Provides an essential introduction to the major theoretical approaches in counselling and psychotherapy. This book includes two chapters on mindfulness and positive therapy, as well as additional content on ethics, and new developments in each approach, including the research and references.

Introducing neurology, this book is intended for medical undergraduates. It covers neurological problems in clinical practice, highlights the crucial neuroanatomical and neurophysiological background, introduces the pathogenesis of neurological disease, discusses treatment and management, and also covers ethical and rehabilitation issues.

Offers an introduction to neuropsychology, functional neuroanatomy, neuropathology, clinical assessment, and the behavioural sequelae associated with neurological disturbance. This work provides understanding of the common neurological disorders. It is intended for health professionals.

Meet nine extraordinary people on the autism spectrum

From a leading consultant neuropsychiatrist, a fresh, timely and compassionate book about the rise of diagnoses in mental health conditions and disorders and what it means for individuals and society.

A title, in which, the author narrates his own agonising experience of depression. It also portrays the pain of others, in different cultures and societies whose lives have been shattered by depression and uncovers the historical, social, biological, chemical and medical implications of this crippling disease.

This book is an easy-to-read guide to the most common medications for mental health issues. It provides facts on all of the main mental health drugs while also explaining the pharmacology and care considerations.

This book focuses on child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) for nurses training and working in this field. The authors explore the various roles CAMH nurses fulfil and consider how these roles might be undertaken with confidence.

The role of nutrition is fundamental to human health and well-being. It is, however, often overlooked when treating people with mental health problems. This handbook explains the science behind nutrition and its effects on mental health.

Obsessive compulsive disorder is a disabling and distressing mental health problem. This accessible introduction examines OCD's causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and is richly illustrated with case studies, making it engaging reading for anyone wishing to understand this complex mental health problem.

Providing a comprehensive overview of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), this work brings together contributions from leading researchers and practitioners. Three clearly organized sections cover psychopathology, assessment and treatment, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Facts provides a full account of the nature, diagnosis and treatment of obsessive compulsive disorders. This book is suitable for sufferers and their families and friends, and for health professionals.

Hugely controversial on publication, this is an insightful and characteristically entertaining survey of animal behaviour and the evolution of aggression throughout the animal world.

Part memoir, part cultural history: a brilliant, funny, moving, and insightful book about agoraphobia, its history, its appearances in literature, and a reckoning of a life lived under its rule.

Finding the path to personal growth and harmonious maturity.

For more than thirty years, On Being a Therapist has inspired generations of mental health professionals to explore the most private and sacred aspects of their work helping others. This thoroughly revised Sixth Edition, written during the COVID-19 pandemic, continues that tradition with an increased emphasis on self-care, teletherapy, and alternative service delivery.

With a new Introduction by Andrew Samuels, the classic edition of this invaluable text explores the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship.

Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair, but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon had a social dimension. He believed that if anything can explain how individuals relate to society, then it is suicide. This work was the result of his research.

Does your other half have Asperger Syndrome (AS) or do you suspect that he or she is on the autism spectrum? This quick and helpful guide provides all the information you need for relationship success with your AS partner. Maxine Aston offers relationship advice that draws on over a decade of counselling experience.

By describing ideas clearly and covering many of the existing theories, this book occupies a needed niche in the teaching of psychodynamic therapy.

Succinct, up-to-date research summaries and practical guidelines for intervention in and management of a variety of developmental and genetic disorders.