Psychology & Psychiatry : Mental Health

An advance directive is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent to treatment, or making informed choices about treatment, at some future time. Advance Directives in Mental Health is a comprehensive and accessible guide for mental health professionals advising service users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all ideological, legal and medical aspects of advance directives. Jacqueline Atkinson explains their origins and significance in the context of mental health legislation and compares advance directives in mental health with those in other areas of medicine like dementia or terminal illness, offering a general overview of the differences in the laws of various English-speaking countries. She explores issues of autonomy and responsibility in mental health and gives practical advice on how to set up, implement and change advance directives. The book offers a useful overview of advance directives and is a key reference for all mental health professionals as well as postgraduate students, lawyers who work with mentally ill people, service users and their families and carers. more...

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A health practitioner’s guide to the mental health of adults who were sexually abused in childhood. more...

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Drawing on a dazzling array of disciplines--physiology, neurology, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy--Ian Glynn explains virtually every aspect of the workings of the brain, unlocking the mysteries of the mind. Glynn writes with exceptional clarity as he illuminates the mechanics of nerve messages; the functioning of sensory receptors; the processes by which the brain sees, tastes, and smells; the seats of language, memory, and emotions. The breadth of Glynn's erudition is astonishing, as he ranges from parallel processing in computers to the specialization of different regions of the brain (illustrated with fascinating instances of the bizarre effects of localized brain damage). He explains the different types of memory, traces the path of information that leads to emotional responses, and engages in a discussion of language that ranges from Noam Chomsky to Hawaiian pidgin. No other single volume has captured the full expanse of our knowledge of consciousness and the brain. A work of unequaled authority and eloquence, this book promises to be a new landmark of scientific writing. "Monumental."--The Observer. "Glynn's erudition is astonishing...a hugely enjoyable intellectual journey."--Nature more...

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Im drztlich-medizinischen Berufsfeld wird hdufig unterschdtzt, wie eng kvrperliche Krankheiten mit psychischen Vorgdngen verkn]pft sind. Das Fachgebiet der medizinischen Psychologie setzt an den zahlreichen Ber]hrungspunkten zwischen Medizin und Psychologie an: den Auswirkungen kvrperlicher Erkrankungen oder medizinischer Eingriffe auf das psychische Erleben und Befinden, den Einfluss psychischer Zustdnde auf Entstehung und Verlauf von Erkrankungen oder die zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen zwischen Drzten, Patienten und Angehvrigen. In diesem Buch beleuchten f]hrende Vertreter des Faches solche medizinpsychologischen Fragen und Erkenntnisse erstmals getrennt f]r spezifische, medizinische Anwendungsgebiete: Was hat die Psychologie u.a. zur Onkologie, Kardiologie, Zahnmedizin, Augenheilkunde oder auch zu Themen wie Sterben, Tod und Trauern" und Telemedizin" zu sagen? Wie tragen z.B. psychische Faktoren zur Entstehung einer Herzinsuffizienz oder der Migrdne bei? more...

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Practical exercises and action plans to help people overcome anxiety and depression Over 35 million Americans suffer from depression severe enough to warrant treatment at some point in their lives, and many people who are depressed also suffer from anxiety. more...

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