Psychiatry category: 2250 books
The Intentional Brain
Motion, Emotion, and the Development of Modern Neuropsychiatry
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Neuropsychiatry has a distinguished history, yet its ideals and principles fell out of fashion in the early twentieth century as neurology and psychiatry diverged into separate disciplines. Later, neuropsychiatry reemerged as the two disciplines moved closer again, accelerated by advances in neuroanatomy,...
My Madness Saved Me
The Madness and Marriage of Virginia Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"The vast literature on Virginia Woolf's life, work, and marriage falls into two groups. A large majority is certain that she was mentally ill, and a small minority is equally certain that she was not mentally ill but was misdiagnosed by psychiatrists. In this daring exploration of Woolf's life...
Treatment of Severe Personality Disorders
Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
In Treatment of Severe Personality Disorders: Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism, the influential psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Otto Kernberg presents an integrated update of the current knowledge of personality disorders, their neurobiological and psychodynamic determinants, and...
Delusions
Investigations Into The Psychology Of Delusional Reasoning
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
The authors offer cogent reviews of the literature pertaining to the formation and maintenance of delusions, but the most substantial parts of the monograph expound the empirical inquiries which they and their colleagues have carried out in recent years. Most of the research has been published elsewhere,...
Mood Disorders
Toward a New Psychobiology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In this book we present a conceptually integrated approach to disorders of mood. These disorders are defined narrowly as the clinical syndromes of mania and melancholia. The latter is our particular focus, for the simple reason that it is more common and thus more is known about it. Our approach owes...
Coming off Psychiatric Drugs
Successful withdrawal from neuroleptics, antidepressants, mood stabilizers, Ritalin and tranquilizers
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
The world-wide first book about the issue "Successful coming down from psychiatric drugs" primarily addresses treated people who want to withdraw on their own decision. It also addresses their relatives and therapists. Millions of people are taking psychiatric drugs, for example: Haloperidol, Prozac,...
Psychedelic Revolutionaries
LSD and the Birth of Hallucinogenic Research
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2018
“Psychedelic Revolutionaries is not only beautifully written—it is timely. We are in the midst of a rebirth in interest in the psychedelic group of drugs with increasingly strong research evidence for their clinical benefits and a growing popular turn to daily ‘micro-dosing’ strategies. Everyone...
NeuroAnalysis
Bridging the Gap between Neuroscience, Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
NeuroAnalysis investigates using the neural network and neural computation models to bridge the divide between psychology, psychoanalysis, and neuroscience when diagnosing mental health disorders and prescribing treatment.
Avi Peled builds on Freud's early attempts to explain the neural basis...
Alien Landscapes?
Interpreting Disordered Minds
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Do people with mental disorders share enough psychology with other people to make human interpretation possible? Jonathan Glover tackles the hard cases—violent criminals, people with delusions, autism, schizophrenia—to answer affirmatively. He offers values linked with agency and identity to guide how the boundaries of psychiatry should be drawn.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Prozac and its chemical cousins, Paxil, Celexa, and Zoloft, are some of the most profitable and most widely used drugs in America. Their use in the treatment of a multitude of disorders--from generalized anxiety disorder and premenstrual syndrome to eating disorders and sexual compulsions--has provoked...
Trauma and Psychosis
New Directions for Theory and Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Trauma and Psychosis provides a valuable contribution to the current understanding of the possible relationships between the experience of trauma and the range of phenomena currently referred to as psychosis.
Warren Larkin and Anthony P. Morrison bring together contributions from leading clinicians...
by Eric Emerson, Stewart L. Einfeld
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
'Challenging' behaviours are common among people with intellectual disabilities, resulting in significantly reduced quality of life. These may include aggression, self-injury, destructiveness, hyperactivity and inappropriate social conduct. This new edition provides a concise, accessible and contemporary...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Mental health concerns are the most serious and prevalent health problems among students in higher education. Increasingly effective psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments have facilitated matriculation for students with histories of anxiety, mood, personality, eating and substance...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
This book is a comprehensive resource on psychotropic medications, detailing the latest methods for defining their characteristics, their use in different patient populations, and drug-drug interactions; an important collection of information forclinicians, students, researchers, and members of the...