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Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk or give any kind of explanation turns a domestic tragedy into...
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[2000]
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English
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Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just won't leave.
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2020.
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Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control. Why then was she envisioning putting an end to the isolation and sadness that still plagued her despite her achievements? Enter Dr. Rosen, a therapist who calmly assured her that if she joins one of his psychotherapy groups, he can transform her life. All she has to do is show up and be honest. About everything: her eating habits, childhood,...
4) Halloween
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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In 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers brutally killed his older sister. The silent child was incarcerated in the Smith's Grove Sanitarium under the care of psychiatrist Sam Loomis. Michael's hometown of Haddonfield was slowly begining to forget the tragic crime. That is, until Loomis returns to the town to warn them of Myers' escape from Smith's Grove. With Michael set on killing a group of high school students, Loomis gets the hesitant town sheriff...
5) Backtrack
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[2016]
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English
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Psychiatrist Peter Bower's life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that his patients all share a similar, dark secret. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret, which only he can put right.
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"When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to...
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Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of doctors and nurses who are as caring as Eric is. But when he...
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet, but death is coming to their small sleepy town. Sixteen years ago, ten-year-old Michael Myers brutally killed his step father, his elder sister and her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he has escaped from the mental institution he had been placed in and has made his way back to his hometown, intent on a murderous rampage. He is pursued by Dr. Sam Loomis, who is Michael's doctor and the only one who knows...
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2018.
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Español
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"Cuando Michael Pollan se propuso investigar por qu? el LSD y la psilocibina (el componente activo de las setas alucin?genas) proporcionan un enorme alivio a personas que padecen condiciones de dif?cil tratamiento como el trastorno por estr?s postraum?tico, la depresi?n o la adicci?n, no ten?a la intenci?n de escribir lo que es sin lugar a dudas su libro m?s personal. Pero al descubrir c?mo estas notables sustancias mejoran la vida no solo de pacientes...
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2022.
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A New York Times Book Review Ten Best Books of 2022
A Wall Street Journal Ten Best Books of 2022
The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity.
In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental
11) Mad To Be Normal
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[2018]
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English
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David Tennant (Doctor Who) and Elizabth Moss (Madmen, The Handmaid's Tale) star in this drama about celebrity psychiatrist R.D. Laing who revolutionized the treatment of people diagnosed as ‘mad’. MAD TO BE NORMAL reveals the story of R.D. Laing, the famous psychiatrist and one of Scotland’s greatest minds.. Working out of Kingsley Hall in East London throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Laing performed various daring experiments on people who were...
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2016.
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English
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When Victoria Cruz wakes up in the psychiatric ward of a Texas hospital after her failed suicide attempt, she still has no desire to live, but as the weeks pass, and she meets Dr. Desai and three of the other patients, she begins to reflect on the reasons why she feels like a loser compared with the rest of her family, and to see a path ahead where she can make a life of her own.
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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In this sitcom from the '70s Bob Newhart stars as Dr. Robert Hartley, a successful Chicago psychologist specializing in group therapy sessions. Bob's patience is often tested by his patients--including a paranoid grouch with a persecution complex, a hen-pecked husband, and an emotional eater--all trying to "find themselves." Even at home with his wife Emily, Bob is surrounded by an assortment of nutty and neurotic neighbors.
16) Side effects
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
18) K-PAX
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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A psychiatrist begins treating a patient who claims to be an alien from the distant planet of K-PAX.
19) Carefree
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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She's afraid of marriage--can he help? With the forever magic of Irving Berlin's romantic Change Partners, the dance craze of The Yam and more, the answer is delightfully Yes!
20) Side effects
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2013.
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English
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A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
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