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Children of Parents with Mental Illness
Children of Parents with Mental Illness is a groundbreaking study into the frequently overlooked impact on children whose parents have a mental illness. By balancing theory with first-hand experiences from...
Parental Psychiatric Disorder: Distressed Parents and their Families
Perhaps as many as 50 in every 100 mentally ill patients are parents living with their children. It is well established that mental illness in a parent seriously and often...
Women's Health in General Practice
This book is designed to be a clear accessible guide to women's health. The aims of this book are as follows: to examine women's health issues as they present in...
Clinical Problems in Medicine and Surgery
"Clinical Problems in Medicine and Surgery" is a departure from traditional medical textbooks in that it deals with the real problems of clinical medicine through scenarios encountered in the emergency...
The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Fortunately, we are still a nation of sceptics. Fortunately, there are those among us who study pandemics and are willing to look unflinchingly at worst-case scenarios. Michael Lewis's taut and...
Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media
Gordon also identifies the class and status divisions within the profession that hinder a much-needed defense of bedside nursing. She explains why some policy panaceas - hiring more temporary workers,...
CULTURE HEALTH & ILLNESS 3RD ED
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Building on the success of the first two editions, the author has undertaken a complete revision of the book whilst retaining its readable style, and has also taken the opportunity...
From a Broom Cupboard: 20 Years of Rural Health at Monash University
The cleaner's cupboard at the old Moe Hospital is the nowlegendary birth place of what became the Monash University School of Rural Health. This is the fascinating history of the...
Zig-Zag Boy: A Mother's Love & A Journey Through Madness
'[A] moving, beautifully written book about love and mental health and life' BOB ODENKIRK'Fiercely intelligent, humane and necessary' NATHAN FILER, author of THE SHOCK OF THE FALL 'At its heart...
Neurology for General Practitioners
An invaluable neurological guide for primary care physicians, Neurology for General Practitioners is written specifically for general practitioners (GPs) - typically the first point of contact for patients suffering neurological...
Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and
A galvanizing history of abortion recentering people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate abortion for all. People of color have been having abortions since...
Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and
A galvanizing history of abortion recentering people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate abortion for all. People of color have been having abortions since...
The Maps We Carry: Psychedelics, trauma and our new path to mental
'Rose Cartwright breaks all our old certainties and liberates us to approach our mental struggles with new humanity and creativity. The book cannot fail to interest anyone concerned with their...
Healthy Kids, Happy Kids: an Integrative Pediatrician's Guide to Whole
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Do you want to know the key to raising resilient kids, from the inside out In this groundbreaking, evidence-based guide to raising healthy kids in our modern world,...
Breaking & Mending: A junior doctor's stories of compassion & burnout
'A few years ago, I found myself in A&E. I had never felt so ill. I was mentally and physically broken. So fractured, I hadn't eaten properly or slept well,...
More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for
An unflinching and deeply reported look at the realities of binge-eating disorder from a rising culture commentator and writer for Vogue. Millions of us use restrictive diets, intermittent fasting, IV...
How to Be Your Own Therapist: Boost your mood and reduce your anxiety
Smart, short techniques throughout the day can form a healthier perspective 'Truly empowering - a book for everyone. It will help you figure out life.' Fearne Cotton All the benefits...
Terminal Decline
Healthcare in Australia is in crisis - what are the solutions? Healthcare in Australia is in crisis - what are the solutions? This book is my attempt to find the...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the
*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023* 'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY 'A radical vision for how we might do things better '...
Australia's Flying Doctor
Celebrating the people involved in the organization, the landscape they have flown over for 50 years and the spirit of the outback, this text by prize-winning author Robert McDonald and...
Understanding Health
Understanding Health: A Determinants Approach introduces students to the variety of approaches to old and new public health, by placing them in the broader context of conditions and structures in...
The Cambridge Handbook of Stigma and Mental Health
The persistence of stigma of mental illness and seeking therapy perpetuates suffering and keeps people from getting the help they need and deserve. This volume, analysing the most up-to-date research...
Written Off: Mental Health Stigma and the Loss of Human Potential
Written-Off tells the story of how mental health stigma comes to have a profound impact on the lives of people diagnosed with mental illnesses. It reviews theory, research, and history...
Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness
Me & Her: A Memoir of Madness reveals how Karen Tyrrell, an Australian teacher is repeatedly harassed by parents at her school to breaking point. In a fit of desperation,...
The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS
Published to coincide with World AIDS Day, this book looks at a decade of AIDS in Britain. As well as the 8000 who have died, some 20,000 are infected with...
Evaluation in a Nutshell
Evaluation in a Nutshell 2e provides students with a succinct guide to the strategic and technical issues that arise during the evaluation of health promotion programs. The perfect companion to...
Health Informatics: A socio-technical perspective
Health informatics is a multi-disciplinary, multi-dimensional field which seeks to facilitate the effective collection, management, and use of information in the health care environment. Taking a socio-technical perspective, Health Informatics...
The B. B. C.: A Short Story of the First Fifty Years
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Asa Briggs, one of Britain's foremost historians and the author of a widely acclaimed four-volume history of British broadcasting, here provides a concise account of the BBC's first fifty years...
Healthy Kids, Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician's Guide to Whole
What if you could change the future of your child's health with 5 simple steps In this groundbreaking, evidence-based guide to raising resilient kids in our modern world, Dr. Elisa...
Ways of a Hospital
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It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans
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You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation
One of America's top physicians traces the history of risk in medicine--with powerful lessons for today Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter...
Healthy Kids, Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician's Guide to Whole Child Resilience
What if you could change the future of your child's health with 5 simple steps In this groundbreaking, evidence-based guide to raising resilient kids in our modern world, Dr. Elisa...
The Noonday Demon
WITH A NEW EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHOR The most affecting, intelligent, important and constructive book on depression there has ever been - a key text by a New Yorker writer...
Mental Health at Work
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Build a practical positive mental health strategy in the workplace from Penguin Business Expert James Routledge One in five people are experiencing mental health problems right now. Stress, anxiety and...
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived
FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURTPortion of proceeds go to NHS Charities Together.A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the
*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023*'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY'A radical vision for how we might do things better ' LADY BRENDA...
Food or Fiction? The Truth About the Ultraprocessed Foods Making
The former FDA Commissioner and New York Times bestselling author explains why Americans suffer in unprecedented numbers from obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and other debilitating illnesses, and offers concrete solutions...
101 Answers to Questions Leaders Ask
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The Maps We Carry: Psychedelics, trauma and our new path to mental
'Rose Cartwright breaks all our old certainties and liberates us to approach our mental struggles with new humanity and creativity. The book cannot fail to interest anyone concerned with their...
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and
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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"[A] grounded, bracingly intelligent study." --NaturePrizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah presents a startling examination of...
Sex and Suffering
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Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived
FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURT Portion of proceeds from sales go to NHS Charities Together "What shines through with all the stories is a...
What Is a Doctor?: A GP's Prescription for the Future
What Is a Doctor? is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate about how we maintain an NHS that is both fit for purpose and free. Using stories and case...
Our Stories: 75 Years of the NHS from the People Who Built It, Lived
FOREWORD BY ADAM KAY, AUTHOR OF THIS IS GOING TO HURTPortion of proceeds go to NHS Charities Together.A beautiful and heart-warming collection of stories, this landmark publication tells, for the...
The Maps We Carry: Psychedelics, trauma and our new path to mental
'Rose Cartwright breaks all our old certainties and liberates us to approach our mental struggles with new humanity and creativity. The book cannot fail to interest anyone concerned with their...