Mental category: 19657 books

Cover of Catholicism and Mental Health
by Dr Pravin Thevathasan
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017

In some pastoral contexts the boundaries between Catholicism and psychiatry in mental health care can be contentious. This work shows that there should be no conflict between them. Through a brief history of psychiatry in secular and faith settings the author moves to examining the conflicts and agreements...
Cover of Unseen Influences
by Dick Sutphen
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 1982

A New Holistic Approach to Safeguarding Your Physical and Mental Health! Improve your health, build your energy, get more out of living! Dick Sutphen is an acclaimed writer, lecturer, psychic researcher, and a frequent guest on major television shows. In this provocative, fascinating study, he examines...
Cover of Comprehensive Children's Mental Health Services in Schools and Communities
by Robyn S. Hess, Rick Jay Short, Cynthia E. Hazel
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013

Despite the growing emphasis on a population-based training and service delivery model for school psychology, few resources exist to provide guidance concerning how such services might be conceptualized and put into place. In this book, the authors propose a public health model for comprehensive children’s...
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Psychosis as a Personal Crisis

An Experience-Based Approach

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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and puts forward the idea that hearing voices is not in itself a sign of mental illness. In this...
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Sanity and Sanctity

Mental Health Work Among the Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem

by Dr. David Greenberg, M.D., Eliezer Witztum
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008

Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are isolated from the secular community that surrounds them not only physically but by their dress, behaviors, and beliefs. Their relationship with secular society is characterized by social, religious, and political tensions. The differences between the ultra-orthodox...
Cover of Journey into Light: Experience the Sunshine Method
by Judy Leighton
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017

Judy Leighton, pain and stress consultant, invites readers on her spiritual healing and adventure story, finding an unusual way out of the terrifying flashbacks of her lifeand out of the darkness of feeling lost in overwhelming fear and painful memories. She relates how she was gloriously and quickly...
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Arabs in Treatment:

Development of Mental Health System and Psychoanalysis in the Arabo-Islamic World

by Yana Korobko
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016

When I was only starting the therapeutic work with the Middle Eastern patients, I was looking for some kind of guidance to enable my genuine understanding of the Muslim patient cases. However, the material was scarce, haphazardly scattered, and mostly referring to the traditional therapies. That was...
Cover of Neuroscience for the Mental Health Clinician, Second Edition
by Steven R. Pliszka, MD
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016

Accessible and succinct, this book has given thousands of clinicians and students the basic understanding of neuroscience that is essential in contemporary mental health practice. Steven R. Pliszka synthesizes current knowledge on the neurobiological bases of major psychiatric disorders. He explores...
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The Fog of Paranoia

A Sister's Journey through Her Brother's Schizophrenia

by Sarah Rae
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013

Pat and Sarah had long been friends, not just brother and sister. They supported each other, shared music and movies, and confided in each other as they went through the many challenging stages of adolescence. But something began to change in Pat. He was convinced people were watching him, spying...
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Abortion Counseling

A Clinician's Guide to Psychology, Legislation, Politics, and Competency

by Rachel Needle, PsyD, Lenore Walker
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2007

The majority of women who have had abortions report feeling happy, satisfied, and relieved following their abortion. Some few women who have had an abortion may experience some feelings of guilt and sadness; however, this rarely lasts longer than a few days. Those very few women who present with prolonged...
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Transform

Reclaim Your Body & Life From the Inside Out

by Michelle Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015

TRANSFORM. . .is not like any other book about weight loss that you’ve read. It’s more than a diet prescription and exercise routine. There are plenty of books that can help you with that. TRANSFORM offers something new and profound. A step by step approach that will empower you to transform your...
Cover of Models of Madness 2nd Edition

Models of Madness 2nd Edition

Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Psychosis

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Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013

Are hallucinations and delusions really symptoms of an illness called ‘schizophrenia’? Are mental health problems really caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions? Are psychiatric drugs as effective and safe as the drug companies claim? Is madness preventable? This second...
Cover of 10 Ways to Keep Your Brain from Screaming “Ouch!”
by David Moyer
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014

Whimsical? Yes. Serious? Yes. Practical? Yes! How does a person keep their brain happy and in good repair? This unorthodox, slightly irreverent book goes beyond the psychiatric labels and medications. It provides specific leading-edge interventions readers can implement in consultation with their...
Cover of Women's Bodies in Psychoanalysis
by Rosemary M Balsam
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012

Why has the female body been marginalised in psychoanalysis, with a focus on female problems and pains only? How can we begin to think about body pleasure, power, competition and aggression as normal in females? In Women's Bodies in Psychoanalysis, Rosemary Balsam argues that re-tracing theoretical...
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