Mental category: 19657 books
by Dermot Farrell
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Depression, anxiety and stress are so commonplace these days. 5% of the adult population suffers from some or other form of mental agitation, on a clinical level, and it appears to many, that peace of mind is a thing of the past.However, nothing is further from the truth!You can regain...
Psychiatry and Religion
Context, Consensus and Controversies
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Psychiatry and Religion: Context, Consensus and Controversies works to eradicate the distinction between spiritual and psychological welfare and promote greater understanding of the relationship between the two.
This book brings together chapters from fifteen mental health practitioners and...
by John Carrier, Dylan Tomlinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Based on an empirical examination of psychiatric care both past and present,Asylum in the Community clearly defines the concept of asylum and shows how it can be provided effectively outside the hospital. Drawing on work in the USA, Belgium, Spain, Ireland and England, contributors analyse such services...
Building Blocks for Reflective Communication
A Guide for Early Care and Education Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
In the United States today, more than 11 million children five years of age and under spend part of each day in the professional care of 21 million early childhood caregivers. Anyone connected to this field, whether they be administrators, teachers, parents, mental health consultants, early childhood...
by Peter Trower, Bridget Bryant, Michael Argyle
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
In the 10 years or so prior to original publication in 1978 new theories and discoveries in the social sciences had given a scientific basis and new impetus to the development of social skills training as a form of therapy. This book explores the progress made with this idea and gives practical guidance...
Containing States of Mind
Exploring Bion's 'Container Model' in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Wilfred Bion’s insights into the analytic process have had a profound influence on how psychoanalysts and psychotherapists understand emotional change and pathological mental states. One of his most influential ideas concerns the notion that we need the minds of others to develop our own emotional...
Interacting Selves
Systemic Solutions for Personal and Professional Development in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
The counselling and psychotherapy professions have experienced a rapid growth and expansion throughout Europe, and internationally. State regulation of these professional practices has requiredpersonal development hours for those in training, continuing professional development for all qualified practitioners...
ACT for Psychosis Recovery
A Practical Manual for Group-Based Interventions Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
ACT for Psychosis Recovery is the first book to provide a breakthrough, evidence-based, step-by-step approach for group work with clients suffering from psychosis. As evidenced in a study by Patricia A. Bach and Steven C. Hayes, patients with psychotic symptoms who received acceptance and commitment...
by Anthony Dias Souza
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
You possess the power to successfully cope with any problem or situation that may arise in life. In fact, you were born with this natural capacity. As an infant, you entered the world in a state of complete helplessness. Yet, in the span of seven short years, you rose to a condition of competence...
Evolving Psychosis
Different Stages, Different Treatments
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Can early, need-adapted treatment prevent the long-terms effects of psychosis?
How important is phase-specific treatment?
Evolving Psychosis explores the success of psycho-social treatments for psychosis in helping patients recover more quickly and stay well longer.
Mental health...
Antipsychotic Trials in Schizophrenia
The CATIE Project
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Antipsychotic medications are a key treatment for schizophrenia and sales of antipsychotic drugs approach $20 billion per year, with fierce marketing between the makers of the drugs. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health sponsored the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness...
Rhythms of Recovery
Trauma, Nature, and the Body
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Rhythm is one of the most important components of our survival and well-being. It governs the patterns of our sleep and respiration and is profoundly tied to our relationships with friends and family. But what happens when these rhythms are disrupted by traumatic events? Can balance be restored, and...
by Rob Poole, Robert Higgo
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Interviewing and assessment are integral to the practice of psychiatry, and this book helps psychiatrists and other mental health professionals develop the skills needed to gain the right information to make diagnostic formulations and build therapeutic relationships with their patients. The text...
Bipolar Disorders
Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Over the past two decades, driven by the enormous public health importance of bipolar disorder, research initiatives have begun to elucidate the pathophysiology of this prevalent and debilitating condition. These research initiatives have led to breakthroughs in our understanding of causation, and...