Becoming a Clinical Psychologist: Everything You Need to Know brings together all the information you need to pursue a career in this competitive field. This essential guide includes up-to-date... (more)
Many practitioners are hesitant to treat mental health issues in older adults, believing that special expertise is required to do so effectively. DSM-5(R) Pocket Guide for Elder Mental Health is... (more)
Mental disorders are highly prevalent in the primary care setting, yet are frequently misdiagnosed and often inappropriately treated. The presence of unrecognized or misdiagnosed mental disorders is... (more)
Psychotic disorders are common and important psychiatric conditions, and patients suffering from psychosis can be challenging to assess and manage. In this new monograph, experts in schizophrenia and... (more)
Everyone, it seems, is talking and arguing about Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Those therapies and assessments designated as EBP increasingly determine what is taught, researched, and reimbursed in... (more)
The book provides a comprehensive summary of the best known and most highly respected well-controlled long-term prospective follow-up studies in ADHD. These studies followed children with ADHD and... (more)
In Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight, Dr. Lloyd Sederer draws upon four decades of diverse clinical practice, mental health research and public health experience to create a... (more)
From leading authorities, this significantly revised and expanded handbook is a highly regarded reference in a rapidly growing field. It thoroughly examines the conscious and unconscious processes by... (more)
This book draws together advances in the understanding, assessment and treatment of stress, negative symptoms, social anxiety, OCD, PTSD and mood disturbance in people with a diagnosis of psychosis,... (more)
The recent publication of a new edition of the American Diagnostic and Statistical manual (DSM-5) highlighted the two contrary viewpoints that exist within the field of mental health. There are those... (more)
This volume aims to explain why, despite profound advances in psychological science and neuroscientific analyses of schizophrenia, outcomes for the disorder have changed little over the past 100... (more)
Featuring animal research, from pigeons to primates, this book explains how comparative psychology can enrich our insights into human psychological processes. Each chapter covers a different... (more)
Building on the best-selling Pocket Guide to the DSM-5(t) Diagnostic Exam, The DSM-5(R) Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health teaches readers how to formulate a diagnosis and treatment... (more)
Although other books have explored the medical cannabis and the neuroscience behind cannabis, no single source of comprehensive information on cannabis and mental health has existed to date.... (more)
Perhaps never before has an objective, evidence-based review of the intersection between gun violence and mental illness been more sorely needed or more timely. Gun Violence and Mental Illness,... (more)
Much has changed in the critical interval since the last edition of The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice was published. This new, third edition provides an up-to-date examination of the... (more)
This unique manual presents cognitive-behavioral social skills training (CBBST), a step-by-step, empirically supported intervention that helps clients with schizophrenia achieve recovery goals... (more)
Mental wellbeing is an integral part of being, and feeling, healthy, and it is estimated that one in four people will suffer from some form of mental illness during their lifetime. In spite of this,... (more)
The internet can now be reached by a fingertip on a smart phone and has changed our lives on a fundamental level. However, is mental health enhanced or diminished by this digitisation of our world?... (more)
Psychiatry regularly comes under attack as a way of caring for and controlling the mentally ill. Originally published in 1986, this title explores the history and theory of psychiatry to illuminate... (more)
Do people with mental disorders share enough psychology with other people to make human interpretation possible? Jonathan Glover tackles the hard cases - violent criminals, people with delusions,... (more)
Psychology defines people who take pleasure in the suffering of others as having a form of mental illness, while media representations frame such behaviour as "evil". This is hotly contested... (more)
This much-needed volume gives clinicians essential strategies for managing the complexities of bipolar disorder and tailoring treatment to each patient's changing needs. Highly readable, accessible,... (more)
The authoritative reference on depression and mood disorders, this volume brings together the field's preeminent researchers. All aspects of unipolar and bipolar depression are addressed, from... (more)
What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Anxiety Disorders is an integrated and practical approach to treating anxiety disorders for general psychotherapists. What is new and exciting is its focus on... (more)
Drawing is a language, projected by children and adults, reflecting their joy and pain. It is used extensively by clinical psychologists, art therapists, social workers, and other mental health... (more)
While iconic popular images celebrated family life during the 1950s and 1960s, American families were simultaneously regarded as potentially menacing sources of social disruption. The history of... (more)
This comprehensive volume shows how to use both diagnostic and behavioral assessment knowledgeably and effectively throughout the process of treatment. The two traditions have developed along... (more)
Anxiety Disorders: A Guide for Integrating Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy is a comprehensive reference for the psychology and psychiatry student, intern, or resident, early career psychologist... (more)
As a companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), this guidebook serves two critical functions. First, it acts as a guide for busy clinicians in need... (more)