Jessica Kingsley Publishers was founded in 1987 in London by Jessica Kingsley and is committed to publishing books that make a difference. In 2004 we opened our US office in Philadelphia and in 2017 we became part of the John Murray Press division of Hachette Group.
We publish books for professionals and general readers in a range of subjects. We are well known for our long established lists on the autism spectrum, social work, and arts therapies. More recently we have published extensively in the fields of mental health, counselling, palliative care, practical theology and gender diversity. We have a range of graphic novels across these subject areas, and books for children, on issues including bereavement, depression and anger.
Developmental and Linguistic Approaches to Schizophrenia
This work demonstrates the central role that language and communication play in the diagnosis of the mentally ill. The essays explore issues of communication and speech in schizophrenic patients, such as how language and speech connect to schizophrenia, how speech and language therapy can help the schizophrenic patient, and the links between ......
A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors
This guide is aimed at both adoptive parents and professionals. It covers both the practical and emotional issues, and practical problems, which affect child and parents in adoption, such as preparation of the family and the child, adopting from other races or cultures, helping the child adjust, and discussing the adoptive status with the child. ......
Forensic Psychiatry has expanded exponentially in the last twenty years with a dramatic increase in forensic psychiatry posts and medium secure unit beds. More recently there has been increased concern with the treatment and management of mentally ill offenders which has led to more interest in understanding. Treatment is seen by many people to ......
This work combines discussion of child development with practical advce on parental styles and discipline techniques. Each stage of child developmen is covered, creating a picture of where the child ''is at'' on entering adolescence. Each chapter contains useful examples of handling difficult behaviour, and shows parents how to focus on their own ......
This international collection by leading forensic psychotherapists explores topical policy and practice issues. The innovative Dutch system of treatment for forensic patients is described in detail through several chapters, and the place of treatment within and in relation to the criminal justice system, a topic of particular current concern, is ......
Presenting ideas drawn from a critical analysis of the concept of collaboration, the author argues that interprofessional and interagency collaboration should be explicitly purposeful, structurally supported, and specifically skilled. The need for a framework to evaluate projects, design curricula and develop reflective practice is examined; and ......
This is a book which will be of considerable value to all those who work with ill or disabled clients that have children, and those who work directly with children who have ill or disabled parents. In addition it will certainly be of significance to those families that are facing the everyday problems of coping with an ill or disabled parent. The ......
A Training Manual for Home Care, Residential and Day Care Staff
'The author has specialised in working with adult abuse and the manual is set out in the way she recommends that training be presented. There are chapters on older people, black and minority ethnic people and younger adults, as well as on investigations and case conferences.'- Nursing Standard'Working with Elder Abuse is a forthright and detailed ......
This text is part of a series - ''Forensic Focus'' - which takes the field of forensic psychotherapy as its focal point, offering a forum for the presentation of theoretical and clinical issues. It also embraces such influential neighbouring disciplines as language, law, literature, criminology, ethics and philosophy, as well as psychiatry and ......
