Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
by Chris Irons
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
It has been estimated that depression may affect 12-18% of people at some point during their lifetime. This accessible introduction covers the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of clinical depression, and is engaging reading for anyone wishing to understand this complex mental health problem.
Understanding Repeated Self-Injury
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Why do some people repeatedly injure themselves? How common is this form of self-harm? How can professionals offer appropriate intervention and support to those whose lives are troubled by it, either directly or indirectly? This authoritative and systematic book adopts a holistic approach to the problem...
Functional Neuromarkers for Psychiatry
Applications for Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Functional Neuromarkers for Psychiatry explores recent advances in neuroscience that have allowed scientists to discover functional neuromarkers of psychiatric disorders. These neuromarkers include brain activation patterns seen via fMRI, PET, qEEG, and ERPs. The book examines these neuromarkers in...
by Richard D. Chessick
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1977
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1977
In this unique book, Dr. Richard Chessick asks questions about psychotherapy and answers them. Engaging readers in a dialogue between a senior psychodynamic clinician and novice mental health professionals, one with a particularly medical-biological approach to psychological problems, Dr. Chessick...
Models of Depressive Disorders
Psychological, Biological, and Genetic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume is the second in a series on depressive illness. The first volume, entitled Phenomenology of Depressive Illness, is de voted to a description of depressive illness from many vantage points including that of the patient as well as the psychiatrist. Epidemiological, nosological, and developmental...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Appreciation of the beauty and complexity of the human mind when perceiving an ambiguous stimulus led Dr. Hermann Rorschach to develop his scientific method eighty years ago. Full of gratitude for his brief life and work, the editors hope this volume will stand as an idiographic testament to his brilliance...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A Clinician’s Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
For hundreds of years, the human response to personal and collective catastrophe has been recognized. Major historical events of the twen tieth century have highlighted the reality of the human response to extreme traumatization, especially the experience of persons exposed to the concentration...
Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People
A Psychodynamic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Building on the success of Working with the Elderly and their Carers, this new edition pursues an in depth understanding of therapy with older people. A wide range of clinical material and 3 new chapters draw on developments in psychodynamic theory and the author's experience to offer valuable insights for trainees and experienced practitioners.
Crisis Intervention and Trauma
New Approaches to Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
This book provides a practical guide to crisis intervention. It emphasizes the role of violence, patient suicide, long-term sequelae of trauma, clinical assessment and risk management, professional boundaries and burn-out, and the neurophysiology of trauma, as well as the needs of underserved patient...
Understanding Transference
The Power of Patterns in the Therapeutic Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Emotional links between therapists and their clients can help or hinder the therapeutic process. This comprehensive book examines how the main approaches deal with transference, looking at the technical and ethical difficulties in understanding transference from a theoretical point of view and with clinical illustration.
Transforming the Internal World and Attachment
Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2009
Transforming the Internal World and Attachment reviews and discusses four theories about what makes psychotherapy effective across forms of treatment, treatment settings, and diagnostic categories: mindfulness, mentalization, psychological mindedness, and the attachment relationship. Geoff Goodman...
by Karen B. (Beth) Goldfinger, Dr. Andrew M. Pomerantz
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Outlining a step-by-step assessment model, Psychological Assessment and Report Writing, Second Edition covers five key topics central to psychological assessment: understanding the context of a referral; determining what data is needed to answer referral questions; gathering the data; integrating...
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD
Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences - Therapist Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2019
Prolonged Exposure Therapy is an effective, highly flexible, and very well researched intervention to reduce the symptoms of PTSD across a variety of traumatized populations. The second edition of Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences, Therapist Guide,...
Adapting Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Managing Complexity and Comorbidity
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2008
While the efficacy of cognitive therapy for depression is well established, every clinician is likely to encounter patients who do not respond to "standard" protocols. In this highly practical volume, leading authorities provide a unified set of clinical guidelines for conceptualizing, assessing,...