Mental Illness category: 868 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
The study of dissociation is relevant to anyone undertaking research or treatment of mental health problems. Cognitive Behavioural Approaches to the Understanding and Treatment of Dissociation uses a cognitive approach to de-mystify the processes involved in linking traumatic incidents to their effects.
Kennedy,...
From Crisis to Recovery
Strategic Planning for Response, Resilience and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Crises Happen... Will You Be Ready?
Crises affect people on many different levels, including psychological well-being. The 2004/2009 tsunamis, hurricanes Rita and Katrina, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are among events continuing to affect millions of lives daily. Potential events like Avian...
Empathy Fatigue
Healing the Mind, Body, and Spirit of Professional Counselors
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Many mental health practitioners present symptoms that are consistent with their clients' anxiety and stress-related disorders. It comes as no surprise, then, that "counselor impairment" - the stress that comes from treating survivors of traumatic events - is now officially recognized by...
Sanity and Sanctity
Mental Health Work Among the Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are isolated from the secular community that surrounds them not only physically but by their dress, behaviors, and beliefs. Their relationship with secular society is characterized by social, religious, and political tensions. The differences between the ultra-orthodox...
Recovering from a First Episode of Psychosis
An Integrated Approach to Early Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Despite years of research, debate and changes in mental health policy, there is still a lack of consensus as to what recovery from psychosis actually means, how it should be measured and how it may ultimately be achieved. In Recovering from a First Episode of Psychosis: An Integrated Approach to Early...
Managing the Psychological Impact of Medical Trauma
A Guide for Mental Health and Health Care Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Intervention with patients who have had a traumatic experience in a health care setting is crucial not only to prevent long-term psychological issues, but also to help patients reduce anxiety when seeking medical help in the future. This groundbreaking book is the first to conceptualize medical trauma...
In Pursuit of "Schizophrenia"
Reflections on “Imprecision” in Scientific and Professional Thought and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
This volume is a collection of scholarly, editorial, and personal commentaries (Chapters) on “schizophrenia,” with special attention directed toward the consequences of “imprecision” in professional and scientific thought and practice because of our failure to accept “schizophrenia” is...
by Lesia Ruglass, PhD, Kathleen Kendall-Tackett
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
"Psychology of Trauma 101 is exceptionally well-written, easy to read, and enriched with empirical findings and discussions related to trauma psychology. Therefore, this book would help any beginning mental health professional better understand the current state of trauma research, theory, and treatment;...
Treating Disruptive Disorders
A Guide to Psychological, Pharmacological, and Combined Therapies
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Treating Disruptive Disorders is a practical book for busy clinicians—psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health counselors, clinical social workers, and more—as well as students, interns, or residents in the mental health professions. It distills the most important information about combined...
Art Therapy with Military Veterans
Trauma and the Image
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Art Therapy with Military Veterans: Trauma and the Image provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and applying art therapy with former and serving armed forces personnel who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This book brings together experienced contributors in one volume to...
Le trouble bipolaire
Guide d'information
Language: French
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Les sautes d’humeur extrêmes d’une personne pourraient être les manifestations d’un trouble bipolaire (ou trouble maniaco-dépressif). Ces hauts et ces bas peuvent se produire sans rapport avec ce qui arrive dans la vie de la personne. De plus, les symptômes du trouble bipolaire se répercutent...
Confessions of a Trauma Junkie
My Life as a Nurse Paramedic
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Ride in the back of the ambulance with Sherry Jones Mayo
Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. Sherry Jones Mayo has been an Emergency Medical Technician, Emergerncy Room Nurse, and an on-scene critical...
Annie's Ghosts
A Journey Into a Family Secret
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
The Great Michigan Read 2013-14
Michigan Notable Book for 2010
A Washington Post Book World's "Best Books of 2009," Memoir
Beth Luxenberg was an only child. Or so everyone thought. Six months after Beth's death, her secret emerged. It had a name: Annie.
Steve Luxenberg's mother...
by Alvin Christan
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2012
Conversion disorder is a condition in which you show psychological stress in physical ways. The condition was so named to describe a health problem that starts as a mental or emotional crisis — a scary or stressful incident of some kind — and converts to a physical problem.
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