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Vitality

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0875866204 (ebook)

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Vitality

[Book]

a psychiatrist's answer to life's problems /

Richard Esser.

New York :

Algora Pub.,

c2008.

xii, 240 p.

Includes bibliographical references.

What does a psychiatrist know about the best of living? -- Getting a kick out of living -- Turning living around, eight thumbnail sketches -- Tom, Cus, Floyd and me -- Turning point -- Detective work -- Call it magic -- Damage done -- Clear-sightedness -- A head full of numbers -- What worked -- Searching for optimism in the wilderness of psychiatry -- Learning basic lessons in Harlem -- The ABCs of successful helping -- Affection -- Putting-oneself-in-another's-shoes -- The asking-for-help-and-the-giving-of-help -- Nuts-and-bolts questions people need answers to about the good and bad in helping -- The expert in living -- The real and the false rewards -- Loving -- Friendship -- Learning -- Work -- Idealism -- A private life -- Creativity, courage, initiative, dynamism, achievement and self-fulfillment -- The vital process -- The crux of living : turning craziness into creativity -- The wonder and the pitfall in growing up -- Coming to grips with the scariest part of ourselves -- The key question of prevention.

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Mental health.

Vitality.

Esser, Richard,1925-

ProQuest (Firm)

20171016115500.0

[Book]

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