Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Eating disorders: do they mark cultural transition?
Eating disorders that were once viewed as exclusive to specific class and ethnic boundaries in western culture are now spreading worldwide. This issue is fully discussed in this groundbreaking volume.
Eating Disorders and Cultures in...
Preventing Adolescent Depression and Suicide Among Latinas
Resilience Research and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Since the 1960s, in comparison to other ethnic and gender groups, a higher rate of depression and suicide ideation has been documented for Latina girls. This Brief offers a concise summary of contemporary research on this critical topic. Among the considerations are the influence...
by Marcantonio Spada
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Up to a quarter of the UK population is currently believed to misuse alcohol. This first self-help book aimed specifically at problem drinking uses an approach based on real clinical practice, first to recognize alcohol misuse and then, using proven Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) techniques,...
Implementing EMDR Early Mental Health Interventions for Man-Made and Natural Disasters
Models, Scripted Protocols and Summary Sheets
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
"In this latest insightful volume gathered and edited by Marilyn Luber, the authors have combined the lessons learned with personal accounts of how they proceeded. There is still much to be done to integrate mental health care effectively into disaster response worldwide, but this volume will...
The New Psychology of Health
Unlocking the Social Cure
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Why do people who are more socially connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated?
Why are social ties at least as good for your health as not smoking, having a good diet, and taking regular exercise?
Why is treatment more effective when there is an...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
In the past 10 years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of theoretical and empirical investigations into the maintenance and enhancement of close, romantic relationships. This literature targets the everyday behaviors, expressions of love, and cognitive styles that characterize such...
by Charles Blondel
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Originally published in 1928 in the Psyche Miniatures Medical Series, this title was an attempt to bring to the attention of British psychologists and psychiatrists some aspects of the work and thought of French psychologist Charles Blondel. Well known abroad but little known in England at the time,...
Motivational Dialogue
Preparing Addiction Professionals for Motivational Interviewing Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Motivational Dialogue explores the application of motivational interviewing in various contexts, with a view to enhancing understanding and improving practice.
The book describes the research and practice of motivational interviewing as a stand alone intervention, as an adjunct to further treatment,...
Cognitive Behavioural Prevention of Suicide in Psychosis
A treatment manual
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
This practical and informative text lays out the product of a number of years of clinical research into suicide behaviour and its prevention. While the focus is on non-affective psychosis and the schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, the mechanisms underlying suicide behaviour in this group may well underlie...
Good Stuff
Courage, Resilience, Gratitude, Generosity, Forgiveness, and Sacrifice
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Good Stuff is divided into two main parts; Part I addresses Positive Attributes and Part II, Positive Actions. The former contains chapters on Courage, Resilience, and Gratitude. The latter contains chapters on Generosity, Forgiveness, and Sacrifice. Together, the six chapters constitute a harmonious...
Person-Centred Therapy
A Clinical Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
The person-centred approach is one of the most popular, enduring and respected approaches to psychotherapy and counselling. Person-Centred Therapy returns to its original formulations to define it as radically different from other self-oriented therapies.
Keith Tudor and Mike Worrall draw on...
Feeling Good
The Science of Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2004
All human beings have spontaneous needs for happiness, self-understanding, and love. In Feeling Good: The Science of Well Being, psychiatrist Robert Cloninger describes a way to coherent living that satisfies these strong basic needs through growth in the uniquely human gift of self-awareness. The...
Out of the Dark
Into the Garden of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Dr. Sam Keo is now an honored clinical psychologist working for the county of Los Angeles, and his story is one of triumph over adversitybut not without a cost.
The third of eleven children, Sam was in the eleventh grade when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia. They abolished schools and sent...
by Khadj Rouf
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2004
Behavioural experiments are one of the central and most powerful methods of intervention in cognitive therapy. Yet until now, there has been no volume specifically dedicated to guiding physicians who wish to design and implement behavioural experiments across a wide range of clinical problems. The...