Mental Illness category: 868 books
by Martin B.
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Il mio libro, dal titolo "Narcisismo Patologico e Vampirismo Affettivo: come riconoscerlo e difendersi", nasce dalla mia esperienza personale in seguito a abusi psicologici subiti nonché eventi traumatizzanti scatenati da relazioni con partner affetti da Disturbo Narcisistico di Personalità...
Concerning Consequences
Studies in Art, Destruction, and Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Kristine Stiles has played a vital role in establishing trauma studies within the humanities. A formidable force in the art world, Stiles examines the significance of traumatic experiences both in the individual lives and works of artists and in contemporary international cultures since World War...
Among the Walking Wounded
Soldiers, Survival, and PTSD
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2017
A gripping account of PTSD, and a stark reminder that, for many, wars go on long after the last shot is fired.
In the shadows of army life is a world where friends become monsters, where kindness twists into assault, and where self-loathing and despair become constant companions. Whether you...
by Kerry-Lee Powell
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
"Powerful ... full of dark nostalgia."-Nathan Englander
*The Lifeboat
All night in his lifeboat my father sang
to keep the voices of the other men
who cried in the wreckage from reaching him,
he sang what he knew of the requiem,
of the hit parade and the bits of hymns,
he...
The Thin Blue Lifeline
Verbal De-escalation of Mentally Ill & Emotionally Disturbed People - A Comprehensive Guidebook for Law Enforcement Officers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
I have had the opportunity to review and read THE THIN BLUE LIFELINE: Verbal De-escalation of Mentally Ill & Emotionally Disturbed People - A Comprehensive Guidebook for Law Enforcement Officers. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is relevant, well-written, operationally-based, and...
Safe Behind Bars:
Communication, Control, and De-escalation of Mentally Ill & Aggressive Inmates - A Comprehensive Guidebook for Correctional Offices in Jail Settings
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Inmates in correctional facilities suffering from psychiatric or substance abuse disorders sometimes display any one of a number of frightening behaviors: verbal outbursts, physical threats and even violence. This comprehensive guidebook offers correctional officers in jail settings strategies to...
Little Book of Healthy Organizations
Tools For Understanding And Transforming Your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The best way to change the world may be one organization at a time. With this ambitious claim, the authors of this highly readable primer provide insightful analysis for evaluating and improving the health of any organization. They advocate a "systems approach," which views organizations as living...
by Faith Wood
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
If you have a school age child, you probably know bullying is a problem that is quickly gaining ground in our nation’s schools. A quick surf of the internet or television channels reveals horrific news stories of bullying in all areas of our country and it’s escalating at an alarming rate.
The...
Play Therapy
A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
This authoritative work brings together leading play therapists to describe state-of-the-art clinical approaches and applications. The book explains major theoretical frameworks and summarizes the contemporary play therapy research base, including compelling findings from neuroscience. Contributors...
I Am WE
My Life with Multiple Personalities
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Many people have secrets they are fearful to share with those who love them. Christine Pattillo was one of those people, except instead of just one secret, she had many. As long as Christine can remember, she has lived with Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)....
by Richard A. Chefetz
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
**Winner of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation's (ISSTD) Pierre Janet Writing Award, 2015.
What really happens in dissociation.**
**Winner of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation's (ISSTD) Pierre Janet Writing Award, 2015.
What...
by Lee Hartley
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2011
As soon as the first volume in the All Is Well series was launched in December 2010 word began to spread about how inspiring it is. Positive reviews were received and encouraging feedback came rolling in. Many people told us that they had intended to read just one story a day, but found they couldn't...
Sidetracked by Schizophrenia
A Mother and Son’s Struggles and Victories
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
In Sidetracked by Schizophrenia, Charlotte documents her son’s encounters with the many medications and difficult life situations that come as part of living with this disease. It covers the trials and errors, the failures, the partial successes, the side effects, the exciting movement toward more...
Beautiful Wreck
Sex, Lies & Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Twenty-five year old Stephanie Schroeder arrived in New York City in 1990 with edgy good looks, attitude to burn and undiagnosed bipolar disorder. Her unflinching memoir chronicles her trajectory through the worlds of queer political activism, corporate America, intimate partner violence, unwilling parenthood,...