Clinical category: 2938 books
by Carlos W. Pratt, Kenneth J. Gill, Nora M. Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
The third edition of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, discusses interventions to help individuals with mental illness improve the quality of their life, achieve goals, and increase opportunities for community integration so they can lead full and productive lives. This person centered approach emphasizes...
by Francesc Colom, Eduard Vieta
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2006
Although the mainstay of bipolar therapy is drug treatment, psychoeducation is a technique that has proven to be very effective as an add-on to medication, helping to reduce the number of all types of bipolar recurrences and hospitalisation. The object is to improve patients' understanding of the...
Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder
Therapist guides and patient manual
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterised by excessive anxiety and worry about everyday concerns such as work, family, relationships, finances, health, and safety. The worry is difficult to control; it lasts months and years rather than hours or days, and is accompanied by a variety of additional...
Family Based Treatment for Young Children With OCD
Therapist Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can develop at a young age and when it does, it can cause significant distress for the child and the family. Parents may be unclear on the nature of OCD symptoms and how to best respond to their child. Family involvement in the child's symptoms may be making the...
Messages from the Masters
Tapping into the Power of Love
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2008
In Many Lives, Many Masters, Brian Weiss opened an unexpected door into the astonishing realm of past-life regression. Now he reveals the miraculous potential of love.
You'll hear the intimate and startling testimonies of real people who express a profound but simple truth-one that comes from...
Bipolar Disorder, Second Edition
A Family-Focused Treatment Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Family-focused psychoeducational treatment (FFT) is among a very small number of psychosocial treatments that have been found to be effective in multiple studies to improve the course of bipolar disorder. This indispensable guide describes how to implement FFT with adult and adolescent patients and...
Life with Diabetes
A Series of Teaching Outlines
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Life With Diabetes is a series of teaching outlines developed and tested by the Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, affiliated with the Department of Medical Education of the University of Michigan Medical School. Previous editions of this teaching curriculum have been used by thousands...
Approaches to Behavior
Changing the Dynamic Between Patients and Professionals in Diabetes Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Approaches to Behavior provides information and simple tools that healthcare professionals can use to help patients move beyond feelings that prevent them from benefiting fully from any learning opportunity. Each chapter opens with an introduction to experts’ newest psychological understanding about...
by Kenneth Sharoff, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2004
This manual is a practical guide that identifies treatment issues and problems that can arise when implementing key coping skills. It provides therapists with assessment instruments and more than 35 patient handouts available by download from our website. This workbook and accompanying forms are designed...
How Deaf Children Learn
What Parents and Teachers Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
How can parents and teachers most effectively support the language development and academic success of deaf and hard-of-hearing children? Will using sign language interfere with learning spoken language? Should deaf children be placed in classrooms with hearing children? Are traditional methods of...
Get the Diagnosis Right
Assessment and Treatment Selection for Mental Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Dr. Jerome Blackman, author of 101 Defenses: How the Mind Shields Itself, has once again crafted an extraordinarily user-friendly book that demonstrates to all readers, from trainees to advanced analysts, the process of diagnosing mental disturbance. Get the Diagnosis Right provides a systematic method...
Social Phobia
An Interpersonal Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Social phobia is a disorder involving an intense fear of being judged by others and it affects the lives of many people. This book takes a critical stance towards the received view of social phobia as a disease of sorts, characterized by abnormal anxiety and caused by an inner mental or physical defective...
Mindlessness
The Corruption of Mindfulness in a Culture of Narcissism
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
A contemplative practice with Buddhist roots, mindfulness is "the awareness that arises from paying attention, on purpose, in the present-moment, non-judgmentally." Practicing mindfulness can be an effective adjunct in treating psychological disorders such as depression, anxiety, and addiction. But...
by Manish K. Sethi
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2015
Prepare for your orthopaedic surgery board exams with confidence with this all-in-one review, complete with 1000+ board-style questions
Orthopaedic Surgery Examination and Board Review is the ideal study guide when you need to prep for the primary and recertification exams in orthopaedic surgery....