Abnormal psychology Books
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Future Tense
Book SynopsisA psychologist confronts our pervasive misunderstanding of anxiety and presents a powerful new framework for reimagining and reclaiming the confounding emotion as the advantage it evolved to be.We taught people that anxiety is dangerous and damaging, and that the solution to its pain is to eradicate it like we do any disease?prevent it, avoid it, and stamp it out at all costs. Yet cutting-edge therapies, hundreds of self-help books, and a panoply of medications have failed to keep debilitating anxiety at bay. A third of us will struggle with anxiety disorders in our lifetime and rates in children and adults continue to skyrocket.That?s because the anxiety-as-disease story is false?and it?s harming us.In this radical reinterpretation, Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary argues that anxiety is an evolved advantage that protects us and strengthens our creative and productive powers.Although it?s related to stress and fear, it?s uniquely valuable?allowing us to imagine the uncertain future and compelling us to make that future better. That?s why anxiety is inextricably linked to hope.By distilling the latest research in psychology and neuroscience, including her own, combining it with real-world stories and personal narrative, Dennis-Tiwary shows how we can acknowledge the discomfort of anxiety and see it as a tool, rather than something to be feared and reviled. Detailing the terrible cost of our misunderstanding of anxiety, while celebrating the lives of people who harness it to their advantage, she argues that we can?and must?learn to be anxious in the right way.Future Tenseblazes the way for a paradigm shift in how we relate to and understand anxiety in our day-to-day lives?a fresh set of beliefs and insights that allow us to explore and leverage even very distressing anxiety rather than to be overwhelmed by it. Through this new prism of thinking, even anxiety disorders can be alleviated. Achieving a new mindset willnotfix anxiety itself?because the emotion of anxiety is not broken; the way we cope with it is. By challenging our long-held assumptions about anxiety, this book provides a concrete framework for how to reclaim it for what it has always been?a gift rather than a curse, and a source of inner strength, joy, and ingenuity.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hidden Brilliance
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking exploration of the ways in which the intelligence and abilities of children and young adults with autism are often overlooked and misjudged, with tried-and-true interventions that can be used to help them reach their full potential.Our limited and often biased view of what’s considered “normal” often prevents us from recognizing the gifts and brilliance of those who don’t fit a specific mold. Too often we don’t explore and take advantage of the far-reaching gifts and potential of those diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum or neurodiverse. Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel has had vast experience researching Autism Spectrum Disorders—ASD—and working with autistic people of all ages. She has repeatedly witnessed firsthand evidence of great intelligence that hasn’t yet been nurtured or realized.In Hidden Brilliance, Dr. Koegel and writer Claire LaZebnik explore the ways in which the brillia
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The University of Chicago Press Cruel Attachments
Book Synopsis9780226233888.Trade Review"Cruel Attachments is wholly absorbing, in the sense that it is unputdownable, but also in the sense that it provides numerous occasions for what can feel like utterly contaminating, destabilizing emotional identifications: with victims, family members, therapists, prison guards, the anthropologist himself-and, however unnervingly, also perpetrators. It is no small feat to bring readers inside the emotional worlds of all these players. To have done so, and with such subtlety and nuance, is remarkable and unprecedented." (Dagmar Herzog, Graduate Center, City University of New York)
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Hachette Books The Depression Cure
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Random House USA Inc Hitlers Charisma
Book SynopsisAt the age of twenty-four, in 1913, Adolf Hitler was eking out a living as a painter of pictures for tourists in Munich. Nothing marked him in any way as exceptional, but he did possess certain distinguishing characteristics: a capacity to hate, an inability to accept criticism, and a massive overconfidence in his own abilities. He was a socially and emotionally inadequate individual without direction, from whence came a sense of personal mission that would transform these weaknesses and liabilities into strengths—certainties that would provide him not only with a sense of identity, but of purpose in a communal enterprise. This is the focus of Laurence Rees’s social, psychological, and historical investigation into a personality that would end up articulating the hopes and dreams of millions of Germans.(With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations)
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Random House USA Inc My Age of Anxiety
Book SynopsisA bravely intimate [and] dazzlingly comprehensive history (The New York Times Book Review) of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand anxiety—from an acclaimed journalist with his own longstanding battle with this often misunderstood affliction. Drawing on his own experience with anxiety, Scott Stossel presents a moving and revelatory account of a condition that affects some 40 million Americans. Stossel offers an intimate and authoritative history. We discover the well-known who have struggled with the condition, as well as the afflicted generations of Stossel's own family. Revealing anxiety's myriad manifestations and the anguish it causes, he also surveys the countless psychotherapies, medications, and often outlandish treatments that have been developed to relieve it. Stossel vividly depicts anxiety’s human toll—its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze. He also explores how individual sufferers—including himself—have managed and controlled symptoms. By turns erudite and compassionate, amusing and inspirational, My Age of Anxiety is the essential account of a pervasive affliction.
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Little, Brown Spark How to Find a FourLeaf Clover
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Hachette Books Everything Isnt Terrible
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Little, Brown Spark Calm Your Mind with Food
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Vintage Canada Waiting for First Light My Ongoing Battle with
Book SynopsisIn this piercing memoir, Roméo Dallaire, retired general and former senator, bestselling author and one of the world's leading humanitarians, delves deep into his life since the Rwandan genocide. At the heart of Waiting for First Light is a no-holds-barred self-portrait of a top political and military figure whose nights are invaded by despair, but who at first light faces the day with the renewed desire to make a difference in the world. Roméo Dallaire, traumatized by witnessing genocide on an imponderable scale in Rwanda, reflects in these pages on the nature of PTSD and the impact of that deep wound on his life since 1994, and on how he motivates himself and others to humanitarian work despite his constant struggle. Though he had been a leader in peace and in war at all levels up to deputy commander of the Canadian Army, his PTSD led to his medical dismissal from the Canadian Forces in
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Harvest Publications The Unexpected Gift of Trauma
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking approach to healing from trauma and experiencing posttraumatic growth from a leading psychologist, featuring a powerful, five-stage framework to help readers not just recover, but thrive and transform. Trauma has always been part of the human experience, and traumatic events—both physical and emotional—can shake our very foundation and leave us forever changed. While we know more about the lasting neurological and physical effects of trauma than we did a decade ago, few people realize that experiencing trauma doesn’t have to sentence you to a lifetime of suffering and grief.In this first book of its kind, renowned clinical psychologist Dr. Edith Shiro shares a powerful, five-stage framework for posttraumatic growth, a transformational process that helps you not just heal, but achieve growth and expand consciousness in the face of trauma. Inspired by her grandparents, who were refugees and Holocaust survivors, Dr.
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Harvest Publications Im So Effing Hungry
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WW Norton & Co ZigZag Boy
Book SynopsisA compassionate, heartrending memoir of a mother’s quest to accept her son’s journey through psychosis.Trade Review"By turns an eloquent meditation on the power of nature and a terrifying exposé on the hellscape of parenting a mentally ill child into young adulthood... [Tanya] Frank hangs her intense, readable journey on...the healing power of nature and community... This book will be a balm for relatives of people with mental illness... Frank’s writing is fresh with keenly observed details." -- Beth Macy - New York Times Book Review"[A] moving, beautifully written book about love and mental health and life. Recommended." -- Bob Odenkirk - via Twitter"A bracingly beautiful account of learning to live with uncertainty in turbulent times." -- Rebecca Foster - Shelf Awareness"As she explores the sometimes painful limits of mothering, Frank candidly discusses the wisdom of letting go what cannot be healed or made whole in exchange for the gift of acceptance. A heartfelt memoir about family, mental illness, and unconditional love." -- Kirkus Reviews"[Zig-Zag Boy] reverberates with a mother's fierce love for her son... Frank intimately depicts her family's heart-wrenching experience, rendering the unimaginable with grace." -- Booklist"Tanya Frank’s Zig-Zag Boy starts by chronicling a mother’s nightmare as her promising son falls into psychosis but ends up being far more than the story of what happens when we fear for the life of someone we love. A searing indictment of the medical industrial complex across continents, Frank’s memoir also offers a battle cry for new ways of looking at mental health care and reveals the deep urgency of valuing oneself enough to dare to heal in a perpetually uncertain world." -- Gina Frangello, author of Blow Your House Down: A Memoir of Family, Feminism, and Treason"Zig-Zag Boy takes us to the heart of loving and parenting a child in the most intensive and often heartbreaking way. Tanya Frank’s book is marked by wonderful storytelling, a wry sense of humor, and a determination to tell the truth no matter what. You will get lost in this story, and be better for it." -- Emily Rapp Black, New York Times best-selling author of The Still Point of the Turning World and Sanctuary"In unforgettable imagery and nuanced prose, Tanya Frank gives us an incredible journey—from a parent’s worst fear to an opening in the world—through patient observance and love." -- Susan Straight, author of Mecca and In the Country of Women"Zig-Zag Boy is a wonder. I loved this book and the family at the heart of it. Tanya Frank masterfully tells her family’s story with as much grace, dignity, and compassion as she exhibited while living it. This is a beautiful book." -- Mark Lukach, author of My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
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WW Norton & Co Of Fear and Strangers A History of Xenophobia
Book SynopsisWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award A Bloomberg Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 A startling work of historical sleuthing and synthesis, Of Fear and Strangers reveals the forgotten histories of xenophobia—and what they mean for us today.Trade Review"Riveting....weaves together a fascinating if powerfully disturbing series of examples of stranger hatred (and exploitation) alongside the internal dissent such encounters have always prompted....Throughout his analysis, Makari brings an impressive range of reading to bear, wearing his learning lightly and interspersing fascinating capsule biographies of transformation figures like Raphael Lemkin, Carl Schmitt and Theodor Adorno with literary commentary on Aldous Huxley, Richard Wright and James Baldwin....All the material is enthralling." -- Thomas Chatterton Williams - New York Times Book Review"By shedding light on the trajectory of xenophobia during its 150-year history, this skillfully written account helps point us towards ways to combat it." -- Rachel Newcomb - Washington Post"[A] compelling story of racial and ethnic animosity." -- Adam Kuper - Wall Street Journal"[An] illuminating, significant historical study... A timely and thorough investigation of a cultural plague." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"With elegance and passionate conviction, George Makari deconstructs one of the ugliest problems of our time…With penetrating insight, he reveals the history of a grave weakness that is one of the wildest threats against coherent democracy and human kindness…Of Fear and Strangers is at once a work of dispassionate reporting and brave moral righteousness" -- Andrew Solomon, author of Far from the Tree"With astonishing range and lucid erudition, George Makari has again given us an intellectual history that illustrates how little we know about the ideas that animate and rule our world…Breathtaking with its learnedness, dazzling as an easy-to-read narrative of complex ideas and knotty concepts…In an epoch where nations often appear cleaved into equally disdainful mobs, Makari makes an airtight case that an enhanced understanding of the concept ‘xenophobia’ can serve as a skeleton key that will help unlock many of the psychic terrors currently haunting our cognitive processes and social worlds." -- Anthony Walton, author of Mississippi: An American Journey"Drawing on philosophy, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines, George Makari's beautiful writing delivers a strikingly original history... A sheer delight to read, this book is a gift for all." -- Zia Haider Rahman, author of In the Light of What We Know
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WW Norton & Co Six Days in August
Book SynopsisA rollicking account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome."Trade Review"Electrifying…a thrilling look back at a robbery that remains one of the most bizarre crimes of the 20th century." -- Michael Schaub - Minneapolis Star Tribune"[A] smart cross between a true-crime thriller and a psychological investigation." -- Scientific American"A mesmerizing account, not only of the first bank heist to become a global media sensation as it was happening, but of how our understanding of ‘Stockholm syndrome’ is all wrong…Black humor, Scandinavian noir, and it’s all true." -- Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century"Reads like a movie…[King] is adept at teasing out the humanity of the criminals as well as their victims." -- Dan Bilefsky, staff writer for The New York Times and author of The Last Job
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Random House USA Inc The Edge of Every Day Sketches of Schizophrenia
Book SynopsisAgainst the starkly beautiful backdrop of Anchorage, Alaska, where she grew up, Marin Sardy weaves an extraordinarily affecting, fiercely intelligent account of the shapeless thief—the schizophrenia—that kept her mother immersed in a world of private delusion and later also manifested in her brother, ultimately claiming his life. Composed of exquisite, self-contained chapters that take us through three generations of this adventurous, artistic, and often haunted family, The Edge of Every Day draws in topics from neuroscience and evolution to the mythology and art rock to shape its brilliant inquiry into how the mind works. In the process, Sardy casts new light on the treatment of the mentally ill in our society. Through it all runs her blazing compassion and relentless curiosity, as her meditations takes us to the very edge of love and loss—and signal the arrival of an important new literary voice.
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Random House USA Inc Smacked A Story of WhiteCollar Ambition Addiction
Book SynopsisA journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex-husband’s descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white-collar drug abuse.“A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal courage, and writerly grace.”—Bill Clegg, author of Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man Something was wrong with Peter. Eilene Zimmerman noticed that her ex-husband looked thin, seemed distracted, and was frequently absent from activities with their children. She thought he looked sick and needed to see a doctor, and indeed, he told her he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. Yet in many ways, Peter seemed to have it all: a beautiful house by the beach, expensive cars, and other luxuries that came with an affluent life. Eilene assumed his odd behavior was due to stress and overwork—he was a senior partner at a prominent law firm
£21.60
Harmony/Rodale How to Raise a Healthy Gamer
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Macmillan Learning Case Studies in Abnormal Psychology
Book SynopsisFully updated for DSM-5, this exciting revision complements the abnormal psychology course by providing 17 case histories based on the authors' clinical experiences. The casebook also provides three You Decide cases - written without diagnosis or treatment, so students can identify disorders and suggest appropriate therapies.
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) The Psychopath Whisperer
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. Beyond Crazy
Book SynopsisIn any given year, one in five Canadians will experience symptoms of mental disorder. So why do we still have such a long way to go towards true understanding and acceptance? Because people are afraid to talk.Beyond Crazy takes us beyond the barriers of fear and stigma to meet real Canadians from all walks of life who have encountered mental illness. They tell stories of what it is like to journey to the edge of the abyss and back again, of what it is like to suffer deep psychosis or depression, a misdiagnosis, a life-threatening eating disorder, the suicide of a loved one. And they tell stories of hope recovered, of finding the road back to wellness, of families made stronger than ever. Using the most honest and compelling language - and often a good dose of humour - brave celebrities and unsung heroes tell it like it is. By doing so, they make it easier for those who follow, easier to get past the fear, to move beyond crazy.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Adrenaline and the Inner World
Book SynopsisIt includes an extensive glossary.Trade ReviewThe only book you'll need to thoroughly understand the topic and its related health issues. California Bookwatch 2006 An interesting, well-written book geared to academics and professionals but also intended for patients and people supporting them. Choice 2006Table of ContentsPreface1. The Inner WorldThe Seed and the SoilCannon's CanonsThe Comfort Level in Building 10An Amazing Cooking ExperimentDeath by FootballThe Sleeper HoldSnakes That Faint?Rules of the GameSame DifferenceThe All-Day Sucker2. The "Automatic Nervous System"TransformersVeggingGood HousekeepingThe Hot LineHow Does the Autonomic Nervous System Work?3. The Arbiters of the Inner WorldThe Fat above the KidneysOn the Risk of Being a Physician's SonWhat's in a Name?Catecholamines Look Like CatsAdrenaline's Effects on the BodyNeuronal Soda PopThe Getaway Car AnalogyThe Atavistic Catecholamine"First I Secreted a Hell of a Lot of Adrenaline"A Play-Doh Model of the BrainThe Nobel Chemicals4. The Rest of the CastThe Axis PowersThe Water Works and Kosher Pickle TreatmentSalt SenseYour Own Brand of MorphineCytokinesSexLeptin5. Stress as a Scientific IdeaA Brief History of StressStress Response Patterns6. DistressCharacteristics of DistressBiblical Lie DetectionDistress versus the General Adaptation SyndromeFight Isn't FlightThe Nose of GodStressToonsStress in Evolutionary PerspectiveWhy Evolution Is a Worthwhile Theory and Creationism Isn'Darwin and EthologyThe Price of Complexity Is Eternal StressPrimitive Specificity8. DysautonomiasThe "Mind-Body" ProblemPrimary versus Secondary DysautonomiasSecondary DysautonomiasPrimary Dysautonomias9. Tests for DysautonomiasPhysiological TestsNeuropharmacological TestsNeurochemical TestsNeuroimaging Tests10. Treatments for DysautonomiasNondrug TreatmentsDrug Treatments11. Drugs and the FamilyCatecholamines as DrugsLegal AddictionsCocaineSpeed KillsMorphineBarbs and BenzosYou Aren't What You Eat, Luckily12. The Future: Scientific Integrative MedicineReturn of the Getaway CarAllostatic Load for People Who Hate SnakesThe DialecticDarwinian MedicineTactics and Strategies of Scientific Integrative MedicineWhat, How, and WhyConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Depression the Mood Disease A Johns Hopkins Press
Book SynopsisFull of information compassionately presented, this guide provides hope and help to patients and their families.Trade ReviewA readable, informative, comforting overview of an illness most people consider scary. Library Journal A clearly written, comprehensive, and compassionate guide. Science Books and Films If it seems a gloomy thought to explore the workings of mental doldrums, psychiatrist Mondimore makes this a safe trip, explaining in simple language how depression and manic-depression take effect and what victims can do about it. Publishers Weekly A recommended pick for both public and college-level libraries. Bookwatch 2007 This is a reader friendly book on depression and mood disorders written primarily for patients and their families. It explains scientific and clinical facts at a patient level helping the patient get a better bearing on the nature of depression. Doody's Review Service 2007 There are many books about depression currently available. What makes this one so special is its sheer comprehensiveness within a two hundred page limit... to be recommended to sufferers and professionals in the mental health field. -- Kevin M. Purday Metapsychology 2008 Depression, the Mood Disease is a recommended pick for both public and college-level libraries. Midwest Book Review 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment1. MoodMood: What Is It?The Chemistry of MoodAn Early Breakthrough in Brain ScienceMood DisordersWhat Is the Biology of Depression?2. DepressionThe Symptoms of Major Depression"Normal" Depression?The Classification of Depression3. TreatmentMedicationsElectroconvulsive TherapyOther Brain Stimulation TechniquesComplicated DepressionTests for Mood Disorders4. Bipolar DisorderWhat Is Bipolar Disorder?The Hypomanic SyndromeAnother Duality"Mood Swings" and CyclothymiaIs There a Spectrum of Mood Disorders?The Chemistry of Bipolar DisorderThe Treatment of Bipolar DisorderLength of Treatment in Bipolar DisordersTreating "Soft" Bipolar DisordersPart II: Variations, Causes, and Connections5. Variations of the Mood DisordersMajor Depression in the ElderlyMood Disorders in Children and AdolescentsMood Disorders in WomenDepression and StrokeDepression and PainSeasonal Affective DisorderSchizoaffective DisorderPanic Attacks and Mood Disorders6. Causal Factors and AssociationsThe Heredity of Mood DisordersAlcohol and Drug Abuse and Mood DisordersMedical Causes of Mood DisordersSleep and DepressionPart III: Getting Better7. Advice for Patients with Mood Disorders and Their FamiliesWho Can Help? The Mental Health ProfessionalsLiving with a Mood DisorderCommunity Support and National OrganizationsThe FamilyHow to Help with Depression8. Summing Up and Looking AheadFurther ReadingSupport and Advocacy OrganizationsIndex
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Sinauer Associates An Introduction to Behavior Genetics
Book SynopsisThis textguides readers throughan orderly sequence of related topics from the field, from the molecular structure and function of DNA to how DNA controls protein development and the neural processes that underlie both normal and abnormal behaviour.Though focused primarily on human research, animal models are also included.
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Random House USA Inc A Really Good Day
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MacMillan Audio What Happened to You
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W. W. Norton & Company Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Psychological Research in Prisons
Book SynopsisThis up-to-date collection begins with an account and analysis of the role of psychologists in prisons in relation to research.Trade Review“Psychological Research in Prisons provides an impressive collection of accessible and informed chapters, each highlighting the extent to which psychological theory and research can inform the work of practitioners, and how practice can influence the direction of research.” Julie Harrower, Chartered Forensic Psychologist, Head of Psychology at Coventry University and Chair of the DFP Board of Examiners “Psychological Research in Prisons contains some new and interesting empirical results. But its main achievement is to put the question mark firmly back into ‘What works?’ Early chapters explore how, often tentative, research findings about interventions which might reduce reoffending have become translated into overly prescriptive policies that actually serve to undermine rather than foster effective practice. This is a book by psychologists but its readership should be much wider – policy makers, prison governors, probation and prison staff, and criminologists will all find much food for thought within its pages.” Professor Carol Hedderman, University of Leicester “It is sure to become a new standard reference book in this field. It will be a very useful aid to the work of psychologists in Japan, who are currently introducing CBT within custodial settings.” Hiroshi Urata, Senior Psychologist, Wakayama Juvenile Classification Home, Japan Table of ContentsForeword. Notes on Contributors. Introduction. (Graham J. Towl). 1. Methodological Issues in Psychological Research in Prisons. (David A. Crighton). 2. The Modern Context of Psychology in Corrections: Influences, Limitations and Values of ‘What Works’. (Brian A. Thomas-Peter). 3. The Needs of Offenders and the Process of Changing Them. (Brian A. Thomas Peter). 4. Psychological Research into Reducing Suicides. (David A. Crighton). 5. Psychological Understanding of Self-Injury and Attempted Suicide in Prisons. (Louisa Snow). 6. The Effective Management of Bullying in Prisons: Working Towards an Evidence-Based Approach. (Jane L. Ireland). 7. Drug-Misuse Intervention Work. (Graham J. Towl). 8. Research Into High-Intensity Training (HIT) with Young People. (Derval Ambrose). 9. Military Corrective Training Centre: An Evaluation. (David P. Farrington, Kate A. Painter and Darrick Jolliffe). 10. Psychological Research into Life Sentence Offenders. (David A. Crighton and Jo Bailey). 11. Psychological Research Into Sexual Offenders. (David A. Crighton). Bibliography. Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Borderline Personality Disorder
Book SynopsisWith proper treatment, people with borderline personality disorder can enjoy long remissions and improved quality of life.Trade ReviewThe book is thoughtful, accurate, and user-friendly. -- Joel Paris, MD Psychiatric TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. Understanding the Problem1. The Clinical PictureFeatures of the Borderline DiagnosisMaking the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality DisorderThe Borderline Conundrum2. "Personality" and MoreUnderstanding "Personality"What Is a Personality Disorder?When Does "Personality" Become "Disorder"?Mood DisordersSelf-Destructive BehaviorsTraumatic ExperiencesThe Bigger PictureII. Causes3. The Four Faces of Borderline Personality DisorderThe Perspectives of Psychiatry4. What the Person Has: The Disease PerspectiveMood DisordersMajor Depressive DisorderDysthymic DisorderBipolar DisordersBorderline or Bipolar?Picturing Borderline Personality in the BrainGenetics5. The Dimensions of Borderline Personality DisorderMeasuring Personality TraitsThe Five-Factor Model of PersonalityTraits and "States"The "Personality" in Borderline PersonalityWhere Do Personality Traits Come From?Conclusions about Personality and the BorderlineDiagnosis6. Behaviors I: Addiction and Eating DisordersAlcohol and Drug AddictionEating Disorders7. Behaviors II: Self-Harming Behaviors and DissociationCutting and Other Forms of Self-MutilationWhy Do Individuals Self-Harm?Suicidal BehaviorDissociationDissociative "Disorders"Dissociation Symptoms in Borderline Personality Disorder8. The Life Story: Childhood Experiences, Development, TraumaChildhood Experiences and the Borderline DiagnosisBorderline Personality Disorder and PTSDLife Events in AdulthoodIII. Treatment9. Treating the DiseaseWhat Do Medications Treat in Persons with Borderline Personality Disorder?Antidepressant MedicationsMood-Stabilizing MedicationsAtypical Antipsychotic MedicationsAntianxiety Medications: Some Words of Caution10. Treating the BehaviorsStages of ChangeThe Talking Cure: PsychotherapyCognitive Behavioral TherapyCBT: A Closer LookDialectical Behavioral Therapy11. Understanding the Dimensions and Addressing the Life StoryPsychodynamic Therapies for Borderline Personality DisorderPsychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Summing Up12. Treatment Approaches: Putting It All Together13. Themes and VariationsGender DifferencesBorderline Personality Disorder in AdolescenceInternational and Cross-Cultural ConsiderationsIV. How to Cope, How to Help14. If You've Been Diagnosed with Borderline Personality DisorderDiagnosis, Diagnosis, DiagnosisAssembling Your Treatment TeamAcceptance and Committing to Getting BetterThe Role of HospitalizationThe Costs of AddictionLooking for Happiness in All the Wrong Places15. For Parents, Partners, Friends, and Co-workersGetting Someone into TreatmentSafety IssuesRecognizing and Addressing Abusive BehaviorsBorderline Personality Disorder in the WorkplaceGetting SupportEpilogueAppendix A: Resources and Further ReadingAppendix B: Theory and Development of the BorderlineConcept: A Primer for Students and TherapistsReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Borderline Personality Disorder
Book SynopsisWith proper treatment, people with borderline personality disorder can enjoy long remissions and improved quality of life.Trade ReviewThe book is thoughtful, accurate, and user-friendly. -- Joel Paris, MD Psychiatric TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. Understanding the Problem1. The Clinical PictureFeatures of the Borderline DiagnosisMaking the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality DisorderThe Borderline Conundrum2. "Personality" and MoreUnderstanding "Personality"What Is a Personality Disorder?When Does "Personality" Become "Disorder"?Mood DisordersSelf-Destructive BehaviorsTraumatic ExperiencesThe Bigger PictureII. Causes3. The Four Faces of Borderline Personality DisorderThe Perspectives of Psychiatry4. What the Person Has: The Disease PerspectiveMood DisordersMajor Depressive DisorderDysthymic DisorderBipolar DisordersBorderline or Bipolar?Picturing Borderline Personality in the BrainGenetics5. The Dimensions of Borderline Personality DisorderMeasuring Personality TraitsThe Five-Factor Model of PersonalityTraits and "States"The "Personality" in Borderline PersonalityWhere Do Personality Traits Come From?Conclusions about Personality and the BorderlineDiagnosis6. Behaviors I: Addiction and Eating DisordersAlcohol and Drug AddictionEating Disorders7. Behaviors II: Self-Harming Behaviors and DissociationCutting and Other Forms of Self-MutilationWhy Do Individuals Self-Harm?Suicidal BehaviorDissociationDissociative "Disorders"Dissociation Symptoms in Borderline Personality Disorder8. The Life Story: Childhood Experiences, Development, TraumaChildhood Experiences and the Borderline DiagnosisBorderline Personality Disorder and PTSDLife Events in AdulthoodIII. Treatment9. Treating the DiseaseWhat Do Medications Treat in Persons with Borderline Personality Disorder?Antidepressant MedicationsMood-Stabilizing MedicationsAtypical Antipsychotic MedicationsAntianxiety Medications: Some Words of Caution10. Treating the BehaviorsStages of ChangeThe Talking Cure: PsychotherapyCognitive Behavioral TherapyCBT: A Closer LookDialectical Behavioral Therapy11. Understanding the Dimensions and Addressing the Life StoryPsychodynamic Therapies for Borderline Personality DisorderPsychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Summing Up12. Treatment Approaches: Putting It All Together13. Themes and VariationsGender DifferencesBorderline Personality Disorder in AdolescenceInternational and Cross-Cultural ConsiderationsIV. How to Cope, How to Help14. If You've Been Diagnosed with Borderline Personality DisorderDiagnosis, Diagnosis, DiagnosisAssembling Your Treatment TeamAcceptance and Committing to Getting BetterThe Role of HospitalizationThe Costs of AddictionLooking for Happiness in All the Wrong Places15. For Parents, Partners, Friends, and Co-workersGetting Someone into TreatmentSafety IssuesRecognizing and Addressing Abusive BehaviorsBorderline Personality Disorder in the WorkplaceGetting SupportEpilogueAppendix A: Resources and Further ReadingAppendix B: Theory and Development of the BorderlineConcept: A Primer for Students and TherapistsReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Living with Schizophrenia
Book SynopsisAn estimated 51 million people worldwide have schizophrenia, 2.2 million of them in the United States. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment improve the long-term prognosis, schizophrenia is a disease that is difficult to manage. In Living with Schizophrenia, Drs. Jeffrey Rado and Philip G. Janicak, specialists in treating people who have schizophrenia, offer an easy-to-read primer for people with the disorder, along with their families and other caregivers. Drawing on their combined sixty years of clinical and research experience, Drs. Rado and Janicak * define schizophrenia and explain what is known about its causes* discuss the difference between negative symptoms (such as lack of emotion and social withdrawal) and positive symptoms (such as hallucinations, delusions, and thought disorders)* describe medication and psychosocial and behavioral treatments-and the importance of early diagnosis and treatment for better long-term outcomes* explain what people with schizophrTrade ReviewThis text would be an excellent addition for a Health/Wellness and Psychology section in a public library, and its brevity and affordability are huge selling points.—American Reference Books AnnualTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 What Is Schizophrenia? Chapter 2 What Causes Schizophrenia? Chapter 3 Biological Therapies for SchizophreniaChapter 4 Psychosocial and Behavioral Treatments for SchizophreniaChapter 5 Staying Well Chapter 6 Schizophrenia and the Family Chapter 7 Medical Conditions and Schizophrenia Conclusion: Looking to the Future NotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Public Health Perspectives on Depressive
Book SynopsisThe third and longest part addresses the vulnerability of diverse groups to depressive illness and underscore best practices to mitigate risk while improving both the preventive and therapeutic armamentaria.Trade ReviewCollecting work from an array of experts, Cohen (New York State Office of Mental Health) offers an excellent addition to the literature on mental health that examines depressive disorders from a public health and policy perspective. This book is well organized and fairly comprehensive.—ChoiceTable of ContentsList of ContributorsAcknowledgments1. The Path to the Public Health Recognition of Depressive Disorders, by Neal L. CohenPart I2. Depressive Disorders, by Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley and Daniel Klein3. The Burden of Depressive Illness, by David A. Kessler, Evelyn J. Bromet, Peter De Jonge, Victoria Shahly, and Marsha Ann Wilcox4. The Burden of Comorbidity, by Sergio Anguilar-Gaxiola, Daniel Vicente Vigo, and Kate M. Scott5. Substance Use and Depressive Disorders, by Jacquelyn L. Meyers and Deborah HasinPart II6. The Social Epidemiology of Socioeconomic Inequalitiesin Depression, by Helen Cerigo and Amelie Quesnel-Vallee7. Maternal Depression and the Intergenerational Transmission of Depression, by Constance Hammen8. The Influence of Stigma for Depression Care, by J. Konadu Fokuo and Patrick W. CorriganPart III9. Youth Depression, by Jennifer L. Hughes and Joan Asarnow10. Understanding Adolescent Suicide, by Regina Miranda, Ana Ortin, Lillian Polanco-Roman, and Jorge Valderrama11. Interrelationship of Suicidality with Depressive Disorders and Its Implications for Suicide Prevention Strategies at the Population and Individual Levels, by Beth Han, Wilson M. Compton, and Richard McKeon12. Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Promoting Mental Health in Urban Youth, by Tamar Mendelson and April Joy Damian13. Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Promoting Mental Health in Urban Youth, by Amelia R. Gavin and Rebecca Rebbe14. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Depressive Illness and Clinical Care, by Alfiee M. Breland-Noble and Jeanne Miranda15 . Public Health Perspectives on Depression in Primary Care, by Trina Chang and Albert Yeung16. A Twenty-First-Century Public Health Challenge and Opportunity, by Neal L. Cohen17 . The Digital Revolution and Its Potential Impact on Detection and Treatment of Depressive Disorders, by Charles Platkin, Alissa Link, and Amy Kwan18. Preventing the Onset of Depressive Disorders, by Pim CuijpersIndex
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Macmillan Learning Abnormal Psychology
Book SynopsisRosenberg and Kosslyn's Abnormal Psychology brings students to the forefront of the study of the brain and its role in psychological disorders. The new edition features the book's distinctive emphasis on the interplay between the neurological, psychological, and social factors involved in understanding psychological disorders and their treatment.
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Guilford Publications Hiperactivo Impulsivo Distrado me Conoces Tercera
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DK How Psychology Works The Facts Visually Explained
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DK Cómo funciona la psicología How Psychology Works
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Sourcebooks Hack Your Anxiety How to Make Anxiety Work for
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Tyndale House Publishers Blank Canvas
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Rowman & Littlefield Defeating the Giant
Book SynopsisDefeating the Giant: A Guide to Recognizing and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse addresses the reality that anyone, at any time, can be impacted by someone with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Whether family, friends, co-workers, supervisor, or other community circlessomeone with NPD can appear and wreak havoc seemingly without warning. Those impacted can internalize the experience, resulting in feelings of fear, doubt, shame, depression, and a loss of identity. Readers will get a glimpse into the author's personal experience then explore the formal diagnosis and characteristics of an NPD abuser. To defeat and begin healing from the narcissistic giant, the reader is guided through specific skills that infuse practice to not only help assess and understand their experiences, but begin to reclaim their identity and future decisions. The chapters address attachment; the interconnectedness of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors; identification of one''s strengths to effectively communicate, maintain boundaries, make choices, and have healthier relationships. Readers will learn how to understand the NPD giant, reclaim their power with specific tools, and eventually defeat the giant's hold.
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Twelve Breaking Through Depression: A Guide to the Next
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Twelve The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine,
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Basic Books The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human
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Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology
Book SynopsisThis work presents a synopsis of the development of the major theories of psychoanalysis including the special theory of neurosis. Emphasis is placed upon the problems that Freud struggled with as he tried to understand his patients, and the way in which his concepts, models and theories were shaped and refined by his successive experiences of success and failure.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Nine Dimensions of Madness: Redefining Mental
Book SynopsisIn a book that reframes the mental health debate, Robert L. Gallon challenges the widely-held notion that mental disorders are medical diseases. Drawing on his extensive experience as a psychologist who has worked with thousands of patients, he argues that there are no objective indicators of mental disorders and therefore no way of drawing a distinct line between people who have them and people who don''t. He outlines an alternative to the disease model defined by nine dimensions of dysfunction that encompass the range of human dysfunctions typically classified as mental disorders. He explains the origin of these problems, not as chemical imbalances and genetic abnormalities, but as the complex interaction of biological, psychological and social factors, called the Biopsychosocial model. Gallon explains the history of psychiatry and how it came to develop a medical model that codifies mental disorders in the psychiatric bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), now in its fifth edition. He demonstrates how, in 1950s and 1960s when the miracle psychiatric drugs came on the market, it was to the great economic advantage of both pharmaceutical companies and psychiatrists to describe people''s problems in the language of medicine. His alternative to this disease model suggests descriptive types--Reality Misperception, Mood Dysfunction, Anxiety, Cognitive Competence, Social Competence, Somatoform Dysfunction, Substance Dependence, Motivation and Impulse Control, and Socialization Dysfunction--that we can construct to discuss the kinds and severities of problems people experience. These are not discrete abnormalities, but are sorts of dysfunction that can be placed on dimensions of dysfunction. Table of Contents Part I History of Madness 1. Introduction and Some Definitions 2. How madness became Medical 3. The Rise of Psychiatric Diagnosis 4. An Alternative Model Part II Dimensions of Madness 5. Reality Misperception 6. Mood Dysfunction 7. Anxiety 8. Cognitive Competence 9. Social Competence 10. Somatoform Dysfunction 11. Substance Dependence 12. Motivation and Impulse Control 13. Socialization Dysfunction Part III Treatment and Other Issues 14. What is Mental Health Treatment? 15. The Future
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Select Books Inc Escape Anxiety: 8 Steps to Freedom Through
Book SynopsisIt's estimated that forty million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders—but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Millions more suffer in silence. Suzanne Jessee was one of them. Hospitalized at age thirty with severe depression, anxiety, and panic disorder, she was determined to overcome the mental paralysis and addictive behaviors that ruled her life. Not only did she personally triumph over these debilitating disorders, but she set out to study, train, and work in the world's leading treatment centers and has helped thousands of others to recover from severe anxiety. Through her research and stories of her experience, Escape Anxiety: 8 Steps to Freedom through Meditative Therapies Jessee gives the causes and patterns of these complicated and often misunderstood mental health problems and offers a program of natural treatments to regain health and happiness. Accompanied by a PBS special, Escape Anxiety is an exclusive look at the revolutionary treatment program Jessee successfully pioneered at the Betty Ford Center and other top addiction treatment centers. Her 8-Step Escape Anxiety program is designed to provide holistic, natural techniques to manage extreme stress and depression in order to escape their destructive consequences. At the heart of her program is Jessee's innovative method of Neurogenesis Meditative Therapy™ (NMT). Combining proven therapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with ancient mindfulness practices, her methods empower anxiety sufferers by liberating them from unhealthy "thought myths" and helping them create sustainable, life-changing habits. Backed by recent scientific proof that meditation has a transformative effect on the physical brain, Suzanne demystifies the practice of meditation and demonstrates its power as a viable alternative to synthetic medications for treating anxiety. Each of the following steps of Jessee's program to break the patterns of anxiety is accompanied by exercises the reader can do at home, including a specially designed script for meditation: Step 1: Conquering Codependent Control IssuesStep 2: Dismantling PerfectionismStep 3: Releasing Resentment and Forgiving OthersStep 4: Surrendering Shame and Resentment: Forgiving YourselfStep 5: Defusing Catastrophic ThinkingStep 6: Mastering Self-RegulationStep 7: Making Conscious Choices About Your EmotionsStep 8: Rewriting Your Internal Dialogue After years of personal experience helping patients at the Betty Ford Center and other clinical settings, and recognition for her success from the top experts in the field, Suzanne Jessee now offers an affordable and accessible in-home treatment program to heal those who suffer from the devastating effects of anxiety disorders.Trade ReviewIn this book and related PBS television special, Jessee, creator of antianxiety programs at the Betty Ford Center in California and Michigan's Brighton Hospital, draws on her experience as a clinical therapist and her earlier struggles with alcoholism, depression, and anxiety. Her book will be useful to anxiety sufferers, as its numerous checklists and narrative will first allow them to recognize that their symptoms are not simply what everyone goes through, and the tips and especially guided meditations - self-led sessions that increase in length as the book goes on - will allow them to begin recovery. Jessee includes numerous warnings to also seek a physician's advice. She makes it clear that she believes in God and advocates spirituality as one way to heal, but overall the book is suitable for those of varying faiths or no faith. Refreshing is the author's recognition that the need to get better is one more source of stress, and she takes it easy on readers, reminding them that they're often their own worst enemy and recovery isn't a race. VERDICT Within the first few pages of this book, readers will learn ways to combat lifelong problems. Pair with Jacqueline Hornor Plumez's forthcoming The Bitch in Your Head for an anti-anxiety course. -- Henrietta Verma -- Library Journal
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Select Books (NY) From Exhausted to Energized
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