Clinical Psychology Books

Psychology in the Bathroom

by Nick Haslam

Excretion is a universal part of the human experience that is veiled in taboo. The toilet is a focus of intense emotions, unseemly interests, strange afflictions and earthy humour. Psychology in the... (more)

Suicide Prohibition: The Shame of Medicine

by Thomas Szasz

'Another masterpiece. Szasz has produced a strong philosophical, psychiatric, forensic, sociological, and ethical analysis of suicide. I emphasize sociological, as it is a worthy heir to Durkheim’s... (more)

Unmasking Psychological Symptoms: How Therapists Can Learn to Recognize the Psychological Presentation of Medical Disorders

by Barbara Schildkrout

More than 100 medical diseases - many common ailments - are capable of masquerading as mental disorders. This book shows clinicians how to identify patients who are most likely to have an underlying... (more)

Seminars in Liaison Psychiatry: Second Edition

Edited by Elspeth Guthrie, Sanjay Rao

This is an up-to-date overview of a wide range of common clinical areas involving the interface between physical and psychological health, that fall within the liaison psychiatry sub-specialty. It... (more)

The Psychology Book

by Dorling Kindersley

All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to the study of human nature

The Psychology Book clearly explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in this fascinating... (more)

Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Inference-Based Therapy

by Kieran O'Connor, Frederick Aardema

This book is the first to compile and present the latest clinical strategies and offer a hands–on clinical guide to inference based therapy (IBT) for individuals with all types of obsessive... (more)

Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry

Edited by Stuart C. Yudofsky, Robert E. Hales

Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the full spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders, as well as those conditions that have significant... (more)

Clinical Manual for Treatment of Schizophrenia

Edited by John Lauriello, Stefano Pallanti

The Clinical Manual for the Treatment of Schizophrenia provides a wide-ranging, empirically based review of assessment and treatment issues in schizophrenia, offered from a multicultural and... (more)

Psychology's Ghosts: The Crisis in the Profession and the Way Back

by Jerome Kagan

This book is the product of long thought and profound concern about the state of contemporary psychology. Jerome Kagan, a brilliant thinker and leading researcher in the field, examines current... (more)

Discursive Perspectives in Therapeutic Practice

Edited by Andy Lock, Tom Strong

For an endeavour that is largely based on conversation it may seem obvious to suggest that psychotherapy is discursive. After all, therapists and clients primarily use talk, or forms of discourse, to... (more)

Depression: The Facts: Second Edition

by Danuta Wasserman

The term "depression" covers a wide spectrum of conditions ranging from mild despondency to melancholia, the very deepest form of depression. Natural despondency is not a disease but simply a part of... (more)

The Sublime Object of Psychiatry: Schizophrenia in Clinical and Cultural Theory

by Angela Woods

The Sublime Object of Psychiatry is the first book to study representations of schizophrenia across a wide range of disciplines and discourses: biological and phenomenological psychiatry,... (more)

Professionalism in Psychiatry

by Glen O. Gabbard, Laura W. Roberts

Physicians and psychiatrists typically see themselves as true professionals. But in the past, some displayed behavior far beneath the confines of professionalism, including exploding at nurses, not... (more)

Clinical Psychology: An Introduction

by Alan Carr

Clinical Psychology is for students studying clinical psychology as part of an undergraduate programme in psychology, nursing, sociology or social and behavioural sciences. Undergraduate students who... (more)

Cognitive Therapy for Command Hallucinations: An Advanced Practical Companion

by Alan Meaden, Nadine Keen

Auditory hallucinations rank amongst the most treatment resistant symptoms of schizophrenia, with command hallucinations being the most distressing, high risk and treatment resistant of all. This new... (more)

Henry's Demons: A Father and Son's Journey Out of Madness

On a cold February day two months after his 20th birthday, Henry waded into the lethally cold Newhaven estuary and almost drowned. The trees, he said, had told him to do it. In Afghanistan, Patrick... (more)

Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality: Third Edition

Edited by T. Mark Harwood, Larry E. Beutler

A complete, thorough, and pragmatic guide to clinical assessment, this authoritative book meets a key need for both students and practitioners. The authors describe how to construct a moving picture... (more)

Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders

by Robert L. Leahy, Stephen J Holland

This widely used book is packed with indispensable tools for treating the most common clinical problems encountered in outpatient mental health practice. Chapters provide basic information on... (more)

Breaking Free from Depression: Pathways to Wellness

by Jesse H. Wright, Laura W. McCray

Leading psychiatrist/researcher Jesse Wright and his daughter Laura McCray, a family physician, have seen thousands of depressed patients in their practices -- and have learned that a range of... (more)

Working in Mental Health: Practice and Policy in a Changing Environment

Edited by Peter Phillips, Tom Sandford

A paradigm shift in the ways in which mental health services are delivered is happening - both for service users, and for professional mental healthcare workers. A more influential service user... (more)

Clinical and Neuropsychological Foundations of Schizophrenia

Edited by Bernice A. Marcopulos, Anthony J. Giuliano

This volume is the first practitioner-oriented source of information on the neuropsychology of schizophrenia that conveys the growth in the field in terms of what is known about cognition in... (more)

The Bipolar Spectrum: Diagnosis or Fad?

by Joel Paris

Joel Paris discusses the over-diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the negative impact of this trend on clinical care. The book opens with a careful review of scientific evidence that verifies that... (more)

De-Medicalizing Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition: For Patients and their Families

Edited by Mark Rapley, Joanna Moncrieff

Thomas Szasz (1960) suggested that the myth of 'mental illness' functions to 'render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflict in human relations'. The medicalization of distress enables the... (more)

Portrait of the Psychiatrist as a Young Man: The Early Writing and Work of R.D. Laing, 1927-1960

by Allan Beveridge

Based on a wealth of previously unexamined archives relating to his private papers and clinical notes, Portrait of the Psychiatrist as a Young Man explores one of the most famous and controversial... (more)

Psychological Therapies for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

by John L. Taylor, William R. Lindsay

Brings together contributions from leading proponents of psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities, which offer key information on the nature and prevalence of psychological... (more)

Treatment Resistant Depression: A Roadmap for Effective Care

by John F. Greden

This unique book presents the treatment roadmap implemented by the University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Centers Treatment Resistant Depression Program, step-by-step guidance that has long... (more)

Vulnerability to Psychosis: from Neurosciences to Psychopathology

Edited by Paolo Fusar-Poli, Stefan J. Borgwardt

Early clinical intervention in psychosis is now a major objective of mental health services and the development of specialist intervention services has greatly facilitated research on the early... (more)

Supervision and Clinical Psychology: Theory, Practice and Perspectives: Second Edition

Edited by Ian Fleming, Linda Steen

What are the developments influencing supervision in clinical psychology? Supervision is crucial to good professional practice and an essential part of training and continuing professional... (more)

Mental Disorders in Older Adults: Fundamentals of Assessment and Treatment: Second Edition

by Steven H. Zarit

Illustrated with abundant clinical material, this book provides essential knowledge and skills for effective mental health practice with older adults. It demonstrates how to evaluate and treat... (more)

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis: An Experience-Based Approach

Edited by Marius Romme, Sandra Escher

Psychosis as a Personal Crisis seeks to challenge the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated. This book emphasises the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis... (more)