Psychiatric and mental disorders

What can a therapist do when faced with the all-too-familiar client who seems stuck or resistant?

What can a therapist do when faced with the all-too-familiar client who seems stuck or resistant?

The field of sex therapy has experienced tremendous growth in the last 20 years .

The field of sex therapy has experienced tremendous growth in the last 20 years .

The chapters of this volume were written for the purpose of surveying the field of intensive family therapy.

The chapters of this volume were written for the purpose of surveying the field of intensive family therapy.

The Third Eye provides a detailed and practical exposition of one of the most important but least documented skills required of those practising in the expanding discipline of group analysis.

The Third Eye provides a detailed and practical exposition of one of the most important but least documented skills required of those practising in the expanding discipline of group analysis.

This impressive book presents contributions from leading researchers and practitioners in the field of eating disorders and offers a remarkably comprehensive study of the theory and treatment of both anorexia nervosa and bulimia from biomedical, sociocultural and psychological perspectives.

This impressive book presents contributions from leading researchers and practitioners in the field of eating disorders and offers a remarkably comprehensive study of the theory and treatment of both anorexia nervosa and bulimia from biomedical, sociocultural and psychological perspectives.

This volume was first published in 1967 with an initial reissue in 1984.

This volume was first published in 1967 with an initial reissue in 1984.

Published in 1986, Countertransference and Psychotherapeutic Technique is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychoanalysis.

Published in 1986, Countertransference and Psychotherapeutic Technique is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychoanalysis.

This volume presents a fully integrated developmental approach that not only differentiates between varying etiologies of the narcissistic and borderline disorders but also provides a detailed guide to effective treatment.

This volume presents a fully integrated developmental approach that not only differentiates between varying etiologies of the narcissistic and borderline disorders but also provides a detailed guide to effective treatment.

First published in 1988.

First published in 1988.

The "e;epigenetic puzzle"e; which is schizophrenia, forms the focus of this Monograph, But The Authors Do Not Sit Comfortably With The Notion That this is an entity.

The "e;epigenetic puzzle"e; which is schizophrenia, forms the focus of this Monograph, But The Authors Do Not Sit Comfortably With The Notion That this is an entity.

There is a myth that people with mental disorders comply poorly with treatment.

There is a myth that people with mental disorders comply poorly with treatment.

Marriage as an equal partnership is the goal of amny couples in the western world today and yet equality is often limited by the ways that power and gender interact in the relationship, leading to dissatisfaction and ultimately the break up of the marriage.

Marriage as an equal partnership is the goal of amny couples in the western world today and yet equality is often limited by the ways that power and gender interact in the relationship, leading to dissatisfaction and ultimately the break up of the marriage.

In the well known myth of Pandora, hope was the last and most need gift at the bottom of a box of myriad misfortunes let loose on an unsuspecting world.

In the well known myth of Pandora, hope was the last and most need gift at the bottom of a box of myriad misfortunes let loose on an unsuspecting world.

This volume provides researchers and clinicians with an insight into recent developments in activity anorexia.

This volume provides researchers and clinicians with an insight into recent developments in activity anorexia.

Records of people experiencing verbal hallucinations or 'hearing voices' can be found throughout history.

Records of people experiencing verbal hallucinations or 'hearing voices' can be found throughout history.

These two companion volumes provide a comprehensive review and critical evaluation of the major DSM-III and DSM-III-R child disorders.

These two companion volumes provide a comprehensive review and critical evaluation of the major DSM-III and DSM-III-R child disorders.

Postmodernist ideas are widely used in family therapy.

Postmodernist ideas are widely used in family therapy.

The argument of this book is that the divide between psychiatry and religion is an artificial one and that there is much room for understanding the same phenomena from different perspectives.

The argument of this book is that the divide between psychiatry and religion is an artificial one and that there is much room for understanding the same phenomena from different perspectives.

The popularity of using narrative, metaphor and building solutions in CBT has increased in recent years.

The popularity of using narrative, metaphor and building solutions in CBT has increased in recent years.

Common Mental Disorders in Primary Care provides a thorough overview of the diagnosis, treatment and management of the most common mental disorders encountered in primary care.

Common Mental Disorders in Primary Care provides a thorough overview of the diagnosis, treatment and management of the most common mental disorders encountered in primary care.

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965.

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965.

Self-harm is worryingly common in young women, and is often used as a way of easing emotional suffering.

Self-harm is worryingly common in young women, and is often used as a way of easing emotional suffering.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) have emerged as a major phenomenon within the education, health, criminal justice and social care systems of many countries, with current prevalence figures suggesting that one in a hundred children and young people have FASDs.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) have emerged as a major phenomenon within the education, health, criminal justice and social care systems of many countries, with current prevalence figures suggesting that one in a hundred children and young people have FASDs.

Cognitive therapies are often biased in their assessment of clinical problems by their emphasis on the role of verbally-mediated thought in shaping our emotions, and in stressing the influence of thought upon feeling.

Cognitive therapies are often biased in their assessment of clinical problems by their emphasis on the role of verbally-mediated thought in shaping our emotions, and in stressing the influence of thought upon feeling.

In recent years there has been an increase in research into childhood depression, and it is now recognised that depression can severely impair young people in many aspects of their life, school, peer and social relationships, and frequently persists into adulthood.

In recent years there has been an increase in research into childhood depression, and it is now recognised that depression can severely impair young people in many aspects of their life, school, peer and social relationships, and frequently persists into adulthood.