Schizophrenia is widely considered the most severe and disabling of the mental illnesses. This title demonstrates the importance of listening to what people diagnosed with schizophrenia themselves have to say about their struggle, and shows the dramatic effect this approach can have on clinical practice and social policy.
Living Outside Mental Illness demonstrates the importance of listening to what people diagnosed with schizophrenia themselves have to say about their struggle, and shows the dramatic effect this approach can have on clinical practice and social policy.
This work offers practitioners and researchers information on a range of instruments used to evaluate suicidal behaviours in children and adolescents. It describes conceptual, definitional and psychometric issues important in evaluating and comparing various assessment instruments.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Victim/Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse
John Woods presents a theoretical approach and practical suggestions for mental health practitioners working therapeutically with young people who have abused. Drawing on his long-standing experience, he has developed an integrated theory that bridges the gap between existing cognitive behavioural and psychoanalytic approaches. He shows how this ......
As the study of the family has expanded, the need for an up-to-date volume that brings together and defines major salient words, phrases and concepts has similarly grown. The updated edition of this unique resource provides an expanded yet compact and handy reference for all practitioners, researchers and students in the fields of family psychology and psychotherapy. Each entry includes a definition of the term, an example of its use, the origin of the term, an early source using the term and, if pertinent, a recent source. `Borrowed' terms from other fields such as family law, sex therapy, clinical child psychology and group psychology are also included.
This book discusses discoveries that have the potential to revolutionize your clinical approach by changing the ways in which you diagnose and treat patients. Clinicians will learn about the effects on psychiatry of advances in the molecular basis of neuronal network function and the identification of novel molecular targets for drug development.
The editors of this powerful reference summarize our current understanding of the complex psychological, behavioral, and social responses to disaster, and present a compelling case for intensifying our focus on delivery and intervention efforts.
This book is an overview of the current state of knowledge about schizophrenia in later life and its implications for service, research, and policy. Broad coverage includes information on demographic and clinical characteristics of older schizophrenic persons, treatment approaches, research strategies, and economic and health policy issues.
It details the pros and cons of using structured interviews and rating scales in clinical settings to ensure reliable and valid assessment of diagnoses, symptoms, and outcomes.
