Clinical Psychology Books
The psychology of death
New to this third edition on the psychology of death are chapters on how we construct death; death in adolescence and adulthood, including suicide; physician assisted death, regret theory and denial;... (more)
Letters from the clinic: Letter writing in clinical practice for mental health professionals
Applies detailed literary and psychological analysis to over forty letters, highlighting why certain words or phrases were used, how they could have been put better. 130 pages. (more)
Emergencies in Mental Health Practice: Evaluation & Management
This book helps clinicians evaluate and manage a wide number of mental health emergencies. The focus is on acute clinical situations in which there is imminent risk of serious harm or death to self... (more)
Women and Mental Health
A comprehensive overview of the most prominent mental health problems in women today. Covers topics such as: perinatal psychiatric disorders; depression; eating disorders; schizophrenia; alcohol and... (more)
Coping with Survivors and Surviving
What happens to the survivors of child sexual abuse in its aftermath? How do parents and teachers cope with children who have suffered abuse? These are the questions Julie Skinner investigates in her... (more)
Confidentiality and Mental Health
Explores the theoretical and practical implications of confidentiality and disclosure for professionals working with people who have mental health problems. The work outlines the theoretical,... (more)
Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders
Volume 19 of the "Review of Psychiatry" looks at the use of psychotherapy for personality disorders. Subjects covered include: Empirical studies of psychotherapy for personality disorders;... (more)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-IV-TR Personality Disorders: Highly Effective Interventions for the Most Common Personality Disorders
This volume specifies a number of effective and realistic treatment strategies that focus on both the temperament and character dimensions of personality and degree of severity of the disorder. Case... (more)
Making Us Crazy: DSM - the Psychiatric Bible and the Creation of Mental Disorders
A powerful and challenging book which forces us to question the labels which are now commonly imposed on us by the American bible of mental syndromes. (more)
The Self in Social Psychology:
This book provides a thorough and discerning introduction to theory and research on the self in social psychology. The core topics of the book include self-knowledge, self-esteem, self-regulation,... (more)
Essential cognitive psychology:
This textbook aims to provides the reader with accessible overviews of all core topics in the field of cognitive psychology. These are designed to be a strong basis for developing further interest in... (more)
The Essential guide to the Internet for health professionals
A comprehensive guide to the Internet for all mental health professionals. 215 pages. (more)
Critical perspectives on mental health:
Using the British mental health services as a case study, this book reviews the various social, political and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice. It evaluates the impact... (more)
Clinical Psychotherapy for Health Professionals
An account of the talking treatments employed by the medical profession. It covers the management of psychotic illness and criminal states, and the use of the cognitive-analytic model. The final... (more)
Panic Disorder: Assessment and Treatment Through a Wide-Angled Lens
In this one stop reference the authors have distilled a wealth of information providing easy access to the latest pharmacological agents, tried and true cognitive-behavioural techniques, and a host... (more)
Disorders of Affect Regulation: Alexithymia in Medical and Psychiatric Illness
Here, the authors present recent thinking about the development and regulation of emotions, and argue that several common but difficult-to-treat psychiatric illnesses, including drug addictions, are... (more)
Risk management with suicidal patients:
This volume aims to show clinicians how to incorporate risk-management procedures into their practice whilst maintaining a high level of patient care. Chapters examine the clinical and forensic risks... (more)
Coping with anxiety: Integrated approaches to treatment
Anxiety disorders exhibit themselves in various ways, with affected individuals often seeking treatment for physical symptoms such as sweating, shortness of breath, dizziness and chest pain. This... (more)
Healing Stories: Narrative in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
The aim of this work is to rehabilitate stories and story telling within medicine, psychiatry and psychotherapy and to consider a narrative approach both as a theoretical paradigm and a practical,... (more)
Assessing competence to consent to treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals
One of the most challenging tasks facing clinicians today is the assessment of patients' capacities to consent to treatment. The protection of a patient's right to decide, as well as the protection... (more)
Adversity, stress and psychopathology:
"Adversity" involves exposure to unpropitious or calamitous circumstances and it varies with gender, ethnic or racial background and socioeconomic status. In this volume, investigators review... (more)
Principles of psychopathology: Two worlds, two minds, two hemispheres
Psychopathology is the study of the signs and symptoms of psychiatric disorders - delusions, hallucinations, phobias and depression, for example. This text gives an account of the terms currently in... (more)
The Maladapted Mind: Classic Readings in Evolutionary Psychopathology
This book pioneers a Darwinian understanding of psychopathology and aims to show how evolution shaped normal minds and brains. This sheds new light on various psychyatric conditions such as anxiety,... (more)
Independent Practice for the Mental Health Professional:
A valuable resource for therapists thinking of entering private practice, and beginning and experienced therapists hoping to improve their practice. Covers marketing, office planning, managed care... (more)