Mental category: 19657 books
Person-Environment Psychology and Mental Health
Assessment and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
In recent years, mental health professionals who have traditionally focused on the emotional state of the individual have come to realize that problems arise from the unique interactions between particular individuals and environments. From necessity, they are beginning to look at context; no longer...
A ROUTE OF HOPE - dealing with Anxiety Disorder through Writing & Poetry
The gift of writing enabled her to track a route of hope on the journey to recovery.
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
If you appreciate poetry, you will be encouraged by this collection of poems. It is an excellent resource for finding hope in the midst of suffering from a mental disorder (anxiety), supported by Scripture.
About the Author: Katie Ruth was diagnosed with Anxiety Disorder in 2005. She spent...
by SANE Australia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Mental illness is common, affecting 1 in 5 of us at some time in our lives. Nearly every workplace will have someone who experiences episodes of mental illness from time to time, and it is important therefore, that they feel supported in the same way as someone with any other illness or disabling condition,...
by Sandra Walker
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
In order to give high quality care it is essential that mental health nurses have a solid grasp of the most common therapies and interventions used in mental healthcare. If nurses understand what the various interventions involve then they will be much better equipped to support patients through their...
Self-Acceptance
The Key to Recovery from Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
The author has over forty years of professional experience and expertise with patients diagnosed with serious mental illnesses, especially bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia
The writing is non-technical, user-friendly, and easy-to-understand.
The process of mental illness recovery...
A Primer on Mental Disorders
A Guide for Educators, Families, and Students
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2001
From four practicing physicians comes this down-to-earth, easy to understand introduction to mental disorders_essentially a 'what is it' book to help identify disorders, understand the ramifications, and assist teachers and families in providing a supportive environment for anyone who suffers from...
by Chris Hart
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Risk assessment and risk management are top of every mental health trust’s agenda. This concise and easy-to-read book provides an informative and practical guide to the process of undertaking a risk assessment, arriving at a formulation and then developing a risk management plan.
Covering...
Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health
Reconsidering Multiculturalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Exploring Immigrant and Sexual Minority Mental Health provides mental health practitioners with up-to-date theory, cutting-edge research, and therapeutic strategies to assist them in their work with multicultural clients. By focusing on the immigrant psyche, this volume hones in on appropriate counseling...
by Nivedita Bezbaruah
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Scientific Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Psychology - Clinic and Health Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, , course: Ph.D, language: English, abstract: In the present study an attempt was made to study the mental health status of adolescents belonging to the Jorhat district of Assam .The sample...
Primitive Mental States
A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Origins of Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Traditional psychoanalysis relies on the presence of certain meaning-making capacities in the patient for its effectiveness. Primitive Mental States examines how particular capacities including those for symbolising, fantasising, dreaming, experiencing and finding meanings in those experiences, can...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Fully revised, this new edition reviews the most up-to-date and clinically relevant information on the mental health and behavioral problems of people with intellectual, developmental and learning disabilities, also previously known as mental retardation. Providing the latest evidence base from the...
Trauma and Recovery on War's Border
A Guide for Global Health Workers
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
An increasing number of students and professionals are choosing to travel the globe to engage with the realities of trauma and human suffering through mental health aid. But in the field of global mental health, good intentions are not enough to ensure good training, development, and care. The risk...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
Human migration is a global phenomenon and is on the increase. It occurs as a result of 'push' factors (asylum, natural disaster), or as a result of 'pull' factors (seeking economic or educational improvement). Whatever the cause of the relocation, the outcome requires individuals to adjust to their...
Defying the Verdict
My Bipolar Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, author of Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, a bestselling book on bipolar disorder, has agreed to blurb the book.
This frank and honest memoir charts Charita's personal struggle with bipolar disorder. Readers will appreciate...