Clinical Psychology Books
Postmodern psychologies
This volume brings together a group of respected contributors to discuss the postmodern debate in psychology. Their chapters reflect on achievements and limitations of attempts to develop postmodern... (more)
Dangerous Sex Offenders: A Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association
Topics in this volume on sexually dangerous offenders include: epidemiology of sex offenders; sexual predator commitment laws; juvenile sex offenders; and pharmacological treatment of sexual... (more)
Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: The Power of the Collective Heart
Presents an integrative model for describing and treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The goal of the book is to reconcile two opposing characterizations of DID - that the disorder can... (more)
Breast Cancer: Sharing the Decisions.
This book focuses primarily on patient participation in decisions about early stage treatment in Breast Cancer. It addresses issues such as the patient's ability to give informed consent and the... (more)
Traumatic Relationships and Serious Mental Disorder
Mental, physical, or sexual abuse in close personal relationships commonly results in trauma that is very different from the trauma of accidents, illness, or war. Little is more intellectually... (more)
The near-death experience: a reader:
This work is a comprehensive collection of near-death experience (NDE) cases and interpretations. Contributions to the collection are made by writers from a variety of disciplines, including... (more)
Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder
The diagnosis of multiple personality disorder (MPD) entered the clinical mainstream with a rapidity and in a manner atypical for new descriptions of psychiatric illness. This book contains the most... (more)
Tense Past: Cultural Essays in Trauma and Memory
This title explores the nature of trauma and memory in both the public and private arena. It addresses the link between memory and trauma and looks at how memory shapes the way traumatic events are... (more)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bipolar Disorder: Second Edition
From leading scientist-practitioners, this pragmatic, accessible book provides a complete framework for individualized assessment and treatment of bipolar disorder. It addresses the complexities of... (more)
Reconstructing schizophrenia:
"Reconstructing Schizophrenia" subjects the difficult concept of schizophrenia to rigorous scientific, historical, and sociological scrutiny. The result provides a critical perspective on modern... (more)
Deductive reasoning and strategies:
Topics in this book on reasoning and strategies include: what constitutes a strategy in reasoning; individual differences in reasoning strategies; and preferred premise order in propositional... (more)
Cognition and emotion:
This text explores the revival of research into the interplay between cognition and emotion, as emotion theorists recognize the pivotal role of cognitive factors in most aspects of the emotion... (more)
Memories of Sexual Betrayal: Truth, Fantasy, Repression and Dissociation
In this comprehensive volume the repressed memory controversy is explored by leading clinicians in a discussion free of the accusatory tone that has often dominated the literature to date. The... (more)
Designing and analysing questionaires and surveys: A manual for health professionals and administrators
The aim of this work is to provide good practice guidelines that also address the political and ethical problems of conducting surveys within the health professions. Its objective is to provide the... (more)
Anxiety, Depression, and Emotion
This volume focuses on the relationship between basic research in emotion and emotional dysfunction in depression and anxiety. Following each chapter is a commentary that raises questions and... (more)
Minding the body: Clinical uses of somatic awareness
Examines the nature of somatic awareness and evaluates its clinical utility. Integrating holistic and traditional health care considerations, chapters describe how mental health medical practioners... (more)
Handbook for the assessment of dissociation: A clinical guide
This is a reference guide for clinicians as well as researchers in the field of dissociation and post-traumatic syndromes. It provides an overview of dissociative symptoms and disorders and an... (more)
Don't lose your patients!: Responding to clients who want to quit treatment
Responsibility for a premature termination-patient dropout may often be imputed to a patient. In contrast, this work examines the therapist's role in the divorce and offers appropriate interventions... (more)
Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society
A book of great scope and lucid intelligence that integrates the work of many pioneers and captures the keen spirit of inquiry that animates this rapidly developing field. It is a comprehensive... (more)
Psychotherapy with Psychotherapists
Addresses the complex issues raised when psychotherapists themselves become patients. Each chapter describes how these issues are dealt with in different therapeutic modalities, including the... (more)
Posttraumatic growth: Positive change in the aftermath of crisis
This work focuses on the research and theory on personal growth or strengthening that often occurs in persons who have faced traumatic events. It covers perspectives that span literatures in... (more)
Schizophrenia: A workbook for healthcare professionals
Aimed at nurses and all those in the primary healthcare team, this workbook (more)
What therapists learn about themselves and how they learn it: Autognosis
This work explores the self-help experiences of clinicians. It consists of personal accounts by psychiatrists who participated in the Autognosis Seminar at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and... (more)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:
By looking at recent research findings and talking to sufferers themselves, this book examines the condition Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, attempting to get to the bottom of this mysterious condition... (more)
Self-esteem: Research, theory and practice
An analysis of the recent exlposion of research and literature on the enhancement of self-esteem. On both theoretical and practical levels, the author defines self-esteem and how it can be developed... (more)