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		GJim 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health th... I recall when I first visited the USA and walked into an American bookshop... ... the selves of 'self-help' books I found utterly bizarre. It was very much an eye-opener into the differences of our cultures.

zozbot234 3 months ago [–]

"Self-help" is more like a modern folk religion than anything to do with actual psychology.

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