Mental Health category: 18328 books

"The Power of Truth" is a guide to mental training written by William George Jordan and first published in 1902. Concentrating on truthfulness, it explores how being sincere can significantly affect your own mental well-being and life in general. William George Jordan (1864 - 1928) was an...

Recovery, Meaning-Making, and Severe Mental Illness offers practitioners an integrative treatment model that will stimulate and harness their creativity, allowing for the formation of new ideas about wellness in the face of profound suffering. The model, Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy...

Understanding Mental Disorders aims to help current and future psychiatrists, and those who work with them, to think critically about the ethical, conceptual, and methodological questions that are raised by the theory and practice of psychiatry. It considers questions that concern the mind’s relationship...

Sometimes in the course of a day, we build up stress and anxiety. These are normal conditions and what we do about them to de-stress could change the course of our day and the stress level we experience. So, we must understand that periods of relaxation are not a waste of time. We need breaks to quell...

This book describes the Delirium, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions I was going to write about confusion (like how blurred a person) but apparently delirium also has the same connotation but more severe. Delirium is a medical disorder which causes sudden severe confusion due...

Ao longo da presente obra é descrito um modelo que promove o desenvolvimento de maior saúde mental num indivíduo. Este modelo tem por base os conhecimentos e experiência do autor no campo da saúde mental. Não pretende representar uma teoria única ou isenta de incorreções ou até mesmo infalível....

Descubre de qué está hecho ese peso extra que aguantas (a diferencia de los hombres) y cómo puedes deshacerte de él. Estás viendo una película mientras piensas que se ha acabado el detergente, tienes que descongelar la cena y hay que cambiar las sábanas. ¿Te suena? La carga mental...

An extraordinary look into the life and mind of a schizophrenic—a powerful memoir for sufferers, their families, and the professionals who care for them. For ten years, Arnhild Lauveng suffered as a schizophrenic, going in and out of the hospital for months or even a year at a time. In these...

Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy, 6th ed, offers counseling students and professionals a distinctive lifespan approach that emphasizes the importance of social justice and diversity in mental health practice. Chapters include case studies, reflection questions, and examinations of current...

The silent epidemic of depression affects millions of people and takes dozens of lives everyday, while our culture grapples with a stigma against open discussion of mental health issues. Editor Amy Ferris has collected these stories to illuminate the truth behind that stigma and offer compassion,...

This memoir was first begun to help a young woman get through addiction. But as she dried up, her mental health issues began to shine through. If you or someone you know struggles with either addiction or mental health issues, this memoir will help you see that you are not alone. Brutally honest with a no holds bars attitude, prepare to join the experiments.

The argument of this book is that the divide between psychiatry and religion is an artificial one and that there is much room for understanding the same phenomena from different perspectives. In it thirteen senior mental health professionals and pastoral workers come together to explore what their...

Depression is a debilitating human condition and a common cause of suffering worldwide. This elicits a sense of urgency for mental health professionals to meet this challenge of the treatment of depression. Hypnosis plays a vital role in that treatment and in the efficacy of psychotherapy. This...

One of the most influential living psychologists looks at the history of his life and discipline, and paints a much brighter future for everyone. When Martin E. P. Seligman first encountered psychology in the 1960s, the field was devoted to eliminating misery: it was the science of how past...