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The Science of Happiness is a relatively new area of scientific
research and in this timely book, leading psychiatrist Professor
Brendan Kelly sifts through the most up-to-date findings to arrive
at a comprehensive set of principles and strategies that are
scientifically proven to increase happiness levels. Firstly,
Professor Kelly examines the global research that reveals current
trends in happiness: for example, those with right-wing political
views are happier than those on the left; having a baby increases
your happiness levels for two years; 47 is the age of greatest
unhappiness; and Finland is the happiest country. He then explains
the six over-arching principles of a happy life and seven
strategies for achieving it - without having to switch political
allegiance or move to Finland. Although happiness cannot be
purposely built, we can create the circumstances in which happiness
is more likely to flourish and so increase our well-being. To this
end, the various strategies outlined in this book combine research
evidence with scientific, psychological and even spiritual advice
in order to chart a happier path through our complex world.
'Brendan Kelly does a superb job at tackling that most bedevilling
of things - happiness. One thing is for sure, reading this book
will bring happiness a step closer in your life!' Professor Luke
O'Neill
A psychiatrist's travels through the history of mental illness -
Who is 'mad'? Who is not? And who decides? In this fascinating new
exploration of mental illness, Professor Brendan Kelly examines
'madness' in history and how we have responded to it over the
centuries. We travel from the psychiatric institutions of India to
Victorian scientific studies of the brain. Covering
institutionalisation, lobotomy and the Nazis' 'Aktion T4', as well
as Freud, psychoanalysis, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and
neuroscience, Professor Kelly examines the shift from
'psychobabble' to 'neurobabble' in recent times. In Search of
Madness is an all-encompassing history of one of the most basic
fears to haunt the human psyche, and it concludes with a passionate
manifesto for change: four proposals to make mental health services
more effective, accessible and just.
Frank the penguin leads a pretty average life--for a 6 year old
penguin paper boy living in Georgia. But a fateful date with
Destiny changes everything. Soon, he's tangled up with mass
murderer Carl Blake, buying cars, taking road trips to Canada.
Nothing will ever be the same for Frank the penguin.
Tired of working 9 to 5 for someone else, just to make ends meet?
Looking for a path to financial freedom so that you can spend
"your" time doing what "you" want to do?
For many savvy Australians, property investing has lead to
exactly that. They have found an investing method suited to their
own circumstances and turns a property dream into an income stream
- and, in some cases, an early retirement
So how can you escape the daily grind and achieve the same
results, even if you've never invested in property before?
"The Real Deal" is the only real estate book that: takes you
through an array of investment methods - from negative and positive
gearing to renovation, subdivision, commercial property and
property development, and everything in betweenshares the
experiences of 14 real-life, everyday investors who have created
wealth using these methods so you can see how they work in the real
worldteaches you how to set goals and provides the tools to stay
motivated to achieve themhelps you access the best investment
approach for you in terms of time, money, level of difficulty and
effortactually gets you on the road to financial freedom -
fast.
You'll learn how to make deals for quick profit, deals that you
can work on yourself and deals that you can pay others to look
after for you.
The options are limited only by your own creativity
The distinguished career of Marcel Cadieux makes him arguably the
most important francophone diplomat and civil servant in Canadian
history. Cadieux’s decision to join the Department of External
Affairs in 1941 was unconventional for a French Canadian of the
time, yet public service became his vocation. Against the backdrop
of rising Quebec separatism and the Cold War, he headed the
department from 1964 to 1970 and served as Canada’s first
francophone ambassador to the United States from 1970 to 1975.
Cadieux’s profound belief in the dignity of service speaks
eloquently to readers today, when professionalism and expertise are
often undervalued.
In this fundamentally important work, Professor Brendan Kelly
explores the background to Irish psychiatry in the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries, charting its progress and development.
Using detailed case studies from the original records, the author
examines some of the more unusual treatments explored and the
history behind them. What emerges is a collection of piercing,
untold stories of crime and illness, drama and tragedy. They are
filled with a sense of the powerlessness of those detained and the
dedicated - and sometimes misguided - enthusiasm of those trying to
help. This book sheds important light on the foundations for the
treatment of mental illness in Ireland.
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