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On Delusion
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 24.95Delusions play a fundamental role in the history of psychology, philosophy and culture, dividing not only the mad from the sane but reason from unreason. Yet the very nature and extent of delusions are poorly understood. What are delusions? How do they differ from everyday errors or mistaken beliefs? Are they scientific categories? In this superb,... more...
The History of Mental Symptoms
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 138.00An important and unique survey of the historical background to the descriptive categories of psychopathology. more...
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 58.00Is Asperger syndrome a syndrome in its own right or is it a form of autism? Sufferers from the syndrome are like autistic individuals in that they show the same kind of impairments from early childhood; yet they are unlike them in being far more verbally articulate and socially adapted. They can be highly intelligent and reminiscent of eccentrics with... more...
Swing Low
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 12.99One morning, Mel Toews put on his coat and hat, walked out of town, and took his own life. A loving husband and father, a faithful member of the Mennonite church, and an immensely popular schoolteacher, Mel was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggling with bipolar disorder, he could no longer face the darkness that... more...
The Science of Evil
Basic Books 2011; US$ 16.99A pathbreaking autism researcher explores why some people lack empathy and what that absence means for our psychological understanding of evil. more...
Self-Harm and Violence
Wiley 2011; US$ 109.95Self-Harm and Violence: Towards Best Practice in Managing Risk in Mental Health Services presents the first exploration of the most effective clinical practice techniques relating to the management of risk in mental health care settings. Based on the Department of Health’s Best Practice in Managing Risk guidance document, which was developed... more...
The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Wiley 2011; US$ 160.00The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder is the definitive resource for empirically sound information on narcissism for researchers, students, and clinicians at a time when this personality disorder has become a particularly relevant area of interest. This unique work deepens understanding of how narcissistic behavior... more...
The Psychopath Test
Pan Macmillan UK 2011; US$ 15.18The Sunday Times top-ten bestseller from the author of The Men Who Stare at Goats This is an utterly compelling and often unbelievable adventure into the world of madness. Jon Ronson meets everybody from a Broadmoor inmate who swears he faked a mental disorder to get a lighter sentence but is now stuck there to the influential psychologist who developed... more...
Beyond Crazy
McClelland & Stewart 2011; US$ 16.95In any given year, one in five Canadians will experience symptoms of mental disorder. So why do we still have such a long way to go towards true understanding and acceptance? Because people are afraid to talk. Beyond Crazy takes us beyond the barriers of fear and stigma to meet real Canadians from all walks of life who have encountered mental illness.... more...
What is Madness?
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not AvailableWhat is Madness? is Darian Leader's probing study of madness, sanity, and everything in between What separates the sane from the mad? How hard or easy is it to tell them apart? And what if the difference is really between being mad and going mad? In this landmark work Darian Leader undermines common conceptions of madness. Through... more...









