Mental Health category: 18328 books
by Robert Pereira
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
With Foreword by Joseph Eliezer
In "Reflections of Dual Diagnosis: A Canadian Perspective", the follow-up to his 2011 book, "Faces of Dual Diagnosis", Dr. Robert Pereira reflects on his own life path, discusses treatment approaches and offers case studies.
An estimated 90,000...
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...
Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living
A new training programme to deepen mindfulness with heartfulness
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Mindfulness involves learning to be more aware of life as it unfolds moment by moment, even if these moments bring us difficulty, pain or suffering. This is a challenge we will all face at some time in our lives, and which health professionals face every day in their work. The Mindfulness-Based Compassionate...
Regaining Your Self
Understanding and Conquering the Eating Disorder Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
You are not what you don't eat.
Never has there been a mental disorder so controversial in the theories surrounding its causes, treatments, and recovery than that of the eating disorder. Its mysterious nature, onset, and lack of predictability make this an elusive epidemic that causes frustration...
Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions
Principles, Practice and Pitfalls
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
Staff burnout and work-related stress in mental health professionals cost the National Health Service not only millions of pounds each year, but also impact upon the welfare of those being cared for. Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions takes the lead from recent Department of Health initiatives,...
The Secrets of Better Sleep
Get a great night’s sleep, every night!
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about improving your sleeping habits with this straightforward guide.
Most of us will spend around a third of our lives asleep, and getting enough good-quality sleep is vital to our physical and mental wellbeing. However,...
by Toba Schwaber Kerson
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Field Instruction in Social Work Settings explores the relationship between field instruction and the setting in which it occurs. The book asserts that certain aspects of social work, including laws, funding, political climate, organizational policies, and values, affect the relationship between student...
Behavioral Integrative Care
Treatments That Work in the Primary Care Setting
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2005
Integrated care is arguably one of the most important developments in the delivery of health care over the last few years. This new approach to health care, roughly defined as the provision of behavioral or mental health care in a way that is more coordinated with the primary medical healthcare setting,...
by Fran Gaik
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Many people will suffer from depression at some time in their lives. New research shows that Qigong, a traditional Chinese practice, can be an effective treatment for depression and can provide a good alternative or supplement to medication in some cases. Frances Gaik explains the basics of what Qigong...
by Mark Jukes
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
This text encapsulates not only the origins of nursing in the learning disability field but also contemporary perspectives and areas for specialist nursing practice. The book is divided into four sections: origins, perspectives, practice, and further perspectives. Section one (origins) describes Great...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
A practical guide to state-of-the-art treatments and health care knowledge about gender diverse persons, this second edition of Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery presents the foremost international specialists offering their knowledge on the wide spectrum of issues encountered by gender...
I Can Beat Anorexia!
Finding the Motivation, Confidence and Skills to Recover and Avoid Relapse
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Beating anorexia is much more than a physical process. To overcome the mental and social challenges in recovery, you will need motivation, strength and a positive new mindset. Having recovered from disordered eating herself, health psychologist Nicola Davies has developed an individual-focused plan...
Crazy Enough
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Yes,Storm Large is her real name, though she’s been called many things. As a performer, the majority of descriptions have led with “Amazon,” “powerhouse,” “a six-foot Vargas pinup come to life.” Playboy called her a “punk goddess.” You’d never know she used to be called “Little...
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
My Tale of Madness and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness—only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts her ordeal and explains its unforgettable lessons...