Clinical Psychology Books
Relational Suicide Assessment: Risks, Resources, and Possibilities for Safety
Moving beyond the traditional paper-and-pencil self-report, this book offers therapists a new approach to suicide assessment. Guided by a relational understanding of the therapeutic process, it... (more)
Assessment and Diagnosis of Personality Disorders: The ICD-10 International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE)
The diagnosis and assessment of personality disorders has lagged considerably behind that of most other mental disorders. However, the IPDE is an instrument which is compatible, through two modules,... (more)
The Wandering Mind: Understanding Dissociation from Daydreams to Disorders
Have you ever had a daydream? If so, you've had a dissociative experience. The same is true if you've had an out-of-body moment or thought you were somewhere else as you drifted off to sleep. These... (more)
Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression
Why do so many people suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous angst? Some twenty percent of us are afflicted with common Anxiety and Depressive disorders. That's not just nervous or scared or sad... (more)
Preventing Mental Ill-Health: Informing public health planning and mental health practice
Is there any evidence that we can reduce the incidence of mental ill health? Is it possible to prevent recurrence of mental ill health? Aspirations to achieve both these goals have featured in mental... (more)
Discursive Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice
For an endeavour that is largely based on conversation it may seem obvious to suggest that psychotherapy is discursive. After all, therapists and clients primarily use talk, or forms of discourse, to... (more)
Treatment Resistant Depression: A Roadmap for Effective Care
This unique book presents the treatment roadmap implemented by the University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Centers Treatment Resistant Depression Program, step-by-step guidance that has long... (more)
Schizophrenia: The Final Frontier - A Festschrift for Robin M. Murray
Schizophrenia: The Final Frontier is a unique project reflecting the contribution that Robin M. Murray has made to the field of psychiatry over the past 35 years, with a particular focus on the... (more)
Distress Tolerance: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications
This state-of-the-art volume synthesizes the growing body of knowledge on the role of distress tolerance - the ability to withstand aversive internal states such as negative emotions and... (more)
Contemporary Directions in Psychopathology: Scientific Foundations of the DSM-V and ICD-11
This forward-thinking volume grapples with critical questions surrounding the mechanisms underlying mental disorders and the systems used for classifying them. Edited and written by leading... (more)
The Mind-body Interface in Somatization: When Symptom Becomes Disease
The Mind-Body Interface in Somatization: When Symptom Becomes Disease represents a unique contribution to the clinician's tool chest for diagnosing and treating psychosomatic illness. This book... (more)
Clinical Pearls of Wisdom: 21 Leading Therapists Offer Their Key Insights
Pre-eminent psychotherapy clinicians offer advice on a variety of topics. This book collects the 'best of the best' in terms of leading therapists who are offering highlights from their years of... (more)
The Other Depression: Bipolar Disorder: Second Edition
Helps people understand and destigmatize those afflicted with bipolar disorder. This book discusses topics such as the genetic signature and environmental stresses and underpinnings of this disease,... (more)
Reaching Out: The Psychology of Assertive Outreach
Examines the application of psychological approaches in assertive outreach - a process which involves forming new relationships and offering hope to people who have been alienated from traditional... (more)
Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management for Prostate Cancer Recovery: Facilitator Guide
Men treated for localized prostate cancer have an excellent medical prognosis, but may have difficulty in readjusting to life after surgery as a result of treatment related side effects. Changes in... (more)
Talking Cures and Placebo Effects
Psychoanalysis has had to defend itself from a barrage of criticism throughout its history. Nevertheless, there are many who claim to have been helped by this therapy, and who claim to have achieved... (more)
The Physician as Patient: A Clinical Handbook for Mental Health Professionals
This practical handbook combines the perspectives of two seasoned psychiatrists who have been assessing and treating physicians for more than 30 years and who here discuss not only common illnesses... (more)
The Dictionary of Psychopathology
Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, theoreticians, practitioners, and other allied professionals who together represent the entire arc of the mental health field must be... (more)
Essentials of Millon Inventories Assessment: Third Edition
Provides instructions to Ted Millon's assessment measures which are used by clinicians in various settings. Fully revised and updated, "Essentials of Millon Inventories Assessment, Third Edition"... (more)
Milestones in the History of Aphasia: Theories and Protagonists
Surveys the history of aphasia from its earliest mentions in ancient times to the turn of the new millennium in 2000. This book takes a predominantly chronological approach starting with an... (more)
Outpatient Psychiatry: A Beginners Guide
Psychiatric education does not provide all a doctor needs to know about working with patients. This title provides a guide to psychotherapeutic techniques, uses of psychotropic medication and... (more)
Hands-on Help: Computer-aided Psychotherapy
"Hands-on Help" is a narrative review of the mushrooming field of computer-aided psychotherapy for mental health problems as a whole, from the time it began in the 1960's through to the present day.... (more)
The Female Body in Mind: The Interface Between the Female Body and Mental Health
"The Female Body in Mind" introduces new ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health assessment and treatment. The multidisciplinary approach incorporates social, psychological, biological... (more)
Bipolar Disorder
This book is the complete resource for mental health professionals, their clients, and lay people. "The Concise Guide to Bipolar Disorders" features vignettes and case illustrations, as well as... (more)
Women and Psychiatric Treatment
"Women and Psychiatric Treatment" provides a practical guide to the challenge of preserving fairness in access and quality of provision of health care and argues that equity is only achievable... (more)
A Life Worth Living: Contributions to Positive Psychology
Brings together thoughts on postive psychology. This work includes historical, philosophical, and empirical views of what matter for personal happiness and well-being. This book agrees on principles... (more)
The Elephant in the Room: Silence and Denial in Everyday Life
Taking on the concept of denial, this work explains the ways in which people, both as individuals and collectively, consciously refrain from acknowledging things of which they are quite clearly aware. (more)
Contesting Psychiatry: Social Movements in Mental Health
Resistance and social movements in mental health have been important in shaping current practice in both mental health and psychiatry. Contesting Psychiatry, focusing largely on the UK, examines the... (more)