Mental Illness category: 868 books
by SANE Australia
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Schizophrenia is one of a group of illnesses which cause 'psychosis' - affecting the brains ability to interpret information and make sense of the world. When someone is given a diagnosis of a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia it can raise all sorts of questions and worries. What do terms such...
The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia
Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2006
Will the person you love ever get better? Chances are you've grappled with the question. With care and support from their families, people with schizophrenia can and do make vast improvements. Noted therapists Kim Mueser and Susan Gingerich deepen your understanding of the illness and cover a wide...
by Marion Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
“What had happened to our beautiful happy life? Could it really be over for us? I just wasn’t sure if our love was strong enough to keep us together. I probably believed it wasn’t.”
It was an idyllic marriage. John and Marion were high school sweethearts who married and began a successful...
Does My Child Have PTSD?
What to Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the Inside Out
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Is it possible that the struggles you have with your child may be because he or she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Once ignored, even by the medical professionals treating war veterans, PTSD is gaining global recognition as a very real and serious issue for those who have experienced...
Identity Denied
I have kept faith, although I say, "I suffer exceedingly"
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Denny Donaghy's life was influenced by external world events in ways he could never have imagined. He was born in Victoria, Australia, in the middle of the infamous Black Tuesday stock market crash and the ensuing depression. He subsequently grew up in a crowded terrace house with seven and sometimes...
by Dave Chong
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012
One of the most famous stories shared among health educators is credited to the great medical sociologist Irving Zola (1935-1994), and it is told from the perspective of a physician frustrated by modern medical practice.
“You know,” he said, “sometimes it feels like this. There I am standing...
by David Tuffley
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Resilience is a learn-able skill; it can be cultivated even if you are not a naturally resilient person. This concise book outlines how you can develop your own resilience and find greater enjoyment and fulfilment in life, becoming a more self-actualized person.We could all benefit from having...
Bipolar Disorder, Second Edition
A Family-Focused Treatment Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Family-focused psychoeducational treatment (FFT) is among a very small number of psychosocial treatments that have been found to be effective in multiple studies to improve the course of bipolar disorder. This indispensable guide describes how to implement FFT with adult and adolescent patients and...
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors
Strengthening Attachment Bonds
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
This book provides a theoretical framework and a practical model of intervention for distressed couples whose relationships are affected by the echoes of trauma. Combining attachment theory, trauma research, and emotionally focused therapeutic techniques, Susan M. Johnson guides the clinician in modifying...
Agents In My Brain
How I Survived Manic Depression
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
What is it like to be at the mercy of biochemical agents in your brain that make you think you are working in league with secret agents? In Agents in My Brain, Bill Hannon guides you into a world in which crossword puzzles are coded messages from the CIA and a scrap of masking tape on your car windshield...
by Barbara Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
The Impact of Stress On Your Life:
Feeling irritable, fatigued and overwhelmed lately? Is juggling the dual roles of work and homemaker or caregiver causing mood swings that drain your strength? Make you impatient, angry and short tempered? These are signs of your body under stress.
Research...
by Stan DeKoven
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
What is crisis?Webster’s Definition: “A turning point in anything; decisive or crucial time, stage or event; a time of great danger or trouble, whose outcome decides whether possible bad consequences will follow.”A crisis is an event, whether a “normal” part of our developmental life or...
Diagnosis: Schizophrenia
A Comprehensive Resource for Consumers, Families, and Helping Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
In this book, thirty-five young, recently diagnosed patients speak about schizophrenia and the process of recovery, while two specialists illuminate the medical science, psychoeducation, and therapeutic needs of those coping with the illness, as well as access to medical benefits and community resources....
In The Pit
A Testimony of God's Faith to a Bipolar Christian
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2006
In The Pit: A Testimony of God’s Faithfulness to a Bipolar Christian, gives six practical steps that anyone can apply as they search for victory. The author, Nancy Hagerman, knows her subject well. This book details her struggle with bipolar disorder from the brink of suicide to the heights of...