Hvordan kan man forstå schizofreni? Begrepet schizofreni er 110 år gammelt, men vekker mer debatt i dag enn noensinne. Schizofreni-tilstandene er blant de mest gåtefulle psykiske lidelsene, og fagfeltet mangler en samlet og omforent forståelse og en…
Contemporary psychotherapists have come to realize that, given the complexity of human behaviour, no one theory can ever suffice to explain all situations, disorders, and clients. Over the past three decades, the ideological cold war and "dogma eat…
Schizophrenia is a unique project reflecting the contribution that Robin M. Murray has made to the field of psychiatry over the past 35 years, with a particular focus on the advances that have been made to the understanding and treatment of schizoph…
This study of mental illness and its cures in colonial and immediately post-Union Natal and Zululand investigates Westernised treatments of insanity at the Natal Government Asylum, as well as less well-known routes back to health via African and Ind…
Living with a mental health disorder is often associated with the idea of being "insane", "crazy", "troubled", and anything and everything that suggests a peripheral divide between the norms of human nature. Such beliefs have, on occasion, led indiv…
Underestimated, under-researched, and often poorly understood, the body-focused repetitive disorders nevertheless cause human suffering that is serious, persistent, and pervasive. These disorders can occur in both adults and children and manifest th…
This book epitomizes the value of the phrase "been there, done that!" In this amazingly helpful guide for family members, friends, and professionals, author and mom Kathy Labosh and special-educator LaNita Miller take on the issues and obstacles tha…
Everything is done in pairs or unions. This Universe is a perfect balance of a mixing of chemicals (or elements) as on the periodic table. The mixing of one substance with another to create a more dominant substance. This is alchemy or black magic o…
Over the course of an African American's lifetime, mental health care needs change according to an individual's unique interactions with his or her environment. Mental Health Care in the African-American Community uses this perspective to provide a…
This book takes as its inspiration the assumption that the atmosphere of intellectual openness, scientific inquiry, aspiration towards diversity, and freedom from political pressure that once flourished in the American Psychological Association has…
This work traces and anticipates past, present and future changes in mental health services to assess the impact both of developments in care, and of the implications of new organisational change. It includes contributions and perspectives of those…
A 12-year-old boy vows he will never do to his future family what his father did by leaving the boy, his sister and mother. Yet, 30 years later, the boy now a man leaves his own family. A young woman who's broken off an abusive relationship is now a…
Our understanding of the mechanisms guiding adaptive behavior and normal psychological functioning and of how these processes become disrupted in various forms of mental disorders has increased but translating the results of basic psychological rese…
In einer interdisziplinaren Zusammenstellung spekulativer und theoriegeleiteter Ansatze werden in diesem Buch Prozesse erortert, die die sexuellen Entwicklungen und Fehlentwicklungen beeinflussen. Theorien, die in der Literatur bisher kaum Beachtung…
Several years after the first edition of Bad Boys, Bad Men was published, Donald W. Black, MD, brings us the Revised and Updated edition. Containing the same examination of antisocial personality disorder, Dr. Black continues to draw on case studies…
Das Buch beschaftigt sich mit neueren empirischen und konzeptuellen Ergebnissen auf dem Gebiet der psychopathologischen Forschung und der psychiatrischen Diagnostik. Es handelt sich dabei um die Beitrage einer wissenschaftlichen Tagung der Arbeitsge…
This book builds upon and expands the pioneering work of the late Hervey Cleckley in defining, recognizing, and treating the antisocial personality and related syndromes.
Familienumwelt - wesentlich zur Ent wicklung schizophrener Storungen beitragen oder dieser entgegenwirken kann."
Although surrounded by options for medical, psychological, and spiritual support, we lack a unified model of healing that can truly guide us in our journey to wellness. Thus we remain lost, suffering and confused. This book offers us hope. In it, Dr…
Ideal for clinicians as well as administrators, Rating Scales in Mental Health, 2nd Edition is an overview of 100 recommended rating scales for mental health assessment.Look-up rating scales by condition, such as general anxiety, social/family funct…
Many philosophers, including Aquinas, Locke, Schopenhauer and Kant, have assumed that there is a link between cruelty to animals and violence to people. This title examines the relationships between animal abuse and child abuse, the emotional develo…
Liking oneself is a precondition for liking others, but to love oneself is at best suspect, at worst, tragedy. Narcissism traces the manifestation of this universal psychological phenomenon, from Ted Hughes' Ovid to Freud and Melanie Klein. Patholog…
In the horrific aftermath of school shootings, distraught communities struggle to make sense of these seemingly senseless acts. Despite massive media coverage, we know little about what drives young perpetrators or how they rationalize their acts. I…
* Mit Interviewleitfaden * und Transkript einer kompletten Kurzpsychotherapie Dieser praxisbezogene Leitfaden hat sich als Orientierungshilfe fur alle Berufsgruppen bewahrt, die primar in der praktisch-therapeutischen Versorgung von Suizidpatienten…
According to a major health survey, nearly half of all Americans have been mentally ill at some point in their lives-more than a quarter in the last year. Can this be true? What exactly does it mean, anyway? What's a disorder, and what's just a stru…
The earlier in life schizophrenia manifests itself, the poorer the long-term prognosis, and although it is very difficult to diagnose in the young, early treatment is now thought to improve outcome. Recent research also suggests that early onset sch…
Over 1 million people have autism. This number is rapidly growing. Over the past several years autism has increased to epidemic proportions. Thirty years ago it affected only about 1 in 2,500; today 1 out of every 91 children in the United States an…
Case histories are presented to illustrate the use of hypnosis in psychiatric therapy by Dr. Milton H. Erickson
Although the phenomenon of ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is well described in children, it is now thought that in up to 60% of cases the symptoms persist into adulthood. This volume reviews our growing knowledge of adult ADHD and p…
Dr. Linda Hamilton's ground breaking book, The Person Behind the Mask: A Guide to Performing Arts Psychology, takes the reader on a vivid journey of the performer's private world, where personal insecurity often wages an unsuccessful battle against…
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Sex. Slang. Slumber parties. The preoccupations of adolescents with Asperger Syndrome are no different than those of other teens, but they can be much more confusing. The lack of social skills and ability to grasp conversational nuances that charact…
Essential Papers on Borderline Disorders: One Hundred Years at the Border gathers between two covers the classic articles on the subject of borderline psychology. It includes essays by such core figures as Otto Kernberg, John G. Gunderson, Edith Jac…
Well known for providing a thorough yet concise view of the natural history of psychiatric disorders, this popular text has been completely updated chapter by chapter in this Fifth Edition. Terminology has been revised in line with DSM IV and many r…
I was most impressed by the author's thoroughness in writing this book. She seems to leave no stone uncovered... [this is] a work which should become a necessity for all counsellors, counselling psychologists, psychiatric nurses and psychotherapists…
Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health, 3/e uses evidence-based practice to provide in-depth coverage of clinical social work practice with clients in mental health settings. The authors show the social worker as the critical link…
This volume introduces students to the emerging field of state mental health policy, its history, current policies, organizational models and required programming knowledge. Focusing on current issues and trends, it also provides administrative and…
A revolutionary, personalized psychotherapy approach for the treatment of Axis II personality disorders, by renowned expert Dr. Theodore Millon Acknowledging the primacy of the whole person, Overcoming Resistant Personality Disorders: A Personalized…
This book shows how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children. It outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child's progress towards recovery. Uniquely, the book describes a practical outcomes-based approach that…
The first edition of The Mind and its Discontents was a powerful analysis of how, as a society, we view mental illness. In the ten years since the first edition, there has been growing interest in the philosophy of psychiatry, and a new edition of t…
The person with schizophrenia poses a formidable challenge even to the experienced clinician. Bizarre, unpredictable behavior, disordered thought patterns, peculiar, even unintelligible speech, and extreme distrust can drastically limit the clinicia…
Mental illness is a disease like any other. Those dealing with mental illness-whether personally, in their family, or with a friend-can be confused or frustrated by a disease that is unpredictable and detrimental. With straightforward spiritual guid…
