Care of the Mentally Ill

Psychopathology lies at the centre of effective psychiatric practice and mental health care. Fish's Clinical Psychopathology has shaped the trainin...

Our knowledge and awareness of mental health has never been greater, but little progress has been made in addressing a key cause of poor mental hea...

Full of evidence-based, easy to understand information about CHD, Healing Hearts and Minds offers strategies for learning to thrive despite living ...

One in five adults and one in six youth experience a mental health illness within a year. These common conditions are often managed within complex ...

Guidance for supporting family caregivers on maintaining positive mental health: This is the first book that takes a deep dive to answer the quest...

This treatment program targets the criminal, behavioral, and mental health problems of inmates in segregated housing that prevents them from living...

This book draws on both the historical context and contemporary research evidence to present the roles of the Mental Health Social Worker, the Appr...

Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. The...

Fewer concepts in American society have received more attention recently than the need for skilled crisis intervention. Images of crises inundate i...

Communication problems, frustration and boredom can manifest themselves in physical outbursts, and working in a residential or domiciliary setting ...

The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are ex...

Presenting simple and cost-effective solutions for maintaining and improving mealtime abilities, this book discusses the practical aspects of eatin...

The social climate in settings such as forensic psychiatric hospitalsand prisons is crucial to their success. The Essen Climate EvaluationSchema (E...

Every day ten thousand baby boomers turn 65, and by 2030 more than 20% of US residents will be 65 or older. Mental health professionals must become...

Since 2008, the governments Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has been rolled out across England and Wales. In the 10 ye...

This expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment...

This expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment...

New edition of an acclaimed manual which uses the solution focused approach to take an empathetic and validating approach to working with individua...

Unravel the complexities of effectively managing behaviours that challenge through the 6-stage Target model. The 6 stages offer an empowering tool ...

There is plenty in this book to get your teeth into and help us think about how we work with people in mental health crises and how we might best m...

LGBTQ individuals seek therapy at higher rates than the general population, but the mental health profession has historically lacked evidence-based...

This book explores possible therapies for treating aggression in people diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. In recent years, we have seen a grow...

Even seasoned clinicians can struggle when trying to help to highly traumatized and dissociative patients. This book and its accompanying workbook ...

A must read for all paramedics and pre-hospital clinicians Gemma Howlett, Principal Lecturer in Paramedic Apprenticeships, University of Cumbria, U...

The mental health system is in trouble. Most people who need help are receiving inadequate treatment, years behind the latest thinking. This life-c...

The 2nd edition of Foundations and Applications of Exercise Science expanded the original 14 chapters to incorporate 7 new chapters and revised the...

*Highly Commended in the Psychiatry Category of the 2011 BMA Book Awards*Working with Suicidal Individuals provides a comprehensive guide to unders...

Personalisation builds on person-centred care to focus on how people with dementia can have more choice and control over decisions affecting them, ...

Introducing life story work, a way for people with dementia to connect with their relatives, carers and the professionals working with them. This e...

There's so many different types of abuse, and it all comes down to the same thing. It's making people nothing. And Fran was nothing. There was neve...

Social support is the everyday assistance offered by family, friends, neighbours and colleagues, as well as the foundations of support in a range o...

Patients in psychiatric care can behave in ways that can be alarming for staff, and difficult to respond to. The authors of this practical and imag...

This biographical history follows the iconoclastic career of John R. Friedeberg Seeley, pre-eminent Pop Sociologist and Mental Health Activist of t...

People with learning disabilities are affected by significantly more health problems than the general population and are much more likely to have s...

Migrants in Translation is an ethnographic reflection on foreign migration, mental health, and cultural translation in Italy. Its larger context is...

Picturing myself dying in a way I choose myself seems so comforting, healing and heroic. I'd look at my wrists, watch the blood seeping, and be a s...

'Extremely compelling'  THE GUARDIAN 'It's a fascinating read... Buy the book! Buy the book!'  JO GOOD, BBC RADIO LONDON 'Searing... funny, eloquen...

Updated edition including new material Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Model. Reality star. Self-created. Ico...