Clinical Psychology Books
Experiencing Psychosis: Personal and Professional Perspectives
Extensive scientific research has been conducted into understanding and learning more about psychotic experiences. However, in existing research the voice of subjective experience is rarely taken... (more)
Clinical Handbook of Schizophrenia
Reviewing the breadth of current knowledge on schizophrenia, this handbook provides clear, practical guidelines for effective assessment and treatment in diverse contexts. Leading authorities have... (more)
Critical Psychology: An Introduction
Fully revised, reconfigured and expanded, the Second Edition explores critical psychologys continued growth and diversification DL PY BD PP (more)
Psychotherapy for Neuropsychological Challenges
This book is a unique and timely addition to the literature for it provides approaches for dealing with the cognitive and emotional consequences of common neurological diseases. There is growing... (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)
The Madness of Women: Myth and Experience
Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men? If madness is a social construction, a gendered label, as many feminist critics would argue, how can we understand and explain... (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)
Clinician's Guide to Violence Risk Assessment
Presenting a comprehensive framework for conducting a scientifically grounded violence risk assessment, this book is authoritative, current, and practical. The essentials of doing this type of... (more)
Disorders of Personality: Introducing a DSM/ICD Spectrum from Normal to Abnormal
Now in its Third Edition, this book clarifies the distinctions between the vast array of personality disorders and helps clinicians make accurate diagnoses. It has been thoroughly updated to... (more)
Developing an Evidence-based Classification of Eating Disorders
Contents: Foreword. Introduction.; Part I: Improving the Definition of Symptoms and Syndromes of Eating Disorders. Rethinking the nosology of eating disorders. Eating disorder not otherwise... (more)
The Language of Mental Health: A Glossary of Psychiatric Terms
A must-have resource for both mental health professionals and laypeople, The Language of Mental Health: A Glossary of Psychiatric Terms transcends its title by offering not only a comprehensive,... (more)
Treatment of Depression in Adolescents and Adults: Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice
Mental health practitioners are increasingly forced to use evidence-based practices by third-party providers. However, studies have shown practitioners rarely use evidence-based practices because of... (more)
International Perspectives on Mental Health
A unique collection of authoritative briefings from over 85 countries around the world. Each chapter covers demographics, mental health resources, undergraduate education, postgraduate training in... (more)
Vulnerability to Psychopathology: Risk Across the Lifespan: Second Edition
This state-of-the-art work has been highly praised for bridging the divide between adult and developmental psychopathology. The volume illuminates the interplay of biological, cognitive, affective,... (more)
The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Findings, and Treatments
The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder is the definitive resource for empirically sound information on narcissism for researchers, students, and clinicians at a time when... (more)
Playing with Fire: The Controversial Career of Hans J. Eysenck
Probably no other psychologist has aroused such contrary reactions from the public and from the scientific community as Hans Eysenck. To the public, he was some kind of noble IQ warrior or "that... (more)
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology
The exponential growth of clinical psychology since the late 1960s can be measured in part by the extensive-perhaps exhaustive-literature on the subject. This proliferation of writing has continued... (more)
Destroying Sanctuary: The Crisis in Human Service Delivery Systems
For the last thirty years, the nation's mental health and social service systems have been under relentless assault, with dramatically rising costs and the fragmentation of service delivery rendering... (more)
The Medication Question: Weighing Your Mental Health Treatment Options
Helping readers understand the factors and considerations when deciding whether or not to take psychotropic drugs.
This important volume provides a thorough overview of a range of mental disorders,... (more)
Anxiety Disorders: The Go-to Guide for Clients and Therapists
Anxiety disorders are the number-one psychiatric problem in the United States, yet many clients who suffer from anxiety do not get effective counselling, and they often end therapy without successful... (more)
The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundatons of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-Regulation
This book compiles, for the first time, Stephen W. Porges's research. The world's leading expert on the autonomic nervous system, Porges is the mind behind the groundbreaking Polyvagal Theory, which... (more)
Treatment Resistance and Patient Authority: The Austen Riggs Reader
The Austen Riggs Center is nationally recognised as the leading psychiatric hospital for "treatment resistant" patients, those who willingly seek help but just can not respond to treatment. Here,... (more)
Mental Health, Psychiatry and the Arts: A Teaching Handbook
This comprehensive book explores how visual art, cinema, music, poetry, literature and drama can inform the teaching and practice of psychiatrists and mental health professionals. Edited and written... (more)
Understanding Personality Disorders: An Introduction
Misdiagnosed, misunderstood and oftentimes entirely overlooked, the obscurity surrounding personality disorders can debilitate as much as the disorders themselves. Using case study examples... (more)
Understanding Psychosis: Issues and Challenges for Sufferers, Families and Friends
When a loved one is struck with psychosis, people often misunderstand what is happening and why. They may feel helpless or confused or frightened, not knowing what to do with or for the sufferer or... (more)
Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Relational Approach
Building on the comprehensive theoretical model of dissociation elegantly developed in The Dissociative Mind, Elizabeth Howell makes another invaluable contribution to the clinical understanding of... (more)
Voices of Experience: Narratives of Mental Health Survivors
Voices of Experience contains a wide range of stories written by mental health survivors. The narratives illustrate how survivors have developed self-management techniques and strategies for living... (more)
Problematic and Risk Behaviours in Psychosis: A Shared Formulation Approach
In spite of improved access to psychosocial interventions, many people with psychosis continue to experience persistent problems which act as significant barriers to their recovery. This book... (more)
Mental Health Ethics: The Human Context
All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits. As a result ethical conduct is complex. Despite the proliferation of Codes of... (more)
Clinical Manual for Management of PTSD
As traumatic events, disasters, and war pervade everyday life around the globe, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) inevitably affects many people. The Clinical Manual for Management of PTSD... (more)