This book provides an effective model for helping persons with serious mental illness and is suitable for readers working in psychiatric rehabilita...

This book explores the role of culture in explaining suicidal behaviour. Explanations based on the genes and physiology of individuals, and theorie...

This book discusses the parameters surrounding humanist principles (an optimistic philosophy that believes in the scientific process, human worth a...

Immigrants' voyages to a new land have been among the most exciting and noble of human endeavours. It is the amazing courage to flee oppression, to...

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Intellectual disability occurs with a frequency of 1-3% within the general population. This impairment is frequently associated with additional fea...

The idea of the International Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences (IPBN) was born as a result of the many occasions where, in the course of wor...

This is both a book on art and a psychiatric manual and at the same time it is neither. It takes a radically different approach by setting out to d...

This new book presents important recent research on cognitive disorders which are disturbances in the mental process related to thinking, reasoning...

This book contains assessments, management options and challenges for individuals with learning disabilities. Chapter One reviews whether there is ...

This book focuses on risk factors, clinical and biological characteristics, and treatment options for depression. The aim of this book is to provid...

Manual signs are used worldwide to support the communication and language development of children who have developmental disabilities. This book pr...

This book explores mental depression; it's forms, causes and treatments. Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad, but these feelings are usually fl...

Research from health psychology and medical science has shown that a considerable number of cancer patients tend to rely on meaning while coping wi...

In this book, the authors present current research in mental health and psychiatry issues. Topics discussed include the cognitive and emotional pro...

Mental retardation is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills ("milestones") during childhood, and a ...

The state of ongoing military conflict in the Middle East and the recent rise in acts of domestic terrorism have created an increasing need for ide...

David Tomasi presents new, groundbreaking research on the science and application of Mind-Body Medicine strategies to improve clinical outcomes in ...

Mounting evidence from preclinical and clinical research suggests that the glutamatergic system is highly involved in the pathophysiology of major ...

This book offers a developmental neuroendocrinologically-oriented perspective in the area of specialized psychiatric care for men termed "Men's Men...

In writing this book, the authors have emphasised current perspectives on the neurobiology of mental disorders, not attempting to provide an exhaus...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common and severe psychiatric disorder precipitated by exposure to a psychologically distressing event. ...