The Book Review

The following is a list of books that you may choose from to complete the book review assignment. All of these books should be readily available at local libraries, as well as bookstore and on-line book vendors. You are to read the book, with an eye to critiquing its accuracy in depicting some particular behavior disorder, including symptomatology, treatment, and disorder course and prognosis. You will see the textbook chapter that correlates with each of the book options in parentheses next to the title. You are to seek three (3) independent sources (NOT including your textbook) to corroborate your opinions about your chosen book’s approach to the specific disorder. These should be psychology journal articles, not websites, related to the topic, and you may easily locate them on-line via the college library internet article database. The book review should be between three and five typed pages in length. This refers to the body of your paper and does not include your title page, abstract page, and reference page. It should be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 pt font. Please use APA style to format your paper, cite references inside the text, and compile your reference list. Let me know if you have other questions, but, in the meantime, start reading and ENJOY!  Approved Book List One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey (1963), Chapters 1 and 16 Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals, Christopher Payne and Oliver W. Sacks (2009), Chapters 1 and 16 Just Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive, Emily Colas (1999), Chapter 4 Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety, Daniel Smith (2012), Chapter 4 Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans Including Women, Reservists, and Those Coming Back from Iraq, Daryl S. Paulson and Stanley Krippner (2007), Chapter 5 The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, Andrew Solomon (2002), Chapter 7 Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression, Nell Casey (2002), Chapter 7 Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, William Styron (1990), Chapter 7 An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison (1996), Chapter 7 Perfect Chaos: A Daughter’s Journey to Survive Bipolar, a Mother’s Struggle to Save Her, Linea Johnson and Cinda Johnson (2012), Chapter 7 Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, Kay R. Jamison (2001), Chapter 8 Cut, Patricia McCormick (2002, Reprint 2011), Chapters 6 and 14 The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives, Brian Dillon (2010), Chapter 6 Running in Heels, Anna Maxted (2002), Chapter 9 Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulemia, Marya Hombacher (1998), Chapter 9 Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs, Marc Lewis (2011), Chapter 10 As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl, John Colapinto (2006), Chapter 13   The Last Time I Wore Dress, Daphne Scholinski and Jane Meredith Adams (1998), Chapter 13 A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash, Sylvia Nasar (1998), Chapter 11 The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, Elyn R. Saks (2008), Chapter 11 Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, Robert D. Hare (2011), Chapter 14 Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter’s Life with Autism, Clara Claiborne Park (2002), Chapter 15 Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports of my Life with Autism, Temple Grandin (2006), Chapter 15 Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s, John Elder Robison (2011), Chapter 15 Losing My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer’s, Thomas DeBaggio (2003), Chapter 12 When It Gets Dark: An Enlightened Reflection on Life with Alzheimer’s, Thomas DeBaggio (2007), Chapter 12 In Doubt: The Psychology of the Criminal Justice Process, Dan Simon (2012), Chapter 16

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