Franck Lamagnère

So, Is It OCD or Not? Recognising the Disorder and Helping Sufferers

An important reference work on obsessive-compulsive disorder, by a major French specialist

Christophe André

Don’t forget to be happy! The ABC of Positive Psychology

The keys to harmony with oneself

Emmanuel Contamin

Towards an ecology of the brain With EMDR and self-care techniques

Explanations for a general readership on the way in which the brain processes information, according to emotional load, and stocks it in various levels of memory. A pedagogical work that sensitizes us to the work of ecology that every one of us can lead, because it is possible to teach ourselves to better regulate our emotions. Ways, means and self-care tools to improve our mental hygiene.

Bruno Gepner

Autisms Autism, cerebral tempo and consciousness

Hope for autistics: a new approach recommends reducing noise levels and visual stimulation in their environment

Christine Delaporte

Telling Sick People the Truth

The issue of medical truth is perceived differently by doctors and patients. From the doctor’s point of view: Should a given patient be told the truth? Should terminally ill patients be told how much longer they may expect to live? From the patient’s point of view: How can I hear the truth and learn to live with the disease? This book should help health professionals deal with emotionally difficult moments of truth. It should also help patients and their loved ones to feel less alone, once they have heard the truth, and to gradually learn to live with their disease. Christine Delaporte is a head of research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Catherine Morin

Man and his brain Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

An assessment of the relationship between neuroscience and psychoanalysis. A synthesis that aids understanding of the possible complementarity between neuroscience and psychoanalysis, of the specificity of each approach, and the value of sharing knowledge about the brain.

Jacques Hochmann, Marc Jeannerod

Is there anybody there ? Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

For the first time, a psychoanalyst and a neurophysiologist have put their expertise together in order to progress in knowledge. The focus is rather on their ability to listen to each other, and their avoidance of concessions, than on individualistic, polemic arguments. Thus, important bridges are built between the two disciplines, which perhaps heralds the advent of another psychology. Jacques Hochmann is a professor of psychiatrics and a psychoanalyst. Marc Jeannerod is a professor of physiology and a neurophysiologist.

Boris Cyrulnik, Patrick Lemoine

Stories of Madness before Psychiatry

An original reflection on the future of the treatment of psychiatric illnesses based on its past mistakes.

François Lelord, Christophe André

The Power of Emotions Love, Anger, Joy

Should we express our emotions? How can we use them? How can we improve our understanding of the emotions of others? How does the transition from emotion to passion occur? This book is not only a guide to help readers find their way in the myriad of recent findings about the emotions, it is also a practical handbook. For each one of the major emotions, the authors have listed the practical advice that they give to their patients and that they try to apply in their own lives. Christophe André and François Lelord are psychiatrists.

Frédéric Fanget

Daring to Dare Therapy to Acquire Self-Confidence

Jeanne Siaud-Facchin

Everything is there, right there

Mindfulness Meditation for Children and Adolescents

Corinne Gal

Psychodrama: As Powerful an Experience as Life Itself

Psychodrama: an effective therapeutic method that is frequently used by psychiatrists and psychotherapists

Monique Bydlowski

Dreaming a Child The Inner Experience of Motherhood

Jean-Claude Risse

Children and Language

Philippe Brenot

Genius and Madness

Thierry Vincent

Anorexia

Why are more and more young girls and women becoming anorexic ? Today it is a real social problem. The trend of diets, and the multiplication of magazines about losing weight are no longer enough to explain this phenomenon. Thierry Vincent poses fundamental questions in this book in order to understand how anorexica works. Perhaps the search for new ways of treating anorexia should depart from an examination of these questions. Thierry Vincent, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, is the medical director of the university health centre Georges Dumas, in La Tronche, near Grenoble, where high school and university students suffering from eating disorders are treated.