Psychiatric and mental disorders Books

PLAN WHILE YOU CANWho takes their parents out of assisted living after six months? We do! And this book is about why we did that and how we set up 24/7 care-giving after down sizing, selling their home, and moving them in and OUT of the facility of their...

The short but poignant story of a woman who survives a harrowing and haunting rape as a child, a physically and emotionally abusive marriage and a bitter divorce. She triumphs over seven crippling nervous breakdowns and shares her experience of living...

The author of this exciting book “Myth of Intelligence” invites you to walk with her in her journey, and visualize how each one of you might be able to find some answers that can help raise the quality of human intelligence. Having knowledge...

Hypomanic is one person's vivid account of how they became aware of the existence of Hypomania through excessive study & the experimentation of recreational drugs inside a hedonistic orientated work life balance. As with many misery memoirs, the...

Living With DepressionBy Renata Azman ISBN: 978-1-84747-369-1Published: 2007Pages: 136Key Themes: depression, poetryDescriptionWhat makes Depra a bestseller in Slovenia? First of all, this is an optimistic book, allthrough it's about depression. The...

By Teresa MooreISBN: 9781847471093Published: 2007Pages: 88Key Themes: borderline personality disorder, DescriptionFor Endings to End Beginnings Have to Begin was written to show how a person diagnosed with the dehabilitating mental illness Borderline...

Living in the Shadow of an Alcoholic ParentBy Emma Speigler ISBN: 978 1 84747 022 5Published: 2006Pages: 80 DescriptionMissing Mummy looks at alcoholism and the effects it can have on a family. It provides an insight into the complex emotions of a child...

by Deborah EspectISBN 13: 978 1 84747 016 4 Published: 2006Pages: 200Description This book portrays the emotional and psychological difficulties associated with mental illness. It gives you an insight into her insecurities and troubles. It gives you...

by Mairi ColmeISBN: 978 1 84747 023 2 Published: 2006Pages: 382 DescriptionAbout the Author Book Extract This story about my struggle with the Psychiatric System is shot through by my own spirituality. For spirituality is our "saying Yes to God...

by Jember TeferraISBN 13: 978 1 84747 009 6 Published: 2006Pages:135DescriptionWritten by his mother, this is the tragic story of Abi, a young man from Ethiopia who took his own life after a battle against mental illness. Abi escaped the horror of...

Discover How You Can Use The Power Of CBT, DBT & ACT To Protect Yourself, Improve Your Mental & Emotional Wellbeing & Live A More Happy and Fulfilling Life!Do you suffer from Mental Health issues on a regular basis?Have you tried every pill,...

Ready to take a break from your board review question books? Bedtime Stories for Psychiatry Residents provides the perfect complement to board review question books and a structured reading program of up-to-date psychiatry references. This study guide...

"The Control Of The Mind" is a classic guide to mental training and self control, looking at the psychology of the human brain and how understanding this can help you change the way you think and improve your life. Dealing with everything from habit...

Holistic Mental Health is a concise guide that will answer all your questions on the current treatment options for mental health issues. It compares traditional western medicine to alternative or holistic therapies answering the question which treatment...

Many practitioners consider setting up in private practice at some point in their career, whether full-time or alongside other employment. The Essential Skills for Setting Up a Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice provides comprehensive yet accessible...

Although the exact prevalence of overweight and obesity are dependent upon the definition used, these conditions are generally accepted to be widespread and increasing problems by health authorities and the public in most...

This innovative volume exposes dementia as a condition that the aging prison population is increasingly facing. Going beyond exploring the need to understand dementia within prison populations, it argues that healthcare workers and prison staff must...

Through these true stories, I wanted to tell a reality that is not often told, or realized by the general public.Nursing is a very demanding job, no matter what field you work in. Most nurses are hard-working, conscientious, and display empathy when most...

MENTAL HEALTH CARE DRIVING YOU CRAZY?It should be easy: ask for help, get help.Far too many people ask and don’t get the help they need. Instead, they get vague advice. Treatments that don’t work. Conflicting opinions. Silence, or worse...

DescriptionThis book is a must for anyone making a serious study into the totally ridiculous. Sid Ozalid first burst onto the scene in 1978 as a one-legged tap dancing poet. He would dance with his pet monkey, thrash himself with a daisy and beat his...

Description'Move Over Manic Depression - Here I Am' is Anne's sincere and moving autobiography about a mother of two whose life is turned upside down by post natal depression and bi-polar. This, the sequel, charts Anne's life as she moves away from...

Manie in Dosen: Über mein Leben zu schreiben, hat mich gerettet Es gibt Momente im Leben, wo wir in unserer persönlichen Lebensgeschichte ein bisher noch unbekanntes Kapitel aufschlagen. Jason Pegler war gerade siebzehn Jahre alt und vollauf damit...

A Collection of Poems By Debra C RufiniISBN: 978 1 84747 020 1 First Published: 2000This Edition: 2006Pages: 100Description Urged to deal with hard-hitting issues in written form, Debra C Rufini is sensitive towards such matters of mental health,...

DescriptionI have tried to portray the time leading up to my schizophrenia and the experience of psychosis. I have described how I felt in the world of psychiatry especially in relation to the use of cannabis and the never-ending nightmare of long-term...

by Anna BallardISBN:978 1 84747 008 9ISBN 13: Published: 2006Pages: 226DescriptionThis insightful book takes you on a journey through the feelings of mental health sufferers and the road to recovery. She provides an emotive understanding of depression...

DescriptionGungi Blues chronicles the trials and tribulations of a dysfunctional Bangladeshi family growing up in Manchester. The main character Mina, who after being widowed at 25 with three little girls, remarries and embarks on a journey that leads to...

Let's Hang on to Mental Health by Anne BrocklesbyISBN 13: 978 1 84747 015 7 Published: 2006Pages: 80Description This book is an attempt to help us all prevent the onset of mental distress. I have written it with the benefit of hindsight, because I...

During 2014, Authorhouse published two of my books, Vignettes of Yvette at Vi and More Vignettes of Yvette at Vi. This new book contains even more vignettes of my wife, Yvette, and those words provide its title. Yvette is in a memory support unit at the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Substance use is very common among psychiatric patients. Depending on your practice, up to 50% of your patients suffer from an addiction that may be aggravating their primary symptoms. It is impractical to refer all such patients to addiction...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Book DescriptionIn "My Naked Soul" the author invites you into an intimate odyssey through the labyrinth of mental health, navigating Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), probable...

Aquí un extracto de “Terapia cognitiva del comportamiento”En la psicología existen distintos enfoques terapéuticos. Cuando un paciente acude a un terapeuta para que le ayude y oriente, luego de la primera consulta,...

Aquí un extracto de “Autodisciplina sin esfuerzo”La autodisciplina se construye día a día con la constancia. Tener autodisciplina requiere de fuerza de voluntad y responsabilidad consigo mismo para lograrla.Ser...

Aquí un extracto de “Maestro de la Autodisciplina”Durante la antigüedad surgieron un alto  número de escuelas filosóficas, muchas de ellas aportaron grandes ideas de progresos para la humanidad de impacto tan...

Enlighten Me is a full comprehensive guide to mental health conditions and the array of treatment options for each condition. If you have ever asked yourself:“How are mental illnesses different from each other?“What’s it like for my...

Bryson's mommy is sometimes blue and he'd like you to know she can be other colors too! Come with him while he navigates and understands depression through various colors and memories with mommy!

Dit boek, geschreven door Steven Jan Matthijs van Geuns in 1888, gaat over de wetgeving van het staatstoezicht op de krankzinnigen. Het beschrijft de wetten en regels rondom de behandeling en opvang van mensen met een geestelijke aandoening in Nederland...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Mental Health Issues and the Media provides students and professionals in nursing and allied professions, in psychiatry, psychology and related disciplines, with a theoretically grounded introduction to the ways in which our attitudes are shaped by the...

I have often wondered if the opposition to women's choosing to abort a pregnancy masks a fear of women choosing to have and raise children on their own. When a woman separatesmotherhood from marriage, she claims a freedom in...

Over the past 15 years, I (MB) have taught a graduate-level course in Psychology of Women to students in two different professional psychology programs. Because my students were at the doctoral level and often had some...

Here is an efficient guide to measuring and graphing behavioral outcomes, and letting the results influence clinical decisions. The authors, all clinical psychologists, describe how the `continuous' measurement of outcomes...

Consultation is an indirect model of delivering psychological services. Within this model, a consultant and caregiver (consultee) work together to optimize the functioning of a client in the caregiver's setting and to increase...