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Mass Market Paperback Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality: Reading from the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity Book

ISBN: 0345347005

ISBN13: 9780345347008

Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality: Reading from the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity

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Fact: One hundred percent of all dead patients showed a marked reluctance to pay their bills. Fact: Well over half of all Americans alive today have experienced childhood directly, a syndrome marked by a) dwarfism b) knowledge deficits and c) legume anorexia. Fact: When Ms. Cinderella left her glass slipper behind at the stroke of midnight, she was clearly acting in a state of rebellion against the dictatorial regimentation of the domineering fairy godmother. It's true. Members of the psychiatric community are capable of laughter. The Journal of Polymorphous Perversity, the brainchild of psychologist Glenn C. Ellenbogen, has received confirmed reports of uncontrollable outbursts of laughter as the pages of the scholarly parody are sampled. Now patients, professionals, and armchair travelers alike can enjoy the articles that have appeared in this hilarious journal in one hilarious anthology, including such profound and penetrating subjects as "New Improved Delusions," "The Scale of Mental Abilities Requiring Thinking Somewhat (SMARTS)," "Cancer and Tobacco: A Bum Rat," and more. Learn how psychoanalysts diagnose patients by the way they park their cars in the mental health clinic lot and how to apply the practical principles of Vigilante Effectiveness Training (VET) in daily life. "For the Jung at heart!" --New York Daily News

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Psychology Can Be Funny

I barely understood most of the jargon. What I do know is, psychiatrists often don't know what the hell they are talking about, and this book from an admitted psychiatrist is brave enough to admit it and lampoon the science of the mind as underdeveloped and shooting in the dark when it comes to diagnosis. The book is hilarious, covering childhood(reports suggest that most adults have experienced it), how to psychoanalyze the dead, and the parking habits of neurotics.

Insights on: Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality

For those with an understanding of modern mental health therapy approaches and psychological testing/examinations this is a great parody. It helps those in the helping arts take themselves a little less seriously. Hilarious and insightful from beginning to end!
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