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Title: BRITAIN ON THE COUCH
By: Oliver James
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0091929849
ISBN 13: 9780091929848
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Publisher: EBURY PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 7 January, 2010
Pages: 512
Description: States that modern life makes us feel like losers, even if we are winners. Showing that the way we live, rather than our genes, induces in our bodies low levels of the 'happiness brain chemical' serotonin, this title analyses the deep-seated emotional malaise that has afflicted Britons since the 1990s.
Synopsis: In the bestselling "Affluenza", leading psychologist Oliver James toured the minds of the middle classes in search of an answer to the question: Is it possible to be successful and stay sane? In this seminal work, James brings the focus back to Britain and proves that modern life makes us feel like losers, even if we are winners. Showing that the way we live now, rather than our genes, induces in our bodies low levels of the 'happiness brain chemical' serotonin, Oliver James analyses the deep-seated emotional malaise that has afflicted Britons since the 1990s. By recognising the role of individualism in raising expectations, increasing discontent, spawning psychopathic behaviour and destroying personal relationships, James puts forward a three-point plan for healing by correcting the chemical imbalance directly - through drugs containing serotonin, taking a complementary course of psychotherapy and, on a political level, by reorganising society on Scandinavian lines. In this revised and updated edition, Oliver James puts capitalism in the dock like never before and discovers that while it might be good for business, it is bad for mental health.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Vermilion
Returns: Returnable
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CONTENTED DEMENTIA
CONTENTED DEMENTIA (PB)
CONTROLLING MODERN GOVERNMENT
CONTROLLING MODERN GOVERNMENT (HB)
CONTROLLING MODERN GOVERNMENT (PB)
ENTREPRENEURIAL ADVENTURE
ENTREPRENEURIAL ADVENTURE
EXPERIMENTS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (HB)
EXPERIMENTS IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (PB)
EXPLOITING CHILDHOOD
HOW NOT TO F*** THEM UP
HOW NOT TO F*** THEM UP (HB)
HOW NOT TO F*** THEM UP (PB)
HOW NOT TO F*** THEM UP (PB)
HOW TO DEVELOP EMOTIONAL HEALTH
HOW TO DEVELOP EMOTIONAL HEALTH (PB)
LOVE BOMBING
LOVE BOMBING
LOVE BOMBING (HB)
LOVE BOMBING (PB)
MIDDLE EAST REALITIES: A GUIDE TO UNDERS (HB)
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NOT IN YOUR GENES
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NOT IN YOUR GENES (PB)
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OFFICE POLITICS
OFFICE POLITICS (HB)
OFFICE POLITICS (PB)
OFFICE POLITICS (PB)
ON A DARKLING PLAIN (HB)
PRISONERS OF CIRCUMSTANCE (PB)
REGULATION INSIDE GOVERNMENT (HB)
THE EXECUTIVE AGENCY REVOLUTION IN WHITEHALL
THE EXECUTIVE AGENCY REVOLUTION IN WHITEHALL (HB)
THE EXECUTIVE AGENCY REVOLUTION IN WHITEHALL (PB)
THE SELFISH CAPITALIST (PB)
THEY F*** YOU UP
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UPPING YOUR ZIGGY
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