With this memoir, Jamison, a psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of mood research, revealed her own struggle with manic-depressive, or bipolar, illness. Interspersing humorous descriptions of the strange logic that permeated her manic episodes with haunting recollections of the depressions that would follow, she chronicles her professional ...
Since the DSM-IV® was published in 1994, we�ve seen many advances in our knowledge of psychiatric illness. This Text Revision incorporates information culled from a comprehensive literature review of research about mental disorders published since DSM-IV® was completed in 1994. Updated information is included about the associated features, ...
In a breakthrough study, a neuro-psychiatrist offers a variety of suggestions--from cognitive exercises to dietary changes--aimed at those who suffer from neurological imbalances such as depression, anxiety, and other frontal lobe problems.
High-priced security consultant Gavin De Becker advises movie stars and government agencies on "the prediction and management of violence." Here he provides his own experience-derived guide to the telltale signs of serious threat. Arguing that our own intuitive power to sense danger is diminished by the human propensity for denial, De Becker's ...
Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answerand has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents ...
From the author of the acclaimed "Crank" comes a gut-wrenching story of teens in crisis. Three lives, three different paths to the same destination: Aspen Springs, a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act of desperation--suicide.
From the recognized authority on manic-depressive illness, Kay Redfield Jamison, this study links the lives of celebrated artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Robert Schumann, and Lord Byron to the euphoric highs and crushing lows that are the textbook symptoms of manic-depression.
A description of the author's experience of psychiatric therapy with patients who appear manifestly evil which attempts to show that a spiritual or even religious dimension is required to aid in the understanding of human nature.
The Quick Reference to the Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-IV-TR® is a handy, low priced companion to the ultimate psychiatric reference, DSM-IV-TR®. It includes all the diagnostic criteria from DSM-IV-TR® in an easy-to-use, paperback format. In making DSM-IV diagnosis, clinicians and researchers may find it convenient to consult the Quick ...
"New York Times"-bestselling author Hyman reveals that problems in the brain don't start there, and explains how detoxifying and fortifying the body can maximize brain function, alleviate depression, and improve memory--without drugs.
Not just confined to criminals, sociopath behavior affects one in 25 people, in which that person possesses no conscience. Harvard psychologist Stout explains how to recognize and deal with sociopaths who do not possess the ability to feel shame, guilt, or remorse.
With the insight and sensible, compassionate guidance which have distinguished her previous books A Right to Innocence and Divorcing a Parent, Engel addresses one of the biggest segments of the recovery audience--and one of its most pressing issues: the emotional abuse of women by those they work with, live with, and love.
Since the DSM-IV® was published in 1994, we�ve seen many advances in our knowledge of psychiatric illness. This Text Revision incorporates information culled from a comprehensive literature review of research about mental disorders published since DSM-IV® was completed in 1994. Updated information is included about the associated features, ...
The 8th ed of this title incorporates significant changes to make it a useful general psychiatry text going forward to the new millennium. The last edition was the first text to incorporate the final DSM-IV nosology, and this edition augments this with ICD-10 diagnostic coding, mandated for reimbursement under the Medicare system, as well as many ...
Psychotherapists have long worked with children, young and old, of borderline mothers. In this work, Dr Lawson seeks to bring readers into the world of the borderline child. She describes four basic profiles: the Waif Mother, the Hermit Mother, the Queen Mother and the Witch. She shows how to love the Waif without rescuing her, to love the Hermit ...
Here's the 7th Edition of the most complete, easy-to-use resource on how to develop practical, individual care plans! It's really 2 books in 1. The first half provides the diagnostic information needed to create a care plan; the second half covers the safe prescription and administration of psychotropic medications. And, the concepts can be ...
Since 1948, this distinguished textbook (formerly Carson, Butcher, and Mineka) has been considered the most comprehensive in its field. With this strong academic foundation, the 12th edition introduces new topics, fresh insights, and sharper focus on research in psychopathology. The author team offers students the most thorough explanation of ...
In this briefer version of Durand and Barlow's widely taught text, the authors explain abnormal psychology through their standard-setting integrative approachathe most modern, scientifically valid method for studying the subject. Through this integrative approach, users learn that psychological disorders are rarely caused by a single influence, ...
Thrown headlong into the maze of contradictions and disparities that comprise America's mental health system when his son was declared mentally ill, Earley presents a remarkable piece of investigative journalism that demonstrates that America's jails have become mental health hospitals.
Saks managed to achieve both professional and personal success in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis. In this memoir, she frankly and movingly discusses the disease, and the treatments that helped her to cope and thrive.
In this work, Marsha M. Linehan not only provides specific guidelines that creatively combine the best elements of behavioral, personality, psychoanalytic, strategic and other commonly employed modalities, but helps the therapist survive the process.
Thoroughly revised in accordance with DSM-IV, the second edition of this text is an overview of competing theories and current research, as well as an in-depth examination of the major disorders, thair causes and treatments. It focuses on cultural factors and has an integrative approach to treatment. In addition to the full integration of the DSM ...
The first abnormal psychology book to present a thoroughly integrated multicultural perspective, Sue, Sue, and Sue's UNDERSTANDING ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR, 9E, continues to provide the most extensive coverage and integration of multicultural models, explanations, and concepts. Featuring scholarship of the highest quality, the text provides an inviting ...
Balancing biological, psychological, social and cultural approaches, David Barlow and V. Mark Durand's ground-breaking integrative approach is the most modern, scientifically valid method for studying abnormal psychology. In this Fourth Edition of their proven "Abnormal Psychology", Barlow and Durand successfully blend sophisticated research ...
Using revealing composite portraits and case studies, psychologist Martha Stout exposes what the DSM-IV defines as "antisocial personality disorder." Put simply, sociopaths walk among us and they have no conscience. Stout reveals the brazen and stunning behavior of those who comprise a not insignificant segment of the population--one in 20, ...
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