Psychiatry category: 2250 books
Mente darwiniana e addiction. Evoluzionismo, neuroscienze e psicoterapia
Evoluzionismo, neuroscienze e psicoterapia
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Il libro sottolinea le grandi potenzialità del paradigma evoluzionistico applicato alla psicologia e alla psicoterapia, approfondendo in particolare la sua ricaduta in uno degli ambiti di maggiore complessità della clinica: le dipendenze patologiche, sia le classiche tossicodipendenze, sia le nuovissime new addiction, dall’internet-addiction alla dipendenza affettiva.
A Study of Suicide
Causes and Influencing Factors
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2016
As the love of life is generally acknowledged to be the strongest instinct of the human mind, how could we explain the voluntary death or suicide? This book presents works about the problem of suicide and factors influencing it.
Contents :
- A Study of Suicide
- Suicide and the...
Religion That Heals, Religion That Harms
A Guide for Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
From James L. Griffith, well known for his work on harnessing the healing potential of religion and spirituality, this book helps clinicians to intervene effectively in situations where religion is causing harm. Vivid examples illustrate how religious beliefs and practices may propel suicide, violence,...
by Lubomira Radoilska
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
The way in which society views addiction underlies how it treats, understands, blames, or even punishes those with addictive behaviours. This thought-provoking new book presents an original philosophical analysis bringing together addiction and weakness of will. Within the book, the author develops...
Introduction to Forensic Psychology
Essentials for Law Enforcement
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Research indicates that there are psychological principles at play in the situations encountered by law enforcement personnel. The book fulfills an important need in the ever-evolving field of criminal justice, providing a working knowledge of forensic psychology and its application to interview strategies,...
by Nathan J. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Throughout history, there has been an intrinsic need for humans to detect deception in other humans. Developed in 1923, the polygraph machine was a tool designed to do just this. To date, there have been many improvements made to the basic polygraph instrument. This book outlines the instrumentation...
Munchausen by Proxy and Other Factitious Abuse
Practical and Forensic Investigative Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This book covers Munchausen and Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) though the terms have recently changed. The 2013 DSM-V—the update to the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) diagnostic and classification tool—has classified both Munchausen and MBP as "Factitious Systematic Abuse." While...
Addiction and Change, Second Edition
How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Not everyone who experiments with substance use or risky behavior becomes addicted, and many who are addicted have been able to recover. This authoritative book, now revised and updated, has given tens of thousands of professionals and students a state-of-the-art framework for understanding the journey...
by Stuart W. Twemlow, MD, Frank C. Sacco
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
Results from numerous surveys indicate that many students do not feel safe in school. This condition exacts an academic as well as a psychological toll because, as the authors remind us, children must feel safe in order to learn. The authors of Preventing Bullying and School Violence contend that...
Love's All That Makes Sense
A Mother Daughter Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Sakeenah Francis describes her life as a Cinderella story in reverse. She grew up in a well-respected, middle-class African American family. She went to college, was homecoming queen, married, began a career and had children. Then, schizophrenia struck and she lost everything. She went from homecoming...
Schema Therapy
A Practitioner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2006
Designed to meet the formidable challenges of treating personality disorders and other complex difficulties, schema therapy combines proven cognitive-behavioral techniques with elements of other widely practiced therapies. This book--written by the model's developer and two of its leading practitioners--is...
Perfectionism
A Relational Approach to Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Grounded in decades of influential research, this book thoroughly examines perfectionism: how it develops, its underlying mechanisms and psychological costs, and how to target it effectively in psychotherapy. The authors describe how perfectionistic tendencies--rooted in early relational and developmental...
Le développement affectif et intellectuel de l'enfant
Compléments sur l'émergence du langage
Language: French
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Un ouvrage collectif sur un sujet aussi vaste que le développement affectif et intellectuel de l’enfant, a, en réalité, quelque chose d’un être vivant. Il vit et se nourrit des transformations des connaissances, du savoir et de la pensée. De ce fait, il évolue et se doit d’évoluer :
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From Children to Citizens
Volume I: The Mandate for Juvenile Justice
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
From the preface: "History has dealt the juvenile court (and, more broadly, the juvenile justice system) a cruel blow. What began as a promising social experiment has disappointed nearly everyone... Inevitably, disillusionment has weakened the mandate of the juvenile justice system. Conflicts...