{"$schema":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/data/page.schema.json","formatVersion":"1.1","id":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews","path":"/reviews","url":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews","title":"Reviews","description":"Explore reviews of books, ideas, and perspectives on psychology, philosophy, and mental health from the MentalHealth.com archive.","family":"Division hub","language":"en-US","access":{"audience":"public","indexable":true},"provenance":{"contentCompleteness":"page","sourceUrl":null},"dates":{},"authors":[],"images":[{"url":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/2931895c04f38f3cba1a935d.webp","alt":"Two people exchanging perspectives.","width":1200,"height":800},{"url":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/68603054c0bcedd673862abe.webp","alt":"A Philosophy of Boredom","width":480,"height":800},{"url":"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/1688b3907e6e1db4523d5709.jpg","alt":"Mind: A Brief 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width=\"480\" decoding=\"async\"></a><span class=\"page-kicker\">Reviews</span><h3><a class=\"\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/a-philosophy-of-boredom-by-lars-svendsen\">A Philosophy of Boredom</a></h3><p>Explore in-depth assessments, expert perspectives, and evidence-based critiques to help you make informed decisions about your mental health journey.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card\" data-filter-item=\"\" data-kind=\"\" data-search-text=\"Mind By John R Searle Read on the current MentalHealth.com.\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/mind-by-john-r-searle\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"Mind: A Brief Introduction\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"522\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/1688b3907e6e1db4523d5709.jpg\" width=\"399\" decoding=\"async\"></a><span class=\"page-kicker\">Reviews</span><h3><a class=\"\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/mind-by-john-r-searle\">Mind: A Brief Introduction</a></h3><p>Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D., reviews Mind: A Brief Introduction by John R. Searle, exploring consciousness and the philosophy of mind.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card\" data-filter-item=\"\" data-kind=\"\" data-search-text=\"Religion Explained By Pascal Boyer Read on the current MentalHealth.com.\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/religion-explained-by-pascal-boyer\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"Religion Explained\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"390\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/8a0ed94e6ef3e3acec88ee20.webp\" width=\"255\" decoding=\"async\"></a><span class=\"page-kicker\">Reviews</span><h3><a class=\"\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/religion-explained-by-pascal-boyer\">Religion Explained</a></h3><p>Review of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained, exploring how cognitive evolution and social inference shape belief in supernatural agents.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card\" data-filter-item=\"\" data-kind=\"\" data-search-text=\"Sad Book By Michael Rosen Read on the current MentalHealth.com.\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/sad-book-by-michael-rosen\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"Sad Book\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"698\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/c5d460f34df520e9d42c7781.webp\" width=\"515\" decoding=\"async\"></a><span class=\"page-kicker\">Reviews</span><h3><a class=\"\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/sad-book-by-michael-rosen\">Sad Book</a></h3><p>Review of Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, a children’s picture book exploring grief, loss, and complex emotions through words and illustrations.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card\" data-filter-item=\"\" data-kind=\"\" data-search-text=\"The Case Of The Female Orgasm Read on the current MentalHealth.com.\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-case-of-the-female-orgasm\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Case of the Female Orgasm\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/2a76d6545184c6bf586f1231.webp\" width=\"684\" decoding=\"async\"></a><span class=\"page-kicker\">Reviews</span><h3><a class=\"\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-case-of-the-female-orgasm\">The Case of the Female Orgasm</a></h3><p>Review of Elizabeth Lloyd’s book exploring the female orgasm and how science has historically misunderstood female sexuality.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card\" data-filter-item=\"\" data-kind=\"\" data-search-text=\"The Corrections By Jonathan Franzen Read on the current MentalHealth.com.\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-corrections-by-jonathan-franzen\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Corrections\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/fdffec5d287df83c14f33c51.webp\" width=\"325\" decoding=\"async\"></a><span class=\"page-kicker\">Reviews</span><h3><a class=\"\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-corrections-by-jonathan-franzen\">The Corrections</a></h3><p>Review of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, exploring a Midwestern family’s struggles and the limits of medication and redemption.</p></article></div><p class=\"empty-state\" hidden=\"\" id=\"filter-empty\">No matches here. 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Searle, exploring consciousness and the philosophy of mind.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-antidepressant-solution-by-joseph-glenmullen\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Antidepressant Solution\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"1500\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/cd2c7960c95c4e32fbff9d2f.jpg\" width=\"938\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"/assets/responsive/06159c7bd29fffb989a2d3fb.webp 800w, /assets/optimized/cd2c7960c95c4e32fbff9d2f.jpg 938w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 938px\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-antidepressant-solution-by-joseph-glenmullen\">The Antidepressant Solution</a></h2><p>Roy Sugarman, Ph.D., reviews The Antidepressant Solution by Joseph Glenmullen, exploring antidepressant withdrawal and its impact.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/sad-book-by-michael-rosen\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"Sad Book\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"698\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/c5d460f34df520e9d42c7781.webp\" width=\"515\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/sad-book-by-michael-rosen\">Sad Book</a></h2><p>Review of Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, a children’s picture book exploring grief, loss, and complex emotions through words and illustrations.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/religion-explained-by-pascal-boyer\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"Religion Explained\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"390\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/8a0ed94e6ef3e3acec88ee20.webp\" width=\"255\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/religion-explained-by-pascal-boyer\">Religion Explained</a></h2><p>Review of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained, exploring how cognitive evolution and social inference shape belief in supernatural agents.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-corrections-by-jonathan-franzen\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Corrections\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/fdffec5d287df83c14f33c51.webp\" width=\"325\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-corrections-by-jonathan-franzen\">The Corrections</a></h2><p>Review of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, exploring a Midwestern family’s struggles and the limits of medication and redemption.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-private-life-of-the-brain-by-susan-greenfield\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Private Life of the Brain\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"400\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/f1e78ff032da6ad907b95138.webp\" width=\"267\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-private-life-of-the-brain-by-susan-greenfield\">The Private Life of the Brain</a></h2><p>Review of Susan Greenfield’s The Private Life of the Brain, exploring how emotions, the brain, and body interact to create consciousness.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-feeling-of-what-happens-by-antonio-damasio\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Feeling of What Happens\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"499\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/21dbb704a0853d7a2b327724.webp\" width=\"328\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-feeling-of-what-happens-by-antonio-damasio\">The Feeling of What Happens</a></h2><p>Review of Antonio Damasio’s The Feeling of What Happens, exploring how emotions and the brain create consciousness and a sense of Self.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-robots-rebellion-by-keith-e-stanovich\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Robot's Rebellion\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"499\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/805f4707f77f9adc44a1ca02.webp\" width=\"331\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-robots-rebellion-by-keith-e-stanovich\">The Robot's Rebellion</a></h2><p>Review of Keith Stanovich’s The Robot’s Rebellion, exploring human autonomy, rational thought, and finding meaning in the age of Darwin.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-case-of-the-female-orgasm\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"The Case of the Female Orgasm\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/2a76d6545184c6bf586f1231.webp\" width=\"684\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/the-case-of-the-female-orgasm\">The Case of the Female Orgasm</a></h2><p>Review of Elizabeth Lloyd’s book exploring the female orgasm and how science has historically misunderstood female sexuality.</p></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/a-philosophy-of-boredom-by-lars-svendsen\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"A Philosophy of Boredom\" class=\"card-photo\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/68603054c0bcedd673862abe.webp\" width=\"480\" decoding=\"async\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/a-philosophy-of-boredom-by-lars-svendsen\">A Philosophy of Boredom</a></h2></article><article class=\"quiet-card wp-card\" data-wp-card=\"\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"article-card-image\" href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/books\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img alt=\"A Philosophy of Boredom\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/assets/optimized/68603054c0bcedd673862abe.webp\" width=\"480\"></a><h2><a href=\"https://www.mentalhealth.com/reviews/books\">Book Reviews</a></h2><p>Explore in-depth reviews of mental health books. Find expert recommendations to guide your well-being and personal growth journey.</p></article></div><button class=\"button dark\" data-wp-more=\"\" hidden=\"\" type=\"button\">Show more</button></section>","text":"Home Reviews Reviews Ideas, books, and perspectives worth considering. Search Reviews Search LibraryConversationsPerspectivesPeopleLocalBooksRelationshipsPsychologySelf-help ReviewsA Philosophy of Boredom Explore in-depth assessments, expert perspectives, and evidence-based critiques to help you make informed decisions about your mental health journey. ReviewsMind: A Brief Introduction Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D., reviews Mind: A Brief Introduction by John R. Searle, exploring consciousness and the philosophy of mind. ReviewsReligion Explained Review of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained, exploring how cognitive evolution and social inference shape belief in supernatural agents. ReviewsSad Book Review of Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, a children’s picture book exploring grief, loss, and complex emotions through words and illustrations. ReviewsThe Case of the Female Orgasm Review of Elizabeth Lloyd’s book exploring the female orgasm and how science has historically misunderstood female sexuality. ReviewsThe Corrections Review of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, exploring a Midwestern family’s struggles and the limits of medication and redemption. No matches here. Try another name or topic. Explore Reviews 12 articles and resources Ugly Feelings Dina Mendonça, Ph.D., reviews Ugly Feelings by Sianne Ngai, exploring affect theory and its cultural and aesthetic significance. Mind: A Brief Introduction Maria Antonietta Perna, Ph.D., reviews Mind: A Brief Introduction by John R. Searle, exploring consciousness and the philosophy of mind. The Antidepressant Solution Roy Sugarman, Ph.D., reviews The Antidepressant Solution by Joseph Glenmullen, exploring antidepressant withdrawal and its impact. Sad Book Review of Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, a children’s picture book exploring grief, loss, and complex emotions through words and illustrations. Religion Explained Review of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained, exploring how cognitive evolution and social inference shape belief in supernatural agents. The Corrections Review of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, exploring a Midwestern family’s struggles and the limits of medication and redemption. The Private Life of the Brain Review of Susan Greenfield’s The Private Life of the Brain, exploring how emotions, the brain, and body interact to create consciousness. The Feeling of What Happens Review of Antonio Damasio’s The Feeling of What Happens, exploring how emotions and the brain create consciousness and a sense of Self. 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