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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has established itself as one of the most effective therapies for treating a wide range of psychological disorders. However, research and treatment in this field typically adopts a DSM driven 'disorder-focused'...

The similarities between madness and modernism are striking: defiance of convention, nihilism, extreme relativism, distortions of time, strange transformations of self, and much more. In this revised edition of a now classic work, Louis Sass, a...

Psychic trauma is one of the most frequently invoked ideas in the behavioural sciences and the humanities today. Yet bitter disputes have marked the discussion of trauma ever since it first became an issue in the 1870s, growing even more heated in recent...

'Enthralling ... will leave true-crime readers with more to ponder than they bargained for' - The Herald From the UK's leading criminologist comes the true story of Margaret McLaughlin, and the man he believes was fitted up for her murderBefore David...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553379594Author John J. RateyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

ADHD doesn't just affect individuals. It affects entire families. Impulsiveness, emotional turbulence, poor organizational skills, unpredictable schedules, and inconsistent discipline are just some of the factors that can contribute to misunderstanding...

In this landmark book, the impulse toward self-destructiveness is examined as a misdirection of the instinct for survival, a turning inward of the aggressive behavior developed for self-preservation. "One of the most absorbing books I have read in recent...

This short book, a collection of essays and poems, looks at the loneliness, frustration and sadness experienced, not by the person with the syndrome, but by their partners, parents and other family members: it is they who have to cope with the absence of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683731795Author Jennifer SweetonFormat PaperbackPage Count 279Imprint PESI Publishing & MediaPublisher PESI Publishing & MediaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683732136Author Kristina HallettFormat PaperbackPage Count 265Imprint PESI PublishingPublisher PESI PublishingWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 277mm *...

ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and research into the methodology, but also a framework for training. ORBIT: The Science of Rapport-Based...

Health and Suffering in America analyzes how we came to see various forms of suffering as "mental illness," and argues that social and historical dynamics, not scientific discovery, gave us this notion. Robert Fancher argues that the beliefs of mental...

This New York Times bestseller is a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership.Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914081590Author Connor WhiteleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Cgd PublishingPublisher Cgd PublishingWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743261203Author Herb KutchinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

In a Victorian-era German asylum, seamstress Agnes Richter painstakingly stitched a mysterious autobiographical text into every inch of the jacket she created from her institutional uniform. Despite every attempt to silence them, hundreds of other...

'As enlightening about crime in modern society as any book I have read' The Times'A richly researched, supremely sane discussion of the causes of and ways of preventing crime. From bobbies on the beat (they don't reduce crime), to the idea that "prison...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262535090Author Richard E. CytowicFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 16mm

Follow-up volume to the best-selling, critically acclaimed "Person-Centred Psychopathology", "Person-Centred Practice: Case Studies in Positive Psychology" takes forward the work of the previous volume by rooting the theory of that volume in the practice...

This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this phenomenon shows how psychogenic amnesia not only happens but, if the abuse occurred at the hands of a parent or caregiver, is often...

There is increasing pressure, soon to be legislation, for particular offenders to be given a choice of psychological treatment or imprisonment, even if treatment must sometimes be within special prison hospitals or units for offenders. The key issue...

'Powerful and poignant, this book is for anyone who has struggled with mental health challenges' Lori Gottlieb'[An] invaluable book' Andrew Solomon'A unique, hopeful, essential guide. You Are Not Alone is a treasure' Bruce D. PerryThis singular book is a...

Notes from a Child Psychologist features ten composite case studies based on the author's work over three decades as a psychologist for children and adolescents. Dr. Propp takes readers through a patient's treatment intervention in session-by-session...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419698187Author Anthony WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm)...

Trichotillomania (TTM) is a complex disorder which involves at least two levels of psychological functioning. At one level, it is a habitual behaviour. This type of TTM involves 'automatic pulling' and typically occurs without a person's awareness. The...

Psychopaths continue to be demonised by the media and estimates suggest that a disturbing percentage of the population has psychopathic tendencies. This timely and controversial new book summarises what we already know about psychopathy and antisocial...

Wrap your mind around bipolar disorder and understand your treatment options Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, 4th Edition explains everything about this common mental health diagnosis in easy-to-understand terms. If you or a loved one has recently been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783822676Author Jonathan FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Chipmunka PublishingPublisher Chipmunka PublishingWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262036719Author Matthew RatcliffeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780307381279Author Howard DullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958350102Author Richard BassFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint RBG PublishingPublisher RBG PublishingWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771622462Author Sarah KurchakFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646112913Author Tanya J PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615772858Author Executive Intelligence ReviewFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 480g

Nearly a decade ago, Cutting boldly addressed a traumatic psychological disorder now affecting as many as two million Americans and one in fifty adolescents. More than that, it revealed self-mutilation as a comprehensible, treatable disorder, no longer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976667704Author Diane McDiarmidFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint University of Kansas, Support Education GroupPublisher University of Kansas, Support...

Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis provides a highly readable account of the subject, and a picture of profiling which by no means accords with popular views and representations of what is involved. The book provides an overview of profiling...

A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of the YearA Guardian "Best Book about Ideas" of the YearNo one likes to be bored. Two leading psychologists explain what causes boredom and how to listen to what it is telling you, so you can live a more engaged life...

In this unsettling and innovative book, anthropologist Stefania Pandolfo addresses the problematic of the subject through a dual examination of psychoanalysis and Islamic theological-medical reasoning, reflecting on the unconscious maladies of the soul...