Clinical Psychology category: 2166 books

Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships presents a synthesis of cutting-edge research and theory on hurt. Being hurt is an inevitable part of close relationships. What varies from relationship to relationship is not whether partners hurt each other, but how their relationship is affected by hurtful episodes....

Introducing key psychodynamic theory, concepts and techniques, this text examines the challenges and opportunities of counselling adolescents and children. The book explores a wide variety of settings and contexts, from schools to community projects and mental health services. It is an invaluable guide for counsellors and therapists at all levels.

This book digs into the complex archaeology of empathy illuminating controversies, epistemic problems and unanswered questions encapsulated within its cross-disciplinary history. The authors ask how a neutral innate capacity to directly understand the actions and feelings of others becomes...

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 50 provides users with the latest insights in this ever-evolving field. Users will find new information on a variety of species, including social behaviors in reptiles, the behavioral evidence of felt emotions, a section on developmental plasticity, a chapter...

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in psychology, archaeology, and anthropology. The book includes chapters on neural anatomy, working memory, evolutionary...

Social inequalities are established features of the distribution of physical disease in the UK and many other developed countries. In most physical diseases, a clear trend of poorer health is evident with each step down the hierarchy of social position. By contrast, the nature of the links...

Clinicians and researchers working in the field of behavioral medicine are in a unique position to help patients access a range of mindfulness and acceptance-based treatment methods for preventing disease, managing symptoms, and promoting overall health. Evidence-based mindfulness approaches such...

RIVISTA DI PSICOSINTESI TERAPEUTICA Anno XIV – N. 27 Marzo 2013 EDIZIONI S.I.P.T. Società Italiana di Psicosintesi Terapeutica Firenze INDICE EDITORIALE Riscrivere la propria storia (di Alberto Alberti) PSICOTERAPIA Storie, immagini, metafore in psicoterapia (di Filippo Conti) La fotografia...

The need to respond effectively to every troubled child or young person has never been greater as the world witnesses a period of global anxiety. Increased migration, terrorism, ethnic conflict, globalisation and the widening gap between rich and poor nations are producing psychological consequences...

This accessible book identifies twelve mechanisms of political radicalization that can move individuals, groups, and the masses to increased sympathy and support for political violence. Terrorism is an extreme form of radicalization, and the book describes pathways to terrorism to demonstrate the...

Una guida ai fenomeni sociali e di massa Un testo rivoluzionario e di sicuro riferimento per moltissimi studi che hanno affrontato lo studio delle masse. Gustave Le Bon fu il primo a studiare scientificamente il comportamento delle folle, un fenomeno non più sottovalutabile dopo gli sviluppi dell’industrializzazione...

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA. The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular...

**An updated and expanded edition on the roles that brain function and genetics play in addiction.  ** Over the past 10 years, neurobiologic and genetic research has provided an increased understanding of what causes drug addiction in the brain’s reward pathway. Knowing this leads to a better...

For most of us, analyzing who is trustworthy or not, who can be a potential spouse or, on the contrary, a criminal or a psychopath, remains a very difficult task. The common person doesn’t really know how to detect psychopathic or sociopathic traits in others, and much less detect a highly moral...