The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
In the tradition of Andrew Solomon and Kay Redfield Jamison, an examination of the impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on American life, by an ex-Marine and war correspondent who suffers from the...
View ArticleAppalachian Mental Health
<p>This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social...
View ArticleVignettes of Yvette at Vi: A Love Story of a Husband for His Wife
This is a true story of how John felt and reacted to the decline of his wife, Yvette, into the quicksands of dementia. The story relates how he, Carmen (the companion to Yvette), and others struggled,...
View ArticleHelp Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, Second Edition
Tens of thousands of parents have turned to this compassionate guide for support and practical advice grounded in cutting-edge scientific knowledge. Top experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange explain...
View ArticleThe Great Psychotherapy Debate: The Evidence for What Makes Psychotherapy Work
<p>The second edition of <I>The Great Psychotherapy Debate </I>has been updated and revised to expand the presentation of the Contextual Model, which is derived from a scientific...
View ArticleCannabinoids in Neurologic and Mental Disease
The application of cannabis sativa for the treatment of neurologic and mental disease is expanding. <i>Cannabinoids in Neurologic and Mental Disease</i> collects and presents for the first...
View ArticleMeaningful Living across the Lifespan: Occupation-Based Intervention...
In this book, Ikiugu and Pollard explore the notion of meaningfulness, in the light of Viktor Frankl's (1992) assertions that the will to meaning is the primary motivation for behavior in human...
View ArticleTrauma and Recovery on War's Border: A Guide for Global Health Workers
A guide for mental health workers in regions traumatized by war, human rights violations, and poverty across the globe
View ArticleOvercoming Self-harm and Suicidal Thinking: A practical guide for the...
Crisis Counsellor Liz Quish presents this practical guide for parents and others caring for young people who engage in self-harming and suicidal thinking based on her many years of working with...
View ArticlePrescriber's Guide: Antidepressants
This spin-off from Stephen Stahl's new, completely revised, and fully updated fifth edition of the Prescriber's Guide covers the most important drugs in use today for treating depression. Now...
View ArticleBringing Back Yvette
<p>Authorhouse, in the past year, published three of my books about my wife, Yvette, who was in a memory support unit at a care center that is affiliated with a large, luxury retirement home...
View ArticlePsychological groupwork with acute psychiatric inpatients
This book is the first to focus exclusively on inpatient therapeutic groupwork in acute psychiatry, from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All authors are active groupwork practitioners, who provide...
View ArticleAn Angel and Gigi at Memory Support
My wife, Yvette, and eleven other sufferers of dementia are in a memory support unit in a care center that is affiliated with a luxurious retirement home called Vi at Palo Alto, California. Gigi, a...
View ArticleSmoking Privileges: Psychiatry, the Mentally Ill, and the Tobacco Industry in...
The mentally ill may represent as much as half of the smokers in America. In a groundbreaking look at this little-known public health problem, <I>Smoking Privileges</I> offers an insightful...
View ArticleAdvanced Technological Solutions for E-Health and Dementia Patient Monitoring
Mental health is a growing field, but one still limited by a lack of prior research and challenged by increased demand for new solutions and treatments. Mobile and web-based technologies have the...
View ArticleLife After Trauma, Second Edition: A Workbook for Healing
<p>Trauma can turn your world upside down--afterward, nothing may look safe or familiar. This compassionate workbook has already helped tens of thousands of trauma survivors start rebuilding...
View ArticleGetting Over OCD: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life
<p>Just imagine: No more obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors. No more planning your day around avoiding certain situations. You <I>can</I> get over OCD--and join the...
View ArticlePsychology and Geriatrics: Integrated Care for an Aging Population
<p>This reference brings together psychological perspectives and medical approaches among professionals in research, educational, and clinical capacities to demonstrate the value of incorporating...
View ArticleThe Anti-Anxiety Workbook: Proven Strategies to Overcome Worry, Phobias,...
<p>Recent breakthroughs in the study and treatment of anxiety are empowering countless people to find relief from chronic fears, worrying, phobias, and obsessions. This inviting workbook shows...
View ArticleUnderstanding Autism: The Search for Answers
Understanding Autism: The Search for Answers by the Editors of Scientific American The term "autism" first appeared in the early 1900s and comes from the Greek word "autos," meaning self, used to...
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