Psychology / Psychopathology

Scattered Minds: Hope and Help for Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

by Lenard Adler & Mari Florence

A practical, authoritative book on an increasingly talked-about condition that affects more than 8 million American adults. Dr. Lenard Adler, director of the Adult ADHD Program at New York University School...

Getting Control (Revised Edition)

by Lee Baer

Six million Americans suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and they know firsthand the often devastating effects it has on their lives. Some symptoms, such as the nagging feeling you have left the...

Psychology Today: Breaking the Bonds of Food Addiction

by M.S., R.D., Susan McQuillan

Finally, freedom from food addiction! From Alpha Books and Psychology Today magazine comes expert advice that explains the whys and hows of food obsession and compulsive overeating. Readers will gain the background...

Climbing Out of Depression: A Practical Guide to Real and Immediate Help

by Sue Atkinson

A warm, simple, and practical guide to real and immediate help for those lost in the darkness of depression-written by someone who has experienced it and found a way out. According to the National Institute...

Lying in Weight

by Trisha Gura

A girl with an eating disorder grows up. And then what?

In this groundbreaking book, science journalist Trisha Gura explodes the myth that those who suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and...

Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice

by Malcolm M Macfarlane

Use these interventions and treatments to help people with mental health problems and their families!Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice explores the application of family therapy...

Psychoanalysis and Women: Contemporary Reappraisals

by Judith L. Alpert

Within the psychoanalytic framework, there is a growing body of research and thinking about female development.  In addition, there is ongoing research within other areas of psychology, such as developmental...

Cognitive Vulnerability and Stress in Children and Adolescents

by Randy P Auerbach & Benjamin L. Hankin

Presenting cutting-edge research conducted with children, adolescents, and their caregivers, this e-book examines cognitive factors in the development of psychopathology. Investigators at the forefront of the...

A Bright Red Scream: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain

by Marilee Strong

Self-mutilation is a behavior so shocking that it is almost never discussed. Yet estimates are that upwards of eight million Americans are chronic self-injurers. They are people who use knives, razor blades,...

The Empathy Trap: Understanding Antisocial Personalities

by Jane McGregor & Tim McGregor

If you’re in a relationship where you’re always in the wrong, and emotional chaos is the norm, the chances are you’re with a sociopath – someone without a conscience, whose personality shows extreme antisocial...

A Practical Guide for Teachers of Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Secondary Education

by Kathleen Lane, Trevor Clark & Elaine Keane

This book has all the essential guidance and tools that anyone working in education will need to help students on the autism spectrum perform to their best potential and stay organised and on track with their...

Disabled Church - Disabled Society: The Implications of Autism for Philosophy, Theology and Politics

by John Gillibrand

In this moving and intelligent book John Gillibrand, an Anglican priest, draws on his experience of caring for his non-verbal son, Adam, who has autism and is now a teenager. He reflects on how the experience...

The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

by Temple Grandin & Richard Panek

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate

Asylum: Hollywood Tales from My Great Depression: Brain Dis-Ease, Recovery, and Being My Mother's Son

by Joe Pantoliano

In this deeply moving and resourceful memoir, the beloved actor and New York Times bestselling author takes aim at the stigma attached to mental illness by writing candidly and humorously about his own struggle...

War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-tramatic Stress Disorder

by Edward Tick

In 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs cited 171,423 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, out of 593,634 total patients treated. That’s almost 30 percent; other statistics show 35 percent....

The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out

by Susan Pease Banitt

In 2010 the Department of Veterans Affairs cited 171,423 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans diagnosed with PTSD, out of 593,634 total patients treated. That’s almost 30 percent; other statistics show 35 percent....

Fifty Years in the Service of Addiction Treatment: An Evolution in Paradigm and Policy

by David E. Smith

Addiction medicine in the US from the 1960s to 2012, when healthcare reform requires parity for addiction treatment.

Recover to Live: Kick Any Habit, Manage Any Addiction: Your Self-Treatment Guide to Alcohol, Drugs, Eating Disorders,

by Christopher Kennedy Lawford

From New York Times bestselling author of Symptoms of Withdrawal and Moments of Clarity Christopher Kennedy Lawford comes a book that will save lives.

For most of his early life, Christopher Kennedy Lawford battled...

Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents

by Russell A. Barkley

From distinguished researcher/clinician Russell A. Barkley, this treasured parent resource gives you the science-based information you need about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment....

The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

by Gary Greenberg

For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-the DSM-the...