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Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities 2nd edition by Dr Sarah Bernard 9781912755493
$68.70Originally entitled 'Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities', this new edition focuses on the care and support of those with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. In addition to bringing the content fully up... -
I'll Quit Tomorrow by Vernon E. Johnson 9780062504333
RRP: $31.18$21.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062504333Author Vernon E MD. JohnstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio by Philippe Bourgois
RRP: $48.73$42.08In Search of Respect, Philippe Bourgois's now-classic, ethnographic study of social marginalization in inner-city America, won critical acclaim after it was first published in 1995 and in 1997 was awarded the Margaret Mead Award. For the first time, an... -
A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill
$24.00Twenty years after his last drink, Peter Hamill looks back on his early life. Growing up during the depression and World War II, he learnt that drinking was an essential part of being a man. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy the important... -
A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse by Victoria Shepherd
RRP: $33.13$23.95A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds. 'An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMS For centuries we've dismissed delusions as something for doctors to sort out behind locked doors. But... -
Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health by James Tabery 9780525658207
RRP: $48.75$31.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525658207Author James TaberyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf -
A Shot to Save the World: The Remarkable Race and Ground-Breaking Science Behind the Covid-19 Vaccines by Gregory Zuckerman
RRP: $39.00$28.65'Thrilling, inspiring and informative page-turner.' Walter Isaacson, author of The Code BreakerYou know what went wrong.This is the untold story of what went right.Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China, in January... -
Cannabis and Spirituality: An Explorer's Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally by Stephen Gray
RRP: $25.33$21.47Truly a medicine for body and soul, one of cannabis's greatest gifts is its remarkable potential for spiritual healing and awakening. In this authoritative guide, editor Stephen Gray and 17 other influential voices of the modern cannabis movement explore... -
Drugs: A Very Short Introduction by Les Iversen
RRP: $17.53$12.58The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and mental illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral... -
Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America by Mary Otto 9781620974827
RRP: $42.88$25.39In this brilliant debut book, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society. Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into the role teeth play in our health and our social... -
In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History by Carmel Mc Mahon
RRP: $33.13$23.85In 1993, aged twenty, Carmel Mc Mahon left Ireland for New York, carrying two suitcases and a ton of unseen baggage. It took years, and a bitter struggle with alcohol addiction, to unpick the intricate traumas of her past and present. Candid yet... -
Addiction as an Attachment Disorder by Philip J. Flores
RRP: $99.45$87.01From the Foreword: "Addiction is a disorder in self-regulation. Individuals who become dependent on addictive substances cannot regulate their emotions, self-care, self-esteem, and relationships. In this monumental and illuminating text Philip Flores... -
League Of Denial by Mark Fainaru-Wada
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780770437565Author Mark Fainaru-WadaFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Three Rivers... -
Myths about Suicide by Thomas Joiner
RRP: $40.85$32.92Around the world, more than a million people die by suicide each year. Yet many of us know very little about a tragedy that may strike our own loved ones-and much of what we think we know is wrong. This clear and powerful book dismantles myth after myth... -
The Coronation: Essays from the Covid Moment Charles Eisenstein 9781645021780
RRP: $29.23$19.11'A necessary and brave read.' Paul Kingsnorth Hope and isolation, courage and division, withdrawal and reunion - how can we find meaning as we emerge from the troubled time of Covid? Renowned social philosopher and best-selling author Charles... -
Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care: Conversations Inviting Change John Launer (Health Education England, UK) 9781138714359
RRP: $70.18$61.80Narrative-Based Practice in Health and Social Care outlines a vision of how witnessing narratives, paying attention to them, and developing an ability to question them creatively, can make the person's emerging story the central focus of health and... -
Implementation Science: The Key Concepts by Frances Rapport
RRP: $68.23$60.16This accessible textbook introduces a wide spectrum of ideas, approaches, and examples that make up the emerging field of implementation science, including implementation theory, processes and methods, data collection and analysis, brokering interest on... -
Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics: Mental Illness in Rural Ireland, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Updated and Expanded by Nancy Scheper-Hughes
RRP: $52.65$41.85TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, UPDATED AND EXPANDED When Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics was published twenty years ago, it became an instant classic--a beautifully written study tracing the social disintegration of "Ballybran," a small village on... -
Cognitive-Behavioural Integrated Treatment (C-BIT): A Treatment Manual for Substance Misuse in People with Severe Mental Health Problems by Hermine L. Graham 9780470854389
RRP: $107.15$93.00This exciting new book addresses the important issue of how to provide integrated mental health and substance misuse treatment of individuals with these co-occurring disorders. Combining both theory and practice, by the use of illustrative clinical case... -
People Like Me: Winner of the Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year by Lynn Ruane 9780717185597
RRP: $23.38$16.44Born into a loving working-class home, Lynn Ruane's early years were idyllic, but all that changed when two shocking incidents in her teenage years shook her to her core. She gradually withdrew from family life and went further into the world of petty... -
When Life Strikes the President: Scandal, Death, and Illness in the White House by Jeffrey A. Engel 9780190650759
RRP: $81.88$62.77What happens when life, so to speak, strikes the President of the United States? How do presidents and their families cope with illness, personal loss, and scandal, and how have such personal crises affected a president's ability to lead, shaped... -
America Under Covid by Lawrence Wright
RRP: $39.00$25.55'A virtuoso feat ... a book of panoramic breadth' New York Times Book Review'A devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together complex narratives' The ObserverJust as Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower became the defining account of our... -
The New Media Epidemic: The Undermining of Society, Family, and Our Own Soul by Jean-Claude Larchet
RRP: $35.08$29.00Dr Jean-Claude Larchet, renowned for his examinations of the causes and consequences of spiritual and physical illness, here tackles the pressing question of the societal and personal effects of our societal use of new media. The definition of new media... -
Working Effectively with 'Personality Disorder': Contemporary and Critical Approaches to Clinical and Organisational Practice by Jo Ramsden 9781912755974
$79.42The history of 'personality disorder' services is problematic to say the least. The very concept of 'personality disorder' is under heavy fire, services are often expensive and ineffective, and many service users report feeling that they have been lied... -
When a Family Is in Trouble: Children Can Cope with Grief from Drug & Alcohol Addiction by Marge Eaton Heegaard
RRP: $21.43$12.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962050275Author Marge Eaton HeegaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Woodland PressPublisher Woodland PressWeight(grams) 165g -
Social Work with Drug, Alcohol and Substance Misusers by Anthony Goodman
RRP: $62.38$51.40It has long been recognised that clients with addiction problems need a skilled and thoughtful response when they come into contact with social services. However, students often find that policy and the law surrounding working with drug, alcohol and... -
Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World by Colin Elliott 9780691219158
RRP: $54.60$42.51A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over... -
Patient 1 by Charlotte Raven
RRP: $29.23$18.58* Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize *Honest, intelligent and unsentimental, Patient 1 is a startling self-portrait written with wit and vulnerability, and a unique testament to the power of hope in the face of illness.Charlotte Raven had... -
Social Contagion: And Other Material on Microbiological Class War in China by Chuang 9780882860077
RRP: $23.40$19.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882860077Author ChuangFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint Charles KerrPublisher Charles KerrWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 237mm * 118mm * 17mm -
In Search of Madness: A psychiatrist's travels through the history of mental illness by Brendan Kelly 9780717193783
RRP: $37.03$26.54A psychiatrist's travels through the history of mental illness - Who is 'mad'? Who is not? And who decides? In this fascinating new exploration of mental illness, Professor Brendan Kelly examines 'madness' in history and how we have responded to it... -
Pathogenesis: How germs made history by Jonathan Kennedy 9781911709060
RRP: $33.13$25.97A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy' Sunday Times, Book of the Week'Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger... -
Supporting People with Alcohol and Drug Problems: Making a Difference Sarah Galvani (University of Bedfordshire.) 9781847421166
RRP: $48.73$38.59Social workers and other social care professionals regularly face the challenges of working with people with alcohol and other drug problems. Yet many receive little, if any, training for working with these issues. As substance use and its social impact... -
The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis by Thomas Goetz 9781592409174
RRP: $25.33$19.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592409174Author Thomas GoetzFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 237g -
Biopolitics: An Advanced Introduction by Thomas Lemke 9780814752425
RRP: $38.98$34.20The first systematic overview of the notion of biopolitics and its relevance in contemporary theoretical debate The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms,... -
Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction by Maia Szalavitz
RRP: $29.23$22.74Drug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer. But we have tried to solve this national crisis with policies that only made matters worse. In the name of "sending the right message," we have maximized the spread of... -
The Golden Cage: The Enigma of Anorexia Nervosa, With a New Foreword by Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D. by Hilde Bruch 9780674005846
RRP: $50.60$40.25First published more than twenty years ago, with almost 150,000 copies sold, The Golden Cage is still the classic book on anorexia nervosa, for patients, parents, mental health trainees, and senior therapists alike. Writing in direct, jargon-free style,... -
The Quarantine Atlas: Mapping Global Life Under COVID-19 by A Bloomberg CityLab Project
RRP: $48.75$37.46In April 2020, Bloomberg CityLab journalists Laura Bliss and Jessica Martin asked readers to submit homemade maps of their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. The response was illuminating and inspiring. The 400+ maps and accompanying stories received... -
Social by Nature: The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics by Catherine Bliss 9780804798341
RRP: $48.73$38.59Sociogenomics has rapidly become one of the trendiest sciences of the new millennium. Practitioners view human nature and life outcomes as the result of genetic and social factors. In Social by Nature, Catherine Bliss recognizes the promise of this... -
The Power of Days: A Story of Resilience, Dignity, and the Fight for Women's Equity by Celeste Mergens 9781637743744
RRP: $46.78$33.81Imagine missing school or work every month because you lacked proper menstrual supplies. How many days per year would you lose in education and wages simply because you got your period? What if no one ever taught you about menstruation, or worse - if... -
HIV & AIDS: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Whiteside
RRP: $17.53$12.58In 2008 it was believed that HIV/AIDS was without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20...