Mental Illness category: 868 books
by Various
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. The journal has been in publication for 125 years, and it is considered to be a "preeminent outlet for research in psychopathology.
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Healing from Trauma
A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
Psychotherapist and trauma survivor Jasmin Lee Cori offers new insight into trauma-related difficulties (including PTSD, depression, substance abuse), provides self-care tools, candor about therapy and medications, and addresses spiritual issues.
While there are many different approaches to...
Synesthesia
Psycho-neurologically Approaching a Field Theory Understanding of Schizophrenia via Research of a Non-normative, Non-pathological Syndrome: Synesthesia, and the need for more information
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2012
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In past years the study, control, and understanding of schizophrenia has been greatly hampered by lack of information, inappropriate tools (like no computers of sufficient complexity for handling of compilation and dissemination of data), obviously a lack...
by Alvin Christan
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder characterized by disturbed and unstable interpersonal relationships and self-image, along with impulsive, reckless, and often self-destructive behavior.
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by Lorinda Buitrago
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is defined by the DSM-IV-TR (a handbook for mental health professionals) as a condition marked by excessive preoccupation with an imaginary or minor defect in a facial feature or localized part of the body. The diagnostic criteria specify that the condition must be...
Looking Through the Trauma Lens
Powerful Permanent Change with Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
I developed renewed faith in the power of psychotherapy after I attended a Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR) course in 2011. It opened many doors for me as I began to understand the impact of previously overlooked, objectively minor traumatic incidents on psychological disorders and problems. This...
Shock Waves
A Practical Guide to Living with a Loved One's PTSD
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
A user-friendly guide to helping a loved one with post-traumatic stress disorder--while taking care of yourself.
In the United States, about 60 percent of men and 50 percent of women experience, witness, or are affected by a traumatic event in their lifetimes. Many of them (8 percent of men...
The Voices Within
The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
A luminous exploration of the nature of thoughts, from daydreams to the voices in our heads
At the moment you caught sight of this book, what were you thinking? Was your thought a stream of sensations? Or was it a voice in your head? Did you ask yourself, "I wonder what that's about?"...
Borderline Personality Disorder
Men Suffer Too
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Borderline Personality Disorder is a complex and misunderstood mental health condition that impacts the lives of millions of people every single day, this book focuses on that but also zeroes in on... More > how men suffer from this disorder that is known to impact mostly women
The Tao of Bipolar
Using Meditation and Mindfulness to Find Balance and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
If you have bipolar disorder, you struggle with psychological balance, swinging between highly depressed and highly manic states. For you, finding the middle path can be a challenge, which is why the Tao understanding of energy can be so helpful. “Tao,” is a Chinese word meaning “the way” and...
Making Sense of Madness
Contesting the Meaning of Schizophrenia
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
The experience of madness – which might also be referred to more formally as ‘schizophrenia’ or ‘psychosis’ – consists of a complex, confusing and often distressing collection of experiences, such as hearing voices or developing unusual, seemingly unfounded beliefs. Madness, in its various...
The Unbroken Soul
Tragedy, Trauma, and Human Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
How do individuals cope constructively with significant trauma? How do they recover from it? What factors seem most codetermining of coping with and recovering from trauma? Can these be not only identified but also influenced by our interventions? Addressing these questions-questions about human beings'...
Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change
A Clinician's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Although the environmental and physical effects of climate change have long been recognised, little attention has been given to the profound negative impact on mental health. Leslie Davenport presents comprehensive theory, strategies and resources for addressing key clinical themes specific to the...
The Bipolar II Disorder Workbook
Managing Recurring Depression, Hypomania, and Anxiety
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2014
Most people have heard of bipolar disorder, a mental health condition that is marked by manic episodes and periods of intense depression. Bipolar II disorder differs from bipolar I in that sufferers may never experience a full manic episode, although they may experience periods of high energy and...