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A Guide for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Leaders Serving in Higher Education
The chapter authors address life transitions and the university student experience, as well as the challenges of caring for university students with mental health issues. The book has positive strategies, including ways to foster mental health for distinct university student populations.
This guide is both compatible with the DSM-5 Section III Alternative Model for Personality Disorders and elaborates on it, offering clinicians at all levels of experience an accessible framework to guide evaluation and treatment of personality disorders.
Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism
The book explores the concepts of personality in the context of its neurobiological and intrapsychic determinants, proposes a new classification and new methods of psychotherapeutic interventions, expands the analysis of severe narcissistic pathology, and details the many complications in the sexual life of patients with personality disorders.
Diagnostic Dilemmas and Treatment Strategies With Narcissistic Patients
Integrating contemporary research with psychoanalytic theory, this volume offers clinicians strategies for dealing with the complex situations that can arise when treating patients with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). The very act of defining narcissism can be a difficult one. This guide recognises the challenge and provides a number of ......
Four sections address topics such as the history of the TGNC experience, mental health factors particular to the TGNC community, physical health -- including hormones -- of TGNC individuals, gender-affirming surgical procedures, and nonsurgical interventions. Summarizing key points and review questions are included at the end of each chapter.
A practical guide for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals seeking to exploit the enormous potential of today's innovative digital technologies to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of care for patients with psychiatric disorders.
The guideline focuses specifically on evidence-based pharmacological treatments for AUD in outpatient settings and includes additional information on assessment and treatment planning, which are an integral part of using pharmacotherapy to treat AUD.
An indispensable guide to medications for the treatment of depression, including vital information on the approved indications, usual dosages, and maximum dosages for antidepressant medications.
Bulleted clinical pearls at the end of each chapter, as well as specific clinical recommendations and detailed case discussions throughout the book, make it easier for readers to retain knowledge and integrate it into their practice.
