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Getting Unstuck Through the Power of No and the Power of Go
This is a fresh and fascinating take on what it means to be "stuck" and how to get "unstuck." Part textbook for mental health professionals and part self-help manual, this book guides readers through the various manifestations of this condition by presenting and analyzing the case studies of patients.
FOCUS Psychiatry Review, Volume 2, DSM-5 (R) Revised Edition, contains 400 board-type multiple-choice questions derived from material in the annual FOCUS examinations, which can help psychiatrists prepare for examinations and identify areas for further study. This edition has been updated for consistency with DSM-5 (R). These questions, developed ......
When acting in a forensic role, clinicians-psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, and other medical or mental health practitioners-face the intersection of the legal and medical systems. A number of questions arise: Should they prioritize medical values or legal values when providing expert testimony?
Provides a theoretical framework that helps clinicians identify a patient's most salient problems and then devise objectives for addressing these problems. The book presents a formulation system that combines concepts derived from psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioural, and family system approaches.
This practical, intuitive method organizes psychiatric problems into seven categories: psychological impairment, social skills, violence, activities of daily living, substance abuse, medical impairment, and ancillary impairment. It outlines an approach that became the definitive standard for writing treatment plans.
The advancement of LGBTQ+ rights; calls for racial and social restoration and justice; the COVID-19 pandemic. All three have changed society and the practice of psychotherapy in profound ways.
The first major textbook to cover the treatments of DSM-5 (R) disorders in one volume, it provides up-to-date, comprehensive information for the busy clinician. This new edition was written by leading experts in psychiatry and constitutes an authoritative guide to standard of care for psychiatric disorders.
Gambling Disorder: A Clinical Guide to Treatment is a systematic, eloquent, and exhaustive examination of the etiology, psychopathology, neurobiology, and treatment of the disorder, which was reclassified for DSM-5. Building on its 2004 predecessor,.
GenderAffirming Psychiatric Care is the first textbook in the field to provide an affirming, intersectional, and evidence informed approach to caring for transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender expansive (TNG) individuals.
