Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books
Cognitive Case Conceptualization
A Guidebook for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1999
For cognitive therapy to be successful, therapists must identify the key factors that contribute to their clients' problems. Effective cognitive case conceptualization necessarily precedes appropriate targeting and intervention selection. It requires the integration of the results of a comprehensive...
Models of Madness 2nd Edition
Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Psychosis
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Are hallucinations and delusions really symptoms of an illness called ‘schizophrenia’? Are mental health problems really caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions? Are psychiatric drugs as effective and safe as the drug companies claim? Is madness preventable?
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Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention, 2nd Edition, presents a series of readings that consider the individual and societal factors that lead to suicide, it addresses ways these factors may be mitigated, and presents the most up-to-date evidence for effective suicide prevention approaches.
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Neuroimaging and Psychosocial Addiction Treatment
An Integrative Guide for Researchers and Clinicians
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Using an innovative translational approach between the work of experimental scientists and clinical practitioners this book addresses the current, modest, understanding of how and why addiction treatment works. Through bridging this gap it provides a critical insight into why people react as they do in the context of addiction treatment.
The Prevention of Suicide in Prison
Cognitive behavioural approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Suicide is considered to be the leading cause of preventable death in prisons. While there is increasingly expansive literature examining the various risk factors associated with a likelihood of eventual prison suicide, so far this has struggled to lead to successful prevention programmes. An alternative...
Understanding Anorexia Nervosa in Males
An Integrative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Because anorexia nervosa has historically been viewed as a disorder that impacts women and girls, there has been little focus on the conceptualization and treatment of males suffering from this complex disorder. Understanding Anorexia Nervosa in Males provides a structure for understanding the male...
Self-Harm and Violence
Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services presents the first exploration of the most effective clinical practice techniques relating to the management of risk in mental health care settings.
Based on the Department of Health’s Best Practice in...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This book contains concrete and step by step information with many practical examples. It is in line with the most actual international empirical findings about schizophrenia and contains the most updated therapy approach being available currently. The techniques and exercises (partly computer-based)...
The ADHD Explosion
Myths, Medication, Money, and Today's Push for Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most controversial and misunderstood medical conditions today. With skyrocketing rates of diagnosis and medication treatment, it has generated a firestorm of controversy. Alarming questions have been raised about ADHD in recent years, including:...
Understanding Suicide
From Diagnosis to Personalized Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2016
In this book international experts address a range of key current issues relating to suicide. The opening chapters discuss nosology, definitions, clinical determinants, and conceptual models of the suicide process and consider the evidence regarding potential biomarkers of suicide risk based on neuroscientific...
by Katharine A. Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2009
In a world obsessed with appearance, it is not surprising that body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD -- an emotionally painful obsession with perceived flaws in one's appearance -- has manifested itself as a troubling and relatively common problem for many individuals. In The Broken Mirror, the first and...
Helping the Hard-core Smoker
A Clinician's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
This book constitutes a major new resource for professionals working with hard core smokers and their families. It is designed as a practical, clinically useful and up-to-date guide for all those in a position to intervene: mental health professionals, physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and...
Straight Talk about Criminals
Understanding and Treating Antisocial Individuals
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Is there a genetic predisposition to crime? Should mental illness be taken into account? Do family and social environments have a role? Do people become abusers because they have been abused? How can people who do terrible things consider themselves good people? What should someone involved in a relationship...
Interactive Staff Training
Rehabilitation Teams that Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Health workers who provide services to persons with severe mental illness are frequently under enormous stress; burnout is common. Alleviating such stress is the objective of Interactive Staff Training. The book provides rehabilitation and mental health professionals with a strategy to help them and...