Psychiatry

We often speak of doctors as heroes, martyrs, or victims. Drawing from forty years of experience on an emergency psychiatric ward, Paolo Milone offers a more complex-and more compelling-picture. He transports us inside Ward 77, where mental illness...

Information about new psychotropic drugs, a summary of advances in knowledge about identifiable risk factors for adverse effects, and updated recommendations on viable "antidote" management strategies -- including novel pharmacotherapies for...

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...

Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Basic Text takes a hands-on approach, focusing on the fundamental principles and basic features of the psychodynamic modality for the benefit of training directors and trainees in a variety of mental health fields...

What is hypnosis? Despite widespread misconceptions, hypnosis is not a treatment in itself; instead, it is a facilitator -- a useful diagnostic tool that can help the practitioner choose an appropriate treatment modality and accelerate various primary...

Depression is second after heart disease as the most damaging health condition in the world. The NHS has devoted huge resources to training thousands of psychological therapists to work in 'Improving Access to Psychological Therapies' services...

She couldn't believe it. There she was with her medical qualifications sitting on the floor of a mental hospital. She'd offered her life to God, wanted to serve him anywhere, but no, surely not this... Sharon Hastings is absolutely passionate about...

In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization,Foucault's first book and his finest accomplishment, will...

What causes mental health problems? Nature or nurture? Brain and biology? Genetic inheritance or social environment? Revised and updated, this concise book explains what we know today about the origins of mental distress, drawing on the latest research...

Carl Rogers was the psychiatrist who pioneered the practice of client-centred therapy, revolutionising the practice of psychotherapy, yet his own life was far from ideal. This biography explores his life - including his tortured marriage, his use of...

'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and open our hearts more.'Belinda Black was just seventeen years old when she began working as a nursing assistant at the large and foreboding 'madhouse', as it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999666705Author Dr Simon BignellFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint MyChild Services PublishingPublisher MyChild Services PublishingWeight(grams)...

Friendless Childhoods Explain War uses the author's groundbreaking discoveries working with the UK's most dangerous offenders to cast an expert eye over international conflict. All such violence, he contends, is born of childhood experiences that lead to...

Is psychiatry a distinctively modern approach to mental difference and distress, or is it a continuation of ancient Greek ideas - in the realm not only of medicine (consider 'melancholia'), but also of philosophy (source of the idea of 'therapeutics of...

Do you need your psychiatric diagnosis? This book will help you decide. In this second, updated edition of a best-selling title, Lucy Johnstone revisits the revolution that is underway in mental health. No one doubts that people's distress is very real -...

A hands-on user's guide that takes readers step-by-step on a 21-day journey to discover what it means to be truly present and aware in our daily lives. In today's increasingly fast-paced world it can be difficult to find moments to catch your breath,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307452429Author Robert WhitakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

"Fascinating."-Thomas W. Hodgkinson, The Guardian "Richly detailed and frequently illuminating."-Rhys Blakely, Times (UK) "Excellent."-Clare Bucknell, New Yorker A New Yorker Best of the Week PickA provocative and original history of the scientists and...

This guide provides healthcare students and professionals with a foundational background on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) - traumatic early life experiences, which can have a profound impact on health in later life.ACEs can include being a victim...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925644623Author Blanche SavageFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Australian Academic PressPublisher Australian Academic PressWeight(grams)...

'Mandatory reading for all those who have the slightest interest in good health and human happiness SUNDAY INDEPENDENTA practical, step-by-step guide to identify and cope with depression by bestselling author and GP Dr Harry Barry. Depression and anxiety...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062229267Author Allen FrancesFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272g

The collection of Foulkes' papers, which includes some unpublished material and some published in English for the first time, comprises not only the later Group-Analytic writings but also those from the first part of his career as a psychoanalyst. Among...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590300008Author Edward M. PovdollFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

"Heitler has established herself as a leader in what is evolving as an extraordinary, valuable integration of systems perspectives, cognitive and behavioral methodologies, and traditional views of personality and therapy."-Psychotherapy in Private...

In his new book, eminent psychologist - Daniel Stern, author of the classic 'The interpersonal world of the infant', explores the hitherto neglected topic of 'vitality' - that is, the force or power manifested by all living things. Vitality takes on...

Rare and unusual psychiatric syndromes have fascinated people for centuries due to their complexity and undefined nature. Appreciating their clinical importance and relevance to understanding other conditions and experiences, this book provides an...

Grounded in a deep understanding of what makes intimate relationships succeed, this book provides concrete guidelines for addressing the complexities of real-world clinical practice with couples. Leading couple therapist Ellen Wachtel describes the...

As a species, we've never had it so good. We're living longer and healthier lives than ever before; the sum of human knowledge and endless entertainment are only ever a few clicks away.So why are we in the midst of a mental health crisis?The Happiness...

The Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry has long served trainees in psychiatry, presenting them with practical and essential advice. This new edition of the orange book provides guidance on the psychiatric and neuropsychiatric examination and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903458785Author Susan PerrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 542gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm *...

Posttraumatic growth is an area in which investigations are now being undertaken in many different parts of the world. The view that individuals can be changed--sometimes in radically good ways--by their struggle with trauma is ancient and widespread...

Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults -- A Practical Guide identifies assumptions about ADD/ADHD that demand reevaluation in light of recent research. Building upon a current, science-based foundation, the book describes in...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relatively common psychological problem. The symptoms - which can be seriously disabling in extreme cases - can include excessive hand-washing or other cleaning rituals, repeated checking, extreme slowness and...

An occasional employee of a local gas company, Albert Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he travelled. He became notorious for his extraordinary...

Psycho-Oncology in Palliative and End-of-Life Care provides expert advice and clinical management guidelines on the impact of advanced cancer and its treatment on the life and wellbeing of a patient in palliative and end-of-life care. Employing a...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is one of the most common developmental disorders, with an average of 9 per cent of US children between the ages of five and seventeen diagnosed each year. It is also one of the most controversial. Since...

Psychodynamic Treatment of Depression addresses the use of psychodynamic psychotherapy, both alone and in combination with cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and medication treatments, as a method for reducing the psychological vulnerabilities that may...

Therapist and Client: A Relational Approach to Psychotherapy provides a guide to the fundamental interpersonal elements of the therapeutic relationship that make it the most effective factor in therapy. Presents the fundamental interpersonal elements...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783856305215Author Heinrich Karl FierzFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Daimon VerlagPublisher Daimon VerlagWeight(grams) 502g