Care of the Mentally Ill

This book chronicles the development of the institutional model in Massachusetts with the well-intended beginnings, the decline and subsequent hero...

This book presents compelling empirical evidence, collected in the US and Europe, that how one reacts to others ups and downs may profoundly affect...

Autism presents in a multitude of different and highly nuanced ways - particularly as it intersects with variance in class, gender, race and age. M...

Approved Mental Health Professionals are specialist professionals authorised to make ethically complex and difficult decisions on the behalf of peo...

College suicides are a growing social problem in the United States. Suicide is the second leading cause of death on university campuses and more th...

'An extraordinary and important book. Read it immediately' Claudia Winkleman 'Superbly written, this deeply moving book underlines how truly precio...

'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.' HRH The Duke of Cambridg...

An authoritative resource for understanding the nature of mental illnesses and for pointing the way to treatment, written by two eminent mental hea...

Anyone who works within children and adolescent mental health services will tell you what a challenging and complex world it is. To help prepare yo...

In any society a small proportion of people with mental disorder present with behaviour that transgresses norms and violates the rights of others. ...

This book explores the law relating to the right to liberty of people with mental illness and international human rights standards. It is also a ma...

Dyslexia is a complex condition that affects not only learning but every part of life. Experience or fear of social stigma can lead people with...

As human migration brings an ever more diverse range of people, cultures and beliefs into contact, Western medical systems must adapt to cater for ...

Offering practical strategies and tools readers can use on the job, this comprehensive book covers the practices, conditions, and legislative issue...

This reflective and evidence-based book will equip students as well as professionals who work with people with learning disabilities in primary, se...

'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and open our hearts more.'Belinda Black was just seve...

'Utterly brilliant - engaging, thrilling, disturbing, revelatory, explosive' GEORGE MONBIOT'This extraordinary book, written with startling honesty...

The moving memoir of a doctor who became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives 'Beautiful and deeply moving. A tru...