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Psychologist Seligman ( Learned Optimism ) here examines common psychological disorders according to their biological and societal, or learned, components. Most enlightening are his analyses of the effectiveness of relaxation, meditation, psychoanalysis and cognitive therapies in the treatment of anxiety, which, along with depression and anger, he claims, can largely be controlled by disciplined effort. Tables demonstrating the success rates of various approaches to given problems, evaluative questionnaires and mostly jargon-free prose complement Seligman's comprehensive, unformulaic discussion. Maintaining that dieting will not help people who are overweight ("Weight is in large part genetic"), the author urges a focus on fitness and health; asserting that a child's psyche heals faster than an adult's, he observes that childhood trauma does not necessarily shape one's adult life: "the rest of the tapestry is not determined by what has been woven before." Direct, instructive and nonreductive, Seligman's observations and theories are positive, realistic and sound. 75,000 first printing; BOMC alternate.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Seligman (psychology, Univ. of Pennsylvania) has written a number of earlier books, including Learned Optimism ( LJ 11/91). In this latest, he examines the psychology of individual change. He begins by reviewing the history of psychological change and the role of psychiatric biology; he then examines the emotional changes that can alleviate everyday stress, panic, phobias, obsession, anger, and depression. Throughout, Seligman uses outcome studies to identify what works in making change. In the third section, he addresses physical change involving sex, diet, and alcohol. The author concludes by summarizing his beliefs that what you can change depends on the depth of the problem and that childhood trauma need not define an adult indefinitely. This extremely well-written book, while aimed at the lay reader, is appropriate for students and professionals as well. Highly recommended for both academic and public libraries.
- Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
- Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Isolating Reality in a Test Tube,
By Bill Butler "Bill Butler" (Tarzana, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement Learning to Accept Who You Are (Paperback)
You be a therapist! This book was compiled by the leading investigator of depression in the United States. You will like him and this book very much. Each treatment for psychiatric disorders gets a certain number of points for effectiveness and for side effects. This book is the best that science has to offer in relation to depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, dieting, sexual problems, and on and on. I do believe that you would be a fool if you did not buy it. Why? Because it's the best that science has to offer. And this means "outcome studies". An outcome study (a good one) is having 5,000 take a placebo for depression and 5,000 people taking thiamine. Both without knowing whether the pill is a placebo or thiamine. If 4,200 lose their depression with the thiamine and only 1,700 with the placebo, other surveys are needed for further investigations. YO! What happens if the thiamine has a temporary effect and then leaves this control group worse off than it was in 1 year? What happens if the thiamine has a "feel good" effect but then decreases your concentration? The standard treatment for severe depression is mainly antidepressants like Prozac. A woman just lost her spouse of 40 years 6 months ago. This would qualify her as having a "major depressive disorder". As her therapist, you give her Prozac and sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Which is supposed to back up the Prozac. What about trying to persuade her to get out with other people? To start a new career. THESE LAST TWO SUGGESTIONS CAN'T BE USED BY SCIENCE BECAUSE THE DATA CAN'T BE QUANTIFIED! It can't be isolated. If she meets rough people, maybe her depression will worsen. If she meets people with similar interests, her depression may dissapear. BUT BUY THE BOOK. Let's not dismiss science. Science gives us something to consult so that we don't fly back to the dark ages. Let's just put it into it's proper place. Good luck.
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The Must-Have Guide for Self-Helpers,
By Elizabeth (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement Learning to Accept Who You Are (Paperback)
As a navel-gazing self-help junkie, I was surprised and a little annoyed when I discovered this book -- after all, I thought to myself, who can tell me what I can or cannot do? Never mind that I was overwhelmed with boatloads of conflicting information -- I didn't think ANYONE had the answers, and that it was necessary to try everything once. Well, thank God for Dr. Seligman. The book is a brilliantly simple yet deep exploration of the research available on treatments for various conditions -- and it turns out that there ARE answers available regarding what works and what doesn't. (And what you shouldn't even bother trying.) This book is a valuable resource for anyone trying to make sense of the self-help and treatment industries.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
good content, but mostly commonly known information,
This review is from: What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement Learning to Accept Who You Are (Paperback)
This is a decent book, however I found a lot of the content to be either common sense, common knowledge, or something you could easily find yourself doing minimal research. However, it is nice to have all of the information presented in one place without having to go looking different places for it. It has a nice summary of everything it covers in the back of the book along with the results of various treatments. If you want to know more about common ailments and their respective treatments, such as dieting, trauma, alcoholism, anxiety, depression, anger, and many more things, then this book would be a good source of information. This book basically briefly discusses these things, and others, and talks about the different treatment options that are available for each and what the statistical data is for the success of the different available treatments. An interesting read, but I wouldn't buy it expecting it to change my life. I would recommend this book for someone who knows they have one of these problems and wants to know what options they have in regards to different treatments and what the typical results of those treatments are. Although you should keep in mind that nothing in this book is anything you couldn't find through your own research.
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