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Clinician's guide to mental illness Clinician's guide to mental illness Ihsan M. Salloum,Dennis C. Daley,Dennis C Daley This book provides a comprehensive review of common adult mental disorders and substance use disorders. The chapters were written by teams of researchers and clinicians, thus providing an integration… OL12327056W
Parental treatment and mental health of personality Parental treatment and mental health of personality Ferenc Margitics,Zsuzsa Pauwlik Book Description: One of the most important objectives of health psychology is to promote people’s mental health. Mental health is a decisive factor in the daily well-being of the individual, impro… OL13656945W
SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS JULIAN P. LEFF People with serious mental illness no longer spend years of their lives in psychiatric institutions. In developed countries, there has been a major shift in the focus of care from hospitals into the … OL13665529W
Oxford textbook of community mental health Oxford textbook of community mental health Graham Thornicroft "What is the best way to provide mental health care within the community? How can these services be provided in a way that is easy to access and offer treatments that really work? Community mental he… OL15980500W
Challenging behaviour Challenging behaviour Eric Emerson "'Challenging' behaviours are common among people with intellectual disabilities, resulting in significantly reduced quality of life. These may include aggression, self-injury, destructiveness, hyper… OL15998814W
Dosed Dosed Kaitlin Bell Barnett "Over the last two decades, we have seen a dramatic spike in the number of young people taking psychiatric medication--but, despite a heated debate on the issue, we haven't heard directly from the "m… OL16152544W
Brain, mind, and developmental psychopathology in childhood Brain, mind, and developmental psychopathology in childhood M. Elena Garralda "Brain, Mind, and Developmental Psychopathology in Childhood, part of the International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions' book series "Working with Children & Ado… OL16283652W
Psychiatry in primary care Psychiatry in primary care Patricia R. Casey "The majority of psychiatric conditions initially present in a primary care setting; the challenge for practitioners is to accurately recognise and diagnose mental illness so that appropriate treatme… OL16296589W
Evidence-based practice with socially and emotionally troubled children and adolescents Evidence-based practice with socially and emotionally troubled children and adolescents Morley D. Glicken The author, a professional social worker and professor at the Arizona State University West Department of Social Work, expresses his concern for the increasing number of children being diagnosed and … OL16948377W
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders American Psychiatric Association Prepared by the Work Group to Revise DSM-III of the American Psychiatric Association. OL16956094W
Psychosomatic medicine Psychosomatic medicine Robert G. Robinson "Psychosomatic medicine or consultation-liaison psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that focuses on the mental health issues which accompany, or develop as a result of, other medical disorders. Th… OL16974455W
Practical Interventions For Young People At Risk Practical Interventions For Young People At Risk Kathryn Geldard xv, 213 p. : 25 cm OL17539135W
Straight talk about psychiatric medications for kids Straight talk about psychiatric medications for kids Timothy E. Wilens Provides guidance for parents of children with emotional and behavioral problems on whether psychiatric drugs are the right treatment choice, discussing such problems as anxiety-related disorders, at… OL1825713W
Manual of clinical psychopharmacology Manual of clinical psychopharmacology Alan F. Schatzberg xxiii, 720 p. : 21 cm OL18697304W
Faith, medicine, and science Faith, medicine, and science Harold George Koenig,David B. Larson,Jeffrey S. Levin xxvi, 321 pages : 22 cm OL18805957W
The Center Cannot Hold The Center Cannot Hold Elyn R. Saks Elyn R. Saks is an esteemed professor, lawyer, and psychiatrist and is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California… OL1943090W
Sexual offending against children Sexual offending against children Marcus Erooga,Tony Morrison Practice, policy and management issues involved in assessing and treating sexual offenders against children. Written by a multi-disciplinary group of leading practitioners. Invaluable. OL19498706W
Madness Madness Mary De Young "This book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors are labeled mad; why they are labeled mad in one historical period … OL19885060W
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm birth Neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm birth Murray, Robin MD, M Phil, MRCP, MRC Psych "The improved survival of very preterm and very low birth weight infants in recent decades has been associated with an increase in the prevalence of physical and neurodevelopmental problems. Attentio… OL19890438W
Shrinks Shrinks Jeffrey A. Lieberman Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining "lunatics" in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public. But, as Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, reveals, the path to le… OL20000019W
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