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" Vitality "
Richard Esser.
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BL
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568645
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b397864
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Esser, Richard,1925-
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Vitality : a psychiatrist's answer to life's problems /\ Richard Esser.
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New York :: Algora Pub.,, c2008.
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xii, 240 p.
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9780875866185 (soft cover : alk. paper)
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0875866182 (soft cover : alk. paper)
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9780875866192 (hard cover : alk. paper)
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0875866190 (hard cover : alk. paper)
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0875866204 (ebook)
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9780875866208 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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What does a psychiatrist know about the best of living? -- Getting a kick out of living -- Turning living around, eight thumbnail sketches -- Tom, Cus, Floyd and me -- Turning point -- Detective work -- Call it magic -- Damage done -- Clear-sightedness -- A head full of numbers -- What worked -- Searching for optimism in the wilderness of psychiatry -- Learning basic lessons in Harlem -- The ABCs of successful helping -- Affection -- Putting-oneself-in-another's-shoes -- The asking-for-help-and-the-giving-of-help -- Nuts-and-bolts questions people need answers to about the good and bad in helping -- The expert in living -- The real and the false rewards -- Loving -- Friendship -- Learning -- Work -- Idealism -- A private life -- Creativity, courage, initiative, dynamism, achievement and self-fulfillment -- The vital process -- The crux of living : turning craziness into creativity -- The wonder and the pitfall in growing up -- Coming to grips with the scariest part of ourselves -- The key question of prevention.
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Mental health.
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Vitality.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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