Care of people with mental health issues

Navigating Life Transitions for Meaning explores the central human motivation of meaning making, and its counterpart, meaning disruption.

The first interdisciplinary book taking a contextual approach to the developing health needs of women with intellectual disabilities.

Introduces a Powerful New Brief Therapy ApproachThis groundbreaking book is the first to provide a comprehensive model for effectively blending the two main postmodern brief therapy approaches: solution-focused and narrative therapies.

The definitive guide to identify, assess, and create individualized treatment plans for high-risk clients who suffer from challenging co-occurring disorders "e;Treat the person and not the diagnosis.

Behavioural experiments are one of the central and most powerful methods of intervention in cognitive therapy.

'This book represents a major contribution to the literature of several professions.

Courts recognize that those who are involved in medico-legal proceedings have a stake in the outcome of their psychological assessment, regardless of whether they are high- or low-functioning individuals.

Disability and Impairment introduces professionals working with families to the everyday issues faced by disabled people of all ages in family life.

Mick Cooper and John McLeod pioneer a major new framework for counselling theory, practice and research - the 'pluralistic' approach.

Nutrition and Lifestyle in Neurological Autoimmune Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis discusses important discoveries relating to the types of, and efficacy of, nutritional and lifestyle responses to symptoms and reoccurrence of MS.

From foremost experts, this authoritative work offers a framework for helping children overcome obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) using the proven techniques of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

Ethics in Rural Psychology provides readers with theoretical underpinnings, practical applications, and empirically based knowledge of the practice of psychology in rural communities.

The assessment and treatment of mental health concerns for Deaf individuals has been largely ignored and/or misunderstood by many mental health professionals.

In 1961, when Franco Basaglia arrived outside the grim walls of the Gorizia asylum, on the Italian border with Yugoslavia, it was a place of horror, a Bedlam for the mentally sick and excluded, redolent of Basaglia's own wartime experience inside a fascist gaol.

New edition of a distinctive guide to clinical supervision, for all who work in the mental health field Evidence-Based CBT Supervision offers an evidence-based perspective of particular interest to CBT supervisors working within mental health.

Most clinicians seek guidelines and indicators as to the effectiveness of their interventions with clients.

This comprehensive, go-to volume features cutting edge discussion of the emergency department management of mental health patients.

Youth residential mental health care is often a last resort after a long time searching for help.

All neuropsychologists need to know how to produce evidence-based reports.

All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits.

This highly regarded book offers a clear and considered guide to modern mental health policy and practice.

With the rapidly growing demand for mental health care there is a need for efficient and effective psychological treatment options.

There are many different models of marriage and family therapy; the challenge for students and beginning practitioners is deciding which one best suits their individual purposes.

A complete guide to evidence based interventions for children and adolescents The past decade has witnessed the development of numerous interventions proved to be highly effective; several treatments are now considered to be "e;well established"e; or "e;probably efficacious"e; interventions for children.

Chronic pain has a multitude of causes, many of which are not well understood or effectively treated by medical therapies.

If you drink apple juice with cinnamon, look after your gums, read, dance and take an aspirin a day - you are well on your way to preventing Alzheimer's disease.

Treating individuals with a substance misuse problem can be challenging, especially if clients present with multiple problems related to the main addiction.

This book prepares mental health professionals to conduct a thorough psychological assessment of individuals involved in immigration proceedings and present the results in a professional report.

'A powerful and impassioned defence of psychiatry, urging the Left to confront the harsh realities of mental illness' - William Davis, author of The Happiness IndustryA new edition of one of the most significant and credible critiques of the anti-psychiatry movement.

The newest title in the series Survivor Stories, this book tells the story of Paul Allen, a photographer who likes opera and was a good baritone singer.

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

Voices from the Asylum is a fascinating investigation of the lives of four women incarcerated in French psychiatric hospitals in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Negative rumination plays a key role in the onset and maintenance of depression and anxiety--and targeting this persistent mental habit in treatment can lead to better client outcomes and reduced residual symptoms.

Why do I need to learn about CBT and/or the Person-centred Approach?

Accessible and unbiased, Careers in Mental Health introduces upper-level high school students and beginning undergraduates to the different aspects of various mental health professions.

A Casebook of Mental Capacity in US Legislation: Assessment and Legal Commentary employs an applied and accessible approach to the assessment of mental capacity.

Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships.

The field of ethics in science aims to improve the way the audience perceives science, and this unique workbook discusses the areas of ethics and scientific misconduct.

The notion of social justice permeates much of current Western political and cultural discourse with a newfound urgency.

This rigorous yet reader-friendly book reviews the state of the science on a broad range of psychological issues commonly encountered in the forensic context.

Selected for Reading Well for Dementia 2024: endorsed by health experts, charities and people affected by dementia.

Professional Skills for Psychology covers key professional, ethical and career development issues.

This book provides the foundation for a lifelong journey of ethical practice in service for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

Is it ethical for psychiatrists to call a president a narcissist?

The second edition Handbook of Psychological Assessment in Primary Care Settings offers an overview of the application of psychological screening and assessment instruments in primary care settings.

An authoritative, evidence-based overview of the health needs of people with intellectual disabilities and how to manage these needs appropriately.

Written by many of the world's leading practitioners in the delivery of mental health care, this book clearly presents the results of scientific research about care and treatment for people with mental illness in community settings.

This book provides clinicians (particularly those specialising in DBT) with music activities and creative ideas to implement with existing practices, to strengthen what clients are being taught in DBT skills groups.

It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity.

This fully-updated third edition of Jon Bailey and Mary Burch's bestselling Ethics for Behavior Analysts is an invaluable guide to understanding and implementing the newly-revised Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) Professional and Ethical Compliance Code.