Medical / Mental Health

The Material Child

by David Buckingham

Children today are growing up in an increasingly commercialised world. But should we see them as victims of manipulative marketing, or as competent participants in consumer culture?

The Material Child provides...

Contemporary Mental Health, Theory, Policy and Practice

by Barbara Fawcett & Kate Karban

The authors explore theoretical developments and policy and practice initiatives in the complex and changing area of mental health services. They examine the tensions, dilemmas and opportunities now operating,...

Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs

by Stuart A. Kirk, Tomi Gomory & David Cohen

When it comes to understanding and treating madness, distortions of research are not rare, misinterpretation of data is not isolated, and bogus claims of success are not voiced by isolated researchers seeking...

The Theory and Treatment of Depression: Towards a Dynamic Interactionism Model

by Jozef Corveleyn, Patrick Luyten & Sidney J. Blatt

Recent research indicates that depression, once believed to be relatively benign, is highly recurrent and does not respond well to treatment. The goal of this book is to facilitate the development of more encompassing...

Friedman's Fables (with Booklet)

by Edwin H. Friedman

Dr. Friedman has woven 24 illustrative tales that offer fresh perspectives on familiar human foibles and reflect the author's humor, pathos, and understanding. Friedman takes on resistance and other "demons"...

Mental Illness and Family Care-Giving in China

by Guy Ramsay

With rapid economic progress and increasing life expectancy in East Asian societies, more attention is being paid by their governments, the media and the academy to mental illness and dementia. While clinical...

Family Therapy Review: Preparing for Comprehensive and Licensing Examinations

by Robert H. Coombs

This book offers a clear, readable overview of all the knowledge and skills those training as marriage and family therapists and counselors need to pass final degree program, certification or licensing examinations....

From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker's Guide to Working with Survivors

by Ann Goelitz & Abigail Stewart-Kahn

From Trauma to Healing: A Social Worker's Guide for Working With Survivors is the next significant publication on trauma in the field of social work. Since September 11 and Hurricane Katrina, social workers...

Brain in Pain: A Wounded Healer's Heart-Wrenching and Heart-Warming Guide to Schizophrenia

by Peter Cohen

Brain in Pain gives a first-hand view of the world of schizophrenia and challenges the stigma surrounding mental illness. Written by Peter Cohen, Brain in Pain is an invaluable window into his compelling world....

Now What?: An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery

by William Cope Moyers

Addiction and recovery insider and expert William Cope Moyers answers the question "Now What?" for addicts and their loved ones, every step of their journey from contemplation through intervention, treatment,...

Almost Addicted: Is My (or My Loved One's) Drug Use a Problem?

by J. Wesley Boyd & Eric Metcalf

Do you think your pot smoking is hindering your relationships? Does it feel as if you're just a tad too dependent on the pills your doctor prescribed for pain? Almost Addicted will help you assess your or your...

The Mental Health of Refugees: Ecological Approaches To Healing and Adaptation

by Kenneth E. Miller & Lisa M. Rasco

It is estimated that at least 33 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes by war or persecution. Numerous studies have documented high rates of psychological distress among these...

Evidence in Mental Health Care

by Stefan Priebe & Mike Slade

Mental health care increasingly faces a challenge to be 'evidence based'. However, despite much policy activity in the UK, it's still not clear what sort of evidence researchers should be producing for mental...

Mental Health Issues and the Media: An Introduction for Health Professionals

by Gary Morris

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...

Discover The Joy of Good Health

by M.D., John Inzerillo

Liberate yourself from the guilt that prevents you from asking for what you want and need and learn to stay in the present instead of focusing on past hurts and future expectations. Discover the Joy of Good...

The Adolescent Journey

by Marsha Levy-Warren

This is a comprehensive statement about adolescent development, identity formation, and treatment.

Opportunity House: Ethnographic Stories of Mental Retardation

by Michael V. Angrosino

Calling on a decade of participant observation at a residence for mentally retarded adults, anthropologist Michael V. Angrosino's riveting and de-mystifying account offers an insider's picture of the lives of...

January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her

by Michael Schofield

Michael Schofield’s daughter January is at the mercy of her imaginary friends, except they aren’t the imaginary friends that most young children have; they are hallucinations. And January is caught in the...

Winter Blues, Fourth Edition: Everything You Need to Know to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder

by Norman E. Rosenthal

A "landmark book."--The New York Times When the dark days of winter approach, do you feel sluggish and slow? Is it a struggle to get out of bed each morning? Do you have difficulty focusing at work or in relationships,...

Understanding Alzheimer's: An Introduction for Patients and Caregivers

by M. D. Ali

Understanding Alzheimer’s offers patients and caregivers the kind of cutting-edge information that will allow them to combat this debilitating disease on a number of fronts. The book presents the findings...