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Capture : unraveling the mystery of mental suffering / David A. Kessler, MD.

by Kessler, David A., 1951- author.

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New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

Mental illness.

Mental illness -- Etiology.

Mental illness -- Psychological aspects.

Psychology, Pathological.

ix, 406 pages ; 24 cm

A human mystery. The terrible master -- Capture -- The nature of mental distress -- The search for a common mechanism -- The Historical and scientific context of capture. William James and attention-- Freud and drive -- The science underlying capture -- What captures?. A continuum from the ordinary to mental illness -- Rejection -- A brutish father -- Drink -- Physical pain -- Childhood trauma -- Blind love -- Obscene fascination -- Gambling -- The body -- A work of art -- Death -- A threat -- Two addicts -- Control -- Sadness -- Grandeur -- Abandonment -- Going mad -- Accumulation of burdens -- A unified theory -- When capture turns on the self. David Foster Wallace -- When capture leads to violence. Striking out -- The assassination of Robert Kennedy -- The Columbine school shootings -- The murder of John Lennon -- The murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School -- A theory of human capital -- Capture and ideology. The America I have seen -- The obligation of our time -- I'm going traveling -- @SlaveOfAllah -- Capture and spirituality. Capture by the divine -- Paying attention -- Captured by a message -- The revelation of nature -- Capture and change. Martin Luther's "Anfechtungen" -- Meaningful association -- Moments of clarity -- A creative life -- Compelled to be different -- Being in the right place -- Distracting the black dog -- Belief -- "Good-bye to All That" -- Reconciliation and forgiveness -- A toolkit borrowed from Buddhism -- Is there freedom from capture? -- A modest form of autonomy.

"The former FDA commissioner explores the history, biology, treatment, and shared experiences of psychological pain to illuminate how people become agents of their own suffering and what can be done to change it."--B&T.

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