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This expanded second edition of Mitzi Waltz's Autism: A Social and Medical History offers an in-depth examination of how the condition was perceived before it became a separate area of investigation, and how autism has been conceptualised and treated...

This original and imaginative book has been created by five-year-old Heath. In it, Heath illustrates his understanding of his autistic mother Joanna, giving insight into the different ways in which autistic and neurotypical people understand language. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666715743Author Robert G CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541647152Author Simon Baron-CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm *...

Since ADHD became a well-known condition, decades ago, much of the research and clinical discourse has focused on youth. In recent years, attention has expanded to the realm of adult ADHD and the havoc it can wreak on many aspects of adult life,...

Changes that parents and other family members make to their own behaviors to help a child avoid or alleviate anxiety are known as accommodations. Parental accommodation is a key aspect of child anxiety, and has a major impact on course, severity of...

A groundbreaking new book about the misogynistic nineteenth century obsession with hysteria, focusing on the renowned Salpetriere Hospital in Paris. 'Fascinating and beautifully written' Guardian 'Fascinating ... gives us a disturbing insight into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547422558Author Randy FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, Inc

What are the historical foundations of autism and what precisely is meant by the 'autistic spectrum'? How can we explain behavioural patterns of people with autism, young or old, and what are the major theoretical bases for understanding these? What is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634919913Author Chrissie HodgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854337481Author Anne CookeFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint BPS BooksPublisher BPS BooksWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 297mm * 210mm * 10mm

In Pocket Therapy for Emotional Balance, three clinical psychologists and authors of The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook offer quick, evidence-based tips and tools for managing intense emotions in the moment. Using this handy, take-anywhere...

Everyday, in courtrooms everywhere, people's lives are touched and shaped by judgments and verdicts influenced by the testimony of psychologists and other mental health experts. This casebook details 20 high-profile court cases that turned, at least in...

Mental health difficulties bring us face to face with our vulnerability as human beings, and after two years of struggling with the effects of Covid-19 concerns about mental health worldwide have never been higher. But our discussions are still fraught...

As a clinician, you know how difficult it can be to treat clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) using a one-size-fits-all approach. This powerful and evidence-based guide offers a variety of customizable treatment strategies-made simple and...

Taking us into and beyond the realm of Freudian psychoanalysis, Lacan examines the psychoses' inescapable connection to the symbolic process through which signifier is joined with signified. Lacan deftly navigates the ontological levels of the symbolic,...

An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the...

This insightful book offers professionals a comprehensive guide for navigating the new way of diagnosing and understanding personality difficulties and disorders introduced in the ICD-11. Through in-depth clinical examples, these experienced authors...

Forensic Case Histories: Understanding Serious Offending Behaviour in Men examines men's violent and sexual offending behaviours, outlined through a series of real offender narratives, from a psychological perspective and in an accessible manner that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915127259Author Connor WhiteleyFormat HardbackPage Count 92Imprint Cgd PublishingPublisher Cgd PublishingWeight(grams) 218g

The Psychotherapist's Own Psychotherapy lifts a curtain that has long shrouded the intimate alliances between therapists and those of their patients who share the same profession. In this unique volume, distinguished contributors explore the...

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award 2018 - Textbook category 'This fascinating book examines some of the ideological underpinnings of forensic psychological research, policy and practice. It is refreshingly reflective and a...

In its essence, this is a practical book that focuses on aiding recovery from trauma over a carefully structured timeframe. Amongst other things, it provides an introduction to the concept of psychological debriefing and some of the effects of trauma,...

This controversial new book describes how human behaviour - thoughts, emotions, actions and mental health - can be largely explained if we understand how people make sense of their world and how that framework of understanding has been learned. In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734907452Author Michael RectenwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint Red Pill PressPublisher Red Pill PressWeight(grams) 644gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774870068Author Barrett HuangFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Barrett HuangPublisher Barrett HuangWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

This book presents the importance of the role of creativity, particularly everyday creativity, in the lives of people on a mental health recovery journey.Through a review of historical and contemporary literature and research findings on the topic, the...

Taken from published reviews: " Dr Blackburn has written a remarkably good book; indeed, the best book on the topic from either side of the Atlantic I have read. the breadth of the author s knowledge is nothing short of encyclopaedic. Not only psychology...

Internationally respected authors, actively working in this area, establish theoretical reasons for extending cognitive therapy to these symptoms. This includes a justification for looking at symptoms rather than syndromes, first-person accounts of...

In this volume contemporary staff describe their thinking and clinical work. Theoretical underpinnings for the understanding of perversion and violence, questions of risk and ethics and the institutional difficulties which emerge in the care of these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544521022Author Dan EngleFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 140g

A truly modern approach to criminological and forensic psychology, this engaging text explores all aspects of the field, from defining forensic psychology, through the psychological explanations of crime and specific crime types, to the application of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905605309Author Thomas SheridanFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Velluminous PressPublisher Velluminous PressWeight(grams) 314gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Delve into the intricacies of the human mind with this engaging and insightful guide to how the brain works. Written in a playful style and beautifully illustrated, this book is designed to support you as you embark on the beginning of your psychology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683732235Author Timothy GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 149Imprint PESI PublishingPublisher PESI PublishingWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 277mm *...

Trauma-Informed Yoga Flip Chart is a compassionate educational tool for anyone looking to share trauma-informed yoga as a healing modality with others. Featuring beautiful illustrations, this practical and evidence-based flip chart explores concepts such...

Stream PodcastGrant Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit):'This book should be mandatory reading for every label, booking agent, manager and tour manager in the business of music and touring so we can all better understand what's really involved in living the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416575993Author W Keith CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

The second edition of The Great Psychotherapy Debate has been updated and revised to expand the presentation of the Contextual Model, which is derived from a scientific understanding of how humans heal in a social context and explains findings from a...

Now in a revised and expanded sixth edition, this is the leading text on evidence-based treatments for frequently encountered mental health problems. David H. Barlow has assembled preeminent experts to present their respective approaches in step-by-step...