Vitality: A Psychiatrist’s Answer to Life’s Problems - Softcover

Esser, Richard

9780875866185: Vitality: A Psychiatrist’s Answer to Life’s Problems

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0875866182 ISBN 13: 9780875866185

Publisher: Algora Publishing, 2008

Depression, confusion, and desperation sap the energy we need to address the challenges of life; Dr. Esser shows how we can uncap a well of energy and vitality to overcome problems and turn our lives around. Optimistic and easy to read, this book gives practical new insights into how to get the best out of living and how to cope with the worst.

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About the Author:

Richard Esser worked for over forty years as a specialist in adult psychiatry, child psychiatry and narcotics abuse. His major work in the United States included ten years at a psychiatric center in Harlem (New York City) , where he worked closely with the eminent psychologist Kenneth B. Clark. For part of this time he was on the faculty of the Cornell Medical College.

After moving to Sweden in 1970, he held senior positions at university hospitals in Stockholm and Malmo. In 1974 he carried out a three-month WHO survey of narcotics abuse in the Philippines and subsequently he participated in several WHO seminars. He has published a number of articles on the subject of psychiatric prevention.

Review:

Esser has been practicing psychiatry for over 40 years, specializing primarily in narcotics abuse and its treatment. This guide to overcoming addictions, depression and negativity focuses on the most destructive feelings we experience (rage, panic, violence, hopelessness and self-destructiveness) and how we can overcome them by seeing the value of positive "spheres of living" such as love, friendship, learning, work, idealism and leisure. Written for general audiences, this book also addresses the stress surrounding psychiatric care, and how prospective patients should think beyond limiting concepts such as mental illness. --BOOK NEWS, Inc.

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