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Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
This two-volume encyclopedia examines the social, cultural, and political dimensions of mental illness in America.
• Contributions from a wide array of experts, including psychologists, psychiatrists, and public health professionals
• Sidebars that discuss topics of interest related...
Through Helen's Eyes
With Some Reflections on Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
“A small percentage (10%?) of those in the "helping professions" often develop gifts beyond man's five senses. These "gifts" are restricted to those of pure intent, as light and darkness cannot occupy the same space. I first met Helen, a psychiatric nurse, several years ago at the hospital where...
by Di Bailey, Jo Campling
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Presenting a model for interdisciplinary working, this book offers an overview of practice and policy across a range of mental health settings. It explores how to combine skills, theories and expertise from a range of disciplines in response to the diverse needs of service users, from children to older people, and those with complex needs.
The Pastoral Care of Depression
A Guidebook
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
What is depression, and what are its many and varied types? Who becomes depressed, and how can it be recognized? How can depression be measured, and what are its suicidal potentialities? What are the therapeutic interventions the pastor can use in helping people who are undergoing the pain of depression?...
by Margaret Norris, Victor Molinari, Suzann Ogland-Hand
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Update your knowledge of mental health services delivery in long-term care settings!
Authored by experts in the field of psychology practice in long-term care (LTC), this valuable book is designed to update psychologists and educators on developments in the evolving field of geriatric mental...
Adolescent Psychiatry, V. 24
Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Launched in 1971, Adolescent Psychiatry promised "to explore adolescence as a process . . . to enter challenging and exciting areas that may have profound effects on our basic concepts." Further, they promised "a series that will provide a forum for the expression of ideas and problems...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Since its inception, and throughout its history, psychoanalysis has been defined as a psychology of conflict. Freud’s tripartite structure of id, ego and superego, and then modern conflict theory, placed conflict at the center of mental life and its understanding at the heart of therapeutic action.As...
A Guide to Psychiatric Services in Schools
Understanding Roles, Treatment, and Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
In order to provide comprehensive care to students with a wide variety of social and emotional challenges, close collaboration between psychiatrists and school-based mental health professionals is vital. This book provides practical information about psychiatric diagnoses and medications, as well...
Developing a Forensic Practice
Operations and Ethics for Experts
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Developing a forensic practice can be confusing and intimidating. Dr. William Reid, a highly experienced forensic psychiatrist, has written a practical, straightforward guide for clinicians interested in doing it right and increasing their opportunities for a successful transition to forensic work....
by DINESH KUMAR
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
SEEKING HELP IS AN ACT OF COURAGE There is pitifully little awareness about mental health issues in our country. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), depression and not diabetes or hypertension, will be soon be the biggest killer of the modern world. The general perception is that people...
Relatedness, Self-Definition and Mental Representation
Essays in honor of Sidney J. Blatt
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2005
Over the course of a long and distinguished career, psychologist and psychoanalyst Sidney J. Blatt has made major contributions to cognitive-developmental theory, psychoanalytic object relations theory, applied psychoanalysis, and current research in the areas of psychopathology and psychotherapy....
Managing the Psychological Impact of Medical Trauma
A Guide for Mental Health and Health Care Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Intervention with patients who have had a traumatic experience in a health care setting is crucial not only to prevent long-term psychological issues, but also to help patients reduce anxiety when seeking medical help in the future. This groundbreaking book is the first to conceptualize medical trauma...
In Pursuit of "Schizophrenia"
Reflections on “Imprecision” in Scientific and Professional Thought and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
This volume is a collection of scholarly, editorial, and personal commentaries (Chapters) on “schizophrenia,” with special attention directed toward the consequences of “imprecision” in professional and scientific thought and practice because of our failure to accept “schizophrenia” is...
A Map Through the Maze
A Guide to Surviving the Criminal Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
This revealing book offers an in-depth mental and emotional roadmap for surviving the correctional experience. It shows what mental shifts need to take place in order to effectively go beyond the prison walls where a life of purpose, meaning, love, and beauty exists and is well worth living. Designed...