Good Psyc Reads
Martin, R. (1994). Out of silence: An autistic boy's journey into language and communication. NY: Penguin Books.
Fascinating account of the author's nephew Ian and his family coping with autism.
Maurer, D., & Maurer, C. (1988). The world of the newborn. NY: Basic Books.
Fascinating, award-winning account of the world as perceived by a newborn.
Maurice, C. (1993). Let me hear your voice: A family's triumph over autism. NY: Fawcett Columbine.
Account of Anne-Marie, an autistic child, and her response to behavioral therapy.
McCrum, R. (1998). My year off. NY: W. W. Norton.
Robert McCrum's account of his long, arduous recovery from a stroke ' an extraordinary emotional journey made by the English editor for a large publishing house who must recover his faculties and get on with life. No less inspiring is the story of his wife's crucial role in his recovery; the inclusion of excerpts from her diaries provides a rare insight into "the terrors and hopes, weaknesses and strengths of two people who chose to make a life together" and whose lives were forever changed by the stroke that occurred only few weeks after they were married.
McNamara, B. (1994). Breakdown. NY: Pocket Books.
Somewhat lurid but true story of a Harvard Medical School student who committed suicide less than a year after he terminated therapy for depression. After his death, it became apparent that he had been involved in a bizarre form of experimental therapy. A disturbing, widely-publicized case that raises difficult questions about interdependency in therapy and about professional ethics.
Milgram, S. (1974). Obedience to authority: An experimental view. NY: Harper Torchbooks.
Highly readable account of Milgram's classic series of experiments including implications of those studies for understanding human behavior. An appendix includes a consideration of various ethical issues raised by...
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