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The Anxiety Relief Programby Dennis Radha-Rose
Mushroom Publishing 2005; US$ 4.99The Anxiety Relief Program is intended for those whose worries and anxieties are getting out of control or have already done so. It is based on the principles of trust, acceptance and, above all "mindfulness", which means moment-to-moment awareness of events in the mind and body while maintaining calmness. This quality is the basis of Buddhist meditation. It has no religious content and is used with great success in well over 300 clinics in the US for treating stress and chronic pain.The acceptance of anxiety and the enhancement of mindfulness paradoxically reduce its negative effects, enabling coping with situations which create anxiety.A series of exercises is given, each of which helps to develop mindfulness of the effects and symptoms of... more...
Beating Your Eating Disorderby Glenn Waller; Victoria Mountford; Rachel Lawson; Emma Gray; Helen Cordery; Hendrik Hinrichsen
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 18.00Helps sufferers and carers to beat eating disorders, using tried and proven methods from clinical settings. more...
Liaison Psychiatryby Robert Peveler; Eleanor Feldman; Trevor Friedman
The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2000; US$ 57.00Liaison psychiatry services have the potential to improve pateint care and streamline medical services but are underdeveloped in many European health systems. This book follows on from the 1994 publication 'Liaison psychiatry: defining needs and planning services' and is planned as a practical guide to the development of services for a range of specialist settings. These include service in obstetrics, A&E, intensive care, pain clinics and trauma services. In addition there is guidance on the general principles of developing a case of need for services, and working with purchasers or commissioners of health care. The book will be of particular value to clinicians seeking to develop services in these areas, and those seeking evidence on the value... more...
Mental Health Outcome Measuresby Graham Thornicroft; Michele Tansella
The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010; US$ 45.00This new edition charts the increased range of mental health outcome domains that are now measurable, while reflecting a new emphasis on positive outcomes and recovery, and the central role of the service user?s experience. more...
A First-Rate Madnessby Nassir Ghaemi
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 14.99An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of history's greatest politicians, generals, and businesspeople. In A First-Rate Madness , Nassir Ghaemi, who runs the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts University Medical Center, draws from the careers and personal plights of such notable leaders as Lincoln, Churchill, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., JFK, and others from the past two centuries to build an argument at once controversial and compelling: the very qualities that mark those with mood disorders- realism, empathy, resilience, and creativity-also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. By combining astute analysis of the historical evidence with... more...
Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapyby Thorana S Nelson; Frank N Thomas
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 64.50An invaluable guide to the history, descriptions of practice strategies, and applications of SFBT! The Handbook of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a unique, comprehensive guide that assists clinicians, regardless of experience level, in learning and applying the concepts of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to particular situations with clients. Noted experts discuss the therapy practices and various uses for the approach in detail, which focuses on encouraging clients to look at exceptions, times when the problem could have occurred and did not, and goals and future possibilities. A history of the practice model and its interventions is discussed, along with limitations, descriptions of practice strategies, applications to specific... more...
Self Within Marriageby Richard M. Zeitner
Taylor & Francis 2011; US$ 34.95Self Within Marriage combines the theoretical orientations of object-relations theory, self psychology, and systems theory as a way of understanding and working with couples and individuals whose relationship and emotional difficulties have centered on the common conundrum of balancing individuality and intimacy. Based on detailed case examples and couple therapy techniques, Self Within Marriage provides individual and couple therapists with a refreshing new framework for working with clients and for helping them understand who they are as individuals and as partners. more...
Advances in Contemporary Indigenous Health Careby Kim Usher; Rhonda Marriott
eContent Management Pty Ltd 2010; US$ 126.50This title provides the latest scholarly work related to closing the gap and importantly highlights some of the outstanding work being done by nurses, midwives and others in the area. It focuses on the specific needs of Indigenous people, adds significantly to the current knowledge in the area. It demonstrates that nurses and midwives are indeed making a difference and contributing significantly to closing the gap. An important read. more...
Depressionby Dorothy Rowe
Routledge 1996; US$ 180.00This best-selling book, now in its second edition, contains the stories of people who have changed their lives by conquering depression for good. more...
Post-Natal Depressionby Paula Nicolson
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95Paula Nicolson provides a radical critique of traditional medical and social science explanations of post-natal depression; she argues that far from it being an abnormal condition it is a healthy response to a series of losses. more...









