The diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder, remains controversial, despite its inclusion as an established diagnosis in psychiatry's Diagnostic... (more)
The experience of living and working with schizophrenia is often fraught with challenges and setbacks. This book is a comprehensive attempt to explain why, in spite of near-miraculous advances in... (more)
Featuring animal research, from pigeons to primates, this book explains how comparative psychology can enrich our insights into human psychological processes. Each chapter covers a different... (more)
Building on the best-selling Pocket Guide to the DSM-5(t) Diagnostic Exam, The DSM-5(R) Pocket Guide for Child and Adolescent Mental Health teaches readers how to formulate a diagnosis and treatment... (more)
DSM-5 Casebook and Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health offers trainees and clinicians who provide mental health services to children and adolescents a concise but conceptually and clinically rich... (more)
Emphasising clinical realities over abstract theories, A Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Ethics thoroughly illustrates and applies the ethics principles and practices that instruct psychiatric... (more)
Although other books have explored the medical cannabis and the neuroscience behind cannabis, no single source of comprehensive information on cannabis and mental health has existed to date.... (more)
Perhaps never before has an objective, evidence-based review of the intersection between gun violence and mental illness been more sorely needed or more timely. Gun Violence and Mental Illness,... (more)
Since the publication of the acclaimed second edition of Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-IV Personality Disorders, much has changed in how the personality disorders are understood and... (more)
The authoritative text on psychiatric rehabilitation, this book covers everything from conceptual and empirical foundations to exemplary program models. Students and practitioners gain the knowledge... (more)
Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a New Approach focuses on the limitations in current psychiatric practice and research. Many professionals working in mental health care, as well as... (more)
The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice will equip clinical psychologists in training with the skills necessary to complete a clinical placement in the field of... (more)
The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible resource for clinical... (more)
Much has changed in the critical interval since the last edition of The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice was published. This new, third edition provides an up-to-date examination of the... (more)
Clinicians know that people often present with a spectrum of symptoms, but the DSM discusses criteria in absolute terms - symptoms are either present or absent. This book offers treatment guidelines... (more)
The Skeleton Cupboard is Professor Tanya Byron's account of her years of training as a clinical psychologist, when trainees find themselves in the toughest placements of their careers. Through the... (more)
This unique manual presents cognitive-behavioral social skills training (CBBST), a step-by-step, empirically supported intervention that helps clients with schizophrenia achieve recovery goals... (more)
The second edition of the Handbook of Adult Clinical Psychology: An Evidence Based Practice Approach, like its predecessor, provides clinical psychologists in training with a comprehensive practice... (more)
Clinicians are always in need of enticing techniques to engage clients on a daily basis, especially those who are nonverbal or initially opposed to feedback. Using Drawings in Clinical Practice... (more)
This collection of David H. Barlow's key papers are a testimony to the collaborative research that he engendered and directed with associates who now stand with him at the forefront of experimental... (more)
Mental wellbeing is an integral part of being, and feeling, healthy, and it is estimated that one in four people will suffer from some form of mental illness during their lifetime. In spite of this,... (more)
Nostalgia is a topic that most lay people are familiar with, but, until recently, few social scientists understood. Once viewed as a disease, nostalgia is now considered to be an important... (more)
Creativity stimulates older adults both mentally and emotionally and has numerous cognitive and social benefits. Providing culturally-sensitive strategies for improving memory through creativity,... (more)
There have been exciting new developments in the treatment of schizophrenia and related psychoses in recent decades. Clinical guidelines increasingly recommend that patients be offered evidence-based... (more)
The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5® is the second edition of the widely-read book first published in 2013. This second edition is thoroughly revised, and has several new chapters... (more)
Bipolar disorders affect up to 3% of the world's population and are the 6th leading cause of disability worldwide. The estimated annual costs of bipolar disorder approach $50 billion in the United... (more)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Obsessive-compulsive-related disorders (OCRDs) are anxiety disorders characterized by obsessions and compulsions, and varying degrees of anxiety and... (more)
This book explains the rationale for changes in the DSM-5(R) related to incorporating behavioral addictions alongside substance use disorders; it also illuminates the significance of including the... (more)
The authoritative reference on depression and mood disorders, this volume brings together the field's preeminent researchers. All aspects of unipolar and bipolar depression are addressed, from... (more)
This book delves into problem solving, one of the core components of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). The authors are leading DBT trainers who elucidate the therapy's principles of behavior change... (more)