Explains what madness is, to show that it can be understood in psychological terms, and that by studying it we can learn important insights about the normal mind. This book argues that traditional approaches to madness must be abandoned in favour of an approach which is more consistent with what we know about the human mind.

A searing, unflinching and deeply moving account of Marya Hornbacher's personal experience of living with bipolar disorder.

In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the United States' last segregated asylums. On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland.

Incidents of violence and aggression are steadily increasing and consequently personal safety in working environment can no longer be taken for granted. This book acts as a guide to effective management of violence and aggression within clinical environment. It helps to understand both principles and techniques.

Designed to support training and CPD in compulsory mental health work, this book looks at assessment, detention, compulsion and coercion in a variety of settings. With emphasis on theory into practice, the book is essential reading for those looking to develop their reflexive and critical analytical skills.

An enlightening and entertaining account of the unique relationship between humans and their pets. It offers a delightful insight into animal and human thinking and feeling. An essential companion for all dog lovers!

When we're conditioned to tell others we're fine and to man up, how do we cry or show emotion? Man Up Man Down explores what it means to be a man in today's society, and what it takes to be able to deal with a heatbreaking suicide.

Simple Steps to deal positively with anger and frustration.

This self-help manual for those who meet the diagnosis of 'emotionally unstable' or 'borderline personality disorder'(BPD) outlines a brief intervention based on a model of treatment known to be effective for other conditions.

Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and this text examines the role of medicine as a more insidious tyrant than religion, as it claims to be beneficial to both the patient and the commonwealth.

Humorous, insightful and occasionally outrageous graphic memoir of an artist suffering from (but enjoying) bipolar disorder.

It explores the psychodynamic theory of attachment and how it can be used to offer new ways of thinking when working with mental disorders in offenders. Discusses the development of personality in terms of interpersonal functioning and relationships with others, which is essential to understand both interpersonal violence and abnormal development.

Medicines are the most common form of treatment for those with mental health problems worldwide. Medicines Management in Mental Health Care is the first detailed evidence-based medicines management text for mental health practitioners in the UK. Medicines Management in Mental Health Care is divided into two parts.

Mental Disorders in Primary Care: A Guide to their Evaluation and Management is an invaluable guide to psychiatric presentation, diagnosis and treatment in a primary care setting.

The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable consequences of ageing. This book identifies, and supports the needs of this population. It covers mental health promotion, anxiety and depression, ageing and psychosis, alcohol and dual diagnosis, dementia, later life, and enduring mood disorders.

Mental Health and Wellbeing is a timely new book that explores these increasingly important subjects from an intercultural perspective.