Psychology & Psychiatry : Mental Health

Creative Therapy: Adolescents overcoming child sexual abuse is a practical therapy book. Over 100 activities are offered in this multimodal approach to making therapy both effective and, as far as possible, fun. They cover many areas of need for survivors of sexual abuse, from learning to recognise and regulate emotion to selfidentity and coping strategies on which the young person can build a bright future. more...

Price: $34.95

Crisis Management and the School Community offers practical response and recovery procedures for school leaders dealing with emergencies, both within the school and in the larger community. This fully revised second edition covers crisis events such as a death in the family, a school fire, student casualties in car accidents, student suicide, natural disasters and terrorist attacks. more...

Price: $39.95

This book is a lively commentary on the eighteenth-century mad-business, its practitioners, its patients (or "customers"), and its patrons, viewed through the unique lens of the private case book kept by the most famous mad-doctor in Augustan England, Dr. more...

Price: $15.95

Examining important issues in dementia research and care that are often neglected or marginalized, the contributors to this book provide fresh perspectives on current practice. The authors put dementia care into a socio-cultural framework, highlighting the impact of social change on dementia care over the last two decades and challenging current stereotypes. The contributors address the implications of power relationships between carers and people with dementia and take an in-depth look at a broad spectrum of issues, including: the sexuality of people with dementia; communication and risk taking; people with dementia from minority ethnic groups; faecal incontinence; dementia care and practice in remote rural communities. Taking an in-depth look at dementia research and service development, this book makes essential reading for practitioners, researchers and students working in the field of dementia care. more...

Price: $32.95

Describes the political aspects of depression, specifically the relationship between globalization and depression. This book reestablishes links between mental health research and treatment, and reviews political and economic influences outside the world of academic and clinical mental health. more...

Price: $69.95