Abnormal psychology

This book, written and edited by leading experts from around the world, looks critically at how culture impacts on the way posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related disorders are diagnosed and treated.

Taking the reader through an extraordinary world where the very nature of reality is different, this personal narrative tells the story of one woman's terrifying battle to understand her own mind.

When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents' overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this?

Junk has become ubiquitous in America today.

This book addresses the over-prescribing of antidepressants in people with mostly mild and subthreshold depression.

An examination of the efficacy and safety of psychiatric medications in light of how little is understood about how they workIt is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Americans will suffer a mental disorder at some time during their lives.

Restore Your Relationship, Enhance Your MarriageNew York Times Bestseller#1 Bestseller in Marriage & Family, Family Relationships, and DivorceCultivate effective communication and a lasting relationship.

An indispensable resource for K-12 educators and autism specialists, this highly practical book shows how to include students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in general education settings.

Substance use among college students can result in serious academic and safety problems and have long-term negative repercussions.

Why would a child refuse to talk about anything but wasp wings-or the color of subway train doors?

This highly practical book provides evidence-based strategies for helping adults with ADHD build essential skills for time management, organization, planning, and coping.

An indispensable practitioner reference and text, this engaging book focuses on how to provide effective help to clients with substance use disorders.

This practical volume covers the full range of effective treatments for PTSD and discusses their implementation with service members and veterans.

Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the best current knowledge and treatment approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents.

Packed with practical clinical tools, this book presents an empirically supported treatment expressly designed for clients with both bipolar disorder and substance use disorders.

This authoritative book presents a groundbreaking evidence-based approach to conducting therapy groups for persons with substance use disorders.

Providing a cutting-edge examination of the mechanisms underlying depression, this volume integrates important areas of research that have largely remained separate.

This practical, research-based guide provides a wealth of tools and strategies for implementing social skills training in school or clinical settings.

Presenting crucial knowledge and state-of-the-art treatment approaches for working with young children affected by trauma, this book is an essential resource for mental health professionals and child welfare advocates.

It's hard to decide which is more frightening--the ';food' teenagers enjoy, or the things they say about their bodies.

The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health, medical, and allied health care disciplines.

Written in an engaging, accessible style, this book synthesizes the growing body of knowledge on the neuropsychology of emotion and identifies practical clinical implications.

This state-of-the-art volume synthesizes the growing body of knowledge on the role of distress tolerancethe ability to withstand aversive internal states such as negative emotions and uncomfortable bodily sensationsin psychopathology.

Navigating the neurotypical world with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism (AS/HFA) can be extremely stressful.

This book has been replaced by Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3498-2.

A guided tour through the body's innate healing powersMany of us have learned to ignore, deny, or even mistrust the wise messages our bodies give us.

For nearly two decades, Dr.

Reconnect with Your Body and Nature to Heal from Trauma As psychologist and mindfulness teacher Rochelle Calvert explores in this powerful book, one of the greatest sources of healing from trauma is all around us nature.

Creative people will experience depression - that's a given.

In this provocative and pathbreaking distillation of a career spent working with individuals seeking help with mood and motivation, Eric Maisel reveals the implications of one of the most dramatic cultural shifts of our time.

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Despite related controversies and argument, schizoaffective disorder is a crucial mental illness that demands attention and study from both scholars and clinicians.

Highly practical, instructive, and authoritative, this book vividly describes how to conduct child-centered play therapy.

Featuring in-depth case presentations from master clinicians, this volume highlights the remarkable capacity of traumatized children to guide their own healing process.

This compelling book argues that all people with schizophrenia share a personality organization known as schizotypy.

It may be hard to believe your child will ever get better, but kids with bipolar disorder can and do lead healthy, stable lives.

Recent advances in evidence-based treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder are comprehensively reviewed in this authoritative volume.

This bestselling classic presents seminal theory and research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

No one wants to get rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder more than someone who has it.

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This important work elucidates why relapse is so common for people recovering from addictive behavior problems--and what can be done to keep treatment on track.

This groundbreaking book explains the whats and how-tos of metacognitive therapy (MCT), an innovative form of cognitive-behavioral therapy with a growing empirical evidence base.

As the parent of a child with an autism spectrum disorder, you need an informed, caring advocate who can deftly guide you through the complex maze of treatment options.

In a society where a blemish or bad hair can ruin an otherwise perfect day and airbrushed abs dominate the magazine rack, many of us feel ashamed of our bodies.

Developed under the auspices of the PTSD Treatment Guidelines Task Force of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, this tightly edited work is the definitive best-practice reference for practitioners caring for any trauma population.

Will the person you love ever get better?

Presenting an innovative framework for tailoring cognitive-behavioral interventions to each client's needs, this accessible book is packed with practical pointers and sample dialogues.

Presenting clear-cut strategies for working with traumatized patients who have multiple co-occurring disorders and life problems, this highly practical manual puts an array of proven cognitive-behavioral strategies at the clinician's fingertips.