John P Rush

Clinical Anthropology : An Application of Anthropological Concepts Within Clinical Settings

Clinical Anthropology : An Application of Anthropological Concepts Within Clinical Settings

Witchcraft and Sorcery: An Anthropological Perspective of the Occult

Witchcraft and Sorcery: An Anthropological Perspective of the Occult

Mood & Anxiety Disorders

Stress and Emotional Health : Applications of Clinical Anthropology

Stress and Emotional Health : Applications of Clinical Anthropology

The Way We Communicate

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder

From leading scientist-practitioners, this pragmatic, accessible book provides a complete framework for individualized assessment and treatment of bipolar disorder. It addresses the complexities of working with individuals with broadly varying histories and clinical presentations, including those wh...

Spiritual Tattoo: A Cultural History of Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, Branding, and Implants

Say "body modifications" and most people think of tattoos and piercings. They associate these mainly with the urban primitives of the 1980s to today and with primitive tribes. In fact, as this fascinating book shows, body mods have been on the scene since ancient times, traceable as far back as 1.5 ...

The Twelve Gates: A Spiritual Passage Through the Egyptian Books of the Dead

In The Twelve Gates, clinical anthropologist John Rush embarks on a spellbinding journey through death rituals in various cultures, centering on the ancient Egyptian philosophy of death and resurrection. The first part of the book provides an overview of different rituals, encouraging readers to con...

Failed God: Fractured Myth in a Fragile World

On a 2001 trip to the cathedrals of Europe, anthropologist John Rush and his wife entered St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and encountered a mosaic depicting Jesus surrounded by mushrooms with an Amanita muscaria cap in his hand. Examining the space with new eyes, they discovered images of mushrooms an...

Entheogens and the Development of Culture: The Anthropology and Neurobiology of Ecstatic Experience

Entheogens and the Development of Culture makes the radical proposition that mind-altering substances have played a major part not only in cultural development but also in human brain development. Researchers suggest that we have purposely enhanced receptor sites in the brain, especially those for d...

Cognitive Therapy of Depression (Guilford Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology)

This bestselling, classic work offers a definitive presentation of the theory and practice of cognitive therapy for depression. Aaron T. Beck and his associates set forth their seminal argument that depression arises from a "cognitive triad" of errors and from the idiosyncratic way that one infers, ...

The Mushroom in Christian Art: The Identity of Jesus in the Development of Christianity

In The Mushroom in Christian Art, author John A. Rush uses an artistic motif to define the nature of Christian art, establish the identity of Jesus, and expose the motive for his murder. Covering Christian art from 200 CE (common era) to the present, the author reveals that Jesus, the Teacher of Rig...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder

A comprehensive approach to the treatment of bipolar disorder, this book details an innovative program of interventions that augments rather than replaces pharmacotherapy. Topics covered include patient and family education, early symptom detection for the prevention of relapse, methods for the enh...