Abnormal psychology Books

This second edition of Beyond The Wall is an autobiographical account that gives a rare, detailed, and warm insight into the life of someone with autism. Shore relates his personal and professional experiences in a simple and open manner,...

Geoff Kanofski is not a qualified psychologist. He was encumbered by symptoms of OCD, ADHD, and Tourette Syndrome. At age 33, he discovered how his disorders were functionally linked. This was the beginning of his understanding.Geoff then began to...

Le mot Schizophrénie provient du grec schizein (fendre) et phrên (esprit), il se traduit littéralement par esprit fendu , la fragmentation de l'esprit, la dualité. Plusieurs choses permettent de relier la Franc-maçonnerie à...

Are you a woman navigating the professional world with ADHD? Do you find yourself struggling with challenges that your peers seem to overcome easily? Or perhaps you're an employer, friend, or family member of someone with ADHD and wish to understand...

In the fall of 1986 I survived a suicide attempt after feeling desponded and tired of dealing with my clinical depression. I had done everything within my power to overcome my feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, and helplessness. Nothing worked. In...

DescriptionAb 17 müssen sich deutsche Jungen laut Wehrpflichtgesetz wiederholten erniedrigenden Untersuchungen unterziehen. Bei überwiegend weiblichen Ärztinnen und deren Assistentinnen heißt es dann: nackt ausziehen, Hoden abtasten, Vorhaut...

Description'You'll never make a hairdresser' is an autobiography detailing the life of a young boy living on a deprived housing estate in Manchester and tracing his progression to the present day and the realisation of his dreams.The novel includes many...

Teacher's Mad tells the story of a teacher struggling to assert himself in the classroom. He then begins to succeed and he grows in confidence but he can't control his feelings and he becomes manic, delusional and falls in love. He is forced to resign...

Family members can play a significant role in helping to identify early signs of psychosis, in seeking prompt and appropriate treatment for their relative, and in promoting the recovery process.The guide is divided into two parts:- Part I is designed to...

Psychiatric Clinical Skills is a practical guide to engaging and assessing people who have mental health problems. Written by a team of experienced clinicians, it focuses on "what to ask" and "how to ask" and covers a wide spectrum of clinical problems...

In Schizophrenia and Suicide: Finding Hope, Meaning, and Direction, the author shares how, as a person with schizophrenia, the thought of suicide, for her, and also for others with this disease, can be a constant threat to their well-being. In this book...

In this newly revised personal memoir about love, courage and healing, Deborah Dozier Potter shares her relationship with her Border Collie, Buster, from the day she met him at the animal shelter until the last moment of his life. But this isn't a...

Approximately 1 in 7 women suffer from postpartum depression after having a baby. Many more may experience depression during pregnancy, postpartum anxiety, OCD, and other mood disorders. Postpartum depression is, in fact, the most common...

Faced with the stresses of modern life, and the rising costs of health care many people today are having trouble taking care of their mental health. "How to test and improve your own mental health" provides advice and solutions for people who are...

Pastoral Care of the Mentally Ill is written for pastors, associate pastors, Christian education leaders, choir directors, and others working with congregations. It tells in everyday language the symptoms of mental illness and the do's and don'ts...

Looking Inside gives the reader an intimate peek into one woman's incredible journey with multiple personalities. In this amazing book, Judy Castelli shares her delightful journal drawings and poetic prose. Castelli learned at age forty-four that she...

This study had two primary purposes. First, this study assessed the psychometric properties of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) questionnaires used to record juvenile firesetting events (Fineman, 1997a, 1997b,1997c). Second, this study...

Follow Robyn Wheeler on her journey from fits of rage as an angry child, blunders and setbacks as an adult in deep denial, to her quest for awareness and enlightenment. Robyn takes you inside her deepest thoughts and fears, as well as her chronic anger...

Product Description: Metaphysics and Political Commentary.

At the age of 26, a debilitating mental illness ruptured through the mind of Rebecca leading her on a delusional quest to become one of Hollywood's hottest star's wife, "Mrs. Tom Cruise." Even after she got married, reoccurring and periodic manic...

CONTENTSAuthor's PrefaceIntroductory RemarksWhat Constitutes Insanity?DelusionsNarcotics and Their EffectsFanaticismKnowledge Necessary for the Preservation of Bodily and Mental HealthLunatic Asylums and AttendantsLabour and Amusements Considered as...

Integrating trauma studies with historical research and social psychology, Landscapes of Trauma examines a range of battlefields from across history, including Waterloo, the Battle of Sedan, the Battle of the Ebro and the Battle of Normandy, to bring to...

Volume 17 of Progress in Self Pcychology begins with the next installment of Strozier's "From the Kohut Archives": first publication of a fragment by Kohut on social class and self-formation and of four letters from his final decade. The abil

Das Buch von Carl Friedrich Flemming beschäftigt sich mit der Pathologie und Therapie von psychotischen Erkrankungen. Es geht auf die verschiedenen Arten von Psychosen ein und untersucht in Tiefe die Ursachen und Symptome der verschiedenen Krankheiten...

Travaux de Psychiatrie est une collection d'articles spécialisés sur la psychiatrie. Les auteurs abordent un large éventail de sujets, allant des troubles anxieux et de l'humeur à l'autisme et à la schizophrénie. Les lecteurs intéressés par la...

This seminal work in the field of psychology explores the phenomenon of mental dissociation, and its implications for our understanding of consciousness, self-identity, and human behavior. Drawing on a wide range of case studies and experimental...

Dieses Buch von Gustav Störring untersucht die Auswirkungen von psychischen Störungen auf die normale Psychologie und ihre Beziehung zur Erkenntnistheorie.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge...

Heinrich Spitta's Die Schlaf- und Traumzustände der menschlichen Seele mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihres Verhältnisses zu den psychischen Alienationen is a seminal work in the field of psychoanalysis. This book is a must-read for students and...

If you or a loved one suffer with Bipolar Disorder, you’re holding the keys to hope!   This book offers five gifts to help achieve recovery:                           ...

If you're at the point that happiness seems unattainable, unreal, and far beyond your current reality, then you've got the right book! You might feel crappy right now, and that's great! You know where you're at. Even if you don't yet want to feel better,...

This is the second book by Professor Franz Ruppert in English translation and continues his exploration of the impact of trauma across generations. Here he deepens his understanding of the process and function of psychological splitting as a natural...

Les jeunes des milieux ruraux font face à des problèmes particuliers qui exigent des solutions adaptées aux petites collectivités. Dans l'étude de cas Liberté d'action, des participants à un programme de jumelage du secondaire unissent leurs efforts pour...

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...

At that moment my heart breaks. My precious daughter thinks she’s not normal. I have not protected her enough. I have not done enough. I have completely failed Elizabeth. This is the worst moment of my life.The 1980s and 1990s produced a wave of...

Lance Lee's plays explore the moral dilemmas we face creating lives of coherence and value today with a poetic intensity that transforms theatrical practice. In Time's Up a man and a woman treat the audience as their marriage counselors as they face the...

DBT Metaphors and Stories gives therapists and DBT skills trainers the skills they need to make effective use of dialectical behavior therapy and to help clients more deeply understand complex realities.Each page is devoted to explaining a specific DBT...

Humanitarian aid workers are trying to make a difference in an increasingly dangerous world. Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Roadmap of Trauma and Critical Incident Care highlights the risks of such work, educate professionals...

This crucial new work draws on empirical findings from rural North India in relation to madness and subjectivity, revealing the different structures of subjectivity underlying the narratives of schizophrenia, spirits, ghosts, and deities.Unravelling the...

Adolescence is a developmental period of accelerating physical, psychological, social! cultural, and cognitive development, often characterized by confronting and surmounting a myriad of challenges and establishing a sense of...

By the end of his long life, B. F. Skinner (1904-1990) had become one of the most influential and best known of psychologists (Gilgen, 1982; Heyduke & Fenigstein, 1984). An important feature of the approach to the study of...

Assessment is a topic that is central to psychology. In the case of clinical psychology, assessment of individual functioning is of keen interest to individuals involved in clinical practice as well as research. Understand­ ing...

Covering over fifteen years of research, this compilation offers the first comprehensive review of the relationships between self-efficacy, adaptation, and adjustment. It discusses topics such as depression, anxiety, addictive...

In this text, the authors review the last twenty-five years of progress in research and theory on language and communication in the psychopathological context. They also identify promising avenues for future research. This...

Many issues remain unresolved in sexuality. In some cases this is because the infor­ mation is not available to resolve them. In others it is, but the available conclusions the information supports block its acceptance, because...