Medical / Mental Health

January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her

von Michael Schofield

Michael Schofield’s daughter January is at the mercy of her imaginary friends, except they aren’t the imaginary friends that most young children have; they are hallucinations. And January is caught in the...

When Someone You Love Is Bipolar

von Cynthia Last & David Miklowitz

When bipolar disorder afflicts the person you love, you suffer too. How have other couples learned to manage the relationship strains caused by this illness? What can you do to provide your partner with truly...

The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Treatment Planner

von Arthur E. Jongsma & David J. Berghuis

The flexible format of The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Treatment Planner, 2nd Edition enables you to choose between evidence based and traditional “best practice” treatment approaches for your patients....

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Dummies

von Mark , MD Goulston

As Dr. Mark Goulston tells his patients who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), "The fact that you’re still afraid doesn’t mean you’re in any danger. It just takes the will and the way for...

Psychopathology

von James E Maddux & Barbara A Winstead

Psychopathology is intended for first-year graduate students in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, and related fields, and it has been specifically designed to meet the needs of students in these courses....

Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story

von Jerry Newport, Mary Newport & Johnny Dodd

A riveting and inspiring memoir about a couple who fell in love, fell apart, and finally overcame the pressures of fame, family, and Asperger's syndrome to build a life together.

When Jerry and Mary Newport...

The Material Child

von David Buckingham

Children today are growing up in an increasingly commercialised world. But should we see them as victims of manipulative marketing, or as competent participants in consumer culture?

The Material Child provides...

Brain in Pain: A Wounded Healer's Heart-Wrenching and Heart-Warming Guide to Schizophrenia

von Peter Cohen

Brain in Pain gives a first-hand view of the world of schizophrenia and challenges the stigma surrounding mental illness. Written by Peter Cohen, Brain in Pain is an invaluable window into his compelling world....

The Theory and Treatment of Depression: Towards a Dynamic Interactionism Model

von Jozef Corveleyn, Patrick Luyten & Sidney J. Blatt

Recent research indicates that depression, once believed to be relatively benign, is highly recurrent and does not respond well to treatment. The goal of this book is to facilitate the development of more encompassing...

Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs

von Stuart A. Kirk, Tomi Gomory & David Cohen

When it comes to understanding and treating madness, distortions of research are not rare, misinterpretation of data is not isolated, and bogus claims of success are not voiced by isolated researchers seeking...

Contemporary Mental Health, Theory, Policy and Practice

von Barbara Fawcett & Kate Karban

The authors explore theoretical developments and policy and practice initiatives in the complex and changing area of mental health services. They examine the tensions, dilemmas and opportunities now operating,...

Now What?: An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery

von William Cope Moyers

Addiction and recovery insider and expert William Cope Moyers answers the question "Now What?" for addicts and their loved ones, every step of their journey from contemplation through intervention, treatment,...

Almost Addicted: Is My (or My Loved One's) Drug Use a Problem?

von J. Wesley Boyd & Eric Metcalf

Do you think your pot smoking is hindering your relationships? Does it feel as if you're just a tad too dependent on the pills your doctor prescribed for pain? Almost Addicted will help you assess your or your...

Mental Illness and Family Care-Giving in China

von Guy Ramsay

With rapid economic progress and increasing life expectancy in East Asian societies, more attention is being paid by their governments, the media and the academy to mental illness and dementia. While clinical...

Mental Health, Service User Involvement and Recovery

von Jenny Weinstein, Humphrey Greaves & Julie Gosling

As the momentum for personalisation and recovery approaches grows, service users are increasingly participating as partners in all aspects of health and social care delivery, policy-making and professional training....

Family Therapy Review: Preparing for Comprehensive and Licensing Examinations

von Robert H. Coombs

This book offers a clear, readable overview of all the knowledge and skills those training as marriage and family therapists and counselors need to pass final degree program, certification or licensing examinations....

From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker's Guide to Working with Survivors

von Ann Goelitz & Abigail Stewart-Kahn

From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker's Guide for Working With Survivors is the next significant publication on trauma in the field of social work. Since September 11 and Hurricane Katrina, social workers...

Friedman's Fables (with Booklet)

von Edwin H. Friedman

Dr. Friedman has woven 24 illustrative tales that offer fresh perspectives on familiar human foibles and reflect the author's humor, pathos, and understanding. Friedman takes on resistance and other "demons"...

The Mental Health of Refugees: Ecological Approaches To Healing and Adaptation

von Kenneth E. Miller & Lisa M. Rasco

It is estimated that at least 33 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes by war or persecution. Numerous studies have documented high rates of psychological distress among these...

Evidence in Mental Health Care

von Stefan Priebe & Mike Slade

Mental health care increasingly faces a challenge to be 'evidence based'. However, despite much policy activity in the UK, it's still not clear what sort of evidence researchers should be producing for mental...