Clinical Psychology Books
A Short Introduction to Psychiatry
This book is designed to give readers a clear picture of the profession of psychiatry as it is today as well as an understanding of the subject from which to develop further study. The author... (more)
A Manual for Repertory Grid Technique:
Repertory grid technique is a way of quantifying personal constructs, the basis of George Kelly's theory. This manual updates the content of the first edition, including different forms of the grid,... (more)
An Easy Guide to Repertory Grids:
Repertory Grids are a well established, structured interview technique that have a wide range of applications. This book provides a wealth of worked examples, procedural guides, FAQs, and answers to... (more)
Cognition and Instruction: 25 Years of Progress
Designed both to chronicle the advances in the field linking cognitive psychology and instructional design and to present challenges for the future, this volume addresses issues of content, process... (more)
A Research Agenda for DSM-V
In the quest to improve the reliability of diagnostic criteria, there is a search for new approaches to understanding the etiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that can improve the validity... (more)
Handbook of Mental Health Administration and Management:
This handbook for professionals coming from either clinical or management backgrounds covers: mental health administrative principles, mental health care management, business, finance and funding of... (more)
Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour
Examines the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of early prevention programmes on levels of adult antisocial behaviour. (more)
International handbook of personal construct psychology:
This handbook brings together a wide range of theories, research and practice that has grown out of George Kelly's original concept. It provides a reference on what has been done, as well as insights... (more)
Affect, Cognition and Change: Re-modelling Depressive Thought
This text, a collaboration between a clinical psychologist and a cognitive psychologist, offers a cognitive account of depression. (more)
The Psychology of Bulimia Nervosa: A Cognitive Perspective
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed review of the key psychological aspects of a disorder which affects 1-2% of the population, the majority of which are women aged 16-35. The coverage... (more)
European review of social psychology: 12
This annual series reflects the dynamism of social psychology in Europe and the attention being paid to European ideas and research. This volume furthers the international exchange of ideas by... (more)
Classification and diagnosis of psychological abnormality:
Psychologists have attempted to define psychological abnormality in a number of ways. Some consider it in terms of statistical infrequency whilst others look at it as deviation from social norms.... (more)
Jerome Bruner: Language, Culture and Self
Jerome Bruner is one of the grand figures of psychology. From his role as a founder of the cognitive revolution in the 1950s to his recent advocacy of cultural psychology, Bruner's influence has been... (more)
Analysing Identity
Analysing Identity is unique in its development of this integrative conceptualisation of self and identity, and its operationalisation in practice. This innovative book will appeal to academics and... (more)
Mental Health Handbook for Schools
As the government strives for a more inclusive education policy, more and more teachers find themselves in the frontline when dealing with children with mental health problems. Many have not had... (more)
The Perspectives of People with Dementia: Research Methods and Motivations
The text focuses on projects which have taken different approaches to working with people with dementia in research, including examining the process of interviewing people with dementia whose first... (more)
War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa
Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war. Yet contentious debates, and the scattering of scholarship across academic disciplines, have obscured understanding of how gender affects war and... (more)
Evidence in Mental Health Care
Mental health care increasingly faces a challenge to be "evidence based". However, it's still not clear what sort of evidence researchers should be producing for mental health services, or what... (more)
In two minds: A casebook of psychiatric ethics
This work is a practical casebook of problem solving in psychiatric ethics. Written in a lively style, it builds on a series of detailed case histories to illustrate the central place of ethical... (more)
Guidelines for the Systematic Treatment of the Depressed Patient
This guidebook on depression aims to extend the scope of available treatments beyond the medical perspective and to introduce a more prominent role for a psychological perspective - one including a... (more)
Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder
In this comprehensive, original book, some of the most eminent practitioners in the field offer the most current information on a variety of treatments for this fascinating and yet debilitating... (more)
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of Multiple Personality
Since the publication of Colin A. Ross's influential work Multiple Personality Disorder in 1989, this challenging field has evolved rapidly - with new thinking, new research, and a new name:... (more)
Clinical Effectiveness in Psychotherapy and Mental Health: Strategies and Resources for the Effective Clinical Governance
'Clinical Effectiveness'; 'Clinical Governance'; 'Clinical Audit'; 'Clinical Guidelines': these are all vitally important to the UK government's quality agenda for the NHS; all are apparently about... (more)
Masculinity in Crisis: Myths, Fantasies and Realities
This study provides a psychological analysis of masculinity. It argues that many men today find their identity to be devalued, fractured and precarious, and that men are trained to be economically... (more)
Conducting insanity evaluations:
This text aims to bring forensic professionals up-to-date on key issues surrounding insanity evaluations. It delineates explicit, reseach-based guidelines for interview-based assessments,... (more)
