Many persons known for their creativity have suffered from manic-depression. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), author of several novels, many essays and works of nonfiction, an absolutely brilliant woman, was one of them.Continue reading Virginia Woolf’s Battle With Manic-Depression and Her Writing
Book Review — Ask Dr. Tony
By William Polkowski The subtitle of Ask Dr. Tony (2018) explains it all: Answers From the World’s Leading Authority on Asperger’s Syndrome / High-Functioning Autism. The book is written byContinue reading Book Review — Ask Dr. Tony
Learned Optimism Improves Health and Resilience
NOVEMBER 2019 BY WILLIAM POLKOWSKI Martin E. P. Seligman has been a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania for many years and is the director of the PositiveContinue reading Learned Optimism Improves Health and Resilience
Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Families
July 2019 By Susan Todoroff While looking for library books on borderline personality disorder (BPD) I saw the choices were scarce. Before going online to look for more, I decidedContinue reading Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Families
Understanding Suicide From the Inside Out
APRIL 2019 BY WILLIAM POLKOWSKI Kay Redfield Jamison — author of the autobiography “An Unquiet Mind” and “Touched With Fire,” a study of the connection between creativity and bipolar disorderContinue reading Understanding Suicide From the Inside Out
A Psychologist Tells Her Own Story of Schizophrenia
FEBRUARY 2019 BY LOIS MAHARG Arnhild Lauveng has written the kind of mental health book I like to read: an intimate account of lived experience and insight from a personContinue reading A Psychologist Tells Her Own Story of Schizophrenia
Science of Happiness Explored in Online Course
DECEMBER 2018 BY WILLIAM POLKOWSKI “Coursera” is a platform for massive open online courses, or MOOCs. It offers hundreds of free courses from many top universities in the world, includingContinue reading Science of Happiness Explored in Online Course
Bipolar Disorder Did Not Stop Her From Excelling in Her Field
OCTOBER 2018 BY WILLIAM POLKOWSKI Both an authority on manic-depressive illness (Bipolar Disorder) and one who has experienced it first hand in its various dimensions, Kay Redfield Jamison has writtenContinue reading Bipolar Disorder Did Not Stop Her From Excelling in Her Field