Mental Health category: 18328 books
Managing Fear
The Law and Ethics of Preventive Detention and Risk Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Managing Fear examines the growing use of risk assessment as it relates to preventive detention and supervision schemes for offenders perceived to be at a high risk of re-offending, individuals with severe mental illness, and suspected terrorists. It outlines a number of legislative regimes in common...
Mad Science
Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
*Winner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book AwardMad Science argues that the fundamental claims of modern American psychiatry are based on misconceived, flawed, and distorted science. The authors address multiple paradoxes in American...
by Max R. Schmidt
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Los trastornos del uso del alcohol y las enfermedades mentales, a menudo, se producen al mismo tiempo. Las personas con problemas de salud mental son más propensas al abuso del alcohol. Además, las personas que abusan del alcohol son más propensas a tener una enfermedad mental. De acuerdo con la...
Positive Psychotherapy for Psychosis
A Clinician's Guide and Manual
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Positive Psychotherapy for Psychosis describes a new psychological intervention, which for the first time applies emerging research from the field of positive psychology specifically to psychosis. The book contains guidance on adapting the approach for use in individual treatments, and on providing...
Reaching Out
The Psychology of Assertive Outreach
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Assertive outreach is a means of helping people with serious and persistent mental health difficulties who have not engaged with conventional mental health services. Reaching Out examines the application of psychological approaches in assertive outreach – a process which involves forming new relationships...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
For those struggling with experiences of psychosis, therapy can be beneficial and even life changing. However, there is no single type of therapy, and a great range and diversity of therapeutic approaches have been developed to help different individuals’ needs, which makes deciding which approach...
Grace for the Afflicted
A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Why has the church struggled in ministering to those with mental illnesses? Each day men and women diagnosed with mental disorders are told they need to pray more and turn from their sin. Mental illness is equated with demonic possession, weak faith, and generational sin. As both a church leader and...
BINGE CRAZY
A Psychotherapist's Memoir of Food Addiction, Mental Illness, Obesity and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
In Binge Crazy, therapist Natalie Gold discloses her lived experience to reveal how binge eating disorder and food addiction develops, how it impacts the individual and their loved ones, and the complex road to recovery. From a Toronto mental hospital to a talk show in London, England, she chronicles...
by Sichos In English
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
General Themes and Subjects Relating to HealthBased on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson.Coping With Tragedy, Misfortune, and Life’s AdversitiesCombating Melancholy, Sadness Despondency, Depression and DespairConquering Anxieties, Fears, Worries...
Saving Melissa
The 7Cs to Cure the Mental Health System
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In this much anticipated book, Attorney Michael Mackniak, co –creator of the Guardian Model for the effective treatment of persons with mental illnesses, describes his parallel struggles with Melissa through the challenging world of mental health services. Mackniak, a young attorney and his client...
In the Shadow of Our Steeples
Pastoral Presence for Families Coping with Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
In the Shadow of Our Steeples: Pastoral Presence for Families Coping with Mental Illness helps you and other experts and quasi-experts in the field of religious and family counseling to give sound direction and guidance to family members who are caring for a loved one who suffers from mental illness....
by Prof David Goldberg, Ian M Goodyer
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Why are some people more vulnerable to common mental disorders than others?
What effects do genes and environments exert on the development of mental disorders?
The Origins and Course of Common Mental Disorders describes the nature, characteristics and causes of common emotional and...
Behavioral Treatment for Substance Abuse in People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The correlation between schizophrenia and substance abuse in psychology is recognized as a growing issue, yet it is one that many practitioners are often ill-prepared to address. Behavioral Treatment for Substance Abuse in People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness addresses the specific challenges...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this book examines Army research psychology.The book you hold in your hands is a powerful tool in the arsenal of our Soldiers' well-being and, in some cases, very survival. Since our nation began putting Soldiers...