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Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
It is generally accepted that among Freud’s many contributions to the understanding of the normal and abnormal aspects of mental functioning, The Interpretation of Dreams stands alone and above all others. In this work published in 1900 Freud laid down the foundations of psychoanalytic theory as...
by Charles H. Elliott, Laura L. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2008
Arguably one of the most complex emotional disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is surprisingly common. Furthermore, most people at some time in their lives exhibit a smattering of OCD-like symptoms.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder For Dummies sorts out the otherwise curious and confusing...
The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pastoral Counseling
Community and Silence
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Learn how religion can help in treating those suffering from bipolar disorder
The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pastoral Counseling introduces a new treatment model based on Quaker ideas and practices that can be used in conjunction with medical and psychological practice for treating manic-depressive...
Aliens and Alienists
Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2005
In this classic text the authors examine the links between racism, psychological ill health and inadequate treatment of ethnic minorities. Through a series of case studies they discuss:
* the psychological legacy of colonialism and slavery
* the racist bias in psychiatric and psychological theory
*...
Depressive Realism
Interdisciplinary perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Depressive Realism argues that people with mild-to-moderate depression have a more accurate perception of reality than non-depressives. Depressive realism is a worldview of human existence that is essentially negative, and which challenges assumptions about the value of life and the institutions claiming...
La Nutri-émotion
Une nouvelle voie de guérison et d'épanouissement
Language: French
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Plongez dans l’univers fascinant de la Nutri-Émotion et transformez votre vie dès maintenant ! Comment accéder à la santé et à l’épanouissement ? La plupart des approches se basent sur la gestion du corps, de la psyché et des émotions. Mais ce contrôle fait de l’ombre à un potentiel...
Personality Disorders in Older Adults
Emerging Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
As the average age of the population rises, mental health professionals have become increasingly aware of the critical importance of personality in mediating successful adaptation in later life. Personality disorders were once thought to "age out," and accordingly to have an inconsequential...
Emphasizing the Interpersonal in Psychotherapy
Families and Groups in the Era of Cost Containment
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
With today's recent mental health care reforms many psychotherapists are being forced to reexamine the relevance of their practices. Economic pressures, managed care, and the discrepancy between what a therapist hopes to accomplish, and what the relative limitations of his or her treatments are, makes...
Ten Minutes for the Family
Systemic Interventions in Primary Care
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The provision of suitable mental health care is one of the major tasks facing general practitioners and their teams. Family-oriented primary care has moved from doctor-controlled to patient-centred consultations, with a greater emphasis on collaboration. The systemic framework uniquely lends itself...
Understanding the Emotional Disorders
A Symptom-Level Approach Based on the IDAS-II
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Improving the measurement of symptoms of emotional disorders has been an important goal of mental health research. In direct response to this need, the Expanded Version of the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS-II) was developed to assess symptom dimensions underlying psychological...
by Jan-Otto Ottosson, Max Fink
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Few mental illness treatments are more reviled in the public mind than Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy. However, in reality, ECT is a safe and effective treatment for cases of clinical depression and catatonia that are unresponsive to drug therapy. Also, unlike drugs, ECT has relatively few side effects....
An Accident of Hope
The Therapy Tapes of Anne Sexton
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
In 1956, Anne Sexton was admitted into a mental hospital for post-partum depression, where she met Dr. Martin Orne, a young psychiatrist who treated her for the next eight years. In that time Sexton would blossom into a world-famous poet, best known for her "confessional" poems dealing with...
Mental Zoo
Animals in the Human Mind and its Pathology
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
This book offers a detailed and thorough perspective on the psychological meanings of animals to human beings and on their role in the development of the human mind and its psychopathology. It presents a multitude of new observations on human interactions with animals.
by Michael Rayel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Depression is a serious and disabling medical illness. If not recognized and treated early, it can result in death through suicide or substantial financial burden due to lost income and inability to function. The need for early intervention cannot be overemphasized. To prevent depression from worsening,...