This volume should enhance health care professionals' understanding of the myriad complications that develop when a person with an eating disorder gets married or becomes involved in a long-term intimate relationship.
Working with Gay Men and Lesbians in Private Psychotherapy Practice is written for private practitioners solely by private practice clinicians who specialize in the treatment of gay men or lesbians.
A practical book for practical people,Care-Giving in Dementia integrates neurobiological information about dementia with specific developments in care-giving.
Making a unique contribution of placing the current sexual exploitation of children and adolescents firmly in its historical context, this book looks at the family's and society's roles in child and adolescent sex abuse.
Despite the rise of clinical interest in posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic stress in children, there has been little attention paid to the impact of sibling death as a traumatic event.
Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, second edition, takes a compassionate look at ways that social workers can help dying people and their families.
Though general systems theory is currently the prevailing paradigm in family therapy and social work, there is no accessible text that treats its basic concepts.
Coming at a time of renewed interest in the developmental changes of the life cycle, Psychotherapy and the Widowed Patient is a rich resource that examines the impact of a spouse's death on an individual's mental health.
What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living is a spiritual approach to health care that teaches the reader about values, hope, and faith through actual experiences of terminally ill persons.
Read Integrating Exercise, Sports, Movement, and Mind: Therapeutic Unity, and you'll see how exercise and movement are actually the keys to achieving a harmonious equilibrium between thoughts and physical health.
In a convenient large-size format, this book presents the first research-based, comprehensive program designed to support high school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Mit diesem Buch erhalten Sie einen kompakten und vollständigen Überblick über alle prüfungsrelevanten Themen der Medizinischen Psychologie und Soziologie.
In this eye-opening study at the intersection of psychoanalytic theory and political organization and thought, Elliott Schwebach explores why property can be understood to be oppressive and how political theory overlooks its unique significance as a pillar of social violence.
Advanced Research Methods for Applied Psychology provides a comprehensive discussion of 21 key topics for the completion of an applied psychology (or similar) research thesis/project.
Hoarding disorder, classified as one of the obsessive-compulsive and related disorders in the DSM-5, presents particular challenges in therapeutic work, including treatment ambivalence and lack of insight of those affected.
Improving mental health care through culturally sensitive research and practiceCulturally sensitive practice is a vital component of effective mental health carein our increasingly diverse societies: Mental illnesses vary in prevalence betweencultural and ethnic groups, as do the meanings attached to them and people'sresponses to them.
This book describes the conceptualization, assessment, and evidence-based behavioral treatment of migraine and tension-type headache - two of the world's most common medical conditions, and also frequent, highly disabling comorbidities among psychiatric patients.
This volume in the series Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice provides health care providers with practical and evidence-based guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of nicotine and tobacco dependence.
Why understanding the role of culture can help prevent suicideThe increasing domination of biological approaches in suicide research and prevention,at the expense of social and cultural understanding, is severely harming ourability to stop people dying so run the clearly set out arguments and evidence inthis lucid book by leading social scientists and suicide researchers.
Compact, authoritative guidance to effective assessment and treatment of the most common psychological difficulties in children and adolescents - phobia and anxiety disordersThis authoritative but compact text addresses the psychopathology, assessment, and treatment of the anxiety disorders and phobias in childhood and adolescence.
About 40% of the population experiences difficulty falling or staying asleep at some time in a given year, while 10% of people suffer chronic insomnia.
The mental health effects of disasters and terror events can be severe, and are most effectively characterized as differing stress reactions with psychological consequences.
Learn how to assess and treat body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)- Presents the best treatment practices- Instructions for novel and advanced treatment strategies- Tips for improving client engagement- Illustrated with case studies- Printable tools for clinical useMore about the bookThis volume provides a user-friendly, evidence-based guide to the diagnosis, phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).
Many people in need of behavioral health measures or psychotherapy do not seek clinical care and are simply not being "e;reached"e; by current practices and services.
Despite the stunning progress in medical research that has been achieved over the past few decades, heart disease remains the leading cause of death and disability among adults in many industrialized countries.
