Groups personality disorders into 3 patterns: those that center on combating devitalization, forestalling fragmentation, or seeking alternative pathways to a cohesive self. This book outlines the descriptive psychopathology and presents a self psychological reformulation of how the behavior and symptom patterns represent deficits in self-cohesion.
Even as the world changes for the better, everyday homophobia and transphobia persists. This book highlights the microaggressions that LGBTQ people face on an everyday basis and examines the impacts that such experiences have on mental health.
Examines the role of disgust in psychopathology by highlighting important theoretical and methodological developments and discussing research on behavioral patterns that can be provoked by disgust. This title demonstrates that disgust plays an important role in a wide range of psychopathology, including sexual dysfunction, and eating disorders.
This text lists experimental test instruments collected from trade journals in psychology, education and sociology which appeared in 37 journals between 1970 and 1985. It is intended to fill a need for reference tools in behavioural and social science research.
Examines why self-regulation of weight is so difficult for many people. This title explains the history of bodyweight standards, details the emotional and physical consequences of being overweight, and explores the various treatment and prevention plans for obesity.
Studies of Diversity in the Therapeutic Relationship
During the course of psychotherapy, therapist and patient engage in an ""intersubjective negotiation"" based on their respective individualities. In this series of essays arranged in eight ""dialogues,"" leading clinicians wrestle with questions of race, culture, gender, and sexuality as they apply to the therapeutic relationship.
In Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents With Multiple Problems, Alec L. Miller demonstrates this compassionate, principle-based therapy for clients who have difficulty regulating emotions and behaviors. Emotional dysregulation is common among adolescents, often leading them to self-injurious behavior, including suicide. Studies have shown ......
Reviews the theoretical underpinnings and practice of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), a treatment developed by Marsha Linehan to treat borderline personality disorder. DBT has proven to be effective with a range of mental health problems, including selfharm, suicidality, substance abuse, and eating disorders that are often difficult to treat.
Dialectic behavioural therapy, or DBT, is an empirically supported, comprehensive treatment that is effective for treating complex mental health problems. Originally developed as an intervention for suicidal women, and widely used to treat borderline personality disorder, DBT is now applied in working with a variety of mental health problems and ......
