6 must-read mental health books like The Psychiatric Interview: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry) by Daniel J. Carlat

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The Psychiatric Interview: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry)

By: Daniel J. Carlat

4.41

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

The psychiatric interview is your window into the mind of your patient. With this practical, how-to…

If you liked the mental health plot in The Psychiatric Interview: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry) by Daniel J. Carlat , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

By: Glen O. Gabbard

4.32

Format: 629 pages, Hardcover

This new edition of the classic psychodynamic psychiatry text, Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychiatry
  • psychology
  • mental health
"[W]e are basically more similar to our patients than we are different from them. The psychological mechanisms in pathological states are merely extensions of principles involved in normal development…"

-Glen O. Gabbard, Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

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2. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

By: John M. Gottman , Nan Silver

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to ob… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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3. When Nietzsche Wept

By: Irvin D. Yalom

4.09

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

A richly evocative novel set in 19th-century Vienna on the eve of the birth of psychoanalysis. The … read more

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  • psychology
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4. The Anatomy of Evil

By: Otto F. Kernberg , Michael H. Stone

3.87

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The crimes of Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, and other h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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5. Love You Forever

By: Robert Munsch , Sheila McGraw

4.29

Format: None pages,

An extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent fe… read more

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6. Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

By: Stephen M. Stahl , Nancy Muntner

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology is intended as a primer text for this field, and can be read c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychiatry
  • psychology
  • mental health
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7. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

By: Daniel Goleman

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart, with a new introduction by the au… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
"In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels"

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

"Emotional self-control-- delaying gratification and stifling impulsiveness- underlies accomplishment of every sort"

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

"[Sharmayne Williams:]...puoi avere tutte le emozioni possibili, ma non devi permettere che siano loro a manovrarti."

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

"In the calculus of the heart it is the ratio of positive to negative emotions that determines the sense of well- being."

-Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

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8. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

By: William L. Shirer

4.21

Format: 1147 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Hitler boasted that The Third Reich would last a thousand years. It lasted only 12. But those 12 ye… read more

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  • nonfiction
"One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry." And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, "What a fool ( …"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"To some Germans and, no doubt, to most foreigners it appeared that a charlatan had come to power in Berlin. To the majority of Germans Hitler had — or would shortly assume — the aura of a truly chari…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electr…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last of the empires which set out on the path taken ea…"

-William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

9. Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry

By: Ogi Ogas , Jeffrey A. Lieberman

3.59

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

The fascinating story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption, by the former President of t… read more

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10. The Symposium

By: Plato , Christopher Gill

4.09

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The truth about eros is terrifying."

-Plato, The Symposium

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"

-Plato, The Symposium

"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."

-Plato, The Symposium

"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"

-Plato, The Symposium

11. Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

By: Robert D. Hare

3.62

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers… read more

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12. Lo que no tiene nombre

By: Piedad Bonnett

3.86

Format: 138 pages, Paperback

?Hasta donde puede llegar la literatura? En este libro dedicado a la vida y la muerte de su hijo Da… read more

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13. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

By: Ken Liu

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A publishing event: Bestselling author Ken Liu selects his award-winning science fiction and fantas… read more

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14. Letter to a Child Never Born

By: Oriana Fallaci

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Published by Rizzoli in 1975, Letter to a Child Never Born was quickly translated and sold in twent… read more

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15. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.87

Format: 190 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more

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  • psychology
"I would like to belong but I dont."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."

-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)

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16. Never Saw Me Coming

By: Vera Kurian

3.62

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Meet Chloe Sevre. She’s a freshman honor student, a leggings-wearing hot girl next door, who also h… read more

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"I could be whatever they wanted me to be. A fun girl, a potential best friend, someone to tell secrets to over midnight snacks. This type of socializing was just me playing little roles for a few mom…"

-Vera Kurian, Never Saw Me Coming

"They tell you to get a guy friend to walk you home, not realizing that guy friends can rape you. Take a cab! But the cab driver can rape you. Take an uber, but they're even more rapey. Take the metro…"

-Vera Kurian, Never Saw Me Coming

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17. ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood

By: Edward M. Hallowell

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help rea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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18. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

By: Gabor Maté

4.32

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the c… read more

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  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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19. Of Women and Salt

By: Gabriela Garcia

3.69

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is… read more

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20. The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

By: Nadine Burke Harris

4.45

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vuln… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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21. The Last Widow (Will Trent, #9)

By: Karin Slaughter

4.11

Format: 446 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this s… read more

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"Not realizing until exactly 3:12 this morning, that the reason toy box smelled like rotten fruit roll ups is because Emma was hiding all her fruit roll ups in the bottom. Toddler are such fucking ass…"

-Karin Slaughter, The Last Widow (Will Trent, #9)

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22. The Patient

By: Jasper DeWitt

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The Silent Patient by way of Stephen King: Parker, a young, overconfident psychiatrist new to his j… read more

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"it is not possible to show the reality for people who suffer from delusions"

-Jasper DeWitt, The Patient

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23. The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

By: Rosemary Sullivan

3.83

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept... Using new technology, recently discovered doc… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The fact that Otto survived the horror of the concentration camps demonstrated his profound will to live."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"Fascism counts on people's credulity, on their craving to believe, on their fear that there is nothing to believe."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"While someone with the first person knowledge is still alive, while records are still available, while relatives of witnesses can come forward, the stories must be told."

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

"The Netherlands in 1940 was like a petri dish in which one can examine how people brought up in freedom react to catastrophe when it is brought to their door: It is a questions still worth asking tod…"

-Rosemary Sullivan, The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation

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24. The Psychiatric Interview: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry)

By: Daniel J. Carlat

4.41

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

The psychiatric interview is your window into the mind of your patient. With this practical, how-to… read more

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  • medicine
  • psychiatry
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
Cover of Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse: A How-To Guide for Evidence-Based Practice by Kathleen Wheeler

25. Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse: A How-To Guide for Evidence-Based Practice

By: Kathleen Wheeler

3.87

Format: 751 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a holistic, evidence-based approach to practicing psychotherapy for both the experienced an… read more

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Cover of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing: Integrating Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Approaches Across the Life Span by Kathleen R. Tusaie

26. Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing: Integrating Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Approaches Across the Life Span

By: Kathleen R. Tusaie

3.88

Format: 762 pages, Kindle Edition

This text reinvigorates the emphasis on the therapeutic relationship that is the core of nursing pr… read more

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27. The Pocket Guide to Neuroscience for Clinicians

By: Louis Cozolino

4.41

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Louis Cozolino helps clinicians to broaden their thinking and deepen their clinical toolbox through… read more

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  • psychology

12 Best nonfiction books like The Psychiatric Interview: A Practical Guide (Practical Guides in Psychiatry) by Daniel J. Carlat

Transform Your Habits

Psychodynamic Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Glen O. Gabbard

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

John M. Gottman , Nan Silver

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Anatomy of Evil

Otto F. Kernberg , Michael H. Stone

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications

Stephen M. Stahl , Nancy Muntner

4.01

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Underworld

Don DeLillo

4.81

Transform Your Habits

White Noise

Don DeLillo

3.86

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Trust

Hernan Diaz

3.83

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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