Abnormal Psychology

Meg never hit a rock bottom. Most people think that in order to acknowledge and address a drinking problem, you must first hit rock bottom, but th...

As more veterans return from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, more are needing care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat-related...

Depression can make you feel like you're stuck in a downward spiral. But just as one small trigger can drag you down, one small positive change eac...

Psychiatry suffers a lot of criticism, not least from within its own scientifically founded medical world. This book provides an account of mental ...

Current knowledge about effective internet addiction treatment is limited. This book explores how 20 international internet addiction therapy exper...

An expanded and revised edition of the first social work text to focus specifically on the theoretical and clinical issues associated with trauma, ...

Interest in techniques to control the brain and thereby improve its function has surged, yet how realistic are these expectations and what are the ...

A challenging reappraisal of the history of antipsychotics, revealing how they were transformed from neurological poisons into magical cures, their...

This book uses rare pathologies to inform questions on topics such as consciousness and rationality. Rather than trying to answer these by inventin...

Using a developmental perspective, the authors offer a new, integrated model for supporting people with intellectual disability (ID). This concept ...

Wrap your mind around bipolar disorder and understand your treatment options Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, 4th Edition explains everything about th...