'If you do any forensic child sexual abuse evaluation, you need to read this book. In a carefully documented, well written text it sets the standard for abuse assessment. Not only does it advocate an integrated approach to evaluation that includes information on the child, the child's context and the child's relationships, but it goes on to offer ......
Addiction to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs is one of the major public health issues of our time. In the United States, one in five deaths is the result of addictive drug use. This innovative book critically examines drug addiction treatment in the United States. It explores specific challenges (scientific, medical, social, and legal) to ......
The book offers a compendium of the most noteworthy, widely used, and important new efforts in clinical and research measures. It includes 275 measures in a wide array of domains. Use is further enhanced by a CD-ROM containing the full text of more than 150 of these measures -- an invaluable aid for reference and clinical decision-making.
The book draws on Dr. Robert Paul Liberman's 40 years of designing, testing, and disseminating innovative treatments for persons with mental health disabilities. The author addresses the real challenges faced by practitioners who must wrestle with the individualized needs of each patient in drawing up a rehabilitation roadmap to recovery.
The Clinical Manual of Pain Management in Psychiatry focuses on the role of mental health practitioners in evaluation and assessment, pharmacological management, psychotherapeutic interventions, and comprehensive treatment planning for pain.
A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness
Because most psychiatric illnesses are complex phenomena, no single method or approach is sufficient to explain them or the experiences of persons who suffer from them. In The Concepts of Psychiatry S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D. argues that the discipline of psychiatry can therefore be understood best from a pluralistic perspective. Grounding his ......
Written to help identify major gaps in our knowledge of how gender and age affect psychiatric diagnoses and to stimulate much-needed research, this book serves as both a valuable short-term source for the DSM-V Task Force, and a long-term guide for future studies that will contribute to revised psychiatric classifications in these areas.
The muscular ideal is increasingly becoming the preferred body type for men, adolescent boys and even some women. This book draws on research to provide an overview of the muscular ideal, including historical and socioeconomic trends, assessment and measurement issues, and clinical presentation of disorders such as muscle dysmorphia.
Joanna Richardson was a senior development officer for the FOCUS project. She is now an analyst for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), London, UK.
