Abnormal psychology Books

Trauma, Pedagogy, and the College Mental Health Crisis argues that psychoanalytic theory and practice offers a solution to the large increase in students seeking mental health services.

In Why We Worry, Roland Paulsen paints a broad picture of the cultural variations and historical evolution of anxiety. Through this lens, he invites readers to explore the paradox of how material wealth has enriched our lives in every aspect except one:...

This book creates a scope for achieving mental wellbeing apart from the currently dominant mental health practices, critiqued for their damaging effects on individuals and families. By broadly drawing on salutary possibilities, it brings evidence of...

This book is intended for psychotherapists working with depressed clients. In particular, it focuses on how working with depressed clients affects the therapists themselves, and elaborates on how therapists can care for themselves in such demanding work...

Sexual Violence, Dissociation, and Inequality is a book about traumatic memory-or how lived trauma is repeated by victims as if happening again.

This cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) workbook includes a detailed, step-by-step account of how to do scientifically supported treatment with adults experiencing illness anxiety.

Is it really possible to eliminate social, or any anxiety? Absolutely!!! Fear (real fear) is a part of life, but anxiety is preventable.This book will show you:How to take back control of your emotions, rather than your emotions controlling youHow to be...

Healing Your Traumatized Child explains how children (from birth to age twelve) can recover from traumatic experiences with their own parents acting as guides through the healing process. From bee stings and broken bones to wildfires and school...

A mother endures the heart-wrenching odyssey of her son Jonathan's tumultuous life marked by turmoil and addiction. Amid societal and legal battles, her unyielding love persists in the face of despair and fading hope. Their story reveals the resilience...

Wenn Sie schon immer das Chaos des Erwachsenen-ADHS bezwingen wollten, aber mit unerbittlichen Ablenkungen, emotionalen Achterbahnen und finanziellen Frustrationen kämpfen, dann lesen Sie weiter...Dieses Buch ist der Wendepunkt, nach dem Sie gesucht...

Navigate the world of ADHD parenting with confidence - discover how to turn challenges into opportunities for growth and connection! Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the unpredictable nature of parenting a child with ADHD?Are you constantly questioning if...

La amaxofobia, también conocida como miedo a conducir, es un trastorno de ansiedad que se caracteriza por un miedo intenso e irracional a conducir un automóvil, autobús u otros vehículos de motor. Las personas que sufren de esta fobia experimentan una...

Crises are not a feature of depressive illness; but this illness needs to be considered in the diagnoses of three acute emergencies: the agitated patient, the withdrawn patient and the suicidal patient. A. The agitated patient...

Going ahead with their plans, the Association for Research on Schizophrenia CARS), the Schizophrenia Research Group of the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of Milan and the Tito and Fanny Legrenzi Foundation organized...

Two themes seem to emerge repeatedly when reading through this volume. One is 'consensus' and the other is 'search'. There was a strong consensus during the Congress that children and families were the major and foremost...

The main theme of this book concems the relationship, if any, between and addietion. Are they linked biochemieally? Is there a schizophrenia common factor for all addietions? We need to know whether the chemis­ try of addiction...

A few disorders have some of the same symptoms as schizophrenia including schizoaffective disorders, schizophreniform disorder, schizotypal and schizoid personality disorders, delusional disorder, and autism (schizophrenia...

Within the past two decades, there has been an increased interest in the study of culture and mental health relationships. This interest has extended across many academic and professional disciplines, including anthropology,...

Oppositional defiant disorder has a familial association, and many factors can lead to this condition. However, parents should not be blamed for their oppositional children. The treatment involves carefully considering the familial structure, behavioral...

Às vezes, declarar empate é a melhor solução. Felipe Alvarenga é estudante de Ciências Contábeis na UFRJ e não perde uma festinha universitária. Se inscrever para fazer parte da Atlética F.C. foi a maneira que ele encontrou para se aliviar da rotina...

Recent progress in brain science has been remarkable, especially with regard to advances in the area of neuroscience. Particularly in the past decade, there have been many important discoveries about signal transduction in the...

During the past ten years, technology has been progressing at a rapid pace in the field of medical science, and there have been great improvements in the basic understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of hydrocephalus. The...

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Beratung und Therapie, Note: 198/200 Punkte, , Veranstaltung: Mentaltrainer und Coach, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wer kennt das nicht? Gehetzt rennen wir unseren „to do´s" Tag für Tag hinterher und...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Beratung und Therapie, Note: 2,1, , Veranstaltung: Abschlußarbeit Ausbildung Psychologischer Berater, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Motive für die ThemenwahlWie kann man Lust auf ein negatives...

Based on sophisticated clinical descriptions and characteristic symptom patters occurring during the long-term course of psychiatric diseases, Leonhards classification requires that all the clinical features fit for a diagnosis...

The book presents the results of an ethnographic study examining the post-deinstitutionalized organization and provision of acute mental health care in Italy. While the achievements of the "Basaglia law" which imposed the closure of psychiatric hospitals...

This book analyses the clinical interaction between depression and personality dysfunction to help clinicians better understand and treat patients with complex depression. It proposes an innovative perspective to clinical work that moves away from a...

This book proposes an integrated model of treatment for Personality Disorders (PDs) that goes beyond outdated categorical diagnoses, aiming to treat the general factors underlying the pathology of personality. The authors emphasize the development of...

This book presents an original approach to the study of psychiatry that is based on a justified epistemological position, which demands that both the natural and the human/social sciences are necessary in developing our understanding. Psychiatry as a...

Por primera vez un libro intenta explorar los complejos temas del abuso ritual traumático y el control mental que resulta de él. Se trata de un intento de profundizar en la pesada cuestión de la pedocriminalidad elitista, también llamada pedo-satanismo...

This report provides an overview of the current state of knowledge about why some people hear voices, experience paranoia or have other experiences seen as 'psychosis'. It also describes what can help. In clinical language, the report concerns the...

Hundreds of books have been written to help sex and porn addicts get started with overcoming unwanted sexual behaviors. Though these resources can be helpful, generations of addicts have struggled to find the missing piece: a practical guide on how to...

The two Animal Models in Psychiatry volumes are loosely organized by subject. The first volume contains a number of chapters concerned with schizophrenia, psyc- ses, neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesias, and other d- orders...

Demontrating that the scope of clinincal psychology is much broader than had been previously thought, this new volume illustrates recent achievements in the field and outlines perspectives for futher applications in...

As a division of the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at ChapeI Hili, TEACCH has always been involved in the latest biological research on autism and related developmental disabilities. However, until now...

This book is the culmination of a research program conducted in Colombia during the past several years. The fundamental aim of the program was to develop neuropsychological tests for Spanish speakers, especially elderly...

This book is a research mono graph reporting empirical results, but we have tried to place the data in a very broad national perspective. Our intent is a volume on mental health policy in the United States, most notably our de...

The author has written an unusually fresh work, applying a biopsychosocial approach to the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range and degree of disorders. The book will provide mental health professionals and graduate...

This multiauthored textbook is directed to the psychiatric resident and other professionals who are interested in the issues, strategies, and methods of psychiatric research. Although the field of psychiatry has not attained...

The psychiatric view of homosexuality has undergone a fascinating evo­ lution in recent years. This includes not only the change from viewing homosexuality as a diagnosable illness, as opposed to an alternative life style, but...

Clinical workers, research psychologists, and graduate students in psychology will find this series useful for keeping abreast of the latest issues, instruments, and methods of assessment. This latest volume includes...