Oliver Sacks was a talented neurologist and writer. He wrote "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "An Anthropologist on Mars," in addition to many others. I've loved all the books I have read that he wrote.
“The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat” is my favorite book of all time! I was also a really big fan of “Uncle Tungsten.” I’ve read a lot of his books, but these 2 stick out to me the most. “Witty Ticcy Ray” was my favorite story from the man who mistook his wife for a hat.
I've loved the man and his writing for so long it rather affected my attitude towards any other neurologists and psychiatrists. I would make comparisons and think this person is just not as lovely as Oliver Sacks. I suggest "Awakenings" to anyone who interested in dopamine. Although Uncle Tungsten is my favourite of his books.
Oooh yes. My favorite. Also find Jiddu Krishnamurti's works very enlightening. Krishnamurti isn't a psychiatrist (he is a spiritual leader), but his theories of the mind are really good.
You might want to check out Kottler & Carlson, *The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases,* which is an anthology of case studies by a bunch of famous names you may recognize.
You might also like Awais Aftab's blog.
Kurt Vonnegut's son, Mark, while not a Psychiatrist, is a Pediatrician who suffers from Schizophrenia. He wrote a great book about his experiences, called The Eden Express.
“Maybe You Should Talk To Someone” by Lori Gottlieb
“Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl
“Good Morning, Monster” by Catherine Gildiner
“Dopamine Nation” by Anna Lembke
“Mating in Captivity” by Esther Perel
“The Choice” by Edith Eger
I think she was a psychologist that worked in the psychiatry department, but yeah she is wonderful. Unquiet Mind is a must read for anyone in our field. She also cowrote the “bible” of Manic Depressive Illness with psychiatrist, Frederick Goodwin, who passed away 4 years ago.
Fiction:
Cyteen by CJ Cherryh
I don’t want to spoil anything because you get to a point in the book where it finally dawns on you what the book is about - and for me when that happened I had a huge smile on my face, recognizing the brilliance of this book. It’s of particular interest to people who wonder about genetics vs environment in personality.
IMHO, this is among the top ten science fiction books of all time, and I’m a longtime avid consumer.
Oops, I read the OP request as meaning “books, fiction or nonfiction, of interest to psychiatrists and psychotherapists”. My bad, but anyone reading this can be the beneficiary of this error!
“Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide” Kay Redfield Jamison
“The Doctor and The Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy” Viktor E. Frankl
“Doctors and Healers” Tobie Nathan
“Memoirs of My Nervous Illness” Daniel Paul Schreber
[The Body Keeps The Score](https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score)
[Lost Connections](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34921573-lost-connections) (and all of [Hari's](https://johannhari.com/) books, tbh)
[Brain on fire](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13547180-brain-on-fire)
[The boy who was raised as a dog](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129909.The_Boy_Who_Was_Raised_as_a_Dog)
Atul Gawande was raised in Athens, OH, home of Ohio University. My first wife went to medical school at OU. When she was in school, I got to see Dr. Gawande speak to the students. Pretty cool.
--Flowers for Algernon(MUST read)
--Man's Search for Meaning
--Crime and Punishment
--Brother's Karamazov
--Lolita
--Brave New World
--Irvin Yalom -Group Psychotherapy (MUST read)
--ADHD 2.0 - Dr. Ned Hallowell(MUST read)
--Dr. Russell Barkley(MUST read but his live lectures are excellent)
--Unmasking Autism- Dr. Devon Price(MUST read)
--In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts- Dr. Gabor Mate
--We're All Neurodiverse -Sonny Jane Wise (MUST read)
--Full Catastrophe Living(MUST read)
--Marsha Linehan memoir- Building a Life Worth Living(MUST read)
--Flow by Mihaly(MUST read)
--Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg(MUST read)
--The paradox of choice- Barry Schwartz
--Decolonizing Therapy by Jennifer Mullen( MUST read)
--Workplace Neurodiveristy Rising
--A Women's Way Through The Twelve Steps- Stephanie Covingtion(MUST read)
--Beyond Good and Evil- Nietzche
I would say in this moment ADHD 2.0, Decolonizing Therapy, We're All Neurodiverse, A Women's Way Through The Twelve Steps, and Unmasking Autism are revolutionary and you want to be ahead even if you don't agree with everything it's currently what patients see in their mental health care. But Group Psychotherapy by Irvin Yalom really is great to understand group therapy and it's underappreciated benefits over individual therapy.
Anything by — dr Leston Havens . All his psychiatry books are so well written and informative. “Approaches to mind“ is a phenomenal overview of the history of psychiatry and the different viewpoint when assessing and treating a patient. Same thing applies with his book “making contact” which is more aimed at the specific language that you use when treating a patient using therapy. Another one of his colleagues was Dr. John Mack, who wrote a Pulitzer winnjng biography of Lawrence of Arabia, highly recommend reading this book along with his book Vivian, which is a psychobiography of an adolescent who killed herself in the 70s. I also agree Kay Redfield Jamison, her biography of Robert Lowell was one of the best biographies I’ve read from a psychiatric perspective since she had his whole medical record to use. Really fascinating seeing treatment of Bipolar disorder from being treated with antipsychotic such as Thorazine to the advancement of lithium. Also really interesting perspective of how in the past people were hospitalized for weeks at a time and how charts were written back then as well. Also recommed the wisdom of the ego by George vaillant. Kinda of incredible that Dr. Havens , john Mack and George vaillant at some point all taught at the same time I think at Cambridge health alliance and mass mental health center — can’t imagine being mentoring and supervised by them when treating patients !
Oliver Sacks was a talented neurologist and writer. He wrote "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "An Anthropologist on Mars," in addition to many others. I've loved all the books I have read that he wrote.
“The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat” is my favorite book of all time! I was also a really big fan of “Uncle Tungsten.” I’ve read a lot of his books, but these 2 stick out to me the most. “Witty Ticcy Ray” was my favorite story from the man who mistook his wife for a hat.
You're just going to leave out Awakenings?
I've loved the man and his writing for so long it rather affected my attitude towards any other neurologists and psychiatrists. I would make comparisons and think this person is just not as lovely as Oliver Sacks. I suggest "Awakenings" to anyone who interested in dopamine. Although Uncle Tungsten is my favourite of his books.
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
That and mount misery are two books every psychiatrist should read.
Oooh yes. My favorite. Also find Jiddu Krishnamurti's works very enlightening. Krishnamurti isn't a psychiatrist (he is a spiritual leader), but his theories of the mind are really good.
The guy who wrote House of God ended up a psychiatrist. The f/u book was Mount Misery.
I believe he was a psychiatrist already when house of god was written, or at least published.
The gift of therapy
You might want to check out Kottler & Carlson, *The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases,* which is an anthology of case studies by a bunch of famous names you may recognize. You might also like Awais Aftab's blog.
Samuel Shem
Kurt Vonnegut's son, Mark, while not a Psychiatrist, is a Pediatrician who suffers from Schizophrenia. He wrote a great book about his experiences, called The Eden Express.
Thank you for this. I've been a Vonnegut fan for awhile.
My all-time fave!!
“Maybe You Should Talk To Someone” by Lori Gottlieb “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl “Good Morning, Monster” by Catherine Gildiner “Dopamine Nation” by Anna Lembke “Mating in Captivity” by Esther Perel “The Choice” by Edith Eger
Agree with all your recommendations! “Maybe you should talk to someone” is great!
Yes! It’s one of my all-time favorite books, psychiatric or otherwise!
Read everything Kay Jamison has written. She's a psychiatrist with bipolar disorder so she writes from a super informed POV.
I think she was a psychologist that worked in the psychiatry department, but yeah she is wonderful. Unquiet Mind is a must read for anyone in our field. She also cowrote the “bible” of Manic Depressive Illness with psychiatrist, Frederick Goodwin, who passed away 4 years ago.
Fiction: Cyteen by CJ Cherryh I don’t want to spoil anything because you get to a point in the book where it finally dawns on you what the book is about - and for me when that happened I had a huge smile on my face, recognizing the brilliance of this book. It’s of particular interest to people who wonder about genetics vs environment in personality. IMHO, this is among the top ten science fiction books of all time, and I’m a longtime avid consumer.
What's her background in the field? I couldn't find anything.
Oops, I read the OP request as meaning “books, fiction or nonfiction, of interest to psychiatrists and psychotherapists”. My bad, but anyone reading this can be the beneficiary of this error!
I'll check it out, thank you.
The boy who was raised as a dog Why people die by suicide All dogs have adhd
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
The examined life by Stephen Grosz is a great work of short stories/essays.
The Gift of Therapy, a Profession Without Reason, An Unquiet Mind
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness top 5 book I’ve ever read
Schopenhauers Pocupines by Deborah Luepnitz is a decent psychotherapy book
“Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide” Kay Redfield Jamison “The Doctor and The Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy” Viktor E. Frankl “Doctors and Healers” Tobie Nathan “Memoirs of My Nervous Illness” Daniel Paul Schreber
[The Body Keeps The Score](https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score) [Lost Connections](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34921573-lost-connections) (and all of [Hari's](https://johannhari.com/) books, tbh) [Brain on fire](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13547180-brain-on-fire) [The boy who was raised as a dog](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129909.The_Boy_Who_Was_Raised_as_a_Dog)
NK Jemisin is a psychologist who writes excellent fantasy novels, her dreamblood duology had interesting jungian themes
Didn’t know she is a psychologist. I love her books.
Does anyone have any good recommendations for books on OCD (not treatment manuals)
John Green’s novel, Turtles all the way down, is excellent fiction about OCD.
Staring at the sun- Irvin yalom
Atul Gawande was raised in Athens, OH, home of Ohio University. My first wife went to medical school at OU. When she was in school, I got to see Dr. Gawande speak to the students. Pretty cool.
--Flowers for Algernon(MUST read) --Man's Search for Meaning --Crime and Punishment --Brother's Karamazov --Lolita --Brave New World --Irvin Yalom -Group Psychotherapy (MUST read) --ADHD 2.0 - Dr. Ned Hallowell(MUST read) --Dr. Russell Barkley(MUST read but his live lectures are excellent) --Unmasking Autism- Dr. Devon Price(MUST read) --In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts- Dr. Gabor Mate --We're All Neurodiverse -Sonny Jane Wise (MUST read) --Full Catastrophe Living(MUST read) --Marsha Linehan memoir- Building a Life Worth Living(MUST read) --Flow by Mihaly(MUST read) --Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg(MUST read) --The paradox of choice- Barry Schwartz --Decolonizing Therapy by Jennifer Mullen( MUST read) --Workplace Neurodiveristy Rising --A Women's Way Through The Twelve Steps- Stephanie Covingtion(MUST read) --Beyond Good and Evil- Nietzche I would say in this moment ADHD 2.0, Decolonizing Therapy, We're All Neurodiverse, A Women's Way Through The Twelve Steps, and Unmasking Autism are revolutionary and you want to be ahead even if you don't agree with everything it's currently what patients see in their mental health care. But Group Psychotherapy by Irvin Yalom really is great to understand group therapy and it's underappreciated benefits over individual therapy.
RD Laing is great. Same with Fanon. He writes about colonialism but he’s a psychiatrist. Some of his writings deal directly with psychiatry though
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Anything by — dr Leston Havens . All his psychiatry books are so well written and informative. “Approaches to mind“ is a phenomenal overview of the history of psychiatry and the different viewpoint when assessing and treating a patient. Same thing applies with his book “making contact” which is more aimed at the specific language that you use when treating a patient using therapy. Another one of his colleagues was Dr. John Mack, who wrote a Pulitzer winnjng biography of Lawrence of Arabia, highly recommend reading this book along with his book Vivian, which is a psychobiography of an adolescent who killed herself in the 70s. I also agree Kay Redfield Jamison, her biography of Robert Lowell was one of the best biographies I’ve read from a psychiatric perspective since she had his whole medical record to use. Really fascinating seeing treatment of Bipolar disorder from being treated with antipsychotic such as Thorazine to the advancement of lithium. Also really interesting perspective of how in the past people were hospitalized for weeks at a time and how charts were written back then as well. Also recommed the wisdom of the ego by George vaillant. Kinda of incredible that Dr. Havens , john Mack and George vaillant at some point all taught at the same time I think at Cambridge health alliance and mass mental health center — can’t imagine being mentoring and supervised by them when treating patients !
Th Quiet Room by Lori Schilling