The Aesthetics of Self-Harm presents a new approach to understanding parasuicidal behaviour, based upon an examination of online communities that promote performances of self-harm in the pursuit of an idealised beauty.
This text provides a state-of-the-art treatment of the dominant theories and techniques of counseling and psychotherapy from a rehabilitation perspective.
Flexible Applications of Cognitive Processing Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment Methods provides a detailed roadmap on how to apply therapy to a wide-range of complex patients.
Das Therapieprogramm THAV stellt ein umfassendes Behandlungspaket zur multimodalen Therapie von Kindern mit aggressivem Verhalten besonders gegenüber Gleichaltrigen dar.
This volume introduces the concept of Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress (PITS), a form of PTSD symptoms caused not by traditionally expected roles, such as being a victim or rescuer in trauma, but by being an active participant in causing trauma.
Die Untersuchungen von René Spitz zum Hospitalismus haben gezeigt, daß ausreichende Ernährung und Versorgung allein nicht ausreichen: Kinder brauchen für eine gesunde psychische Entwicklung auch Bindungspersonen, die ihre emotionalen Bedürfnisse befriedigen.
This book introduces the concept of the ';Person One Could Have Become' and shows the importance of mourning for individuals with traumatic experiences.
Schizophrenia is a major psychiatric disorder characterized by a disruption in neuropsychological function that usually manifests itself between the age of 10 and 35.
This important book provides a review of the Minnesota Model of alcoholism treatment, which combines current clinical treatments and the 12-step principles of Alcoholics Anonymous with the goal of abstinence.
Praxisnaher Navigationsleitfaden zur ICD-11-Klassifikation von PersönlichkeitsstörungenDieses Buch erläutert praxisnah die Anwendung derICD-11-Klassifikation von Persönlichkeitsstörungen sowie verwandter Persönlichkeitsmerkmale und -muster.
Sleep disturbances in individuals with psychological diseases may be a symptom of the underlying disease, a separate disturbance, or evidence of sleep-medicine conditions.
Die Neubearbeitung des Bandes liefert anhand von Leitlinien, Materialien und der Beschreibung wichtiger Erhebungsverfahren eine praxisorientierte Einführung in die Grundlagen der Diagnostik psychischer Störungen und Auffälligkeiten im Kindes- und Jugendalter.
Friendly, accessible guidance for parents of autistic children and people caring for autistic adultsAutism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children.
People with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorders have a serious mental illness that primarily affects their intimate, personal, and family relationships.
In diesem Band haben Experten aus Psychiatrie, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychosomatik 55 ebenso interessante wie spannende Kasuistiken zusammengestellt, anhand derer die diagnostischen Prinzipien, Konzepte und Modelle illustriert werden.
This book deconstructs the pathologizing category of 'sadomasochism' in order to account for the 'lived realities' of consensual 'SM' play, emphasizing the connection between the corporeal and the political in contemporary consumer cultures.
'The best book ever written' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianRobert Burton's labyrinthine, beguiling, playful masterpiece is his attempt to 'anatomize and cut up' every aspect of the condition of melancholy, from which he had suffered throughout his life.
The seminal reference for the latest research in developmental psychopathology Developmental Psychopathology is a four-volume compendium of the most complete and current research on every aspect of the field.