50,000 outside the law: an examination of the treatment of those certified as mentally defective
London: National Council for Civil Liberties, 1951. 4op., slender paperback, bottom of spine crunched, a reading copy. More
Cat.No: 237898
Psychology, Mental health
ABC's of scapegoating with a foreword by Professor Gordon W. Allport
Chicago: Central YMCA College, [1944?]. 72p., 6x9 inches, foreword, bibliography, library stamp front cover, cocked, spine worn, staplebound wraps. More
Cat.No: 66443
Asian/Pacific Islander cultural strengths & stresses. Chinese in America
Oakland: Asian Community Mental Health Services; California Department of Mental Health, 1981. 10p., slender staplebound booklet, 11x8.5 inches, very good. More
Cat.No: 218453
The Boundary Tree; or, the spirit that heals differences
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1852. 72p., frontis woodblock illustration and a couple of wood-engraved tailpieces & initial, first issue 6 x 4 inch calf-backed marble-papered boards titled in gilt; exceedingly worn foxed copy with inept color added to frontis. A poor copy but intact, handleable and legible. Title suggests Robert..... More
Cat.No: 76420
California Odd Fellow and New Age: "We seek to improve and elevate the character of man." Vol. 25 nos. 2 & 3, Feb. & March [two items together]
San Francisco: the monthly, 1929. Magazine. Respectively 36, 32p., staplebound 12x9 inch semi-coated paperstock throughout; ads, photoportraits, activities, records. Both magazines are dust-soiled, and February has a large dampstain that penetrates to interior leaves without adhesions or loss of text. Good-only copies. More
Cat.No: 178063
Cat Free Press, [vol. 1, no. 1, 1970?].
[Oakland? CA]: n.pub. [1970?]. Four page shop paper, 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed - poorly, edge wear, stapled in the upper left hand corner. Leftist shop paper for a Caterpillar Tractor factory in the East Bay, with members from three unions involved (IAM, UAW and IBEW). The longest article (page and a...... More
Cat.No: 232188
Center for Special Problems [brochure]
San Francisco: The Center, [1980s?]. Six-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, list of bullet-point questions teens ask themselves, Who we are, services we offer, very good on heavy orange stock with drawing of hands and flower on front panel, hand-corrected phone number. The Center was a division of the City..... More
Cat.No: 244543
Confide for Couseling: anytime/anyplace [brochure]
Tappan & Hartsdale: Confide Personal Counseling, [1970s]. Eight-panel informational brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches, very good on yellow stock. The Director was Garrett Oppenheim and offered the unusual option of taped couseling which utilized cassette, 8-track or open-reel recordings mailed between the counselors and patients (thus the estimate that this..... More
Cat.No: 236406
Constructive Mental Hygiene in the Caribbean; Proceedings of the first Caribbean converence on mental Health, March 14-19, 1957. Aruba, Netherlands Antilles
Assen, Netherlands: Royal Van Gorcum Ltd, 1957. Hardcover. xiii, 176p., hardbound in openweave cinnamon cloth boards gilt, in dust jacket; lower corner has suffered a bad corner bump affecting textblock (but not the printblocks) as well as covers, while the upper corner-tip has a much milder bump. Otherwise quite sound..... More
Cat.No: 231112
Contingency Plan Number 1
n.p. [201-]. 35p., zine bound with cord, very good. A zine about anxiety, and thoughts on planning ahead for such problems as squatter maladies (MRSA and opiate overdose), sexual asault, and more. Some discussion of the history of public health policy toward gay prostitution. Anonymous, but content reflects female authorship..... More
Cat.No: 249782
The Counseling Psychologist: vol. 19, no. 4, October 1991 : Counseling the HIV-infected client
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1991. pp.467-632, appendixes, references, notes, figures, small stain on last pages (backlist pages) otherwise good first edition trade paperback journal in pictorial wraps. The entire issue is devoted to the subject. More
Cat.No: 107770
Da zhong yi xue. Feb. 1952
Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 1952. Single issue of the post-revolutionary magazine on medicine for the masses; pp. 31-62; faint ex-library stamp on cover, edgeworn, some underlining. This is a special issue on the prevention and treatment of mental illness. Text in Chinese. More
Cat.No: 219065
The democratist
San Francisco: Operation Counterforce, no date, circa 1960. 56p., staplebound 10x7 inch plain printed wraps, slight offset soil with mild crimping near staples. Homegrown political notions assuming, in the beginning of this text, a paternal understanding why people espouse various politics; this highmindedness quickly disperses. The anonymous author purposes to..... More
Cat.No: 148903
El Centro de Salud Mental [brochure]
Oakland: Centro de Salud Mental, [1973?]. Six-panel folded brochure, 4.75x8.5 inches, text in English, services, programs, fees, staff, map on back, very good on stiff cream stock. leaflet/brochure for a mental health and social service center of Clinica de la Raza in Oakland. More
Cat.No: 208814
Handbook for Teaching Korean-American Students developed by the Bilingual Education Office
Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1992. xiv, 178p., 9x6 inch wraps, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 176446
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The I Ching, the ancient Chinese divination method [cover title] The I Ching the timeless wisdom of the book of changes [title page]
New York: N.D.P. Corp. 1994. Paperback. 95p., coated paperstock throughout (alkaline, tinted cream), every page printed with red panelling around the splendid black typography; 8.5x5.5 inch wraps; a respectful and handsome production in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 171642
The IT: Vol. 1 no. 4 (May 1976). Mental Health issue
Syracuse, NY: J.C. Allen, 1976. 18p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches; address penned on rear cover with canceled stamp, otherwise very good. Poetry and a personal prose narrative about forced mental treatment, psychiatric abuse, and commitment to various institutions. More
Cat.No: 224044
Journal of gay & lesbian psychotherapy: volume 1, no. 1, 1989 - volume 1, number 4, 1991
Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, 1989-1991. Paperback. First four issues of the LGBT journal, various pagination, trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Three issues (2-4) have the words 'reprint edition' printed in the lower right front corner. More
Cat.No: 108034
Keep the Peace 2003, A Nonviolence Resource Directory
Oakland: Alameda County Public Health Department and the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center, A Joint Publication, 2003. Paperback. xii, 55p., professionally-printed on alkaline paperstock, 8.5x5.5 inch softbound. A fine clean copy. More
Cat.No: 220854
Manual of the Pious Union of Secular Adorers
San Francisco: Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 2002. 48p., very good in staplebound wraps. Translated by Bali K. Nelson from the Sinaloa edition. More
Cat.No: 196672
MAPS [eight issues of the journal]
Charlotte, NC; Sarasota: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), 1994-2002. Magazine. Eight issues of the magazine, all 8.5x11 inches, minor handling wear or old price labels, generally very good. Issues present are vol. IV no. 4, vol. V no. 1, Vol. VI no. 3, vol. VIII nos. 1 and 3..... More
Cat.No: 198351
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Medunarodna islozba, Naivi '87. Zagreb, June 26th / August, 30rd [sic] 1987 // International exhibition, Naifs '87
Zagreb: The Gallery of Primitive Art / The Gallery of Contemporary Art / Glyptothyeke JAZU, 1987. Paperback. 196p., color and b&w reproductions on clay-coated alkaline paperstock, captioned with extensive vitae and running texts in Croatian and English; softbound in 11.5x8 inch glossy frenchfold white wraps. Cover is somewhat handled, with..... More
Cat.No: 236148
Mitteilungen der Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft; nrs. 8, 9 and 10, Mai 1986, Dezember 1986, Juni 1987
Berlin: Magnus-Hirschfeld-Gesellschaft, 1986-7. Two issues of the journal, 34p. and 52p., 8.25x11.75 inches, text in German, photos, very good in stapled wraps. More
Cat.No: 98859
Multi-cultural Issues in Mental Health Services: strategies towards equity. Report Prepared And Presented By The Citizens Advisory Council To Members Of The Legislature, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., [&c &c] report
[Sacramento]: State of California Health and Welfare Agency, Department of Mental Health, Citizens Advisory Council, October, 1979. Paperback. iii, 171p., 8.5x11 inches, foreword, introduction, overview, summaries, discussions, conclusion, appendice, stables, very good trade paperback in white decorative wraps. More
Cat.No: 229509
National Research League bulletin, June, 1935
New York: National Research League, 1935. 12p., wraps slightly worn with minor chipping, 8.5x11 inches. Articles include Is the Daily Worker hard to understand?, Psychology & counter-revolution (Pareto, Martin, DeMan) and more. More
Cat.No: 118110