Provides a framework to guide mental health providers who work with refugees and immigrants. The authors describe the unique needs and challenges of serving these populations, and offer concrete steps for providing evidence-based, culturally-responsive care.
Increasingly, psychologists are being enlisted to provide consultation in clinical, health, corporate, and community settings, although many have received only minimal training in consultation. This volume provides a comprehensive foundation to develop or enhance consultation practice.
Although many clinical treatments target symptoms of PTSD, an optimal treatment strategy would also address the many health problems that co-occur. To address this need, this book offers mindfulnessbased interventions.
Provides a comprehensive guide to the understanding and treatment of clinical anxiety and related disorders. As the editors demonstrate, the clear delineations implied by DSM and ICD diagnoses are illusory when it comes to real-life clinical anxiety.
Presents a practical, systematic decision-making model based on positive ethics that practitioners can use to address conflicting roles and responsibilities, balance competing ethical and legal requirements, and maintain high standards of ethical practice and professional competence.
Guides readers through the full process of treating suicidal patients, from screening to relapse prevention, using effective, research-informed interventions. Sam Knapp explains suicidal behaviour through ideation to action theories of suicide, and argues for the application of principle based ethics when making treatment decisions.
Given the weaponization of difference in politics, education, and social media today, the need to understand and fight prejudice is urgent. The Psychology of Prejudice presents a comprehensive and nuanced review of the psychological underpinnings of prejudicial thoughts and behaviours.
Provides an overview of LGBTQ mental health in non-Western countries or regions. Chapters focus on the cultural, social, legal, political, and psychological experiences of various LGBTQ subpopulations in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Russia, Mongolia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and sub-Saharan Africa.
Clinical health psychologists often encounter patients needing interventions for substance use, yet rarely do practitioners receive specialized training in this area. This book is designed for mental health providers in medical settings who need the knowledge and skills to assess and treat conditions relevant to substance use.
