Clinical Psychology Books
Essential Mental Health Law: A Guide to the New Mental Health Act
The new Mental Health Act, amending the 1983 Act, was passed in 2007 and came into operation only this year. The new Mental Capacity Act was passed in 2005 and came into operation in 2007. Together... (more)
Madness in Buenos Aires: Patients, Psychiatrists and the Argentine State, 1880-1983
Madness in Buenos Aires examines the interactions between psychiatrists, patients and their families, and the national state in modern Argentina. This book offers a fresh interpretation of the... (more)
Clinical Manual for Management of Bipolar Disorder in Child and Adolescents
Aimed at providing clinical information about diagnosis and management, this manual offers a comprehensive collection of empirical evidence, case studies, and the number of evidence-based reports on... (more)
Psychiatry as Cognitive Neuroscience: Philosophical Perspectives
"Psychiatry as Cognitive Neuroscience" is a philosophical analysis of the role of neuroscience in the study of psychopathology. The book examines numerous cognitive neuroscientific methods, such as... (more)
The Mind and Its Discontents: Second Edition
The first edition of "The Mind and its Discontents" was a powerful analysis of how, as a society, we view mental illness. In the ten years since the first edition, there has been growing interest in... (more)
Managing Managed Care: Psychotherapy and Medication Management in the Modern Era
The first comprehensive exploration of the many issues and challenges faced by both providers and patients who work under the auspices of managed care insurers. The distinctive conditions of managed... (more)
Evidence from Within: A Paradigm for Clinical Practice
This book squarely addresses the question: does psychotherapy work? It proposes an innovative model of psychological and psychiatric assessment and treatment. Having read this book, the practitioner... (more)
The Damaged Core: Origins, Dynamics, Manifestations, and Treatment
This comprehensive and tightly argued book deals with the process through which a coherent self evolves, the various ways such development fails to occur, and the therapeutic measures to put things... (more)
Lying, Cheating, and Carrying on: Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Dishonesty and Deceit
What constitutes a lie? What are the different types of lies? Why do people lie? Is dishonesty ubiquitous in human experience? And what should be done with individuals who seek psychotherapeutic help... (more)
Borderline Personality Disorder: Meeting the Challenges to Successful Treatment
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) lags far behind other disorders such as schizophrenia in terms of research and treatment interventions. Debates about diagnosis, etiology, neurobiology,... (more)
Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders: Personality Disorders and Addiction
This book addresses a complex client population, which presents service providers with significant professional challenges. Underlying personality disorders compromise treatment effectiveness for... (more)
Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenic Psychoses: Past, Present and Future
Brings together professionals from around the world to provide an extensive overview of the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis. Divided into three parts - past, present and future - the book... (more)
Making Sense of Madness: Contesting the Meaning of Schizophrenia
The experience of madness - which might also be referred to more formally as schizophrenia or psychosis - consists of a complex, confusing and often distressing collection of experiences, such as... (more)
From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self
Leading neuroscientist Todd E. Feinberg asks what dementia, delusions and other neurological disorders can teach us about how the brain creates personal identity and a unified sense of self. By... (more)
Instant Psychopharmacology: Third Edition
This book gives up-to-date information about the most commonly prescribed drugs for emotional health. The prescription of psychotropic drugs continues to proliferate, making it essential for the... (more)
The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan
Research has suggested that childhood experiences confer risk/resilience for reactions to trauma in adulthood, and predictors and correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to differ... (more)
Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health
This exceptional book responds to the intense current interest in defining and understanding the contribution of traditional medical knowledge and the intervention techniques of traditional healers... (more)
Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook
Discusses assessments and interventions and includes material on managing offenders with developmental disabilities, as well as those with dangerous and severe personality disorder. This handbook... (more)
Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: An Evidence-based Approach
This book takes an evidence-based look at personality traits and types of psychological functioning that may contribute to personality disorder and violence, and makes links between the two. Each... (more)
Personal Development and Clinical Psychology
This book is suitable for qualified clinical psychologists in the UK, as well as CP trainers and trainees. Unique to the market, this book focuses on an area of increasing interest - personal... (more)
APA Concise Dictionary of Psychology
An invaluable and reliable source, "The APA Concise Dictionary of Psychology" answers the needs of the ever-increasing number of thoughtful readers from all walks of life who are interested in the... (more)
Mental Health Across Cultures: A Practical Guide for Health Professionals
Every health professional interacts with patients from different cultures to their own, not just those from different countries, ethnic or religious groups, but also those with cultural differences... (more)
Recovery from Depression Using the Narrative Approach: A Guide for Doctors, Complementary Therapists and Mental Health Professionals
Explores people's experiences of depression, recovery and available treatments. The author explains how, by selecting a variety of narrative tools, such as talking therapies, yoga and complementary... (more)
Before Prozac: The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry
Psychiatry today is a barren tundra, writes medical historian Edward Shorter, where drugs that don't work are used to treat diseases that don't exist. In this provocative volume, Shorter illuminates... (more)
Prescriptions for the Mind: A Critical View of Contemporary Psychiatry
This book focuses on the most striking change within the field - the diverging roles of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in contemporary practice. Where once psychiatrists were trained in... (more)
Oxford Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders
Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent of psychological disorders. A scholarly, exhaustive work, the Oxford Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders reviews current research and clinical... (more)
Principles and Practice of Stress Management: Third Edition
Structured for optimal use as a clinical reference and text, this comprehensive work reviews effective stress management techniques and their applications for treating psychological problems and... (more)
Schizophrenia: Cognitive Theory, Research and Therapy
This is the definitive work on the cognitive model of schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological knowledge into a state-of-the-science conceptual... (more)
Beyond Medication: Therapeutic Engagement and the Recovery from Psychosis
Focuses on the creation and evolution of the therapeutic relationship as the agent of change in the recovery from psychosis. Organized from the clinician's point of view, this practical guidebook... (more)
Understanding Consciousness: Second Edition
Provides a unique survey and evaluation of consciousness studies, along with an original analysis of consciousness that combines scientific findings, philosophy and common sense. Building on the... (more)