How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely what is constructed, and how, and even what constructionism means, is often unclear or taken for granted. This work offers a tour of the central themes raised by these questions.

Addresses the area of the role of research in the modernisation of mental health services. This book explores theoretical, methodological and practical issues relating to developing evidence to underpin the evolving modernisation agenda. It covers critical reviews of models of practice and their relationships to research.

For any coach who wants to understand resilience, this book provides a clear and comprehensive resource on what resilience is or isn't; how to recognise its loss and how to work with resilience in a variety of ways.

This practical guide focuses on the reduced expression and activity often described as constituting negative symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia. Using engaging activities and case studies to aid learning, it offers alternative explanations for these symptoms and outlines strategies for addressing them in practice

Offers the reader a historical/developmental overview of the concept of 'use of self' and explores its adequacy for contemporary ethical practice. This book provides the reader with first-person, practitioners' accounts of their own 'use of self' in examples of reflective practice approaches. It broadens the scope of the concept of 'use of self'.

Capital DJ Roman Kemp has achieved much success but he hasn't had an easy ride. He's battled depression and has bravely fought to smash the stigma still surrounding medication and mental health. Roman shares all the experiences that have shaped him, and why love, marriage and having his own family one day are so important to his future dreams.

This handbook addresses a wide range of contentious issues in mental health and mental disorder.

Comedian, writer and mental health campaigner shows us why and how our minds can send us mad and how we can rewire our thinking, especially through mindfulness, to calm ourselves in a frenetic world.

An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life.

This ideal review for those taking a psychiatric nursing course covers anxiety, personality disorders, eating disorders, dementia, and more.

Offering a global perspective to help students achieve and maintain mental health, enhance their learning outcomes and access services, worldwide.

After describing how the healthy real self develops and functions, the author explains what can go wrong. Drawing on case histories, he shows how the false self behaves in relationships and on the job, and then delineates appropriate treatments, offering real hope for cure.

Explores alternatives to psychiatry developed by people with direct experience of extreme crisis and psychiatric treatment. Describes the origins, development, challenges and politics that inspired these international survivor-led and survivor-run grassroots approaches.

An extraordinary account of one man's experiences of mental illness and institutions: a rare insight into a hidden world

A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness.

A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness.

The second in a new series of guided journals, leading us on a journey of self-improvement.

Warm temperatures make us temporarily friendlier. The colour red causes us to perform poorly on tests. Heavy clipboards make the CVs clipped to them seem more impressive. Clean smells promote moral behaviour. Sports teams in black jerseys are given more penalties than teams in other colours.