Dieses Fachbuch für Psychotherapeuten und Gruppentherapeuten regt den Leser, die Leserin entlang des eigenen Lebenslaufs an, eigene Gruppenerfahrungen neu zu reflektieren – und diese Einsichten in Beziehung zu Therapieprozessen zu setzen.
This accessible handbook introduces the subject to the wide array of frontline workers in health, education and social services who have regular contact with children and young people, and need some knowledge of the mental health issues that affect them, and the services available.
Blackwell s Neurology and Psychiatry Access Series has been designed to teach the art of diagnosis and treatment of neurologic and mental disease using a rational approach.
The troubling increase in treatment resistance in psychiatry has many culprits: the rise of biomedical psychiatry and corresponding sidelining of psychodynamic and psychosocial factors; the increased emphasis on treating the symptoms rather than the person; and a greater focus on the electronic medical record rather than the patient, all of which point to a breakdown in the person-centered prescriber-patient relationship.
This book discusses the challenges arising in the application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the provision of mental health care by presenting the views of the parties most directly concerned - people with lived experience of mental illness, their carers, psychiatrists, legal experts, public health workers and planners.
Even with the rise of newer neuropsychiatric brain stimulation methods, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains a widely used treatment for severe mental illness -- and perhaps the most effective for serious mental illness.
More than 40 years after the official recognition of infantile autism in DSM-III, numerous questions remain about autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-its possible causes, assessment, and most effective treatments.
This handbook focuses on intervention strategies for anxiety and depression in people with learning disabilities and explores the full range of anxiety and depressive illnesses, capturing manifestation, assessment and biopsychosocial models.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was passed in March 2010, includes provisions to expand the scope of mental health care available to most Americans.
This volume critiques and challenges the use and promotion of the disease model in psychiatry, arguing that its misconceived approach prevents the preferred disablement model from becoming the default method to understand mental health conditions, including schizophrenia.
An exceptionally practical book for clinicians who are interested in evaluating and treating eating disorders in children and adults, Pocket Guide for the Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders, provides expert guidance in a succinct and accessible format.
Este libro articula todos los aspectos teóricos y prácticos para la puesta en marcha de un sistema de salud mental interdisciplinario, con perspectiva de derechos y base en la comunidad.
No es frecuente encontrar trabajos que pongan el acento en la subjetividad de quien consume y la separen tan claramente de lo que atañe a otros campos (el policial, el penal y el de la seguridad), que no hacen más que estigmatizar al colectivo.
Para conocer la problemática y romper con la línea predominante, que indica que la única alternativa posible para la denominada clínica de las adicciones es la internación, esta obra parte del desarrollo histórico del consumo de sustancias, su clasificación y formas de abordaje, los aspectos bioéticos y la influencia del discurso jurídico como herramienta de control social.
Este libro despliega los múltiples abordajes con los que hoy trabaja el Dispositivo Pavlovsky, pero es mucho más que la descripción del mismo y su funcionamiento.
Cada enfermedad constituye un gran libro en el cual se puede leer rasgos de nuestra personalidad y situaciones de la vida que necesitamos solucionar para sentirnos bien física y mentalmente.
This book aims to provide comprehensive, up-to-date information on psychotropic drugs and inform clinical decisions for the treatment of mental disorders using a problem-solving approach.
This book represents a selection of papers presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences, held at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, June 24-27, 1995.
From pioneering family-based treatment developer James Lock, this is the first comprehensive guide to adolescent-focused therapy (AFT) for anorexia nervosa (AN), an evidence-based individual approach.
Mental disorders in children and adolescents have gained prominence in recent years, and clinicians in the field are increasingly on the lookout for new methods in diagnosis and treatment.
Spanning seven decades, this memoir is an account of the life of Herant Katchadourian on three continents: The Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
This workbook incorporates the best and most effective Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) techniques and tips for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) especially in children and young adults.
'This book isn't just a guide; it's a lifeline' Shirley Ballas, head judge, Strictly Come Dancing, and ambassador for CALM and Suicide&CoWorldwide, suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people, and numbers continue to increase.