Clinical Psychology

In mental health, as in other medical disciplines, the role of the professional is changing. The availability of information, enhanced roles of oth...

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace th...

Substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs) have been documented in a number of cultures since the beginnings of recorded time and represent m...

Many fascinating and important psychological disorders are either omitted from our current diagnostic systems or rarely covered during graduate or ...

There are certain assumptions about the practice of counseling that are accepted as truths, beliefs that are so pervasive that they remain unchalle...

Ever since the rise of Adolf Hitler, mental health professionals have sought to use their knowledge of human psychology to understand - and interve...

Symptoms and signs in neurology and psychiatry typically present in the clinical context of other underlying conditions. When evaluating a patient,...

Integrated Care: A Guide for Effective Implementation provides a detailed, thoughtful, and experience-based guide to the complex and potentially ov...

There is no denying the psychological and physical costs of trauma, but suffering a traumatic experience does not necessarily mean you'll develop p...

Using repeated sets of exercises meant to relax and desensitize the mind, autogenic training equips patients to deal with chronic conditions suc...

By 2050, the number of people aged sixty years and older with schizophrenia is expected to double and affect about 10 million people worldwide. Psy...

If you have severe depression or bipolar disorder, you may find it difficult to take that first step toward recovery. You aren''t alone. In our soc...

When a partner or spouse returns from war, it is a time of joy; but it is also a time of transition, challenges, and uncertainty. The truth is that...

This four-volume Major Work compiles literature which deals with conditions that - in recent parlance in Western societies - have come to be labell...

Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: A Casebook provides students with an opportunity to gain deeper insight into a wide range of disorders within...

Daphne Merkin has been hospitalised three times: first, in grade school, for childhood depression; years later, after her daughter was born, for se...

This Quick Reference Guide places the essentials of Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)the theory of interconnection between brain, mind and relation...

Three generations of mental illness are uncovered as a mother simultaneously searches for her missing bipolar son. Her journey reveals a world of s...

The last 10 years have seen an upturn in the number of people reporting difficulties with emotional and mental health issues, particularly anxiety ...

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to definition of torture by bringing together behavioral science and international law perspective...

For the past decade, suicidal behavior in military and veteran populations has been a constant feature in the news and in the media, with suicide r...

Stop disruptive, negative thoughts at their root with a new method of mental control from one of the most distinguished figures in the field of CBT...

Intensive interaction is a valuable approach, with the potential to radically enhance the well-being of difficult-to-reach individuals, such as tho...

Clinicians searching for evidence-based quantitative assessments on which to base diagnosis and treatment of patients with bipolar disorder need lo...

Emotions and values are considered the keys to understanding peoples' experiences and actions within the world they inhabit. The traditional sympto...

Many practitioners within health and social care come into contact with people with intellectual disabilities and want to work in ways that are ben...

There are many reasons why the practice of person-centred therapy can become difficult. An issue that is frequently brought to supervision is when ...

This book is the first to chronicle the story of Housing First (HF), a paradigm-shifting evidence-based approach to ending homelessness that began ...

This controversial new book describes how human behaviour - thoughts, emotions, actions and mental health - can be largely explained if we understa...

The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies provides a contemporary and comprehensive illustration of the wide range of evidence-base...

Despite the widespread influence of psychoanalysis in the field of mental health, until now no single book has been published that explains the psy...