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Re-story your life: heal your mind through ancient wisdom.

Healing the Mind Through the Power of Story

The Promise of Narrative Psychiatry

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    384 pages

  • Release Date

    18 June 2010

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Summary

Psychiatry that recognizes the essential role of community in creating a new story of mental health

  • Provides a critique of conventional psychiatry and a look at what mental health care could be
  • Includes stories used in the author’s healing practice that draw from traditional cultures around the world

Conventional psychiatry is not working. The pharmaceutical industry promises it has cures for everything that ails us, yet a recent study on antidepressants …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781591430957
ISBN-10:159143095X
Author:Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Publisher:Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Imprint:Bear & Company
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:18 June 2010
Weight:567g
Dimensions:153mm x 229mm
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Critics Review

“This wonderful book is deep, moving, honest, educational, and will open your mind to the power of storytelling to heal and know more intimately the vastness of our beings. As a physician and indigenous healer, Lewis Mehl-Madrona uniquely blends his knowledge of science and the greater mysteries to help us SEE more clearly.” * Judith Orloff, M.D., author of Second Sight *
“Lewis Mehl-Madrona combines an emerging modern understanding of the power of story to change minds and brains with a traditional recognition of the shaping power of story.” * Dr. Brian Boyd, author of On the Origin of Stories *
“This book will revolutionize how we think about psychological healing, giving us new tools to achieve harmony and balance in all aspects of our lives.” * Hyla Cass, M.D., author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health *
“… Healing the Mind Through the Power of Story is an excellent account of a relatively new perspective of mental health treatment. Mehl-Madrona’s explanations of the need for alternative treatments to medications and specific treatment goals for patients with serious mental disorders are well presented. The only concerns brought about by this approach to mental health are public opinion and compliance. The world still lives by the promise of a pill as the cure for any disease, and it is still difficult to get people to accept alternatives to that paradigm, especially in psychology.” * American Psychological Association, February 2011 *

About The Author

Lewis Mehl-Madrona

Lewis Mehl-Madrona, M.D., Ph.D., is certified in psychiatry, family practice, and geriatrics and worked for years in rural emergency medicine. He is the author of several books, including the bestselling Coyote Medicine, is a professor of family medicine at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine and of psychology at Argosy University, and lectures around the world.

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