Clinical psychology Books

This book introduces the Relational Learning Framework (RLF), an assessment tool which helps foster care practitioners, social workers and foster carers to examine what foster children have learned in their early life about relationships and particularly...

This book focuses on the role of ethics in the application of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) in clinical practice. The book offers an overview of the role of ethics in the cultivation of mindfulness and...

This book applies a dramaturgical perspective to familiar psychological topics including fear, greed, shame, guilt, rejection, well-being and terrorism. In presenting vivid illustrations of how our understanding of psychological problems can be enriched...

This exciting volume brings together leading figures across existential psychology in a clear-sighted guide to its current practice and therapeutic possibilities. Its accessible yet scholarly presentation dispels common myths about existential...

This book examines early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) programs for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It analyzes current research on early intervention (EI) and explains the importance of accurate, timely detection of ASD in...

This important book provides unique new knowledge on thelived experience of openly bisexual men without medicalizing or pathologizingthem. Presenting research from sexology, sociology, and psychology, it featuresextensive findings on the sexual, social,...

This lofty volume analyzes a circular cultural relationship: not only how trauma is reflected in cultural processes and products, but also how trauma itself acts as a critical shaper of literature, the visual and performing arts, architecture, and...

This practical guide introduces functional behavioral assessment as a critical tool in planning interventions to reduce disruptive and other problematic behaviors. The book offers proven methods and strategies as a four-stage protocol in an...

In keeping with the growing emphasis on psychiatry in the medical school curriculum, problem-based learning (PBL) offers students a unique patient-centred, multidisciplinary approach to study and the synthesis of knowledge.The new 2nd edition of...

This book takes a case-based approach to addressing the challenges psychiatrists and other clinicians face when working with American combat veterans after their return from a war zone. Written by experts, the book concentrates on a wide variety of...

This book presents an evidence-based framework for replacing harmful, restrictive behavior management practices with safe and effective alternatives. The first half summarizes the concept and history of restraint and seclusion in mental health...

This book reinforces the foundation of a new field of studies and research in the intersection between social sciences and specifically between political science, international relations, diplomacy, psychotherapy, and social-cognitive psychology. It...

Die Möglichkeit der Inanspruchnahme von Psychotherapie wird zunehmend von ökonomischen Zwängen eingeschränkt. Die begrenzten Ressourcen erfordern immer mehr, neue Behandlungskonzepte zu entwickeln, um unterschiedlichste...

Die Elektrokonvulsionstherapie (EKT), d.h. die Auslösung eines generalisierten Krampfanfalls unter kontrollierten Bedingungen aus therapeutischen Gründen, erlebt seit ihrer Einführung 1938 derzeit eine Renaissance. Trotz aller...

Dieses Buch beschreibt bewährte und effektive Interventionen in der therapeutischen Arbeit mit Patienten, die unter psychotischen oder tiefgreifenden Persönlichkeitsstörungen leiden. Nach dem legendären "Cathexis Reader" von...

"Das Übel gedeiht nie besser, als wenn ein Ideal davorsteht" (Karl Kraus). Die Offenheit sich selbst gegenüber ist in der Psychotherapie ein Wert, der zur grundlegenden Basis der Berufsausübung zählt. In diesem Sinne ...

Der Zusammenhang zwischen Schlaf und Stimmung sowie Antrieb ist bereits seit langem bekannt und seit etwa 30 Jahren auch Gegenstand von wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen. Es zeigte sich, daß der therapeutische Schlafentzug, der...

Die Diagnostik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen ist in einer dynamischen Entwicklung begriffen. Sowohl hinsichtlich der differentialdiagnostischen Abgrenzung psychischer Störungen wie auch bezüglich ätiologischer ...

"Sie haben nichts": Jeder vierte bis fünfte Patient geht mit Beschwerden zum Arzt, die keine (hinreichende) organische Ursache haben. Das international verbindliche Diagnoseschema ICD-10 bezeichnet sie als "somatoforme...

Über 60 Autor/innen informieren über Wissenswertes von Aggression bis Zwangsgedanken, von Arbeitstechniken bis Zeitmanagement, von der Ablöseproblematik bis zur Zielfindung! Über 30 "Werkstatt"-Berichte bieten Projekte,...

Viktor E. Frankl und die Philosophie - dieser rechtzeitig zum 100. Geburtstag des Gründers der „Dritten Wiener Schule der Psychotherapie" erscheinende Band leuchtet den philosophischen Hintergrund von Frankls Logotheraphie aus...

Das Handbuch der klinisch-psychologischen Behandlung bietet umfassende Handlungsanleitungen und praxisorientierte Hinweise zur Behandlung psychischer Störungen. Experten aus dem deutschen Sprachraum geben einen Überblick über...

Viktor Frankl und die Logotherapie sind mittlerweile weltweit bekannt. Mit seinem Leben und Werk hat Frankl fast das ganze zwanzigste Jahrhundert (1905-1997) begleitet - und eine deutliche Spur hinterlassen. Die Logothe- pie...

This short book provides a European-wide survey of mental health and probation. Drawing on a significant study, it explores the knowledge and attitudes to mental illness based on a sample of probation staff from 27 countries. It sets out the significance...

This edited book offers an integrative and evidence-based practice approach to training in psychotherapy, examining common factors across different therapeutic models seen through an attachment theory lens.  It stresses the opportunities to handle...

This book helps us to understand the therapeutic processes involved in the multifamily group and gives us tools for effective management, making it an indispensable guide for professionals in all areas of human care who are interested in including...

This book argues that patient safety is the cornerstone of high-quality healthcare, and that we need to highlight the positive impact of a Safety-11 approach to risk management to improve the quality of patient services and care. Moreover, the author...

This book explores the various applications of systemic understanding in practice. Each chapter covers diverse working contexts and existential life dilemmas, tackling subjects such as: systemic work with individuals, single session family therapy,...

This book is an essential clinician's guide to understanding, unpacking, treating, and healing individual, familial, and communal wounds associated with parental incarceration. Readers gain familiarity with integrative micro and macro healing techniques...

Diese Monographie bietet neue Einblicke in die Verbindung zwischen Selbstbewusstsein und Emotion. Sie konzentriert sich auf die Frage, was uns die grundlegenden "Gefühle des Seins" über uns selbst sagen. Die Ergebnisse bereichern die Philosophie der...

This handbook integrates and discusses a growing evidence base concerning individual development across middle and late adulthood. The book includes a comprehensive analysis of what growth implies within midlife and older age and considers how different...

This book aims to synthesize recent theoretical and experimental findings from psychology, neuroscience, epigenetics and genetics to understand anxiety disorders and their etiology and treatments. Each anxiety disorder is discussed from cognitive,...

This book presents a critical analysis and examination of the major theories and social issues in the social construction of aging and death. It is concerned with the impact of death and places how our experiences of death are transformed by the roles...

This book is a response to the felt need of social work practitioners for professional supervision. Reflecting on the social work profession in the context of contemporary socio-economic and political challenges and wide-ranging organizational and...

This book focuses on leadership and management strategies including project management, budget planning and management, governance, building a team, and developing a strategy for successful recruitment. Many creative arts therapy researchers lack...

Die psychosozialen Studien im Vereinigten Königreich sind ein vielfältiger Arbeitsbereich, der sich durch Innovation in Theorie und empirischer Forschung auszeichnet. Die außerordentliche Lebendigkeit dieses Bereichs zeigt sich in diesem Buch, das die...

Brain, Decision Making, and Mental Health acknowledges that thinking is not a constant phenomenon but varies considerably across cultures. Critical thinking is particularly important in bridging thinking divisions and its applicability across sciences,...

Social workers need to work with fathers across many service systems, but lack guidance on how to do so, and most engagement, assessment, and intervention work for family-serving systems is mother- and child-focused. Father-inclusive readings and...

This book offers comprehensive coverage of naturopathic medicine. The principles and values of this profession are already clearly stated (i.e., Find and Treat the Cause; Treat the Whole Person, etc.), but few are the textbooks that provide a clear...

This textbook provides theoretical and clinical knowledge needed by social workers and other practitioners involved in humanitarian emergency response. Social workers are well positioned to serve coordinating and leadership roles in this...

This book will fill an important gap in literature covering the clinical health psychology applications affecting the military and veteran health care systems. The authors draw on a wealth of experience related to treatment of service members and...

The second edition of the AACP's (American Association for Community Psychiatry) Textbook of Community Psychiatry is a welcome update of this notable work that comprehensively presents the state of the art in this field. Along with continuously evolving...

The second edition of the handbook reflects the expanding growth and sophistication in research on student engagement. Editorial scope and coverage are significantly expanded in the new edition, including numerous new chapters that address such topics as...

Cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States. The improvement of screening procedures and treatments have led to higher survival rates, and consequently to an increased number of individuals who fear that their cancer might come back.Fear of...

Clinical Guide to Exposure Therapy provides evidence-based guidance on how to incorporate and tailor exposure therapy for patients who present with problems beyond fear and its disorders. Exposure therapy is a relatively easy-to-implement...

This handbook comprehensively covers the fundamental key concepts in coaching research and evidence-based practice and shows how coaching can be applied to multiple contexts. It provides coaching scholars, researchers and practitioners with detailed...

This volume brings together basic research on the nature of stress reactivity with up-to-date research on the effectiveness and mechanisms of mindfulness interventions. The chapters review the major research areas that elucidate the impact of stress...