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Book SynopsisConversion is very common but often misdiagnosed; even when diagnosed, treatment is difficult. It is critical for physicians to have the necessary knowledge to manage these patients in the most effective way. This volume gives all of the available, up-to-date information on when to think about conversion in movement disorders, how to make a diagnosis, how to use the laboratory to support a clinical diagnosis and how to develop a therapeutic plan. Written by experts in neurology, psychiatry, psychology, neuroimaging, neurophysiology and genetics, this book covers psychogenic movement disorders and other conversion disorders from all of the most relevant clinical angles. An accompanying CD-ROM with a video library featuring over 100 real-life examples of movement disorders will aid diagnosis. Neurologists and psychiatrists, as well as others interested in brain pathophysiology at the boundary of neurology and psychiatry, will find this a useful aid to both clinical practice and research.

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Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive, literature-based but clinically oriented overview of the pervasive neurological adverse effects that frequently affect those receiving antipsychotic (and pharmacologically related) drugs, giving valuable information to the wide range of healthcare professionals who prescribe and monitor these extensively utilised therapeutic agents.Trade Review'This is an outstanding update of a very instructive book and should be mandatory reading for all trainees in psychiatry residency training programs - as well as their program directors … This book is like finding an oasis in a vast desert.' Doody's ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. The origins of psychopharma; 2. Some preliminaries; Part II. The Syndromes: 3. Acute dystonias; 4. Parkinsonism; 5. Akathisia; 6. Tardive dyskinesia; Part III. Particular Issues: 7. Tardive and chronic dystonia; 8. Special populations; Part IV. Assessment: 9. The clinical examination; 10. An overview of some standardised recording instruments; Part V. Matters Arising: 11. Involuntary movements and schizophrenia: a limitation to the concept of tardive dyskinesia?; 12. And finally … the salutary tale of 'atypicality'; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisMajor depressive disorder is a common, often severe, disorder identified as a leading cause of disability globally. The associated economic and human costs are a direct consequence of disturbances in cognitive function. This is the first book to assemble research, clinical and public policy perspectives on cognitive dysfunction in MDD.Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Clinical Relevance of Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: 1. Does cognitive dysfunction predate the onset of incident depression? Julia Buthmann, Danielle S. Cha and Roger S. McIntyre; 2. Understanding the importance of cognitive dysfunction and cognitive change in major depressive disorder Paul Maruff and Judith Jaeger; 3. Cognition in MDD implications for primary care Larry Culpepper; 4. Neurocognition in pediatric depression Dwight Newton, Melanie Naiberg and Benjamin Goldstein; 5. Neuroanatomy of cognition in major depressive disorder (hot and cold) Guy M. Goodwin; 6. Hot and cold cognition in major depressive disorder Oliver Robinson, Jonathan Rosier and Barbara Sahakian; 7. Social cognition and emotional processing in major depressive disorder Philippe Fossati and Sophie Hinfray; 8. The role of social cognition in major depressive disorder Bernhard Baune and Michael Weightman; 9. Are cognitive deficits in major depressive disorder progressive? Philip Gorwood and Marie Laure Clery-Melin; 10. Implications of cognitive impairments on functional outcomes in major depressive disorder Tracy L. Greer and Cassandra R. Hatt; Part II. Underlying Biological Substrates Associated with Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: 11. Cognition and biomarkers in major depressive disorder (MDD): endophenotype or epiphenomenon? Shane McInerney, Philip Gorwood and Sidney Kennedy; 12. Inflammation and cognition in major depressive disorder Bernhard Baune; 13. HPA axis and cognitive dysfunction in mood disorders Rebecca Strawbridge and Allan H. Young; 14. White matter neurobiology and cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder Geoffrey Chern-Yee Tan and Kang Sim; 15. Insulin resistance and implications for hippocampal volume/function the default mode network Heather A. Kenna, Tonita E. Wroolie, Danielle R. Balzafiore and Natalie L. Rasgon; Part III. Evaluating Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: 16. Measuring the mind: detecting cognitive deficits and measuring cognitive change in patients with depression John Harrison; 17. Subjective measures of cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder Raymond Lam; Part IV. Treatment Opportunities for Ameliorating Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: 18. Neuroscience of functional outcomes and treatment targets in major depressive disorder Lisanne M. Jenkins, Amy Peters, Rachel H. Jacobs and Scott A. Langenecker; 19. Treatment of cognitive dysfunction in adults with major depressive disorder Roger S. McIntyre, Kahlood Syeda and Danielle S. Cha; 20. A novel treatment targeting cognitive dysfunction in mood disorders Kamilla W. Miskowiak; 21. Cognitive remediation for major depressive disorder Christopher Bowie; 22. Exercise and cognition Guy Faulkner, Mark Duncan and Mehala Subramaniapillai; Index.

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Book SynopsisShell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain is a thought-provoking reassessment of medical responses to war-related psychological breakdown in the early twentieth century. Dr Loughran places shell-shock within the historical context of British psychological medicine to examine the intellectual resources doctors drew on as they struggled to make sense of nervous collapse. She reveals how medical approaches to shell-shock were formulated within an evolutionary framework which viewed mental breakdown as regression to a level characteristic of earlier stages of individual or racial development, but also ultimately resulted in greater understanding and acceptance of psychoanalytic approaches to human mind and behaviour. Through its demonstration of the crucial importance of concepts of mind-body relations, gender, willpower and instinct to the diagnosis of shell-shock, this book locates the disorder within a series of debates on human identity dating back to the Darwinian revTable of ContentsIntroduction: shell-shock and medical culture in First World War Britain; 1. Frameworks of understanding: reconstructing the human from Darwin to the First World War; 2. Languages of diagnosis: hysteria, neurasthenia and changing pre-war psychological medicine; 3. Body and mind in shell-shock: war and change within psychological medicine; 4. Reading silences: gender and class in medical discourse on shell-shock; 5. Remaking men: will in medical approaches to shell-shock; 6. Animal bodies and minds: instinct and regression in shell-shock; Conclusion: shell-shock and post-war medical culture; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisPresenting state-of-the-art, accessible reviews of the expanding science of alcohol treatment, integrated with practical guides to the management of a wide range of clinical situations, this new edition is compassionate toward patients, optimistic about treatment, and candid about the clinical and professional challenges embedded in the treatment endeavour.Table of ContentsA note on the sixth edition; Introduction; Part I. Background to Understanding: 1. Definitions of drinking problems; 2. Alcohol as a drug; 3. Causes of drinking problems; 4. Social complications of drinking problems; 5. Physical complications of excessive drinking; 6. Drinking problems and psychiatric disorders; 7. Alcohol and other drug problems; Part II. Treatment: Context and Content: 8. Introduction, settings and roles; 9. Case-finding and intervention in non-specialty settings; 10. Assessment of patients with drinking problems; 11. Withdrawal states and their clinical management; 12. The therapeutic relationship; 13. Specialist treatment of drinking problems; 14. Alcoholics Anonymous and other mutual-help organizations; 15. Religion, spirituality and values in the treatment of drinking problems; 16. Pursuing treatment outcomes other than abstinence; 17. Managing setbacks and challenges in the treatment of drinking problems; Epilogue; Index.

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Book SynopsisChildhood anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represent some of the most common mental health disorders affecting young people, often leading to major life impairments. This book brings together the world''s leaders in treatment science to provide evidence-based psychosocial interventions for these disorders. It supplies practitioners and researchers with innovations in clinical science, highlighting advances in technology and neuroscientific discovery which have informed the development of these novel treatment advances. The authors tackle the two main challenges facing the field of childhood psychopathology: improving access to evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) through innovations in treatment delivery, and increasing the positive outcomes for youth through unique therapies. Any reader who wants to be informed on the latest approaches to cognitive and behavioural interventions and how to apply them will benefit from Trade Review'CBT is a well-established intervention for childhood anxiety, obsessive-compulsive, and traumatic conditions. Clinicians must be familiar with a wide range of developments, which this text provides, through coverage of family and parent interventions, web-based programs of therapy, and pharmacotherapy, to name just a few. Comprehensive in scope and bringing together all the leaders in the field, this book is required reading for early-career clinicians all the way through the most seasoned therapists.' Dean McKay, Fordham University, New York'This important, well-organized, and timely book brings together international expert commentaries on the latest exciting innovations in the practice of CBT for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders, OCD and PTSD. No doubt, these innovations will help improve the care and further dissemination of CBT for emotionally distressed children and adolescents.' Pier J. M. Prins, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'Written by leading international experts, this book provides a timely update on the empirical evidence focusing on CBT for childhood anxiety, OCD, and PTSD. The clinical context is emphasised in the chapters, making this an essential text for researchers and clinicians alike. Highly recommended.' Alice Gregory, Goldsmiths, University of London and author of Nodding Off: the Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave'It is a must-read to learn about the latest theoretical and research advances being made and the ground-breaking applications of CBT in clinical and community settings. Kudos to the editors for bringing together world-class international experts - this is truly a book that will be 'heard around the world'.' Wendy K. Silverman, Alfred A. Messer Professor of Child Psychiatry and Director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program, Yale University, Connecticut'This book is a must for any clinician, student, or scientist working in the field of child anxiety. The editors have recruited a world-class group authors to provide a truly comprehensive and empirically-informed practical guide to anxiety, OCD, and PTSD in youth. It will occupy a prominent place on my bookshelf!' Jonathan S. Abramowitz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'This book has brought together international experts in research and practice to address the two major challenges we currently face in the field of childhood anxiety and related disorders. One: how we improve outcomes so more children benefit. Two: how we make sure treatments that work are accessible to those who could benefit from them. This will be an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners.' Cathy Creswell, University of Reading'This book offers valuable insights into the range of current treatment packages and innovations relevant to child and adolescent anxiety and related problems. It is accessible and systematic. A particular strength of this book is the use of case studies and practice points to illustrate these theory driven treatments in real-life contexts.' Jennifer Lau, King's College LondonTable of ContentsPart I. Anxiety Disorders: 1. Phenomenology and standard evidence-based care of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; 2. Evidence-based assessment; 3. Self-help treatment of childhood anxiety disorders; 4. New technologies to deliver CBT: computer and web-based programs, mobile applications and virtual reality; 5. Cognitive bias modification strategies for anxious children: attention and interpretation bias retraining; 6. Brief intensive treatments; 7. Pharmacologic-enhanced approaches for the anxiety disorders; 8. Enhanced family approaches for the anxiety disorders; 9. Treatment of comorbid sleep problems in anxious children; 10. Transdiagnostic approaches to the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; 11. Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based programs for the prevention and treatment of childhood anxiety; 12. Innovations in the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders: mindfulness and self-compassion approaches; Part II. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: 13. Phenomenology and standard care of OCD in children and adolescents; 14. Evidence-based assessment of child obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): recommendations for clinical practice and treatment research; 15. Self-help treatments for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder including bibliotherapy; 16. New technologies to deliver CBT for young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder; 17. Interpretation and attentional bias training; 18. Innovations in treating OCD: brief, intensive treatments; 19. Pharmacologic-augmented treatments; 20. Enhanced family approaches in childhood OCD; 21. Treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder and comorbid disorders; 22. Transdiagnostic approaches; 23. Pediatric OCD: dissemination and implementation; 24. New wave therapies for pediatric OCD; Part III. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: 25. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy: an evidence-based approach for helping children overcome the impact of child abuse and trauma; 26. Advances in the assessment of PTSD in children and young people; 27. New technologies to deliver CBT (including web-based CBT, mobile apps, and virtual reality); 28. Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR); 29. Innovation in early trauma treatment: the child and family traumatic stress intervention (CFTSI); 30. Pediatric post-traumatic stress disorder: pharmacological augmented treatments; 31. Enhanced family-based interventions for children who have been traumatized by physical abuse and neglect; 32. Treatment of PTSD and comorbid disorders; 33. Transdiagnostic treatment for youth with traumatic stress; 34. Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments for childhood PTSD; 35. New wave therapies for post-traumatic stress disorder in youth.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides both breadth and depth regarding current approaches to the understanding, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders. The five parts of the book address etiology; models; individual disorders and clusters; assessment; and treatment. A comprehensive picture of personality pathology is supplied that acknowledges the contributions and missteps of the past, identifies the crucial questions of the present, and sets a course for the future. It also follows the changes the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5) has triggered in the field of personality disorders. The editors take a unique approach where all chapters include two commentaries by experts in the field, as well as an author rejoinder. This approach engages multiple perspectives and an exchange of ideas. It is the ideal resource for researchers and treatment providers at all career stages.Trade Review'The editors have put together a comprehensive handbook on pressing issues concerning the causes, constructs, evaluation, and treatment of personality pathology. By incorporating a novel format of formal chapters, commentaries, and rejoinders provided by authors from across the career spectrum, this volume is sure to impact personality research for years to come.' Andrew E. Skodol, University of Arizona, Tucson'This handbook is a comprehensive examination of the facts and issues in the diagnosis, treatment, and neurobiology of personality disorders. It brings together many of the core theorists, clinicians, and researchers in the field, making it a must-read for any serious student of this topic and an excellent reference for researchers at any level.' Mary C. Zanarini, Harvard University and Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital'… a must-have for practitioners in the mental health field … this handbook provides in-depth analysis of the etiology and treatment of challenging disorders … is a well-documented look at personality disorders that anticipates potential or ongoing controversies about their etiology, diagnosis, or treatment.' R. E. Osborne, ChoiceTable of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction to the Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders Carl W. Lejuez and Kim L. Gratz; Part I. Etiology: 1. Neuroimaging in personality disorders Chi C. Chan, Daniel H. Vaccaro, Nina L. J. Rose, Laura E. Kessler and Erin A. Hazlett; 2. Issues and new directions in personality disorder genetics Kerry L. Jang and Fiona Choi; 3. Environmental and sociocultural influences on personality disorders Brianna J. Turner, Julie Prud'homme and Nicole Legg; 4. Personality pathology in youth Carla Sharp and Barbara De Clercq; Part II. Models: 5. Controversies in the classification and diagnosis of personality disorders Joel Paris; 6. Categorical models of personality disorders Igor Weinberg; 7. The five-factor model of personality disorders Joshua D. Miller and Thomas A. Widiger; 8. Interpersonal models of personality pathology Michael J. Roche and Emily B. Ansell; Part III. Individual Disorders and Clusters: 9. Cluster a personality disorders John G. Kerns; 10. Borderline personality disorder Alexander L. Chapman, Nora H. Hope and Brianna J. Turner; 11. An integrative biobehavioral trait perspective on antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy Sarah J. Brislin and Christopher J. Patrick; 12. Narcissistic and histrionic personality disorders Aaron L. Pincus, Sindes Dawood, Leila Z. Wu and Chloe F. Bliton; 13. Cluster C anxious-fearful personality pathology and avoidance Charles A. Sanislow and Anna Darre Hector; Part IV. Assessment: 14. Methods and current issues in dimensional assessments of personality pathology Chloe M. Evans, Trevor F. Williams and Leonard J. Simms; 15. Categorical assessment of personality disorders: considerations of reliability and validity Janine D. Flory; 16. Assessment of mechanisms in personality disorders Sheila E. Crowell, Parisa R. Kaliush and Robert D. Vlisides-Henry; Part V. Treatment: 17. Cognitive behavioral approaches M. Zachary Rosenthal, Kristin P. Wyatt and Kibby McMahon; 18. Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approaches to personality disorders Peter Fonagy, Anthony Bateman, Patrick Luyten, Elizabeth Allison and Chloe Campbell; 19. Using DSM-5 and ICD-11 personality traits in clinical treatment Bo Bach and Jennifer Presnall-Shvorin; 20. Brief therapeutic approaches for personality disorders Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, Lindsey C. Conkey and Sherry E. Woods; 21. Recent developments in the pharmacologic management of personality disorders Paul S. Links, Philippe Boursiquot and Madison Links; Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten by leaders in the addictions field, 100 authors from six countries, this handbook is a thoroughly comprehensive resource. Philosophical and legal issues are addressed, while conceptual underpinnings are provided through explanations of appetitive motivation, incentive sensitization, reward deficiency, and behavioral economics theories. Major clinical and research methods are clearly mapped out (e.g. MRI, behavioral economics, interview assessments, and qualitative approaches), outlining their strengths and weaknesses, giving the reader the tools needed to guide their research and practice aims. The etiology of addiction at various levels of analysis is discussed, including neurobiology, cognition, groups, culture, and environment, which simultaneously lays out the foundations and high-level discourse to serve both novice and expert researchers and clinicians. Importantly, the volume explores the prevention and treatment of such addictions as alcohol, tobacco, novel drugs, food,Table of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Concepts of Addiction: 1. Appetitive needs and addiction; 2. Behavioral economics and addictive disorders; 3. Sensitization of incentive salience and the transition to addiction; 4. Philosophical issues in the addictions; Part II. Clinical and research methods in the addictions: 5. Human neurobiological approaches to hedonically motivated behaviors; 6. Human laboratory paradigms in addictions research; 7. Behavioral economic considerations of novel addictions and non-addictive behavior: research and analytic methods; 8. Substance and behavioral addictions assessment instruments; 9. Qualitative approaches to the study of substance and behavioral addictions; Part III. Levels of analysis and etiology: 10. Neurobiology of substance addictions; 11. Neurobiological foundations of behavioral addictions; 12. Multiple memory systems, addiction, and health habits: new routes for translational science; 13. The role of culture in addiction; 14. The physical and social environments as determinants of health: implications for substance and behavioral addictions; Part IV. Prevention and treatment: 15. Adolescent drug misuse prevention: challenges in school-based programming; 16. Treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) misuse; 17. Prevention and treatment of 'food addiction'; 18. The prevention and treatment of gambling disorders: some art, some science; 19. Prevention and treatment of sex addiction; 20. Passionate love addiction: an evolutionary survival mechanism that can go terribly wrong; 21. Prevention and treatment of compulsive buying disorder; 22. Prevention and treatment of work addiction; 23. Gaming disorder and its treatment; Part V. Ongoing and future research directions: 24. Precision behavioral management (PBM): a novel genetically guided therapy to combat reward deficiency syndrome (RDS) relevant to the opiate crisis; 25. Novel psychoactive substances: a new challenge for prevention and treatment; 26. Impaired physicians; 27. Feedback models for gambling control: the use and efficacy of online responsible gambling tools; 28. Food versus eating addictions; 29. Measurement, prevention and treatment of exercise addiction; 30. Tanning as an addiction: the state of the research and implications for intervention; 31. Considering the overlap and non-overlap of compulsivity, impulsivity, and addiction; 32. Anhedonia in addictive behaviors; 33. Mindfulness-based interventions applied to addiction treatments; 34. American legal issues in addiction treatment and research; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis spin-off from Stephen M. Stahl's new, completely revised, and fully updated sixth edition of the Prescriber's Guide covers the most important drugs in use today for treating depression.Table of ContentsIntroduction; List of icons; Agomelatine; Amisulpride; Amitriptyline; Amoxapine; Amphetamine (d); Amphetamine (d,l); Aripiprazole; Armodafinil; Asenapine; Atomoxetine; Brexpiprazole; Bupropion; Buspirone; Citalopram; Clomipramine; Cyamemazine; Desipramine; Desvenlafaxine; Dothiepin; Doxepin; Duloxetine; Escitalopram; Fluoxetine; Flupenthixol; Fluvoxamine; Iloperidone; Imipramine; Isocarboxazid; Ketamine; Lamotrigine; Lisdexamfetamine; Lithium; Lofepramine; Lurasidone; Maprotiline; Methylfolate (l); Methylphenidate (d); Methylphenidate (d,l); Mianserin; Milnacipran; Mirtazapine; Moclobemide; Modafinil; Nefazodone; Nortriptyline; Olanzapine; Paroxetine; Phenelzine; Protriptyline; Quetiapine; Reboxetine; Selegiline; Sertindole; Sertraline; Sulpiride; Tianeptine; Tranylcypromine; Trazodone; Triiodothyronine; Trimipramine; Venlafaxine; Vilazodone; Vortioxetine; Index by drug name; Index by use.

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Book SynopsisOver 90% of the brain is concerned with higher cortical functions, yet understanding of syndromes, functions, and measurements remains unchartered. This valuable handbook illuminates brain function, natural environment and human function, by delving into the interdisciplinary study. Multifaceted in its perspective, this book demonstrates bi-directionality of information exchange between disciplines. This book weaves around key case reports, series, control studies and cohort studies from cognitive neurology registries, to present the most current, practical research. Gaining appreciation for the fundamental formation and assembly of the supervisory area of the brain will inform an understanding of conditions and behavior for neuroscience professionals, clinical brain scientists and medical students in neuroscience, worldwide. Authored by a leading expert in cognitive neurology, this book guides the reader through the evolutionary, or neuro-archeological, aspects of how the frontal lobeTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Progressively larger brains evolved ever since the vertebrate-invertebrate divide; 2. The profound increase in primate gray matter growth; 3. Exponential white matter growth and major fiber tract systems assembly; 4. Cellular and molecular changes; 5. The core frontal systems; 6. Major software upgrading, enhanced working memory (EWM): assembled in Southern Africa during a time of extreme environmental hardship; 7. Unravelling of these networks in neurological conditions – nature's reductionism; 8. Most neurological diseases present as networktopathies with significant diaschisis or remote disconnection phenomena; 9. An exquisitely sensitive prefrontal cortex evolved that is vulnerable to the vicissitudes of daily rhythms; 10. Implications for treatment and management: a network based approach; 11. Sense of self disorders; 12. Implications for you and society.

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Book SynopsisWhile medication is hugely important in treating bipolar disorders, an integrated approach which utilizes psychological treatments can target some aspects that medication alone cannot reach. A comprehensive review of evidence-based psychological treatments is provided, followed by practical information on psychoeducation for patients and family members, healthy lifestyle promotion, mindfulness-based interventions and cognitive and functional remediation, as they represent the basis on which the integrative approach is developed. The second half of the book provides examples of sessions of integrative therapy, which can be shared with patients themselves, enhancing the effectiveness of applying the treatment. Psychotherapy for Bipolar Disorders: An Integrative Approach offers a brief but multi-component treatment framework that can also be implemented in non-specialized health centres. This approach may greatly improve the well-being and quality of life of people with bipolar disorders. This accessible text is an essential resource for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and any healthcare provider working in mental healthcare.Trade Review'This is a comprehensive review of psychotherapy interventions for helping people with bipolar disorder. Students in clinical training are likely to find it very useful but so are licensed mental health professionals who have been practicing for years. Many different approaches are addressed here along with the research supporting their effectiveness … What is unique about this book is that all of the approaches are presented so as to invite therapists to evaluate how they might selectively combine them, as appropriate, within an integrative treatment plan. There also is a very useful section at the end that can be shared with clients, describing the different parts of an integrative approach.' D. C. Marston, ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. An Introduction of Treatments: 1.1 Introduction to bipolar disorders; 1.2 Adjunctive psychological treatments in adults with bipolar disorders; Part II. The Foundations of an Integrative Approach to Bipolar Disorders: 2.1 Psychoeducation for patients and family members; 2.2 Promotion of a healthy lifestyle; 2.3 Mindfulness; 2.4 Cognitive and functional remeditation; Part III. An Integrative Approach to Bipolar Disorders: 3.1 Introduction to the integrative approach; 3.2 Contents of the integrative approach; Appendix 1. The group rules; Appendix 2. Level of satisfaction with the intervention; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe thrust-area of this book is the connection between imperial anxieties and tropical health situations along with intriguing psychological questions involving race, politics, gender, history and colonial modernity. For a long time, the focus has largely been Eurocentric: the effects of European medicine and healthcare policies introduced to the sub-continental colonies have been viewed in relation to the strategies of governing the colonial subjects. David Arnolds Colonising the Body considers the States role in introducing European medicine as instrumental to the British imperial project in India. In literary representations, especially in the Late Victorian and early twentieth century fiction and memoirs by Rudyard Kipling, Philip Meadows Taylor, Flora Annie Steel and George Orwell, we have several pictures of a palliative, medically-oriented imperialism. Waltraud Ernsts Mad Tales of the Raj (1998) and Christiane Hartnacks Psychoanalysis in Colonial India (2001) offer thoughtfully documented analyses of the early developments of psychology and psychotherapy in colonial India. Indian medical historians like Poonam Bala and Projit Mukharji question the tendency of looking at western medicine only in terms of monopoly and power. However, the question of Indianness in psychoanalytic philosophy, trying to understand how the East hopes to locate Western psychoanalysis in a post-therapeutic journey, or how the anti-Oedipal or an-Oedipal manifests itself in Indian cultures of psychoanalysis, still remains an area demanding further attention. The present volume seeks to understand such problems in colonial, medical and psychoanalytic discourses, from perspectives that are broadly interdisciplinary yet chiefly based on literary, historical and cultural studies. Containing fourteen chapters, this book hopes to succeed in exploring the medical and fictional literatures of colonial and postcolonial India, both in English and other Indian languages. The book is divided into such sub-themes as: Psychoanalysis , psychopathology and the aesthetics of malady; Literature, medicine and healthcare in colonial India; Historical Studies; Studies in popular fiction: sensational psychiatry; Medicine, gender and colonial modernity.

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Book SynopsisSince different diseases and their associated pathogens became more resistant to the diverse drugs that have been synthesized or isolated from nature, certain ailments could be treated without generating side effects in current drugs. Cytotoxicity and cognitive and/or motor effects are consequences of the use of certain compounds that in its genealogy alter in a moderated way the treatment of the neurodegenerative diseases. Often, surgical interventions are an invasive alternative that determine whether the patient does or does not achieve the advances expected in reducing involuntary movements, such as Parkinsons disease. Commercial and natural alternatives could help patients endure the psychological effects of movement and cognitive diseases. At the present time, L-Dopa is used, for instance, as a commercial drug for the treatment of Parkinsons disease, since it can control the involuntary movements of the patient under a certain status. Although this nitrogen compound presents itself in low concentrations in some vegetables such as broad beans, porotos and ginkgo biloba, the continuous consumption of these foods does not assure that the abovementioned neurodegenerative disease is will recede, nor does it mean that its side effects will decrease. Therefore, the search for new alternatives that generate mitigation and a better quality of life for patients requires us to check the last few contributions in studies on the motor/mental dysfunctions by using a new and novel medical tool that implies a better pharmacological potential without being discarded from the organism via low solubility in the blood; this potential is known as nanomedicine. Concerning its molecular structure, many drugs have great potential as chemical-therapeutic agents, however, due to its low polarity, these compounds are eliminated from the organism without crossing the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which prevents the entrance of many psychotropic drugs. In this sense, from the use of cannabinoids, flavonoids and nanomedicine, many authors have impelled their research in reducing the size of the "bundle" that contains the active compound from a medicine, diminishing its concentration and the side effects that accompany the drugs that are administered orally or injected. Even more so, the formation of a supramolecular framework from natural polymers either chitosan or synthetic molecules such as poly--caprolactone (PCL) has allowed the formation of nanoparticles with interesting physical-chemical properties, enables the delivery of the active compound in the appropriate site during a controlled release. In this book, the authors compile a number of diverse contributions focused on the isolation, pharmacological evaluation and formulation of the carrier/drug system and generate, for the case of the nanoparticles, the same pharmacological effects in the people who endure CNS diseases. The advances and novel molecular tools to relieve the patient of the undesirable effects of the current drugs in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases are mentioned and discussed. These scientific achievements are the tip of the iceberg in terms of health improvement for the population due to these limiting diseases.

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Book SynopsisIntellectual disabilities have long been a concern for both practitioners and academics alike. With the introduction and advocacy of concepts to the public in recent decades, and the normalization and valorization of intellectual disabilities, humanistic concern has become the dominant trend in providing interventions and services for people with these issues. Today, various ideas for societal inclusion of those with intellectual disabilities have been introduced. However, many practitioners and academics have criticized these ideas as idealistic, and in many ways, inapplicable for actual social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. The situation is particularly serious regarding those intellectually disabled individuals presenting various forms of self-harm, aggression, disturbing behaviors, and emotional fluctuation (SADE: S =Self harm, A = Aggression, D = Disturbing behaviors, E = Emotional fluctuation). In many instances, social exclusion, labelling, punishments, deprivation of rights, physical restraints, as well as psychiatric medications are commonly used in controlling intellectual disabled clients with SADE. A thorough understanding of intellectually disabled clients has revealed that their self-harm, aggression, disturbing behaviors, and emotional fluctuations (SADE) are closely related to their unfulfilled needs, developmental traumas, abuse, neglect, and abandonment in their lives. These individuals have problems in expressing their views and emotions, as well as having severe attachment needs. Based on the writers' substantial experience, clinical practice, and supervision in working with intellectual disabled clients with SADE, this book is the first to formulate and consolidate the communication, emotionality, intimacy, and trauma based interpretation and intervention for intellectually disabled clients with SADE. This book provides methods for effective, humanistic, normalized, and integrated recovery of these individuals.Table of ContentsPreface; A Shifting of Paradigm from Inhumane Control on Challenging Behavior to Deep, Normalized, Empathic Understanding of SADE (Self Harm, Aggression, Disturbing Behavior and Emotional Fluctua-tion); A Deep and Comprehensive Articulation of SADE Model: From Behaviors in Context, Person in Context to Person in Life Narration; Emotionality and Communication of Clients with Intellectual Disa-bility: Implications in Interpretation and Intervention of SADE; Intimacy and Attachment of Clients with Intellectual Disability: Implications in Interpretation and Intervention of SADE; Trauma and Resilience of Clients with Intellectual Disability: Implications in Interpretation and Intervention of SADE; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book is really a reflection of the past more than 20 years of work with teens and suicide prevention in the state of Kentucky. The work to establish the "Stop Youth Suicide Campaign (SYS)" has resulted in contact with many young adults, and we have found that the most important thing for all of them was finding a caring person they trust and can talk to. Because of the constant need, the SYS went from a goal of being a one-year awareness campaign to becoming a major community resource, working with the state and local governments and state legislators to add as many resources as possible. We have witnessed for the first time a drop of youth suicide rates below the national average, according to the 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance done biannually by the Center for Disease Control. In this book, we will tackle various topics and specific populations in relation to suicide written by people who work with teens and care about them. Professor Hatim A Omar, MD, FAAP, is professor of paediatrics and obstetrics/gynaecology, Children''s Miracle Network Chair, Division of Adolescent Medicine and Young Parents Program, Kentucky Children''s Hospital, UK Healthcare, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, born and educated in Denmark is professor of paediatrics at the Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel, Kentucky Children''s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, United States and professor of public health at the Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States, the former medical director of the Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem and the founder and director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel.

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Book SynopsisDepression has always been at the center stage of psychiatry, with many resources allocated to its study and treatment. Depression and Anxiety: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Treatment first reviews the emerging Integrative Evolutionary-Stress Response-Predictive Processing Framework Theory, which may offer useful insights for clinical practice. Sexual problems and dissatisfaction with sex are commonly associated with depression. More awareness and a better understanding of this condition can lead to effective treatment and enhancement of quality of life. Following this, the authors compare benzodiazepine use in patients with major depression and anxiety disorders to determine which demographic features are related to benzodiazepine use and constitute risk factors for benzodiazepine dependence. Literature suggests correlations between the abnormalities in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and anxiety disorders, especially in terms of cortisol levels. As such, this compilation systematically assesses the available research data in the last 10 years, shedding light on the association between psychoneuroimmunology and anxiety. The closing article uses pooled data from 1983-2008 to assess the psychophysiological measures of anxiety. Various databases were searched for articles in English using search words related to psychophysiological measures of anxiety, markers for anxiety, physiological changes anxiety, and monitors of emotional change. The implications of the findings will contribute to further research on improved management for anxiety disorders.

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Book SynopsisThe Knotted Cord: An Update on Transgenerational Alcohol. Is a follow up to the original The Knotted Cord published by Nova Science in 2014. It is written as a conversation between myself in 2014 and then in 2019. The conversation is structured around the chapters of the initial book. Thus Ireland's toxic romance with alcohol, the stigma of transgenerational alcohol and the ethical dilemma of diagnosing and managing Neurodevelopmental Disorder prenatal alcohol exposure offer the beginning thrust to the book showing what has changed in the intervening five years and what has not changed. Overall the book is a critical and academic update on the complexities of understanding transgenerational alcohol and its impacts on societies worldwide. Management has clearly been placed in a Systems of Care paradigm, which is consistent with the 2014 book. However the intervening five years have produced a new clinical instrument, the Early Childhood Service Intensity Instrument (ECSII). The clinical emphasis on mothers and children under five years of age has become the entry into decreasing the impact of transgenerational alcohol. At the moment, the teratogenic effect of alcohol on the developing fetus remains frozen in being only related to a dysmorphic face. This is far from the truth as this prenatal acquired brain injury causes a mainly hidden, non-IQ, non-Face driven Global neurodevelopmental disorder, now more correctly diagnosed as Neurodevelopmental Disorder prenatal alcohol exposure, NDPAE, DSM 5.Code 315. Lastly, the challenge of approaching transgenerational alcohol and its impacts is a challenge to traditional medical practices of child and adult care. This disconnected model of care does not fit as medical, nursing, addiction and social workers need to move out of their silos and communicate with health professionals across the age range and accept this 'orphan' condition.Table of ContentsBrief Biography of Dr Kieran D OMalley; Synopsis (Update); Prologue (Update); Irelands Toxic Romance with Alcohol (Update); The Stigma of Transgenerational Alcohol (Update); The Ethical Dilemma of Diagnosing and Managing ARND (Update); The Scientific Thinking That Underpins Transgenerational ARND (Update); Where Do You Begin the Diagnostic Process? Thats The Question (Update); The Phenotype of Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND) (Update); The Natural History of ARND: A Window into the Future (Update); A Broader Approach to Management (Update); Multimodal Management No. 11: Medical Medication Management (Update) ; The Systems of Care Approach to Management (Update); Postscript (Update); Epilogue (Update); References; Practical Strategies for Managing Children/Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Disorders Including FAS or ARND; Author's Contact Information; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is an up-to-date, comprehensive reference manual. Its authors include seasoned practicing mental health professionals and doctoral psychology program faculty with over a century of combined clinical experience assessing and treating Borderline Personality Disorder. The book provides a history of conceptual models contributing to the definition and diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, and explains the development and evolution of current diagnostic criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, Fifth Edition (DSM 5). Various theoretical models for conceptualising, assessing, and treating Borderline Personality Disorder are presented, including Psychoanalytic, Object Relations, Cognitive-Behavioral, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Constructionist, Evidence-Based, and Biological perspectives. Differential diagnosis is discussed, with specific attention to trauma and its effects on personality functioning. The recent emergence of Borderline Personality Disorder into American mainstream media and culture is explored, including the stigma associated with the diagnosis and its potential effect on the person diagnosed, friends and family, and providers of care. Current conceptualisations of the Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis are discussed, including the possibility that there might be more than one type of Borderline Personality Disorder. Future directions for research, conceptualisation, assessment and treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder are explored, including potential DSM changes. Borderline Personality Disorder is a useful resource for practicing mental health professionals, and a powerful and concise source of information for doctoral level psychology students.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; A History and Conceptualization of Borderline Personality Diagnosis; Defining Borderline Personality Disorder; Biological Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder; Evidence-Based Models of Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder; Object Relations Theory and Borderline Personality Disorder; Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Constructionist Approaches to Treating Borderline Personality Disorder; The Stigma of Borderline Personality Disorder; Afterword; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book will present the most up to date and concise information related to psychiatric innovations and is especially written for those looking for a quick and easy reference guide. Conveniently formatted to present the most current and up to date concepts and ensure that you are prepared for your psychiatry shelf, PRITE, psychiatry boards and recertification exams. It will quickly become your go to reference material for psychiatric technological innovations.Table of ContentsPreface; Technological Cycles in Psychiatry; Telepsychiatry and Its Use Across Subspecialties in Psychiatry; Apps for Anxiety; Journaling Apps; cCBT; Apps for Eating Disorders; PSYCKES and PDMP; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Apps for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disorders; Apps for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Apps for Substance Use Disorders; Psychological Testing Tools; Social Media and its Impact on Mental Health; Future Directions; Index.

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Book SynopsisForensic Psychiatry is a field that is more specialized in psychiatry. Specialists who are working in this field are confronted with many ethical-legal problems. Although forensic psychiatry field has multidisciplinary interactions, in literature, there are limited publications about forensic psychiatry. In this book, authors who are experts in their fields, state the main problems confronted by forensic psychiatrists and put forth ethical approaches for legal and ethical problems. The authors emphasize the basic clinical skills and the trainee of the expert is required for a full assessment and understanding of any forensic psychiatry issue. The text also emphasizes an evidence-based approach to practice and gives full attention to ethical and legal issues. This book integrates the classical principles of medical ethics with modern medical applications while demonstrating the clinical applications of this knowledge for the diagnosis and management of a wide range of forensic psychiatry topics. This book will be useful for qualified psychiatrists, forensic medicine specialists, medical students, and those in fields related to current forensic psychiatry practices.

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Book Synopsis Mastering the Kennedy Axis V: A New Psychiatric Assessment of Patient Functioning is a hands-on guide to using the Kennedy Axis V (K Axis). This fast and powerful instrument is at the heart of James A. Kennedy's approach to psychiatric treatment planning. This versatile and practical workbook is an excellent training tool to help clinicians (including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and nurses) develop knowledge, skill, and confidence in using the K Axis. Mastering the Kennedy Axis V will help you • Develop ease and facility with the concepts on which the K Axis is founded• Gain practical experience in using the K Axis through practical exercises• Build a foundation for systematically tracking response to treatment, including response to medication• Organize and track the flow of clinical information through a patient's clinical databases, treatment plan and progress notes Step-by-step, you'll walk through the conceptual underpinnings and rating systems of the seven subscales: psychological impairment, social skills, violence, activities of daily living/occupational skills, substance abuse, medical impairment and ancillary impairment. Through a wide variety of clinical vignettes, you will gain practical experience in using the K Axis to quickly develop basic clinical measurements and profiles. Developed as an alternative to the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale, the Kennedy Axis V is clear, intuitive, effective—and preferred by a growing number of clinicians. Mastering the Kennedy Axis V provides a user-friendly roadmap to using the K Axis to more thoroughly assess patients' clinical status, resulting in better treatment and outcome.Trade ReviewKennedy's original purpose in designing the Kennedy Axis V was to better organize psychiatric information and to track outcomes. It appears that he has developed a simple means for doing both. . . .More good news for facilities reporting to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: data from the Kennedy Axis V can be reported via the ORYX system. -- Stacey Dixon, Ph.D., * Psychiatric Services *This is an excellent and useful guide on how to use an instrument that can be used in place of the GAF. As managed care continues to be the norm in medicine, it helps to quantify and measure the patient's clinical status, his progress, his potential for recovery, and the effectiveness of treatment. It also more clearly describes the level of care each patient requires, which could be useful in determining staffing needs. I would recommend it as an excellent addition to any clinician's library. -- Diana Marta, BSN, RN * Doody's Book Reviews *Table of ContentsForewordAcknowledgments Cautionary NoteIdentifying Patient DataChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Kennedy Axis V QuestionnaireChapter 3. Scoring the Kennedy Axis VChapter 4. GAF Equivalent and Dangerousness LevelChapter 5. Problem Description Section of the Scoring SheetChapter 6. Scoring Clinical Vignettes (Self-Examination)Chapter 7. Completed Kennedy Axis V Scoring SheetsChapter 8. ProfilesAppendix

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Book SynopsisThis book presents new and important research from around the world on depression which is a serious medical illness affecting 5 to 8 percent of the adult population in a given year. Unlike normal emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states, major depression is persistent and can significantly interfere with an individual''s thoughts, behaviour, mood, activity, and physical health. Among all medical illnesses, major depression is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and many other developed countries. Depression occurs twice as frequently in women as in men, for reasons that are not fully understood. More than half of those who experience a single episode of depression will continue to have episodes that occur as frequently as once or even twice a year. Without treatment, the frequency of depressive illness as well as the severity of symptoms tends to increase over time. Left untreated, depression can lead to suicide.

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Book SynopsisSuicide-proofing a room can prevent suicidal behaviour in incarcerated prisoners and in psychiatric patients. The question addressed is this book is whether suicide-proofing the general environment prevents suicide in the general population. The final chapter sums up the results and discusses the issues stimulated by this body of research.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores mental depression; it''s forms, causes and treatments. Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings are usually fleeting and pass within a couple of days. When a person has a depressive disorder, it interferes with daily life, normal functioning, and causes pain for both the person with the disorder and those who care about him or her. Depression is a common but serious illness, and most who experience it need treatment to get better. Many people with a depressive illness never seek treatment. However, the vast majority, even those with the most severe depression, can get better with treatment. This books describes the most up-to-date research in this field, including the development of medications, psychotherapies, and other methods which have been used to people with this disabling disorder.

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Book SynopsisSocietal awareness of transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) individuals is greater now than at any point in history, owing to the education of policy makers by advocacy organizations, the education of clinicians by research and scientific organizations, and the education of the general public by movies, television, and other media. However, most professional training programs for mental health professionals provide little to no education regarding gender diversity. Transgender Mental Health squarely addresses this deficit. This guide forgoes clinical jargon in favor of accessible, straightforward language designed to educate clinicians on how to address the basic needs of the TGNC community, thus increasing access to mental health care for TGNC individuals, which has been sorely lacking to this point. Rich in cases drawn from real clinical experience, the guide is organized into four sections. • The first section includes a discussion of the gender spectrum and offers a history of the TGNC experience. This section also covers advocacy, particularly letter writing for gender marker changes and gender-affirming surgeries.• The second section is dedicated to mental health factors in TGNC care and examines sex and sexuality, support systems, and transitioning and detransitioning.• The third of the guide's sections addresses general physical health with TGNC individuals, including masculinizing and feminizing hormones, with an eye toward preparing practitioners to address the social, psychological, and physical needs of their patients.• The final section discusses all major gender-affirming surgical procedures, as well as nonsurgical interventions. Each chapter includes summarizing key points and review questions at the end that not only test the reader's comprehension of the material but also provide additional information on the complicated political, social, and cultural barriers that many TGNC individuals experience as they attempt to secure adequate care. Relevant for a range of mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, family therapists, and school counselors, Transgender Mental Health is a simple yet thorough primer on the complex topic of gender diversity.Table of ContentsAbout the AuthorForewordAcknowledgmentsPart I: General Topics Chapter. 1 IntroductionChapter. 2 Understanding the Gender SpectrumChapter. 3 Historical Background Chapter. 4 Establishing a TGNC-Friendly Clinic Chapter. 5 Advocacy Chapter. 6 Letter WritingPart II: Mental Health–Related Topics Chapter. 7 The Gender Dysphoria DiagnosisChapter. 8 Gender-Affirming Mental Health Chapter. 9 Transitions and DetransitionsChapter. 10 Families Chapter. 11 Plurality Chapter. 12 Sexuality Part III: Primary Care and Hormone Treatment Chapter. 13 Primary CareChapter. 14 Transmasculine HormonesChapter. 15 Transfeminine HormonesPart IV: Surgical and Nonsurgical Gender-Affirming Procedures Chapter. 16 Transmasculine Top Surgery Chapter. 17 Transfeminine Top Surgery Chapter. 18 Transmasculine Bottom SurgeryChapter. 19 Transfeminine Bottom SurgeryChapter. 20 Other Gender-Affirming Procedures Chapter. 21 ConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisThe lives of people with intellectual disabilities is undergoing considerable change at the turn of the 21st century. There are dramatic developments in prevention, treatment and service provision. This book brings together health and social issues related to areas of mental health, ageing and life span, biological and behavioural issues, challenging behaviour and offending, communication and social issues, empowerment, rights and ethics, families and parents, quality of life and spirituality, and finally policy, populations and service systems.

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Book SynopsisThe state of ongoing military conflict in the Middle East and the recent rise in acts of domestic terrorism have created an increasing need for identifying potential vulnerability risk factors and for developing more effective treatment strategies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This book reviews the most promising translational research findings that will help shape the direction and form for the optimal clinical applications for combat-related PTSD in the current military climate.

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Book SynopsisSuicide has been studied extensively but unfortunately still remains enigmatic and with a great gap from basic research. Personal views in regards to suicide from the people involved in suicide research and prevention are explored herein. This book presents and discusses thoughts about how one becomes involved in studying the enigmatic phenomenon of suicide. Serendipity, anecdotes, failures in preventing suicide and academic pathways are only a few items that can be identified when reading the essays included in this volume.

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Book SynopsisMost cases of suicide (81%-95%) in the general population involve psychiatric illnesses, nearly half of which (48.5%) are mood disorders. Internationally, the overall average suicide rate has been rising gradually over the past half-century, with increases reported in about half of nations, mainly among men, and moderate decreases found in another half, including in Northern Europe and North America. This book reviews whether the use of antidepressants is associated with benefits in terms of completed or attempted suicide, whether the increasing use of SSRIs is associated with benefits in terms of decreased rates of suicide with the aim of generating evidence-based suggestions for clinicians.

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Book SynopsisMental illness comes in many qualities and many degrees, from the young patient with low self-esteem and incomplete psychosexual development, to the patient with severe depression, anxiety, personality disturbances, social phobia, paranoia, mental delusions, or even severe autism, and schizophrenia with hallucinations and complete lack of sense of coherence and sense of reality. The fundamental idea of mental disorders in holistic psychiatry is that they ascend from existential isolation that grows from a specific lack of self-insight and understanding of the inner logic of life. This book presents and discusses the principles of holistic psychiatry in order to increase the use of this treatment among patients diagnosed with a mental illness.

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Book SynopsisIntellectual disability occurs with a frequency of 1-3% within the general population. This impairment is frequently associated with additional features like multiple congenital anomalies and facial dysmorphisms. This book presents current research in the management, causes and social perceptions of mental retardation. Topics include chromosomal regions with a high diagnostic impact in mental retardation syndromes; psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatment of comorbid aggression in paediatric mental retardation; caring for children with Williams and Smith-Magenis syndromes; and cognitive skills enhancement in mental retardation.

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Book SynopsisPsychosis is considered the most debilitating psychiatric condition. It presents a heavy burden of suffering in terms of its prevalence, morbidity, and potentially high personal, familial and social costs. In effect, it has in the past decades received increased attention by investigators. Despite the continually accumulating research on this puzzling and diverse disorder, its precise nature remains poorly understood. This book integrates major up-to-date advances in theory and research, and it is conceptualised as a useful tool for advanced clinical psychology students, researchers, and other mental health professionals, for whom a tool on Psychosis could prove useful in their scientific inquiry and/or evidence-based professional practice.

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Book SynopsisSince the mid-1990s, a revolution in regards to prescribing antipsychotics has taken place. Once utilized only for schizophrenia, the newer, second generation antipsychotics have now been approved for the treatment of bipolar disorders, depressive disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. They are often utilised elsewhere for the treatment of anxiety disorders, sleep disorders, and to calm agitated patients when dangerous behaviours occur. Prescription rates have soared making them some of the most advertised, prescribed and profitable drugs on the market. This book was developed with input of international authors of varying backgrounds to review the history and development of these agents and to focus on the utilization of these drugs in various disorders, age groups, and clinical situations.

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Book SynopsisThe idea of the International Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences (IPBN) was born as a result of the many occasions where, in the course of working on review articles or meta-analyses (MA) the author frequently encountered papers that needed to be included but were never translated into English. Usually an English abstract is available but this is never sufficient for the purposes of a detailed critical review or a close examination of the data as in meta-analyses. Most researchers simply ignore the published work and is observes the review or the MA uses English as a limiting term in the initial searches for relevant literature, thus weeding out all works done all over the world in other languages. While this is unfortunate, it is understandable as it is usually very expensive to accurately translate such data papers. Furthermore, while working on reviews or MAs one rapidly discovers the very many important works that were not published in English.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an effective model for helping persons with serious mental illness and is suitable for readers working in psychiatric rehabilitation. It is well documented that persons with serious mental illness suffer from severe psychosocial issues. Studies suggest that many of them also have different spiritual problems such as lacking hope and losing meaning and a purpose in life. In Hong Kong, a Christian non-governmental organisation has developed a holistic care program for the rehabilitation of persons with serious mental illness. Holistic care is conceived as the care delivered to meet an integral, independent individual''s health needs including physical, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and environmental aspects as a whole. The holistic care program is characterised by a Self Help Group (SHG) approach with the adoption of holistic care principles where the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of the clients are emphasised. Beyond using solely conventional therapeutic intervention such as psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioural strategies in running SHGs, spiritual intervention in the form of hymn singing, Bible reading, personal sharing and intercessions is also used.

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Book SynopsisResearchers from the Budapest Hypnosis Laboratory approach hypnosis as an interactional process, a special encounter between hypnotist and subject. That means that not only the subject but the hypnotist is also studied at a multilevel approach. Katalin Varga and her colleagues extended the concept of interactional synchrony to the phenomenological data. In this book, methodological developments and results are presented, as are special techniques of eliciting subjective reports, paper/pencil tests suitable for interactional use, and ways to analyse interrelating phenomenological data. The special possibilities of the interactional approach of phenomenological data are exemplified by recent empirical results, including non-hypnotic interactions. All of these empirical results seem to add special new possibilities to the understanding of hypnosis in particular, and human dyadic interactions in general. The book encourages researchers to follow this interactional approach and methodology. Though the book is based on experimental hypnosis sessions with healthy volunteers, but many clinical implications and clinically relevant findings are also presented.

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