Mental Illness category: 868 books
Living with Schizophrenia
A Family Guide to Making a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2017
An estimated 51 million people worldwide have schizophrenia, 2.2 million of them in the United States. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment improve the long-term prognosis, schizophrenia is a disease that is difficult to manage.
In Living with Schizophrenia, Drs. Jeffrey Rado and...
by Roos Schlikker
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 4, 2018
Als kind mocht Roos thuis met de matras van de trap sjezen, kleien deed ze met een pak Becel en een advocaatje van tijd tot tijd kon geen kwaad. Haar moeder was de leukste van de straat, maar de storm in haar hoofd bleef voor de buitenwereld onzichtbaar. Niet voor Roos, die als kind al wist dat ze...
by Natalie Jeanne Champagne
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Psychiatrists and I; we do not get on well. They have failed to cure me; I am still damaged and it is for this reason that I am cheeky and certainly not pleasant. I am hurting. I just want them to fix me. Fix Me. The Third Sunrise takes the reader into a world that is as terrifying as it is exhilarating:...
by Albert Londres
Language: French
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Cet ouvrage comporte une table de matières interactive qui facilite la lecture, vous trouverez à la fin de l'ouvrage toute la biographie de l'auteur, journaliste du début du xxè siècle qui reste une référence pour de nombreux journaliste français....
Living With Someone Who's Living With Bipolar Disorder
A Practical Guide for Family, Friends, and Coworkers
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
An essential resource for anyone who has a close relationship with a person who is bipolar
This book provides a much-needed resource for family and friends of the more than 5 million American adults suffering from bipolar disorder. From psychotic behavior that requires medication to milder...
by Donald G. Dutton
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Rethinking Domestic Violence is the third in a series of books by Donald Dutton critically reviewing research in the area of intimate partner violence (IPV). The research crosses disciplinary lines, including social and clinical psychology, sociology, psychiatry, affective neuropsychology, criminology,...
Shock
An Investigation into the Startling Comeback of Electroconvulsive Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Few medical treatments are as fraught with fear, misunderstanding and controversy as electroshock, or electroconvulsive therapy. Most of us consider it a treatment of the 1950s and 60s, an option medicine and society have left behind. Yet ECT is experiencing a startling resurgence and is seen as especially...
by Adam Fenner
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Are you returning from a combat zone?
Have you recently returned?
Written from the perspective of the returning Service Member, by Adam “Doc” Fenner, after serving five combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Fenner combines humor and common sense to address the hardest of issues faced...
Mood Blitz
Bipolar Disorder: An Onslaught of Mania and Depression
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Mood Blitz is not a typical bipolar memoir. It does not provide unrealistic expectations or dramatic cures. Instead, Marti Markley shares the insight she has gained over time in order to help people with bipolar disorder alleviate pain in their lives and find hope in their therapeutic plans. Hers is...
The Unsayable
The Hidden Language of Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
In her twenty years as a clinical psychologist, Annie Rogers has learned to understand the silent language of girls who will not–who cannot–speak about devastating sexual trauma. Abuse too painful to put into words does have a language, though, a language of coded signs and symptoms that conventional...
101 Mindful Arts-Based Activities to Get Children and Adolescents Talking
Working with Severe Trauma, Abuse and Neglect Using Found and Everyday Objects
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Many children who have experienced serious trauma are withdrawn and closed off, making it difficult to engage with them in therapy effectively. This book offers a compendium of therapeutic activities that will help children who have endured painful abuse to open up, so that they can learn to express...
by Liah Greenfeld
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A leading interpreter of modernity argues that our culture of limitless self-fulfillment is making millions mentally ill. Training her analytic eye on manic depression and schizophrenia, Liah Greenfeld, in the culminating volume of her trilogy on nationalism, traces these dysfunctions to society’s overburdening demands for self-realization.
The Bipolar Teen
What You Can Do to Help Your Child and Your Family
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2007
If your teen has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder--or your child’s moods seem out of control--Dr. David Miklowitz can help. The bestselling author of The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide has tailored his proven treatment approach to meet the specific needs of teens and their families. The Bipolar...
What Works for Bipolar Kids
Help and Hope for Parents
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2008
It may be hard to believe your child will ever get better, but kids with bipolar disorder can and do lead healthy, stable lives. In this compassionate and optimistic book, expert clinician and renowned researcher Mani Pavuluri delivers information, advice, and proven strategies that empower you to...