Abnormal psychology Books
Kohlhammer W. Verhaltenstherapie Der Sucht
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£31.45
Kohlhammer Schuler Im AutismusSpektrum
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£26.10
Kohlhammer W. Jugend Sucht
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£21.25
Kohlhammer W. Hochbegabte Erwachsene
£27.20
Kohlhammer Integrative Bindungsorientierte Traumatherapie
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£26.10
Kohlhammer W. Postpartale Depressionen Und Ihre Vielen Gesichter
£28.90
Kohlhammer W. Grundlagen Des Kommunalrechts in Deutschland
£27.90
Kohlhammer W. Schematherapie Bei Selbstwertproblemen
£30.60
Kohlhammer W. Wirksam
£29.75
£15.10
Books on Demand Entdecke die Ursachen deiner Depression. Ein
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£14.50
£16.06
Monsoon Publishing LLC Sonja LIDL Info@monsoonpublishing.com Sober - How do I get through this ALIVE
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£11.28
Books on Demand Gmbh Schweigen oder Sprechen wie im Autismus elektiven
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£29.20
Polar-Punkt Raus aus dem Hamsterrad rein ins neue Leben
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£12.00
Bloomsbury Academic Addictions
Book SynopsisFrancis R. Frankenburg, MD, is Professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.
£24.99
Nextone Inc Trigger
£15.29
Bloomsbury Academic Afraid
£11.94
Bloomsbury Academic Understanding and Affirming Autistic Clients
Book SynopsisChris Dabbs, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Valparaiso University and is a licensed psychologist and licensed mental health counselor, who is open about his own identity as an autistic clinician. In his research, Dr. Dabbs primarily focuses on ways in which social bias and stigma impact mental wellness, employment, and life satisfaction in religious minorities and people broadly described as neurodivergent. His research has been published in academic journals, collected volumes, and he has provided clinical training and presentations to national and local audiences. You can stay up-to-date with his current endeavors at chrisdabbs.com or find him on social media @dabbspsych. Audrey Scaer, PhD, is autistic and a staff psychologist at Eastern Michigan University's counseling center, with a particular focus on working with college students exploring autistic identity, LGBTQ+ identity, or processing experiences of identity-based trauma. Dr. Scaer attended graduate school in Oklahoma. Outside of clinical work, Dr. Scaer collaborates with Chris on research focused on autistic wellbeing. Contribution by Maggie Savage
£21.99
The University of Chicago Press The Hoarders Material Deviance in Modern
Book SynopsisThe verb declutter has not yet made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, but its ever-increasing usage suggests that it's only a matter of time. The author finds that both the idea of organization and the role of the clutterologist are deeply ingrained in our culture, and that there is a fine line between clutter and deviance in America.Trade Review"My high expectations were fulfilled and indeed exceeded by Herring's brilliant, groundbreaking, fascinating, and lucid book. In traversing his rich and well-researched archive in the series of case studies that make up the book, Herring examines how and why hoarders have been stigmatized in a number of different contexts through the twentieth century. In doing so, he mounts a sustained and significant challenge to the pathologizing discourses about hoarding." (Jonathan Flatley, Wayne State University)"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Cruel Attachments
Book SynopsisExploring different cases of the attempt to rehabilitate child sex offenders, this book details a secular ritual process aimed not only at preventing future acts of molestation but also at fundamentally transforming the offender, who is ultimately charged with creating an almost entirely new self.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)
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Model Behavior
Book SynopsisMice are used as model organisms across a wide range of fields in science todaybut it is far from obvious how studying a mouse in a maze can help us understand human problems like alcoholism or anxiety. How do scientists convince funders, fellow scientists, the general public, and even themselves that animal experiments are a good way of producing knowledge about the genetics of human behavior? In Model Behavior, Nicole C. Nelson takes us inside an animal behavior genetics laboratory to examine how scientists create and manage the foundational knowledge of their field. Behavior genetics is a particularly challenging field for making a clear-cut case that mouse experiments work, because researchers believe that both the phenomena they are studying and the animal models they are using are complex. These assumptions of complexity change the nature of what laboratory work produces. Whereas historical and ethnographic studies traditionally portray the laboratory as a place where scientists control, simplify, and stabilize nature in the service of producing durable facts, the laboratory that emerges from Nelson's extensive interviews and fieldwork is a place where stable findings are always just out of reach. The ongoing work of managing precarious experimental systems means that researchers learn as muchif not moreabout the impact of the environment on behavior as they do about genetics. Model Behavior offers a compelling portrait of life in a twenty-first-century laboratory, where partial, provisional answers to complex scientific questions are increasingly the norm.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Model Behavior
Book SynopsisMice are used as model organisms across a wide range of fields in science todaybut it is far from obvious how studying a mouse in a maze can help us understand human problems like alcoholism or anxiety. How do scientists convince funders, fellow scientists, the general public, and even themselves that animal experiments are a good way of producing knowledge about the genetics of human behavior? In Model Behavior, Nicole C. Nelson takes us inside an animal behavior genetics laboratory to examine how scientists create and manage the foundational knowledge of their field. Behavior genetics is a particularly challenging field for making a clear-cut case that mouse experiments work, because researchers believe that both the phenomena they are studying and the animal models they are using are complex. These assumptions of complexity change the nature of what laboratory work produces. Whereas historical and ethnographic studies traditionally portray the laboratory as a place where scientists control, simplify, and stabilize nature in the service of producing durable facts, the laboratory that emerges from Nelson's extensive interviews and fieldwork is a place where stable findings are always just out of reach. The ongoing work of managing precarious experimental systems means that researchers learn as muchif not moreabout the impact of the environment on behavior as they do about genetics. Model Behavior offers a compelling portrait of life in a twenty-first-century laboratory, where partial, provisional answers to complex scientific questions are increasingly the norm.
£26.00
Columbia University Press The Recovery Revolution The Battle Over
Book SynopsisPhenomena of Power delves into the sociohistorical manifestations of power and breaks through to its general structures. Popitz distinguishes the forms of the enforcement of power as well as of its stabilization and institutionalization, clearly articulating how the mechanisms of power work and how to track them in the social world.Trade ReviewUsing an impressive array of sources, Claire D. Clark meticulously and thoughtfully traces addiction treatment from Synanon's therapeutic communities in the 1960s to the surge of treatment centers in the twenty-first century. A magnificent achievement. -- W. J. Rorabaugh, University of Washington and author of American Hippies Clark provides the most authoritative account to date of the origins and evolution of modern drug treatment in the United States. Beautifully written, The Recovery Revolution embeds treatment developments in the social, political, and cultural moments from which they sprang instead of treating them out of context and provides real insight into the development of the modern, punitive system of criminal justice and the era of mass incarceration. -- Joseph Spillane, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida The Recovery Revolution recounts the origins, history, and influence of modern 'therapeutic communities' as a treatment for addiction. It argues that these shrewdly marketed programs and their charismatic leaders played a central role in the shift of American drug policy away from traditional punitive responses and towards therapeutic responses starting with Synanon in the late 1950s... Clark's book is extensively and creatively researched, intelligently and fluidly written, and it performs a crucial task for modern drug historiography. -- David Herzberg, University of BuffaloTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction: The Roots of Revolution Part I: Revolution 1. Selling Synanon 2. Synanon Rashomon Part II: Co-optation 3. Selling the Second Generation 4. Left, Right, and Chaos Part III: Industrialization 5. Selling a Drug-Free America 6. Courts and Markets Conclusion: The Revolution's Aftermath Acknowledgments Appendix: Historical Actors List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press Cultivating Professional Resilience in Direct
Book SynopsisOverwhelming evidence indicates that new social workers going into child welfare or other trauma-related care discover emotional challenges. In a textbook that bridges the gap between theoretical and pragmatic approaches, Jason M. Newell provides a solution by conceptualizing self-care as the key to professional resilience.Trade ReviewNewell emphasizes the importance of professional self-care as it relates to providing ethical and quality services to others who are vulnerable and needing help. Clearly, if as helping professionals we do not take the first breath of oxygen, how is it possible to help others breathe? -- Carolyn Szafran, Washburn University Jason M. Newell's important book is a wake call to the field of social work and its accrediting body; that self-care is the key to professional resilience. Awake and read this book! -- Charles R. Figley, Tulane UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. An Introduction to Resilient Practice Through Holistic Self-CareSection 1: Theory, Conceptualization, and Measurement2. Understanding the Connection Between Stress and Trauma 3. Chronic Empathy and Trauma in Human Service Work: Implications for Social Service Professionals4. Understanding and Preventing the Effects of Professional Burnout and Indirect Trauma: An Individual and Organizational Challenge5. Assessment and Measurement of Occupational Stress and TraumaSection 2: A Holistic Framework for the Application of Self-Care Practices6. The Essential Practice of Professional Self-Care: The Key to Professional Resilience7. Preserving Professional Resilience: The Ongoing Practice of Holistic Self-Care8. The Ethical Obligation of Professional Self-Care, with James L. Jackson Jr.9. Trauma-Informed Education, Training, and Professional Development10. The Use of Mindfulness Practice as a Function of Self-CareEpilogue: Finding Balance in Social Work Practice: Self-Care as Practice WisdomWorksheetsPersonal Reflection Exercise: Resilience and Self-AppreciationPersonal Reflection Exercise: Engaging Group Discussion on TraumaSample Assignment: Deep Breathing ExerciseSample Assessment of Organizational Strengths and ChallengesSelf-Care Process: Setting Organizational GoalsSelf-Care Process: Setting Personal GoalsProfessional Development Assignment: Construct a Plan of Personal and Professional Self-CareSuggestions for Developing a Comprehensive Plan of Self-CareSample Goals and Objectives for a Plan of Self-CareBlank Template for a Comprehensive Plan of Self-CareSample Self-Care Plan: Personal TableSample Assignment: Journaling MindfullyBibliography of Recommended ReadingsBibliography of Suggested Internet ResourcesGlossaryReferencesIndex
£90.00
Columbia University Press The Stigma Effect
Book SynopsisIn The Stigma Effect, psychologist Patrick W. Corrigan examines the unintended consequences of mental health campaigns and proposes new policies in their place. He argues that effective strategies require leadership by those with lived experience, as their stories replace ideas of incompetence and dangerousness with ones of hope and empowerment.Trade ReviewHow do we, as a society, reduce stigmatization of the seriously mentally ill? As Patrick Corrigan persuasively argues in this thorough inquiry into the subject, we should listen to their stories, for then we will discover fellow human beings, and not the “other” we fear. -- Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental IllnessThis is a special book. Not only does Corrigan provide the best introduction to mental illness that I have seen, as well as providing concrete guidance on how to end the stigma associated with it, but by interweaving his own experiences, Corrigan offers the academic community a new and inspiring model for disseminating our work in a more engaging and effective way. The result is a book that raises the bar for the rest of us. -- Larry Davidson, Yale University School of MedicineThe strength of this book is the way it balances the interconnected components of self-stigma and public stigma, with equally strong treatment of both. It will be of interest to people interested or involved in stigma reduction, either as advocates, policy folks, or personally. -- Stephanie Knaak, University of CalgaryThe book is useful for anyone teaching or practicing in the fields of counseling, social work, psychology, or medical education and public health. Recommended. * Choice *Marrying empirical social science with an advocate’s impulse grounded in his own lived experience with mental illness, Corrigan produces an analysis that is simultaneously rigorous and passionate. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Who Is the Person with Serious Mental Illness? 2. What Is the Stigma of Mental Illness?3. Three Competing Agendas to Erase Stigma4. It Is Much More Than Changing Words5. Protest: Just Say No to Stigma6. Beware the Educational Fix7. Beating Stigma Person to Person8. Lessons Learned for Future AdvocacyReferencesIndex
£79.20
Columbia University Press The Stigma Effect
Book SynopsisIn The Stigma Effect, psychologist Patrick W. Corrigan examines the unintended consequences of mental health campaigns and proposes new policies in their place. He argues that effective strategies require leadership by those with lived experience, as their stories replace ideas of incompetence and dangerousness with ones of hope and empowerment.Trade ReviewHow do we, as a society, reduce stigmatization of the seriously mentally ill? As Patrick Corrigan persuasively argues in this thorough inquiry into the subject, we should listen to their stories, for then we will discover fellow human beings, and not the “other” we fear. -- Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental IllnessThis is a special book. Not only does Corrigan provide the best introduction to mental illness that I have seen, as well as providing concrete guidance on how to end the stigma associated with it, but by interweaving his own experiences, Corrigan offers the academic community a new and inspiring model for disseminating our work in a more engaging and effective way. The result is a book that raises the bar for the rest of us. -- Larry Davidson, Yale University School of MedicineThe strength of this book is the way it balances the interconnected components of self-stigma and public stigma, with equally strong treatment of both. It will be of interest to people interested or involved in stigma reduction, either as advocates, policy folks, or personally. -- Stephanie Knaak, University of CalgaryThe book is useful for anyone teaching or practicing in the fields of counseling, social work, psychology, or medical education and public health. Recommended. * Choice *Marrying empirical social science with an advocate’s impulse grounded in his own lived experience with mental illness, Corrigan produces an analysis that is simultaneously rigorous and passionate. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Who Is the Person with Serious Mental Illness? 2. What Is the Stigma of Mental Illness?3. Three Competing Agendas to Erase Stigma4. It Is Much More Than Changing Words5. Protest: Just Say No to Stigma6. Beware the Educational Fix7. Beating Stigma Person to Person8. Lessons Learned for Future AdvocacyReferencesIndex
£25.20
Columbia University Press Measuring the Effects of Racism
Book SynopsisA large body of research has established a relationship between experiences of racial discrimination and adverse effects on mental and physical health. Robert T. Carter and Alex L. Pieterse offer a manual for mental health professionals on how to understand, assess, and treat the effects of racism as a psychological injury.Trade Review[A] well-researched book. -- H. Steven Moffic, MD , Jessica Isom, MD, MPH , Rahn K. Bailey, MD * Psychiatric Times *It is impossible to cover immense strengths of this book in this four-page review. The authors validate many points that address a huge gap currently prominent in society and provide evidence of ways to measure the effects and impact of racism, encourage training to prepare mental health workers, and clinical ideas for working with people of color who are impacted by racism. I believe this text takes a huge step in the process of helping clients who come to mental health workers measure the effects of racism and guide future work to effectively increase the well-being of people of color who have experienced racism. This text is appropriate for all mental health workers and health-care professionals who work with individuals, families, and student groups. -- Edward N. Randle Tarleton State University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA * Social Work with Groups *Carter and Pieterse increase our understanding of and the treatability of traumatic stress that results from racism. The proposals proffered in Measuring the Effects of Racism will lead to better treatment methods of race-based trauma and increase the evidence base for advocacy and agendas for social justice. -- Hugo Kamya, Simmons UniversityDrawing on decades of experience, Robert Carter and Alex Pieterse have given us a tour de force exploration of new research on race-based traumatic stress (RBTS). Introducing an invaluable new theoretical model and assessment, they have provided an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners, and trainees interested in systematically addressing the ill effects of racism in our society. -- Helen A. Neville, coauthor of Counseling the Culturally DiverseMeasuring the Effects of Racism is the definitive guide to understanding the scope of the psychological impact of racism. Providing a clear and comprehensive conceptual framework and assessment strategy, Carter and Pieterse have written a book that will be of great benefit to educators, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. -- Matthew Miller, associate editor of Journal of Counseling PsychologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. What We Know About Racism and Stress 1. Terms and Concepts Defined2. Understanding Reactions to Stress: Trauma, Traumatic Stress, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 3. Redefining Racism: Documenting Racism’s Effects4. Variations in Responses to Racial DiscriminationPart II. What We Need to Know About Racial Trauma5. Race-Based Traumatic Stress as Racial Trauma6. Measuring Race-Based Traumatic Stress7. Empirical Research Evidence Associated with the Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale 8. The Short Form and the Interview Schedule of the Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom ScalePart III. What to Do with What We Know: Practice Applications 9. Clinical Applications of the Race-Based Traumatic Stress Model10. A Guide to Forensic Assessment: Clinical Applications11. Training Mental Health Professionals to Treat Racial Trauma 12. Emerging Issues in Practice and ResearchAppendix A: RBTSSS-Short Form (RBTSSS-SF)Appendix B: Carter-Vinson Race-Based Traumatic Stress Interview ScheduleNotesReferencesIndex
£99.45
Columbia University Press Spaces on the Spectrum
Book SynopsisDrawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Catherine Tan investigates two autism-focused movements, shedding new light on how members contest expert authority.Trade ReviewAt the margins of the autism world, there are niches where vaccines are rejected, miracle cures are peddled, or, on the contrary, all therapies are rejected as forms of coercive normalization. Spaces on the Spectrum analyzes the moral experiences, rhetorical strategies, and advocacy practices of two groups that occupy opposite niches: parents who experiment with alternative therapies and autistic self-advocates. Catherine Tan went down the rabbit hole and came out bearing fascinating stories and insights. Written with generosity and poise, meticulously researched, this is a reflective and insightful analysis of how controversies over knowledge, expertise, and identity are intertwined. -- Gil Eyal, coauthor of The Autism MatrixWith engaging data, compelling stories, and compassionate insight, Tan brings us into the competing and complementary worlds of autism advocacy. Spaces on the Spectrum provides an important exploration of how two different worldviews of autism have led parents of autistic children and autistic adults to dramatically different beliefs about what causes the condition, what it means, and what, if anything, should be done. This is an important contribution that shows how knowledge production is contentious, how meanings of expertise can be multifaceted and contradictory, and how calls for sympathy and respect can place well-intentioned people who care deeply about the same issue at odds. -- Jennifer A. Reich, author of Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject VaccinesIn this phenomenal study, Catherine Tan explores two autism social movements hoping for a better world: parents of children diagnosed with autism embracing alternative treatments and adults living with autism advocating for acceptance and accommodation of neurodivergence. What the believers and participants find instead is support, community, and validation that they have been right after all. With grace and sensitivity, Tan deftly weaves their convictions, struggles, and joys into a nuanced analysis that demonstrates the best medical sociology has to offer. Also, a magic buffalo appears. -- Stefan Timmermans, coauthor of The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of AngelsTable of ContentsPreface and PositionAcknowledgments1. Warriors and Aliens: Challenging Autism Experts2. Reimagining Autism: As a Difference to Accept, as a Sickness to Treat3. Seeking Hope and Support: Pathways to Autism Movements4. Knowing One’s Tribe: The Transformation of Autistic Rights Into Reality5. Laboratories and Experimentation: The Tools and Strategies of “Recovery”6. The Outsiders: Resisting Criticism and Claiming Legitimacy7. Making Space for the SpectrumAppendix A. Interview ProtocolsAppendix B. ParticipantsNotesBibliographyIndex
£92.65
Columbia University Press Spaces on the Spectrum
Book SynopsisDrawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Catherine Tan investigates two autism-focused movements, shedding new light on how members contest expert authority.Trade ReviewAt the margins of the autism world, there are niches where vaccines are rejected, miracle cures are peddled, or, on the contrary, all therapies are rejected as forms of coercive normalization. Spaces on the Spectrum analyzes the moral experiences, rhetorical strategies, and advocacy practices of two groups that occupy opposite niches: parents who experiment with alternative therapies and autistic self-advocates. Catherine Tan went down the rabbit hole and came out bearing fascinating stories and insights. Written with generosity and poise, meticulously researched, this is a reflective and insightful analysis of how controversies over knowledge, expertise, and identity are intertwined. -- Gil Eyal, coauthor of The Autism MatrixWith engaging data, compelling stories, and compassionate insight, Tan brings us into the competing and complementary worlds of autism advocacy. Spaces on the Spectrum provides an important exploration of how two different worldviews of autism have led parents of autistic children and autistic adults to dramatically different beliefs about what causes the condition, what it means, and what, if anything, should be done. This is an important contribution that shows how knowledge production is contentious, how meanings of expertise can be multifaceted and contradictory, and how calls for sympathy and respect can place well-intentioned people who care deeply about the same issue at odds. -- Jennifer A. Reich, author of Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject VaccinesIn this phenomenal study, Catherine Tan explores two autism social movements hoping for a better world: parents of children diagnosed with autism embracing alternative treatments and adults living with autism advocating for acceptance and accommodation of neurodivergence. What the believers and participants find instead is support, community, and validation that they have been right after all. With grace and sensitivity, Tan deftly weaves their convictions, struggles, and joys into a nuanced analysis that demonstrates the best medical sociology has to offer. Also, a magic buffalo appears. -- Stefan Timmermans, coauthor of The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of AngelsTable of ContentsPreface and PositionAcknowledgments1. Warriors and Aliens: Challenging Autism Experts2. Reimagining Autism: As a Difference to Accept, as a Sickness to Treat3. Seeking Hope and Support: Pathways to Autism Movements4. Knowing One’s Tribe: The Transformation of Autistic Rights Into Reality5. Laboratories and Experimentation: The Tools and Strategies of “Recovery”6. The Outsiders: Resisting Criticism and Claiming Legitimacy7. Making Space for the SpectrumAppendix A. Interview ProtocolsAppendix B. ParticipantsNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.20
WW Norton & Co The 10 BestEver Depression Management Techniques
Book SynopsisA strategy-filled handbook to understand, manage, and conquer your depression, modeled after its best-selling counterpart on anxiety.Trade Review"In steps that are both clear and scaled for easily attainable victories, Wehrenberg extends a hand to those without the recourse of clinical therapy." -- Booklist"C]hock full of options, techniques, and information to assist a depressed person in understanding every aspect of their disorder. . . . Wehrenberg has successfully linked the world of prescription medications with the world of behavioral psychotherapy so that both are affirmed and everyone is more informed. The more I read of this book, the more I liked it and found it useful, because it stretches the usual ways of thinking to include, rather than exclude, helpful options." -- The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter"[A] thoughtful book that provides immediate help for people suffering from depression. I highly recommend it." -- Daniel G. Amen, MD, author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life"A well-researched book with clearly-written brain science for the non-scientist. Its life-changing, self-motivating techniques, many of which can be practiced outside the treatment room, will benefit anyone who suffers from depression and everyone who treats them. The appendix of practices alone is worth the price!" -- Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression"Wehrenberg helps the reader remove self-blame for their condition and get on with the necessary changes they need to implement in order to feel better…[W]ould be useful to both patients and therapists. An uplifting, life-changing read." -- WellBeing Magazine (AU)
£17.58
WW Norton & Co Child Temperament
Book SynopsisExploring the differences between temperamental traits and psychological disorders.Trade Review"Rettew’s book is a great starting point for parents in search of a basic primer on the subject. . . . [T]he book will not only help you learn what to do, but help you prepare for your child’s next psychiatric assessment, clinical review, or IEP meeting." -- PsychCentral"[F]ull of useful practical advice for parents, schools, psychologists, and psychiatrists. This Harvard-trained physician discusses the issues with wisdom, compassion, and clinical insight." -- PsycCritiques"Dr. Rettew has channeled his career-long pursuit of the concepts surrounding temperament into a fascinating, comprehensive, and most of all clear and sensible working model. Child Temperament will be of enormous value to clinicians, scientists, parents, and all who are interested in the development of children. Beautifully written in a style that is amazingly enjoyable to read, with tables and summaries that students and scientists alike will find indispensable, this is a major compilation that should anchor all future exploration of temperament and help illuminate the path forward for future work in this field." -- John N. Constantino, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Psychiatrist-In-Chief, St. Louis Children’s Hospital"This is the only book you will need on child temperament. Dr. Rettew provides a clear, comprehensive, and credible synthesis of the current scientific research and techniques for applying this knowledge in a high-quality, practical manner, in a variety of settings. This book is highly accessible and relevant to a broad audience—from clinicians and researchers to parents, teachers, and other professionals who work with children." -- Sanchit Maruti, MD, MS, Chief Resident and Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, University of Vermont, College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont
£25.64
WW Norton & Co Autism and the Family Understanding and
Book SynopsisReady-to-implement resources and approaches for effective professional care in school and clinical settings.Trade Review"Autism awareness has dramatically increased in recent years, appearing on bumper stickers, in debates, and as feel-good news stories. But little attention has been paid to those that actually care for people with ASD: the families. Autism and the Family is a fresh and vital corrective. Fiske investigates topics that impact ASD families but are rarely discussed outside inner circles, including the grief that can accompany diagnosis, the impact of ASD on relationships and careers, and how to support siblings and parents. This book is a necessary read for those working in the field and those parents that depend on them. Rarely have I felt such a sense of kinship and "finally!" as I did reading Autism and the Family. This is a book I will keep in close reach." -- Alysia Abbott, award-winning author, journalist, and mother of a boy with ASD "Autism and the Family delivers refreshingly new perspectives on the collateral effects of autism spectrum disorder. With case study material seamlessly interwoven with scholarly research, this book speaks to families, friends, and professionals in the lives of children and young adults with autism. Most importantly, it is like a "trip advisor" for the many families in immediate need of the right educational direction, as well as helpful glimpses at what lies ahead of them down the road." -- Jan Blacher, PhD, Distinguished Professor and UC Presidential Chair, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Riverside "A comprehensive yet accessible look at the complex family systems of children with autism, addressing their stressors, struggles, hopes, dreams, successes, and failures. This book should be required reading for educators, behavior analysts, speech pathologists, psychologists, and anyone serious about improving the lives of individuals with autism and supporting the families who love them." -- Peter Gerhardt, EdD, Executive Director, The EPIC School "Dr. Fiske has provided a unique and vital perspective on families of children with autism. Drawing on clinical experience, interviews with family members, and international research, this excellent book reinforces a crucial point: children with autism exist within a family and cultural context. It is also very helpful to be reminded throughout that although family members face challenges, they also have positive experiences raising a child with autism. The "take away" messages for practitioners in each chapter usefully complement the core messages of the book." -- Richard Hastings, PhD, Cerebra Chair of Family Research, University of Warwick, UK
£26.59
WW Norton & Co Essential Psychopathology and its Treatment 4e
Book SynopsisA comprehensive revision to the textbook on modern psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, keyed to the DSM-5 and ICD-10.
£59.84
W. W. Norton & Company 101 SolutionFocused Questions Series Set
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£30.57
WW Norton & Co Worried Science investigates some of lifes common
Book SynopsisHow scientific reasoning explains our most common daily fears—from germs to natural disasters and everything in between.Trade Review"This witty but rigorous study by a neuroscientist and an engineer debunks some of our most common worries—from shark attacks to bedbugs." -- The Guardian"Lise Johnson and Eric Chudler have had a brilliant idea and turned it into an equally good book." -- The Scottish Daily Mail"Lise Johnson and Eric Chudler have had a brilliant idea and turned it into an equally good book. For anyone who worries too much, which is to say all of us, this is a deeply comforting book." -- The Irish Daily Mail
£19.94
WW Norton & Co Recognizing and Treating Hoarding Disorder
Book SynopsisThe first clinical guide to this psychiatric illness, officially recognised by the DSM in 2013.
£26.59
WW Norton & Co Healing Child and Family Trauma Through
Book SynopsisHealing assessments and interventions from disparate areas of knowledge such as art, nature and storytelling.
£21.84
WW Norton & Co Eight Key Brain Areas of Mental Health and
Book SynopsisBridging the gap between neuroscience and clinical therapy.
£22.79
WW Norton & Co The STOP Program
Book SynopsisWorksheets and exercises to accompany this powerful therapeutic program.
£14.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Autism Spectrum Disorders
Book SynopsisPsychological research into autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) has increased exponentially in the last two decades. Much of this work has been led by different theorists, identifying a process or set of processes that hold the key to understanding the condition.Table of ContentsPreface ix 1 Identifying Autism: From Discrete Entity to Multidimensional Spectrum 1 Early conceptions: the ‘autistic child’ 1 From discrete entity to spectrum of related conditions 5 Diagnostic systems and instruments 11 Dimensions versus entities: ‘lumping’ versus ‘splitting’ 16 Early detection 21 Conclusion 25 2 Understanding Other Minds: Cognitive Approaches 26 Understanding false belief: a specific mental module? 26 Understanding minds: a specific process or something else? 37 Provisional conclusions 49 3 Understanding Other People: Emotion and Interaction 51 Appraisal of emotion in others 53 Understanding the directedness of behaviour 60 Understanding others in autism: final conclusions 67 4 Beyond Social Impairment: Difficulties with Executive Functions 70 Implications of the executive dysfunction account for our understanding of ASD 81 Conclusion 88 5 Building a Coherent Picture of the World 90 Alternative explanations of WCC phenomena 98 Conclusion 111 6 Attention and Perception 113 Attention 113 Accounting for attentional difficulties 125 Conclusion 133 7 Specific Aspects of Understanding: Faces, Concepts and Memory 135 Face processing 135 Concept formation 145 Memory 152 Conclusion 165 8 Psychology, Autism and the Brain 167 Studies of brain size and structure 167 Lesion-based models of autistic behaviour 173 Theories of global brain dysfunction 175 Brain impairments inferred from more basic psychological processes 203 Conclusion 207 9 Development 209 Assumptions about development in ASD: psychometrics, matching and developmental delay 209 Developmental trajectories in ASD 212 Developmental change in two psychological domains: theory of mind and executive functions 219 Developmental theory and ASD 228 Conclusion 241 10 Whence and Whither: Glimpses of the Tapestry, Paths Through the Jungle 242 How far have we really come? 243 Stepping back to move forward? Emerging themes 247 Final thoughts 261 References 263 Index 299
£40.80
John Wiley & Sons Inc Sexual Murderers
Book SynopsisLittle is known about Sexual Murderers those who kill in a sexual context. Recent studies have compared their backgrounds and characteristics with that of rapists and/or violent (non-sexual) offenders. This translation of a French original by the renowned Jean Proulx challenges existing knowledge on sexual murders, offers new tools for profiling and interrogation, and helps to establish a new research base. Current theories of sexual murder, its prevalence, reasons including attachment theories, profiling and interrogation techniques are all addressed in Proulx's distinctive, thought-provoking style.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. About the Editors. List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Sexual Murderers: Myth and Reality. PART I: THE MONTREAL STUDY. Chapter 1. Sexual Murder: Definitions, Epidemiology and Theories. Chapter 2. Sexual Murderers and Sexual Aggressors: Developmental Paths and Criminal History. Chapter 3. Sexual Murderers and Sexual Aggressors: Psychopathological Considerations. Chapter 4. Sexual Murderers and Sexual Aggressors: Intention and Situation. Chapter 5. The Factors Distinguishing Sexual Murderers from Sexual Aggressors: A Multivariate Analysis. Chapter 6. Serial Killers and Sexual Murderers. Chapter 7. Sadistic Sexual Offenders. Chapter 8. Angry or Sadistic: Two Types of Sexual Murderers. Chapter 9. The Motivation and Criminal Career of Sexual Murderers. PART II: THE BIRMINGHAM STUDY. Chapter 10. A Comparison of Rapists and Sexual Murderers on Demographic and Selected Psychometric Measures. Chapter 11. Identification of Motivations for Sexual Murder. PART III: PRACTICAL ISSUES. Chapter 12. The Role of Profiling in the Investigation of Sexual Homicide. Chapter 13. Psychotherapeutic and Psychodynamic Issues with Sexual Murderers. Conclusion. References. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Readings In Abnormal Psychology
Book SynopsisThis volume contains a collection of 43 primary sources, ranging from newspaper articles to scholarly journals, which aim to provide a supplement to any course in abnormal or clinical psychology. The articles represent current psychopathology and indicate the direction of new research.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: INVESTIGATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. Debating Mental Illness: Implications for Science, Medicine, andSocial Policy (E. Gorenstein). The Reliability of Psychiatric and Psychological Diagnosis (J.Matarazzo). SCHIZOPHRENIA. Clues to the Genetics and Neurobiology of Schizophrenia (S. Nicol& I. Gottesman). Expressed Emotion: A Review of the Critical Literature (J.Hooley). MOOD DISORDERS. Antidepressants and Biochemical Theories of Depression (E. McNeal& P. Cimbolic). Depressive Self-Schemas, Life Stress, and Vulnerability toDepression (C. Hammen, et al.). ANXIETY DISORDERS AND REACTIONS TO STRESS. A Cognitive Approach to Panic (D. Clark). Confronting a Traumatic Event: Toward an Understanding ofInhibition and Disease (J. Pennebaker & S. Beall). SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND INTERPERSONAL DISORDERS. Portrait of a Con Artist (T. Sandler). Epidemiology of Drug Abuse: An Overview (M. Schuckit). PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN CHILDREN. Comparative Analysis of Attentional Deficits in Hyperactive andLearning Disabled Children (K. Tarnowski, et al.). Toward an Understanding of Risk Factors for Bulimia (R.Striegel-Moore, et al.). INTERVENTION. Differential Aspects of Experiential and Problem-SolvingInterventions in Resolving Marital Conflict (S. Johnson, etal.). Understanding and Preventing Relapse (K. Brownell).
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Harvard University Press Alien Landscapes
Book SynopsisDo people with mental disorders share enough psychology with other people to make human interpretation possible? Jonathan Glover tackles the hard cases—violent criminals, people with delusions, autism, schizophrenia—to answer affirmatively. He offers values linked with agency and identity to guide how the boundaries of psychiatry should be drawn.Trade Review[An] interesting and readable book, the professed aims of which are to make mental health patients seem less alien and to emphasize the role of the humane and the humanities in psychiatry… Admirable. -- Iain McGilchrist * Literary Review *A wide-ranging philosophical investigation of psychology and a psychological examination of philosophy. -- Jonathon Keats * New Scientist *A searching, humane look at the lives of the mentally ill, whose inner worlds can be alien landscapes indeed. Examining a population of hospitalized patients in Britain, ethicist Glover asks whether it is true that people who suffer from anti‐social disorders are truly without conscience or whether it might not be that their moral world simply maps onto different territory from other people’s—an important distinction in considering such things as the ability to recognize right from wrong and accept responsibility for one’s actions. * Kirkus Reviews *Glover attempts a close encounter of the intellectual kind as he probes the ethical aspects of mental disorders and opens up new terrain in an age‐old discussion. Responding to the long‐standing discord between humanist and scientific perspectives on mental illness—an imbalance that consistently favors science—Glover aims to restore humanist views to the discussion through a sensitive examination of art, literature, and, perhaps most noteworthy, interviews with people who have mental disorders… For the philosophically inclined, Glover’s exploration will prove to be an exciting and informative text. * Publishers Weekly *A great read, and genuinely illuminating on the inner lives of patients with disorders, and their implications for responsibility and identity. This book is for all of us who have had the impulse to write off someone as ‘crazy,’ meaning: there isn’t any point in trying to engage or understand what’s going on with this person. This is a timely and well-crafted book. -- John Campbell, University of California, BerkeleyThis book should become a classic in the study of philosophy and psychiatry. The lucidity of the writing makes it, at once, profound and accessible. While acknowledging the substantial contribution of the biological sciences to our understanding of unusual mental states, Glover explores in depth how far an observer can make sense of—or ‘interpret’—them. The implications for how we might think about ‘values,’ ‘identity,’ ‘agency,’ the boundaries of ‘illness,’ and treatment are most richly drawn. -- George Szmukler, King’s College London
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Princeton University Press The Apologetics of Evil The Case of Iago
Book SynopsisPresents a philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's "Othello". This book opens with a portrait of Iago, and considers the nature and moral significance of the evil that he represents. It addresses the boundaries dividing normality and pathology.Trade Review"What is evil? What are its forms? How is it motivated? These are questions of the greatest human significance and Raatzsch's treatment of them is sensitive, imaginative, and broadly based. This book brings together different lines of argument from epistemology, moral philosophy, and philosophy of mind in a highly compact and supercharged, yet fully comprehensible form. The result packs an enormous intellectual punch."—Raymond Geuss, University of Cambridge"This original, deeply felt, clearly written, and well-argued book combines Shakespearean analysis, moral philosophy, psychology, and philosophy of literature—all in a succinct, unified, and impressive way."—Richard Eldridge, Swarthmore CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Chapter One: The Concept of Iago 11 1.1 The Origin of the Concept 11 1.2 Acting without a Motive? 14 1.3 Iago's Mode of Being and the Idea of a Panopticon 30 Chapter Two: Apologia for Iago 77 2.1 Defense, Justification, and Understanding 77 2.2 Defending Iago 91 2.3 Why Iago Perishes, and What His Downfall Means 103 Acknowledgments 109 Index 111
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Princeton University Press Depression in Japan
Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, suicide in recession-plagued Japan has soared, and rates of depression have both increased and received greater public attention. This title explores how depression has become a national disease and entered the Japanese lexicon, and how psychiatry has overcome the longstanding resistance to its intrusion in Japanese life.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2013 Frances Hsu Prize, Society for East Asian Anthropology "Medical anthropology, with its propensity to theoretise and problemise issues and refer endlessly to other work and concepts with which the reader will not be familiar, is for many outsiders almost as impenetrable as Japanese psychiatry. Putting the two together should be a recipe for disaster, but in Junko Kitanaka's hands, this book is instead a triumph, perhaps even a classic."--David Healy, Times Higher Education "Depression in Japan sets a high methodological and analytic standard for pursuing answers to vital questions."--Kalman Applbaum, Anthropological Quarterly "[C]ompelling and challenging work... [T]his is a thought-provoking book that should be of interest to historians, anthropologists, and clinicians."--Susan L. Burns, Journal of Japanese StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter One: Introduction: Local Forces of Medicalization 1 Part One: Depression in History 19 Chapter Two: Reading Emotions in the Body: The Premodern Language of Depression 23 Chapter Three: The Expansion of Psychiatry into Everyday Life 40 Chapter Four: Pathology of Overwork or Personality Weakness?: The Rise of Neurasthenia in Early-Twentieth-Century Japan 54 Chapter Five: Socializing the "Biological" in Depression: Japanese Psychiatric Debates about Typus Melancholicus 67 Part Two: Depression in Clinical Practice 83 Chapter Six: Containing Reflexivity: The Interdiction against Psychotherapy for Depression 89 Chapter Seven: Diagnosing Suicides of Resolve 107 Chapter Eight: The Gendering of Depression and the Selective Recognition of Pain 129 Part Three: Depression in Society 151 Chapter Nine: Advancing a Social Cause through Psychiatry: The Case of Overwork Suicide 155 Chapter Ten: The Emergent Psychiatric Science of Work: Rethinking the Biological and the Social 174 Chapter Eleven: The Future of Depression: Beyond Psychopharmaceuticals 193 References 201 Index 231
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Cornell University Press The Limits of Autobiography
Book SynopsisMemoirs in which trauma takes a major—or the major—role challenge the limits of autobiography. Leigh Gilmore presents a series of "limit-cases"—texts that combine elements of autobiography, fiction, biography, history, and theory while representing...Trade ReviewLeigh Gilmore's The Limits of Autobiography is a fine addition to the body of excellent recent work in trauma studies, and is highly recommended for all working in the mental health disciplines.... The writing is extremely fine throughout, and the book is a rich cornucopia of literary and psychological analyses, theoretical sophistication, and interdisciplinary connectedness; these treasures can only be suggested here. * Metapsychology Online Review *Through theoretically nuanced, lucid, and insightful readings, Gilmore demonstrates the ability of narrative to transform trauma, to speak to a certain truth about the relationship between trauma and identity that goes beyond the exigencies of accuracy and objectivity that pertain to a juridical contect.... Any reader interested in the myriad interpenetrations of violence, the law, identity, family, and life writing will find much to admire in this impressive study. * Biography *Gilmore offers astute and compelling commentaries in relation to the social and psychic forms within which selected autobiographers told their personal stories in literate and unconventional ways.... Informative, thought-provoking chapters comprise this unique and highly recommended contribution to the literary study of the autobiography. * The Bookwatch *Table of ContentsIntroduction - the limits of autobiography; represent yourself; bastard testimony - incest and illegitimacy in Dorothy Allison's "Bastard Out of Carolina"; there will always be a father - transference and the auto/biographical demand in Mikal Gilmore's "Shot in the Heart"; there will always be a mother - serial autobiography and Jamaica Kincaid; without names - an anatomy of absence in Jeanette Winterson's "Written on the Body"; conclusion - the knowing subject and an alternative jurisprudence of trauma.
£77.25
Cornell University Press The Limits of Autobiography
Book SynopsisMemoirs in which trauma takes a major—or the major—role challenge the limits of autobiography. Leigh Gilmore presents a series of "limit-cases"—texts that combine elements of autobiography, fiction, biography, history, and theory while representing...Trade ReviewLeigh Gilmore's The Limits of Autobiography is a fine addition to the body of excellent recent work in trauma studies, and is highly recommended for all working in the mental health disciplines.... The writing is extremely fine throughout, and the book is a rich cornucopia of literary and psychological analyses, theoretical sophistication, and interdisciplinary connectedness; these treasures can only be suggested here. * Metapsychology Online Review *Through theoretically nuanced, lucid, and insightful readings, Gilmore demonstrates the ability of narrative to transform trauma, to speak to a certain truth about the relationship between trauma and identity that goes beyond the exigencies of accuracy and objectivity that pertain to a juridical contect.... Any reader interested in the myriad interpenetrations of violence, the law, identity, family, and life writing will find much to admire in this impressive study. * Biography *Gilmore offers astute and compelling commentaries in relation to the social and psychic forms within which selected autobiographers told their personal stories in literate and unconventional ways.... Informative, thought-provoking chapters comprise this unique and highly recommended contribution to the literary study of the autobiography. * The Bookwatch *Table of ContentsIntroduction - the limits of autobiography; represent yourself; bastard testimony - incest and illegitimacy in Dorothy Allison's "Bastard Out of Carolina"; there will always be a father - transference and the auto/biographical demand in Mikal Gilmore's "Shot in the Heart"; there will always be a mother - serial autobiography and Jamaica Kincaid; without names - an anatomy of absence in Jeanette Winterson's "Written on the Body"; conclusion - the knowing subject and an alternative jurisprudence of trauma.
£19.99
