Abnormal psychology Books

The publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Version 5 (DSM-5, 2013) and the more recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Version 5 - Text Revision edition (DSM-5-TR, 2022), together ushered in a major change to the field of mental...

"Psychodrama is one of the most effective treatments of PTSD and developmental trauma that I am familiar with, and Tian Dayton has written a terrific manual to serve as our guide."- Bessel van der Kolk, MD, professor of psychiatry at Boston University...

Traumatic life experiences can be devastating and they inevitably shape who you are. Such events can also become a powerful force that awakens you to an undercurrent of your own aliveness. Trauma recovery involves learning to trust in your capacity for...

65+ Ready-to-Use CBT worksheets that you can reproduce and use immediately with your clients.With step-by-step directions and therapeutic explanations for each worksheet, these simple, yet effective tools give clients more clarity, meaning, and...

From over 25 years of clinical experience, Manuela Mischke- Reeds, MA, LMFT, has created the go-to resource for mental health therapists who want to incorporate somatic techniques into their daily practice. Highly-effective for clients dealing with...

Traumatic experiences leave a "living legacy" of effects that often persist for years and decades after the events are over. Historically, it has always been assumed that re-telling the story of what happened would resolve these effects.However,...

ENTJ 101 is an anecdotal guide with tips for the Myers-Briggs personality type ENTJ. A fun read with loads of personality, this guide walks you through:• Where ENTJ qualities come from• How ENTJ qualities play out in the world• How ENTJ...

In this original attempt to chart a theory of disordered mental functions based exclusively on psychoanalytic principles and data, Gedo posits two broad categories of functional disorder: "apraxias," which represent any failure to learn adaptively essent

Coding and Documentation Compliance for the ICD and DSM provides professionals, professors, and students with a logical and practical way of understanding a difficult topic in healthcare for the clinician: coding.

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...