Clinical Psychology Books
Madness: Ideas About Insanity
This book is an introduction to the uncertainties and incongruities about madness. It is aimed at all of those who are curious about this subject whether out of general inquisitiveness or because it... (more)
Sanity, Madness and the Family: Classic Edition
In the late 1950s the psychiatrist R.D.Laing and psychoanalyst Aaron Esterson spent five years interviewing eleven families of female patients diagnosed as 'schizophrenic'. Sanity, Madness and the... (more)
Clinical Psychology: Psychopathology Through the Lifespan
This innovative textbook adopts a lifespan approach to mental health. Paul Bennett provides an overview of factors that influence risk for mental health problems throughout the life course and... (more)
Treating Dissociative and Personality Disorders: A Motivational Systems Approach to Theory and Treatment
Treating Dissociative and Personality Disorders draws on major theorists and the very latest research to help formulate and introduce the Relational/Multi-Motivational Therapeutic Approach (REMOTA),... (more)
Searching for a Rose Garden: Challenging Psychiatry, Fostering Mad Studies
This edited collection introduces and explores radical alternatives to mainstream psychiatric practices that build on the knowledge of people with direct experience of extreme crisis and psychiatric... (more)
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Case Study and Contemporary Perspective
The diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, remains controversial, despite its inclusion as an established diagnosis in psychiatry's Diagnostic... (more)
Beyond Schizophrenia: Living and Working with a Serious Mental Illness
The experience of living and working with schizophrenia is often fraught with challenges and setbacks. This book is a comprehensive attempt to explain why, in spite of near-miraculous advances in... (more)
Comparative Psychology for Clinical Psychologists and Therapists: What Animal Behavior Can Tell Us About Human Psychology
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)
Mentalization Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide
Mentalizing - the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring mental states that lie behind overt behaviour - develops within the context of attachment relationships. It is crucial to... (more)
DSM-5 Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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)
DSM-5 Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health
DSM-5 Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health offers trainees and clinicians who provide mental health services to children and adolescents a concise but conceptually and clinically rich... (more)
Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Ethics
Emphasising clinical realities over abstract theories, A Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Ethics thoroughly illustrates and applies the ethics principles and practices that instruct psychiatric... (more)
Gun Violence and Mental Illness
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)
The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times
The Last Asylum is Barbara Taylor's haunting memoir of her journey through the UK mental health system. A Radio 4 Book of The Week Shortlisted For The RBC Taylor Prize. In July 1988, Barbara Taylor,... (more)
Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM 5 Personality Disorders: Attachment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatement: Third Edition
Since the publication of the acclaimed second edition of Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-IV Personality Disorders, much has changed in how the personality disorders are understood and... (more)
Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An Empirical Approach: Second Edition
The authoritative text on psychiatric rehabilitation, this book covers everything from conceptual and empirical foundations to exemplary program models. Students and practitioners gain the knowledge... (more)
Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a New Approach
Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a New Approach focuses on the limitations in current psychiatric practice and research. Many professionals working in mental health care, as well as... (more)
The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice: Second Edition
The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice will equip clinical psychologists in training with the skills necessary to complete a clinical placement in the field of... (more)
The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology: A Contextual Approach: Third Edition
The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible resource for clinical... (more)
The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice: Third Edition
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)
A Spectrum Approach to Mood Disorders: Not Fully Bipolar but Not Unipolar-Practical Management
Clinicians know that people often present with a spectrum of symptoms, but the DSM discusses criteria in absolute terms - symptoms are either present or absent. This book offers treatment guidelines... (more)
The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist
The Skeleton Cupboard is Professor Tanya Byron's account of her years of training as a clinical psychologist, when trainees find themselves in the toughest placements of their careers. Through the... (more)
Cognitive-Behavioral Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia: A Practical Treatment Guide
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)
The Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology: An Evidence Based Practice Approach: Second Edition
The second edition of the Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology: An Evidence Based Practice Approach, like its predecessor, provides clinical psychologists in training with a comprehensive practice... (more)
Using Drawings in Clinical Practice: Enhancing Intake Interviews and Psychological Testing
Clinicians are always in need of enticing techniques to engage clients on a daily basis, especially those who are nonverbal or initially opposed to feedback. Using Drawings in Clinical Practice... (more)
The Neurotic Paradox: Progress in Understanding and Treating Anxiety and Related Disorders
This collection of David H. Barlow's key papers are a testimony to the collaborative research that he engendered and directed with associates who now stand with him at the forefront of experimental... (more)
Mental Health Across the Lifespan: A Handbook
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)
Nostalgia: A Psychological Resource
Nostalgia is a topic that most lay people are familiar with, but, until recently, few social scientists understood. Once viewed as a disease, nostalgia is now considered to be an important... (more)
Improving Memory Through Creativity: A Professional's Guide to Culturally-sensitive Cognitive Training with Older Adults
Creativity stimulates older adults both mentally and emotionally and has numerous cognitive and social benefits. Providing culturally-sensitive strategies for improving memory through creativity,... (more)
Incorporating Acceptance and Mindfulness into the Treatment of Psychosis: Current Trends and Future Directions
There have been exciting new developments in the treatment of schizophrenia and related psychoses in recent decades. Clinical guidelines increasingly recommend that patients be offered evidence-based... (more)