7 Top memoir books like Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body by Alastair Santhouse

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Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

By: Alastair Santhouse

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Lori Gottlieb and Henry Marsh, a distinguished psychiatrist examines his own pr…

If you liked the memoir plot in Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body by Alastair Santhouse , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Poverty Safari

By: Darren McGarvey

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more

Similar categories in Darren McGarvey's Poverty Safari book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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2. With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

By: Kathryn Mannix

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Through stories from her own practice, a palliative care doctor takes the reader on a journey throu… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Mannix's With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science

3. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

By: John Le Carré

4.38

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

"Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhab… read more

Similar categories in John Le Carré's The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

Cover of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters by Brian Klaas

4. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

By: Brian Klaas

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more

Similar categories in Brian Klaas's Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • science
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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5. When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

By: Brianna Wiest

4.26

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

Healing is not a one-time event. It can begin with a one-time event — typically some form of sud… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Wiest's When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Life contracts before it expands, and pulls back before it leaps forward. This balancing act is not something we should resist, but rather, embrace."

-Brianna Wiest, When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

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6. The Sleeping Beauties

By: Suzanne O'Sullivan

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Suzanne O'Sullivan's THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES, an exploration of different aspects of psychosomatic di… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne O'Sullivan's The Sleeping Beauties book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
"A person looking for help must keep in mind what help there is."

-Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties

"The mind is a function of the brain and is created from biology."

-Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties

"If you can't say what is happening in the brain, nobody will care."

-Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties

"... alternating between anticipation and despondency. That has physical consequences."

-Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Sleeping Beauties

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7. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

Similar categories in Chris van Tulleken's Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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8. You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here

By: Benji Waterhouse

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Humane, hilarious, and heart-breaking, You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here is an enlightening and… read more

Similar categories in Benji Waterhouse's You Don't Have to Be Mad to Work Here book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • psychiatry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
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9. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

By: Paul Bloom

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more

Similar categories in Paul Bloom's Psych: The Story of the Human Mind book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • science
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."

-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

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10. The XX Brain

By: Lisa Mosconi

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"In The XX Brain, Lisa meticulously guides us in the ways we can both nourish and protect ourselves… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Mosconi's The XX Brain book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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11. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion

By: Gwen Adshead

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more

Similar categories in Gwen Adshead's The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert by David J. Nutt

12. Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert

By: David J. Nutt

4.43

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

We are on the cusp of a major revolution in psychiatric medicine and neuroscience. After fifty year… read more

Similar categories in David J. Nutt's Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • health
  • medicine
  • psychiatry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
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13. Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness

By: Lucy Foulkes

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A compelling and incisive book that questions the overuse of mental health terms to describe univer… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Foulkes's Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • science
  • health
  • medical
  • psychiatry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"There isn’t a clear boundary between the everyday and the pathological."

-Lucy Foulkes, Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness

"Grief is the price we pay for love, the saying goes; I would add that all forms of psychological distress are the price we pay for being alive. Suffering is part of being human."

-Lucy Foulkes, Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness

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14. Flesh & Blood (Before and After #2)

By: Andrew Shanahan

4.23

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME THINGS BEGIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD Ben Stone is sick to death. He’s sick of all the endl… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Shanahan's Flesh & Blood (Before and After #2) book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

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15. A Year to Change Your Mind: Ideas from the Therapy Room to Help You Live Better

By: Lucy Maddox

3.68

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

'Twelve months' worth of smart self-help from someone you'd want on your team in a crisis ... genui… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Maddox's A Year to Change Your Mind: Ideas from the Therapy Room to Help You Live Better book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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16. Into the Abyss: A Neuropsychiatrist's Notes on Troubled Minds

By: Anthony David

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

We cannot know how to fix a problem until we understand its causes. But even for some of the most c… read more

Similar categories in Anthony David's Into the Abyss: A Neuropsychiatrist's Notes on Troubled Minds book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body by Alastair Santhouse

17. Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

By: Alastair Santhouse

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Lori Gottlieb and Henry Marsh, a distinguished psychiatrist examines his own pr… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • science
  • memoir
  • health
  • medical
  • medicine
  • psychiatry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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18. Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power

By: Lisa Mosconi

3.94

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

How to eat for maximum brain power and health from an expert in both neuroscience and nutrition. … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Mosconi's Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Think Like a Psychologist: How to Analyze Emotions, Read Body Language and Behavior, Understand Motivations, and Decipher Intentions by Patrick King

19. Think Like a Psychologist: How to Analyze Emotions, Read Body Language and Behavior, Understand Motivations, and Decipher Intentions

By: Patrick King

3.48

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

Understand personality traits, character, emotions, and values through pure observation or simple q… read more

Similar categories in Patrick King's Think Like a Psychologist: How to Analyze Emotions, Read Body Language and Behavior, Understand Motivations, and Decipher Intentions book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • medical
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke by London Hughes

20. Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke

By: London Hughes

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From stand-up comedian, actress, and host of  The Netflix Afterparty,  London Hughes, comes an upli… read more

Similar categories in London Hughes's Living My Best Life, Hun: Following Your Dreams Is No Joke book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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21. You Are Accused

By: Raphael Rowe

3.63

Format: 8 pages, Audible Audio

What would you do if you were accused of something terrible? What if it happened when you were v… read more

Similar categories in Raphael Rowe's You Are Accused book and Alastair Santhouse's Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body

  • nonfiction

19 best-selling nonfiction books like Head First: How the Mind Heals the Body by Alastair Santhouse

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Darren McGarvey

3.87

Transform Your Habits

With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial

Kathryn Mannix

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

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When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

Brianna Wiest

4.26

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15 Top audiobook books like The Sleeping Beauties by Suzanne O'Sullivan

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Martyna Raduchowska

3.59

Transform Your Habits

The Sleeping Beauties

Suzanne O'Sullivan

3.90

Transform Your Habits

Wszystko mam bardziej. Życie w spektrum autyzmu

Jacek Hołub

4.10

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Irlandia wstaje z kolan

Marta Abramowicz

4.49

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