18 books like The anatomy of melancholy

What to read after The anatomy of melancholy — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Dealing with Depression Gordon Parker · 2002 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This unique book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on depression, focuses on a way of thinking about the complexity and diversity of the mood disorders that is both easy to understand and rings' true. Well-written and thought provoking, it is essential reading for all whose lives are affected by depression.' - Michael Thase, Professor of Psychiatry, University of… Shares: Mental Depression, Depression, Psychology

Unfuck your brain Faith G. Harper · 2017 · ★ 3.3 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Expert advice on the neuroscience of trauma and practical exercises for recovery, written for lay readers"-- Shares: Psychiatry, Depression, Mental Health, Psychology

Dealing with depression Parker, Gordon · 2005 · 182p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A revised edition of this bestselling user-friendly guide for sufferers of depression and those who care for them.'This unique book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on depression, focuses on a way of thinking about the complexity and diversity of the mood disorders that is both easy to understand and rings' true. Well-written and thought provoking, it is essential reading for… Shares: Mental Depression, Depression, Psychology

Self-knowledge John Mason · 1745 · ★ 3.8 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Demanding published 1813. covered in brown (leather or paper?) Hardbound, abt 51/2 by 31/2" written in old fashioned type; f's look like s's Shares: Early works to 1850, Early works to 1800, Psychology

This One Wild and Precious Life Sarah Wilson · 2020 · ★ 3.3 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Discover how to wake up and reclaim your wild & precious life in this radical spiritual guidebook from a New York Times–bestselling author—As seen in USA Today's hottest releases and The Washington Post's ten New Books Spotlight."Sarah Wilson is a force of nature – quite literally. She has taken her pain and grief about our sick and troubled world and alchemized it into action, advocacy,… Shares: Mental Health, Psychology

I'm OK, you're OK Thomas Anthony Harris · 1969 · ★ 3.8 · 282p · ≈ 9h · Moderate El análisis conciliatorio es un método para enseñar y para aprender que constituye un planteamiento novedoso al enfrentar al individuo con el hecho de que es responsable de lo que le ocurrirá en el futuro, cualquiera que haya sido su pasado. A partir de la distinción de tres elementos activos en la elaboración de la personalidad: el Padre, el Adulto y el Niño, se marca como objetivo el… Shares: Psychiatry, Mental Health, Psychology

The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath · 1948 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness. Shares: Mental Depression, Mental Health, Psychology

Inquiries concerning the intellectual powers, and the investigation of truth John Abercrombie · 1830 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Early works to 1850, Medicine, Psychology

Elements of the philosophy of the human mind Dugald Stewart · 1792 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Demanding The HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The works in this collection include expositions and scholarly analyses of philosophy and ethics for the earliest recorded Western religious and secular works. Documents concern prehistoric, medieval, and modern times, with background and historical narratives on Western thought. The… Shares: Early works to 1850, Early works to 1800, Psychology

De anima Aristotle · 1877 · 110p · ≈ 3h · Challenging For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato's student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these beliefs against the emerging sciences of logic and biology. His examination of the huge variety of living organisms -… Shares: Early works to 1850, Early works to 1800, Psychology

The manufacture of madness Thomas Stephen Szasz · 1970 · ★ 4.1 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Intends to show that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led. Shares: Psychiatry, Mental Health

A Mind That Found Itself Clifford Whittingham Beers · 1908 · ★ 3.8 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging This book tells the story of a young man who is gradually enveloped by a psychosis. His well-meaning family commits him to a series of mental hospitals, but he is brutalized by the treatment, and his moments of fleeting sanity become fewer and fewer. His ultimate recovery is a triumph on the human spirit. Shares: Psychiatry, Mental Health

An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, With Illustrations on the Moral Sense Francis Hutcheson · 1728 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Demanding "Francis Hutcheson is one of the central figures in eighteenth-century moral philosophy. Read widely in Britain, France, Germany, and America, he influenced philosophers ranging from his student Adam Smith to Kant. After the initial reaction to his first major work, Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue (1725), Hutcheson took stock of his critics and wrote An Essay on the… Shares: Early works to 1850, Early works to 1800

The dispensary Garth, Samuel Sir · 1699 · 89p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Shares: Medicine, Early works to 1800

Take Control of Your Life Gail Ratcliffe · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Why am I unhappy? How can I start living the life I want? What will make me happier?'Take Control of Your Life' answers questions such as these. The author, internationally recognised psychologist Dr Gail Ratcliffe, suggests that the first step is to identify what is out of balance in your life. She maintains that everyone's life is in some way or another affected by stress, and that recognising… Shares: Medicine, Psychology

Age of Magical Overthinking Amanda Montell · 2024 · ★ 3.7 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet. “Magical thinking” can be broadly defined as the belief that one’s internal thoughts can affect unrelated… Shares: Mental Health, Psychology

How to Keep House While Drowning KC Davis · 2020 · ★ 4.2 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revolutionize the way you approach home care—without endless to-do lists. Presented in 31 daily thoughts, this compassionate guide will help you begin to get free of the shame and anxiety you feel over home care. Inside you will learn: · How to shift your perspective of care tasks from moral to… Shares: Mental Health, Psychology

Selections Aristotle · 1491 · ★ 3.0 · 353p · ≈ 11h · Demanding In this extraordinary volume of selections from Aristotle—culled from the monumental Oxford translation by authorities including W.D. Ross, Benjamin Jowett, and Ingram Bywater—editor Justin D. Kaplan has included the most widely read, studied, and quoted works of the great philosopher.Informative notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work, illuminating the main ideas.… Shares: Early works to 1850, Early works to 1800, Psychology

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