TY - BOOK AU - Esser,Richard ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Vitality: a psychiatrist's answer to life's problems AV - RA790.5 .E822 2008eb U1 - 613 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Algora Pub. KW - Mental health KW - Vitality KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references; What does a psychiatrist know about the best of living? -- Getting a kick out of living -- Turning living around, eight thumbnail sketches -- Tom, Cus, Floyd and me -- Turning point -- Detective work -- Call it magic -- Damage done -- Clear-sightedness -- A head full of numbers -- What worked -- Searching for optimism in the wilderness of psychiatry -- Learning basic lessons in Harlem -- The ABCs of successful helping -- Affection -- Putting-oneself-in-another's-shoes -- The asking-for-help-and-the-giving-of-help -- Nuts-and-bolts questions people need answers to about the good and bad in helping -- The expert in living -- The real and the false rewards -- Loving -- Friendship -- Learning -- Work -- Idealism -- A private life -- Creativity, courage, initiative, dynamism, achievement and self-fulfillment -- The vital process -- The crux of living : turning craziness into creativity -- The wonder and the pitfall in growing up -- Coming to grips with the scariest part of ourselves -- The key question of prevention; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10476791 ER -