working to empower people, especially teenagers and young people, we have seen, time and time again, that the term anxiety gets thrown around like it's a disease that someone has and cannot ever get rid of. This just isn't the case. Anxiety is a normal, natural response that every human being experiences at particular times in their lives. It's also important to note that anxiety is an emotion of the future. We can either...

"A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology. In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate....

"A guide for girls of color looking to find their voice and claim space as they prepare for high school, college, and their careers"--

"London. December, 1942. As the Russian army repels German forces from Stalingrad, Maggie Hope, secret agent and spy, takes a break from the Special Operations Executive division to defuse bombs in London. But Maggie herself is like an explosion waiting to happen. Shaken by a recent case, she finds herself living more dangerously--taking more risks than usual, smoking again, drinking gin and riding a motorcycle--and the last thing she wants is to...

"You belong, just the way you are! This sweet rhyming book shares the comforting message that we're all important and we all matter, despite our differences. With peek-through pages and a squishy, shiny rainbow"--

Model Programs and Components focuses on the planning and implementation of model programs and presents necessary steps to achieve a comprehensive and practical service to the community including health, food, social, and psychological services and documents local experiences in Appalachia, California, Colorado and Oregon. Foreword by Congressman John Brademas, former President of New York University. Contributors include James A. Levine, Helen L....