Book Reviews - Metapsychology

In the last 3 weeks, we have published the following reviews
available at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_index.php?idx=news

How Infants Know Minds
by Vasudevi Reddy
Review by R.A. Goodrich, Ph.D. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4738

Epistemology and Emotions
by Georg Brun, Ulvi Doguoglu & Dominique Kuenzle (Editors)
Review by Dan O'Brien, Ph.D. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4736

Sexual Orientation and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Sexual Science and Clinical Practice
by Richard C. Friedman and Jennifer I. Downey
Review by Minna Forsell on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4735

Evolution and Human Behavior
Darwinian Perspectives on Human Nature: Second Edition
by John Cartwright
Review by Kamuran Godelek on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4735

Unsettled Minds
Psychology and the American Search for Spiritual Assurance, 1830-1940
by Christopher G. White
Review by Gustav Jahoda, Ph.D. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4734

Science in Civil Society
by John Ziman
Review by Nathan Harron on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4733

Radical Grace
How Belief in a Benevolent God Benefits Our Health
by J. Harold Ellens
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Feb 17th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4731

Moral Dimensions
Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
by T. M. Scanlon
Review by Lisa Grover, MPhil on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4724

In Therapy We Trust
America's Obsession with Self-Fulfillment
by Eva S. Moskowitz
Review by Brian J. McVeigh, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4723

Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future
by Catherine Y. Read, Robert C. Green, Michael A. Smyer (Editors)
Review by Gareth Southwell, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4722

A Brief History of Anxiety
Yours and Mine
by Patricia Pearson
Review by Sue Bond on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4721

Ignorance and Imagination
The Epistemic Origin of the Problem of Consciousness
by Daniel Stoljar
Review by Biagio G. Tasssone on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4720

Phenomenal Concepts and Phenomenal Knowledge
New Essays on Consciousness and Physicalism
by Torin Alter and Sven Walter (Editors)
Review by David Wall, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4719

Ethical Choices in Contemporary Medicine
by Raphael Sassower and Mary Ann Cutter
Review by Lorna Lees, Ph.D. on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4718

Radical Virtues
Moral Wisdom and the Ethics of Contemporary Life
by Richard White
Review by Robert L. Muhlnickel, MSW on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4717

Contagious
Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative
by Priscilla Wald
Review by Rosemary Cook on Feb 10th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4713

Psychiatry and Empire
by Sloan Mahone and Megan Vaughan (Editors)
Review by Tony O'Brien, RN, MPhil on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4709

The Enduring Self in People with Alzheimer's
by Sam Fazio
Review by Maeve M. O'Donovan, Ph.D. on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4708

Resilience in Children
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1094
by Barry M. Lester, Ann Masten and Bruce McEwen (Editors)
Review by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, PhD NCC LMHC on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4707

The Legacy of John Rawls
by Thom Brooks and Fabian Freyenhagen (Editors)
Review by Kostas Koukouzelis on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4706

Tolerance and the Ethical Life
by Andrew Fiala
Review by Sarah Scott on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4705

Ontology of Consciousness
Percipient Action
by Helmut Wautischer (Editor)
Review by Diana Soeiro on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4704

Understanding Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions
A Concise Guide
by Shaili Jain
Review by David Teira on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4703

Intelligence, Destiny, and Education
The Ideological Roots of Intelligence Testing
by John White
Review by Ed Brandon on Feb 3rd 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4700

Richard Rorty
The Making of an American Philosopher
by Neil Gross
Review by Brad Frazier, Ph.D. on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4695

Psychotherapy with Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Fostering Autonomy through Attachment
by Elizabeth Perl
Review by Minna Forsell on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4694

Judging Children As Children
A Proposal for a Juvenile Justice System
by Michael Corriero
Review by Leo Uzych, J.D., M.P.H. on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4693

Under Pressure and Overwhelmed
Coping with Anxiety in College
by Christopher Vye, Kathlene Scholljegerdes and I. David Welch
Review by Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, PhD NCC LMHC on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4692

Helping Teens Who Cut
Understanding and Ending Self-Injury
by Michael Hollander
Review by James K. Luiselli, Ed.D., ABPP, BCBA on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4691

Healing, Hype, or Harm?
A Critical Analysis of Complementary or Alternative Medicine
by Edzard Ernst (Editor)
Review by Kevin M. Purday on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4690

When Is Discrimination Wrong?
by Deborah Hellman
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4689

Cylons in America
Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica
by Tiffany Potter and C. W. Marshall (Editors)
Review by Rob Loftis on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4687

Intimacies
by Leo Bersani and Adam Phillips
Review by Rudy Oldeschulte on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4686

Reason & Emancipation
Essays on the Philosophy of Kai Nielsen
by Michel Seymour and Matthias Fritsch (Editors)
Review by Bob Lane, M.A. on Jan 27th 2009
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4684

Ethics reviews at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=135&cn=135
Philosophy reviews at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=394&cn=394
Psychology reviews at
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=396&cn=396

We are especially in need of reviewers of academic and popular psychology books, and recent psychological fiction. Please email me if interested.
(cperring@yahoo.com)

Christian Perring, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Dowling College
http://christianperring.blogspot.com/
Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews: http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/
Office Phone: (631) 244-3349
Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA