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Child Survivors of the Holocaust
At the end of the Second World War approximately 1.5 million Jewish children had been killed by the Nazis. In this book, ten child survivors tell their stories. Paul Valent,...
Dibs in Search of Self: Personality Development in Play Therapy
A heartbreaking nonfiction classic from a renowed child psychologist In 1964, renowned psychotherapist Virginia M. Axline visited a New York school. There she encountered a little boy apart from teachers...
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending
A vital, transformative study of the damage caused by racism from the perspective of trauma and body-centred psychology The consequences of racism can be found in our bodies - in...
DSM-IV Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide To Diagnosis
With the publication of DSM-IV, mental health practitioners are faced with the challenge of quickly learning a whole new set of diagnostic standards. Providing a simple way rapidly to become...
Basic Interviewing: A Practical Guide for Counselors and Clinicians
This volume is designed to answer some of the most frequently posed questions by graduate students who are beginning to learn how to talk to clients and extract critical clinical...
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of
A founder of the field of evolutionary medicine uses his decades of experience as a psychiatrist to provide a much-needed new framework for making sense of mental illness With his...
The Executive Brain
The Executive Brain is the first popular but rigorous book to explore the most 'human' region of the brain, the frontal lobes. Writing in a lively and accessible style, the...
Impulse: The Science of Sex and Desire
Sex is everywhere in modern society, yet it remains taboo. We all have questions about sex that are too uncomfortable to ask - how do we get reliable answers? In...
The Unbalanced Mind
Does the crooked gene give rise to the crooked thought? Satirical aphorisms apart, the revolution in molecular genetics has indeed given rise to the heady optimism that biology will soon...
The Dinosaur Man
Explores the world of delusional patients and offers an investigation into the ways in which isolated human beings in institutions find meaning in their lives.
So Young, So Sad, So Listen: A Parents' Guide to Depression in
Has your daughter lost her sparkle? Has everyday life become a trial for your son? This book, written by two experts in child and adolescent mental health, describes how to...
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...
The Psychiatric Report: Principles and Practice of Forensic Writing
The written report is central to the practice of psychiatry in legal settings. It is required of mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses in criminal cases, civil litigation situations,...
Depression Explained: How You Can Help When Someone You Love is
Depression is a common disorder, but it is surrounded by ignorance, fear and prejudice. As a clinical psychologist, Gwendoline Smith has worked with many depressed people, but it wasn't until...
Encyclopedia Neurotica
Our modern age of anxiety threatens to overwhelm us all with angst, ambivalence, and dread. Most of us manage to cope, but not without displaying some pretty bizarre behaviour. Enter...
Paranoia: A Journey Into Extreme Mistrust and Anxiety
'A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK' JOHN HUMPHRYS 'FASCINATING... SHOCKING' SPECTATOR What is paranoia? What makes us mistrustful? How can this be overcome? Daniel Freeman, Professor of Psychology at Oxford, has spent...
The Upside of Down
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How Freud Worked
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Group: Six People in Search of a Life
Six bright, successful and remarkably self-destructive people enter into a course of dynamic group therapy in an effort to recognize and overcome their compulsions, addictions, weaknesses and family legacies. Granted...
Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of
A founder of the field of evolutionary medicine uses his decades of experience as a psychiatrist to provide a much-needed new framework for making sense of mental illness With his...
Am I Depressed And What Can I Do About It?: A CBT self-help guide for
Depression is one of the most common mental health problems and is estimated to affect around 15% of people at some point during their life. For many people depression is...
Paranoia: A Journey Into Extreme Mistrust and Anxiety
'A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK' JOHN HUMPHRYS'FASCINATING... SHOCKING' SPECTATORWhat is paranoia? What makes us mistrustful? How can this be overcome? Daniel Freeman, Professor of Psychology at Oxford, has spent thirty years...
Residential Treatment: A Cooperative, Competency-Based Approach to Therapy and Program Design
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