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Childbirth is one of the most important social and psychological life events for women. In addition to the social context of including a new family...

Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common childhood anxiety disorder characterised by extreme anxiety in children due to the fear of separation...

Psychosis is considered the most debilitating psychiatric condition. It presents a heavy burden of suffering in terms of its prevalence, morbidity,...

This book reviews the dimensional conceptualisation of persecutory delusion in the attempt to elucidate the transition from suspicious thinking to ...

Victimhood, vengefulness and forgiveness are topics which are strongly felt in everyday life of many people but not investigated enough as subjects...

Depressive disorders, which include major depressive disorder (unipolar depression), dysthymic disorder (chronic, mild depression), and bipolar dis...

Suicide-proofing a room can prevent suicidal behaviour in incarcerated prisoners and in psychiatric patients. The question addressed is this book i...

In the past several decades, millions of refugees fleeing conflicts across the globe have been resettled in other countries, including industrialis...

Nowadays, an alarming number of juveniles all over the world find themselves implicated in the juvenile justice system and a great number of them a...

In many ways, it is the best of times and the worst of times for the field of psychiatry. New discoveries in neuroscience are leading us to a bet...

Suicidal behaviour is a major medical and social problem. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that alcohol and drug abuse is associated with suicida...

Dreams are a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and ...

Suicidal behaviour is a critical problem in the military, among civilians during a war and among returning war veterans. Millions of people around ...

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO CANNABIS AND YOUR HEALTHUnderpinned by his two-year research trial in partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, ...

This volume provides an overview of the biochemical characterization, structure-function studies, proteomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, tr...

Antipsychotic drugs are frequently prescribed to older adults with dementia. Dementia affects millions of older adults, causing behavioral symptoms...

This glossary expands upon the Comprehensive Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology. Like its predecessor, it addresses the need for harmonized toxic...

Sittig''s Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, Seventh Edition, has proven to be a reliable, accessible, must-have reference ...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. You are what you eat. Never is this tr...