This accessible handbook introduces the subject to the wide array of frontline workers in health, education and social services who have regular contact with children and young people, and need some knowledge of the mental health issues that affect them, and the services available.
Mental Illness, Treatment, and the Creative Process
Poets on Prozac shatters the notion that madness fuels creativity by givingvoice to contemporary poets who have battled myriad psychiatric disorders,including depression, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder, andsubstance abuse.The sixteen essays collected here address many provocative questions: Doesemotional distress inspire great work? ......
Reviewing the breadth of knowledge on schizophrenia, this handbook provides practical guidelines for effective assessment and treatment in diverse contexts. It summarizes the state of the science; highlights key points the busy practitioner needs to know; and lists recommended resources, including seminal research studies and clinical tools.
The proceedings of a conference convened by the APA, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the book explores a dimensional approach to diagnosing substance dependence, major depressive episode, psychosis, anxiety disorders, developmental psychopathology, and personality disorders.
Causal Theories to Inform Research, Prevention, and Treatment
Reviews and critiques theories and the supporting literature on why adolescent and adult males commit such acts as child molestation, voyeurism, indecent exposure, rape, and other violent offenses against adults and children. This book presents an integrative theory of sex offending, and the ways it could influence prevention and treatment.
The authors present a work that changes the way child psychiatry and clinical psychology are conceptualized. These authors' presentations debunk misconceptions about depression, antisocial behavior, and other conditions to enhance our understanding of the causes of child psychopathology -- and improve the ways we treat these disorders.
Windows to the Brain is the only book to synthesize neuroanatomical and imaging research as it pertains to selected neuropsychiatric diseases, containing all of the "Windows to the Brain" papers published from 1999-2006 in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.
`The book is helpfully structured with its cental chapters broadly following the shape of a typical psychodrama session' - Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling & Psychology `As with all Paul Wilkins writings the book is thorough and well-researched, with a wealth of information arising from wide readership and personal communication.... ......
Psychiatric Genetics is the first book to focus on clinical applications of genetics in psychiatry. It covers issues involved in genetic counseling, the interpretation of familial and genetic information for clinical use, information regarding risks associated with specific psychiatric disorders, and the uses of genetic testing.
