Psychiatric and mental disorders

Psychosocial and holistic approaches to assessment have become a central feature of modern mental health care.

Psychosocial and holistic approaches to assessment have become a central feature of modern mental health care.

This ground-breaking textbook gathers contributions from service users, expert practitioners and leading academics to help students develop the core knowledge and skills they need to qualify as mental health nurses.

This ground-breaking textbook gathers contributions from service users, expert practitioners and leading academics to help students develop the core knowledge and skills they need to qualify as mental health nurses.

Mental health is a vast and fascinating subject but knowing where to begin can be challenging.

Mental health is a vast and fascinating subject but knowing where to begin can be challenging.

'A powerful way to break even the most stubborn bad habit so you can live the life you deserve' - Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEOMap your habits, set your own goals and treat yourself with the kindness you truly deserve.

'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.

'There is always hope, even when we cannot seem to seek it within ourselves.

Elizabeth L.

In the past 10 years spirituality and spiritual care have been much debated in professional healthcare literature, highlighting the need for a recognised definition of spiritual care to enable appropriate assessment of, and response to, spiritual issues.

APPRAISAL AND REVALIDATION SERIES The new Appraisal and Revalidation Series helps doctors demonstrate their competence to the standard expected by the General Medical Council and to the standard expected if they are recognised as having 'special clinical interests'.

For the vast majority of children acquiring speech and language skills is an effortless process.

This book explores the historical background to, and present-day understanding of, a number of unusual psychiatric disorders.

In recent years, many have come to believe that Western medicine has lost contact with 'holistic' conceptions of health as encompassing physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual dimensions.

Since the shutdown of our public psychiatry system, the seriously mentally ill are now mostly managed by public safety officers, school officials, emergency first responders and social workers with little experience in recognizing symptoms, triggers and issues.

Marriage is the most demanding and potentially rewarding relationship for many adults.

As noted psychiatrists, authors, and lecturers, Baars and Terruwe excitingly blend medieval and classical notions of the human psyche together with modern clinical discoveries as they probe the topic of psychic wholeness and healing.

Offering vital tools for working with 4- to 18-year-olds in a wide range of settings, this book presents engaging cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) activities that can be implemented rapidly and flexibly.

No other available text offers such a hands-on approach to marriage and family therapy theory.

A harrowing exploration of one of the country's most troubling hidden shames: the widespread neglect of disabled children by the institutions that have sworn to protect themFour-fifths of American children with serious mental health problems receive no professional treatment whatsoever.

Promoting recovery from mental health problems is a guiding principle within modern mental health care.

Promoting recovery from mental health problems is a guiding principle within modern mental health care.

It is essential for mental health nurses to understand the physical health needs of people with mental health disorders in order to provide holistic care.

It is essential for mental health nurses to understand the physical health needs of people with mental health disorders in order to provide holistic care.

Well-being is an important topic for many different professions.

Well-being is an important topic for many different professions.

Researching child and adolescent mental health can be a daunting task, but with the right practical skills and knowledge your students can transform the way they work with children and young people, giving them a 'voice' through their research in the wider community.

Researching child and adolescent mental health can be a daunting task, but with the right practical skills and knowledge your students can transform the way they work with children and young people, giving them a 'voice' through their research in the wider community.

Being able to engage with service users and communicate effectively is a fundamental skill identified by the NMC and required of all mental health nurses.

Being able to engage with service users and communicate effectively is a fundamental skill identified by the NMC and required of all mental health nurses.

Policy determines much of what nurses actually do on a daily basis, which means it is essential for nurses to engage with policy if they are to understand their own practice.

Policy determines much of what nurses actually do on a daily basis, which means it is essential for nurses to engage with policy if they are to understand their own practice.

Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is.

Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is.

This book offers an introduction to values and ethics in counselling and psychotherapy, helping you to develop the ethical awareness needed throughout the counselling process.

This book offers an introduction to values and ethics in counselling and psychotherapy, helping you to develop the ethical awareness needed throughout the counselling process.

"In der Reihe 'Einführungen' gibt es für die Paartherapie sicher keine geeignetere Autorin als Rosmarie Welter-Enderlin.

Readers love Stoicism and the Art of Happiness 'Just what the aspiring student of Stoicism needs' Reader review'The best self-teaching book on stoicism you'll find' Reader review'Absolutely loved this - outstanding book!

YOUR FIRST STEP TO A LIFE FREE FROM ANGEREveryone feels angry from time to time, and anger is a natural and normal way to respond to the things in life that frustrate us.

THE BESTSELLING GUIDE TO CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH CBTCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a self-help technique that has worked for millions and can work for you!

Everyone can identify with feelings of uncertainty.

'Deeply moving, darkly funny and hugely powerful' Robert Macfarlane'A brave, lit-up account of going mad and getting better' Jeanette WintersonAfter a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act.

New York Times Book Review Top 10 Books of the Year Captures with subtlety and empathy the honest reality of mental illness The TimesThere are stories that save us, and stories that trap us, and in the midst of an illness it can be very hard to know which is which Strangers to Ourselves shares the experiences of five people who have come up against the limits of psychiatric explanations for who they are.

This early work by Sigmund Freud was originally published in 1921 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Break free from unhelpful rituals and take control of your life 'Clear, practical, focused and useful.

Overcome the crippling effects of panic attacks and agoraphobia Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by feelings of panic that seem to come from nowhere and yet feel terrifyingly real?

This authoritative guide has been completely revised and expanded with over 90% new material in a new step-by-step format.

Richly illustrated with clinical material, this book presents specific techniques for working with multisensory imagery in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

This book presents the first treatment program that adapts the proven practices of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to meet the unique needs of people struggling with obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD).