Clinical Psychology Books
Race, Culture and Ethnicity in Secure Psychiatric Practice: Working with Difference
People from ethnic minorities are overrepresented in secure psychiatric care, and have been reported to receive differential treatment from staff. This text questions whether Western, white-oriented... (more)
Advances in field theory:
374 pages. (more)
A primer of clinical intersubjectivity:
Intersubjectivity is a way of understanding therapeutic relationships which has changed the way therapists view the therapeutic encounter. This text addresses these changes, using a question and... (more)
Pathology and the postmodern: Mental illness as discourse and experience
This book explores the relationship between mental distress and social constructionism using new work from eminent scholars in the fields of sociology, psychology and philosophy. 271 pages. (more)
ADHD in Adulthood: A Guide to Current Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment
How does ADHD manifest itself in adult life? In general, the authors write, hyperactivity tends to diminish with age, impulsivity changes quality, and attention problems remain the same although they... (more)
Stigma and Sexual Orientation: Understanding Prejudice Against Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals
Psychological perspectives on lesbian and gay issues. 278 pages. (more)
Schizophrenia: Its Origins and Need-Adapted Treatment
This book includes memorable case vignettes along with research findings and is recommended for clinicians, students, teachers of mental health and those in public policy involved in creating... (more)
Representing reality: Discourse, rhetoric and social construction
An overview of the different traditions in constructionist thought. This book provides an integrated account, both showing how descriptions are made factual by the use of specific procedures and... (more)
Performing psychology: A postmodern culture of the mind
This volume addresses tensions that exist between two opposing approaches to psychology, the experimental/empirical and the cultural/humanistic approach. The author analyzes a series of writings by... (more)
Care of the psyche: A history of psychological healing
A survey of the basic elements that have constituted psychological healing over the centuries. Dr Stanley Jackson seeks to show that healing practices, whether they come from the world of medicine,... (more)
Madness in its place: Narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913-1997
This book describes life stories of patients and workers at a large British psychiatric hospital and through these stories presents an extraordinary social history of psychiatric care in the... (more)
Clinical Psychology and People with Intellectual Disabilities: Second Edition
This is a guide for clinical psychologists and other therapists working with people who have children, and also adults with learning disabilities. It provides an overview of the definitions, causes... (more)
Best practice: Developing and promoting empirically validated interventions
This book is about basing psychological interventions and mental health treatments on empirically validated 'best practice'. (more)
The Anti-Depressant Era
An account of the phenomenon of antidepressants. The book chronicles the history of psychopharmacology and the current debate over drugs replacing psychotherapy, and explores the regulation of drug... (more)
Qualitative evaluation
An excellent practical introduction to the strategies and methods of qualitative evaluation. 226 pages. (more)
Key ideas in Psychology
This introductory text introduces the reader to major areas of psychology, covering such topics as: individual differences; cognition; social psychology; developmental psychology; evolution and the... (more)
Maps of meaning: The architecture of belief
Connecting neuropsychology and cognitive science with Freudian theory and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative, this text aims to show that there is an empirical connection between what... (more)
Rethinking Clinical Technique
This text addresses the issue of whether it is possible to think clearly about clinical technique in an era of fluidity and change. Using clinical examples, the author offers an approach to clinical... (more)
Enhancing psychodynamic therapy with cognitive-behavioral techniques
Defending theories may be one way to cope with external impingments on clinical practice, but advancements are needed to enhance and improve the work. This text explores an approach based on applying... (more)
the psychotherapist and managed care: a traumatic bond
Examining how psychotherapists have adapted to managed care, this book addresses the impact on the therapist's inner life of developing a primary relationship with the company rather than with the... (more)
A primer on working with resistance
A guide for mental health professionals working with resistant patients. The essence of complex clinical issues is presented, so that ideas can be readily applied to the clinical situation. 280 pages. (more)
Behavioural and Mental Health Research: A Handbook of Skills and Methods
This textbook is a revised, updated and expanded version of a guide to research skills for psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers and graduates training in those disciplines. It... (more)
Treatment Outcomes in Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Interventions
Mental health treatment has entered a new era. In it, cost-effective, efficient treatment outcomes have become the norm for the provision of mental health services - a norm that is very different... (more)
The Oxford Companion to the Mind: Second Edition
With 1001 A-Z entries ranging from brief statements to substantial essays on major topics, this volume takes the reader on a tour of the mind, spanning many questions and answers within the broad... (more)