Mental Illness category: 868 books
by Amanda Mathers
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Stress Management for Busy Women - How to get from 'Stress Mess' to 'Stress Less' for today’s busy woman.There are plenty of stress therapists and stress management books that advise you to slow down and take it easy if you want to reduce the stress in your life – Yeah,...
A Fractured Mind
My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
In 1989, Robert B. Oxnam, the successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up to what he thought was his biggest personal challenge: alcoholism. But this dependency masked a problem far more serious: Multiple Personality Disorder.
At the peak of his professional career,...
Working with Grieving and Traumatized Children and Adolescents
Discovering What Matters Most Through Evidence-Based, Sensory Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Praise for Working With Grieving and Traumatized Children and Adolescents
"This much-needed book effectively argues for the use of structured activities as the basis for exploring trauma-specific questions in clinical work with traumatized children and adolescents. Numerous examples of...
What Doesn't Kill Us
The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
For the past twenty years, pioneering psychologist Stephen Joseph has worked with survivors of trauma. His studies have yielded a startling discovery: that a wide range of traumatic events-from illness, divorce, separation, assault, and bereavement to accidents, natural disasters, and terrorism-can...
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Scripted Protocols
Basics and Special Situations
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
"This excellent book contains many different scripts, applicable to a number of special populations. It takes a practical approach and walks therapists step-by-step through the EMDR therapeutic process. [Readers] will not be disappointed." Score: 93, 4 stars
--Doody's
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by Janice Bell
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Earths Hidden Angels shows how Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderPTSDgradually creeps up on a civilian who has experienced traumatic events in her life. This book also shows how PTSD symptoms began for a military sergeant, and it explains how he is able to deal with his illness.
When Trauma Survivors Return to Work
Understanding Emotional Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
When Trauma Survivors Return to Work: Understanding Emotional Recovery explains how managers and co-workers can learn to foster the process of emotional recovery for traumatized employees returning to the workplace.
No other resource teaches managers and co-workers how to treat fellow co-workers returning...
The Only Girl in the World
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH.
For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman rising above an unimaginable childhood.
Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor--raising her in isolation,...
Trauma and Recovery
The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
In this groundbreaking book, a leading clinical psychiatrist redefines how we think about and treat victims of trauma. A "stunning achievement" that remains a "classic for our generation." (Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., author of The Body Keeps the Score).
Trauma and Recovery...
by William Tollefson
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
This is must read for individuals who have experienced traumatic or abusive life events. It offers common-sense theory explaining what a human being does in reaction to trauma and suggests a path to recovery. Written for the survivor, Separated From the Light is presented in two parts.Part...
Invisible Heroes
Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic event, you know the devastating impact it can have on your life and your spirit. Life-threatening accidents, illnesses, assaults, abusive relationships—or a tragedy like 9/11—all can leave deep emotional wounds that persist long after physical...
Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder
Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
If you are like many others living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you know what it’s like to be overwhelmed by intense and fluctuating emotions; to have difficulty with relationships; and to constantly struggle with troubling thoughts and behaviors. BPD can be especially difficult to...
by George Gaffigan
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
Reactive attachment disorder is a rare but serious condition in which infants and young children don't establish healthy bonds with parents or caregivers.
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Soft Spots
A Marine's Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
A powerful, haunting, provocative memoir of a Marine in Iraq—and his struggle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in a system trying to hide the damage done
Marine Sergeant Clint Van Winkle flew to war on Valentine's Day 2003. His battalion was among the first wave of troops that crossed...