Mental Health category: 18328 books
by Rosemary Peck
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
Do you find yourself constantly striving to do more, have more and be more?
The world we live in has us constantly chasing – and this pressure is having a terrible effect on our physical health, and our mental wellbeing. Conventional medicine seems to have little or no answer to the onslaught...
Principia Amoris
The New Science of Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Stereotypically, science and emotion are diametric opposites: one is cold and unfeeling, the other soft and nebulous; one is based on proven facts while the other is based on inexplicable feelings and “never the twain shall meet,” until now.
John Gottman delves into the unquantifiable realm...
Bridge Over The River Why
A Guide for Those Who Have Suffered the Loss of a Child to Suicide
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
“In Bridge Over the River Why, the Coopers have succeeded in a dual task documenting their own journey through the grief of losing their son Eli by suicide, while at the same time providing a valuable resource for anyone who has had to face the same terrible tragedy. They start with the premise...
by Kevin Stoddart, Lillian Burke, Robert King
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
A thorough overview of Asperger syndrome for mental health professionals.
Despite the dramatic proliferation of research, clinical perspectives, and first-person accounts of Asperger Syndrome (AS) in the last 15 years, much of this information has focused on the application of the diagnosis...
Anxiety Disorders
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
This guide explores the difference between normal anxiety and anxiety disorders, and the different ways that anxiety is expressed. It explains the causes and theories of anxiety in simple, straightforward language, and gives an overview of treatments. The guide also looks at long-term strategies to...
by Cyrus Marcellus Ellis, Jon Carlson
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Many societal and cultural changes have taken place over the past several decades, almost all of which have had a significant effect on the mental health professions. Clinicians find themselves encountering clients from highly diverse backgrounds more and more often, increasing the need for a knowledge...
Culturally Diverse Mental Health
The Challenges of Research and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Debbie Corso
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Healing From Borderline Personality Disorder: My Journey Out of Hell Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy chronicles two years of the author navigating DBT, the treatment of choice for those diagnosed with BPD.
It is a compilation a selection of the author’s first 100...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
An Information Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe and debilitating anxiety disorder that affects one person in 40. It affects not only how people feel or think, but also how they behave. OCD symptoms -- such as compulsive hoarding or handwashing -- often evoke uncomfortable emotions in family and friends.
This...
Intersections of Multiple Identities
A Casebook of Evidence-Based Practices with Diverse Populations
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the need to prepare and train mental health personnel in working with diverse populations. In order to fully understand individuals from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds, practitioners need to begin to examine, conceptualize, and treat...
Multicultural Counseling
Perspectives from Counselors as Clients of Color
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This is the first book to explore the experiences of people of color in counseling from the perspective of individuals who are practicing counselors and were previously clients in counseling themselves. Marbley conducted a research study in which she interviewed eight individuals representing each...
Stranger in My Own Body
Atypical Gender Identity Development and Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This book brings together the thinking of an international group of clinicians, researchers, and professionals from different disciplines and is based primarily on a selection of papers presented at a conference on the same topic held at the Tavistock Centre, London, in November 1996, but with additional...
A Borderlands View on Latinos, Latin Americans, and Decolonization
Rethinking Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Latinos in the U.S. and Latin Americans are a combination of diverse populations that differ on a range of factors including, length of time in the country, migration background, ethnicity, geographical location, socio-economic status and so on. The reader will find perspectives of those of us who...
Happy Now!
Awaken Positive Transformation with Simple Habits Anyone Can Master
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
There is no happy pill or magic trip leading to the ecstasy of Nirvana. Many self-help programs cite a complex, multi-step process or a specific way of attaining happiness, but the reality is much simpler. It all starts with a choice and this guide can help you achieve happier Mental Health.
Many...