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Grief and bereavement are a universal part of the human experience. The impact of grief on human lives is increasingly evident as the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental disasters, and—in the United States in particular—gun-related violence upend normal life and expose vast swaths of society to recurring and profound trauma.
Six percent of people in North America will develop borderline personality disorder (BPD) in their lifetime, and about 46% of BPD patients will also have alcohol use disorder (AUD). Alcohol use exacerbates the symptoms of both diseases, rendering treatment more challenging and increasing the risk of suicide. Integrated treatments have been lacking.
A Clinician's Guide to Integration and Stepped Care
The impetus for writing Good Psychiatric Management and Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Clinicians Guide to Integration and Stepped Care was the realization that the availability of specialized care for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is far outstripped by the number of patients who need treatment.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on older adults with mental illness, and Geriatric Mental Health Care was conceived in response.
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.
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,.
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.
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.
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.