Clinical Psychology Books
Diagnostic and management guidelines for mental disorders in primary care: ICD-10 chapter V primary care version
Offering helpful guidelines on diagnosis in cases where the primary care physician has to do this alone, this work also provides guidelines on what to say to patients and their families, how to give... (more)
First episode psychosis:
One of a series of pocketbooks designed to provide easily assimilable information on common medical issues. The concise texts are enhanced by tables and diagrams summarizing the essential... (more)
Scientific foundations of cognitive theory and therapy of depression:
This text presents and critically evaluates the scientific and empirical status of Beck's revised cognitive theory and therapy of depression, and discusses future directions for it. This work... (more)
Darwinian psychiatry:
Can evolutionary theory explain depression, anxiety and other mental disorders? The authors re-examine this question with recent research to show that evolution may provide the essential framework... (more)
The mind and its discontents: An essay in discursive psychiatry
The author argues that to understand mental illness fully requires more than a study of biological models of mental processes and pathologies. As intensely social animals, he stresses, we need to... (more)
Shame: Interpersonal Behavior, Psychopathology and Culture
In this volume, the editors and contributors examine the effect of shame on social behaviour, social values and mental states. The text utilizes a multidisciplinary approach, including perspectives... (more)
Expressing emotion: Myths, realities, and therapeutic strategies
Drawing on extensive theory and research, the authors provide coherent guidelines to help clinicians, researchers, and students identify, conceptualize, and treat problems in emotional behaviour. 365... (more)
Mental health in our future cities:
This text compares mental health services in London with those in Amsterdam, Baltimore, Bangalore, Copenhagen, Kobe, Madison, Porto Alegre, Sydney, Teheran and Verona. It describes arrangements that... (more)
Understanding troubled minds: A guide to mental illness and its treatments
This text aims to provide a calm and authoritative guide to the full range of specific mental illnesses and available treatments. It deals with particular patterns of illness and stresses the value... (more)
Chaos theory in psychology and the life sciences:
This volume represents the work of the first three years of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology conferences. The book explores ideas from chaos theory in a broad, psychological perspective... (more)
Treating people with depression: A practical guide for primary care
Aimed at GPs and primary healthcare workers, this work provides information on recognition and treatment of depression. The treatments are evidence based and there is practical advice on treating... (more)
Anxiety sensitivity: Theory, research, and treatment of the fear of anxiety
Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is the fear of anxiety sensations, which arises from beliefs that these sensations have harmful somatic, social, or psychological consequences. This volume addresses the... (more)
Handbook of Cognition and Emotion
This handbook gives an overview of cognition and emotion research. It provides readers with the historical background and the philosophical arguments on the debate, before moving on to outline the... (more)
Anxiety disorders: Psychological approaches to theory and treatment:
Combining theoretical-research developments with a discussion of the nature and treatment of anxiety disorders, this textbook is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as... (more)
Extreme fear, shyness, and social phobia:
This edited volume brings together researchers exploring the biological and psychological determinants of shyness and fear. Its aims to present state- of-the-art research to a wide range of... (more)
Conversations about psychology and sexual orientation:
Based on the belief that thoughtful dialogue can engender positive change, this work explores the implications for psychology of both essentialist and social-constructionist understandings of sexual... (more)
Psychology in Human Context: Essays in Dissidence and Reconstruction
xThis collection of essays places psychological and philosophical issues in the context of twentieth-century thought and provides intellectual and moral signposts for future travellers in what Koch... (more)
Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders in adults: A comprehensive clinical guide
Written for clinicians, this text presents the diagnosis, clinical picture, pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder and disorders traditionally included... (more)
Psychological problems of ageing
The mental health and well being of elderly people is a growing concern worldwide. This book deals with the principles and practice of the clinical psychology of ageing and the psychological... (more)