Clinical Psychology

The classical Roman poet, Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC c. 55 BC), described the clinamen, or swerve, as an occurrence that we now call singular...

Psychological distress has become a very relevant and highly debated topic as a result of the increasing volume of information available. In fact, ...

Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is the third most prevalent condition among psychiatric disorders, which has a chronic and disabling course and is hi...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the gender differences, socio-cultural influences and health implications of bod...

The aim of this work is to show that certain acts related to the body (sport, tattoo, clothing), when practiced to excess, go beyond sanity and aes...

This book examines the psychology of trauma. The authors present current research including the topics of traumatic attachment as adaptation; traum...

Psychopathy is a popular construct at present, especially in forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology, yet it is a controversial construct. A nu...

Francoise Davoine has been investigating psychotic phenomena and trauma for over thirty years, in collaboration with Jean-Max Gaudilliere. In this ...