ALOS* and other tales from the private psychiatric hospital.: *average length of stay
ISBN: 9780595221899 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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51,32 zł |
My Punished Mind: A Memoir of Psychosis
ISBN: 9780595304943 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I am a mental health consumer. This is my memoir about my (past) experiences of being psychotic; having been diagnosed Schizo-affective, in April of 2001.
It is a very vivid description of what I went through for several weeks being psychotic, before I was finally hospitalized. I struggled with a relapse, but I was stabilized and eventually got my life back together. I believe there are not enough books out there that are first hand accounts of psychosis. I think my book helps alleviate a lot of the stigma and misunderstandings of mental illness. And I also believe that I am fortunate... I am a mental health consumer. This is my memoir about my (past) experiences of being psychotic; having been diagnosed Schizo-affective, in April of 2...
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51,32 zł |
Bipolar Expedition
ISBN: 9780595304950 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Bipolar Expedition" explains how one can successfully survive serious suicidal manic depression. A victim of manic depression for over forty years, author Gene Leboy lived through two suicide attempts and their resulting hospitalizations.
"Bipolar Expedition" explains, in both simple and technical terms, what manic depression (Type II Bipolar Disorder) is. Learn how the support of family, friends, loved ones, lovers, medical professionals, medications and knowledge of oneself, are essential components in a fight against depression. Leboy offers a guide for coping with the serious... "Bipolar Expedition" explains how one can successfully survive serious suicidal manic depression. A victim of manic depression for over forty years, a...
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107,15 zł |
In the Shadow of the Eclipse
ISBN: 9780595463695 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Numerous books about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can be found in the medical sections of every major bookstore in the country. It is estimated more than one million people have CFS. And they are looking for information. In fact, dozens of books have been written about the subject over the last few decades, and several have gone on to multiple printings. In the Shadow of the Eclipse is a collection of poems that explore the heart and soul of the illness. Written by a CFS patient during the most critical years of her experience facing the daily challenges presented by this painful,...
Numerous books about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can be found in the medical sections of every major bookstore in the country. It is estimated more than ...
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42,74 zł |
The Peace of Mind Prescription: An Authoritative Guide to Finding the Most Effective Treatment for Anxiety and Depression
ISBN: 9780618618798 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Ultimate Guide to Identifying, Treating, and Overcoming Depression and Anxiety
Two world-renowned psychiatrists have created a comprehensive and empowering guide to the science and treatment of anxiety and depression. At the heart of their message is the idea that treatment can and must be tailored to the individual and that armed with the right information, patients can get the support they need from their health-care providers. Practical and authoritative, The Peace of Mind Prescription has been unanimously praised as a valuable resource that offers... The Ultimate Guide to Identifying, Treating, and Overcoming Depression and Anxiety
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81,55 zł |
Early Adolescence: Understanding the 10 to 15 Year Old
ISBN: 9780738207520 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A comprehensive and practical guide to the important areas of development-biological, physical, emotional, intellectual, social, psychological, and sexual-taking place during the early adolescent ye"
"A comprehensive and practical guide to the important areas of development-biological, physical, emotional, intellectual, social, psychological, and s...
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138,51 zł |
Intimate Violence in Families
ISBN: 9780761901235 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Armed with the latest research in the field, the Third Edition of Intimate Violence in Families explodes many of the conventional myths and controversies hindering understanding of family violence, and replaces them with the most current knowledge available.
While focusing largely on physical abuse, the book also examines data on sexual abuse, emotional and psychological abuse, neglect and other forms of intimate victimization. The author discusses theories of intimate violence and contributing social factors, and explores major controversies in the study and treatment of family and... Armed with the latest research in the field, the Third Edition of Intimate Violence in Families explodes many of the conventional myths and controvers...
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727,48 zł |
Creativity and Moral Vision in Psychology: Narratives on Identity and Commitment in a Postmodern Age
ISBN: 9780761903772 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of this volume examines seven psychologists' personal accounts of their moral and professional development. In doing so she develops and applies a conceptual framework that links knowledge interests and creativity in professional life to identify development and existential choices.
The author of this volume examines seven psychologists' personal accounts of their moral and professional development. In doing so she develops and ap...
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615,56 zł |
Creativity and Moral Vision in Psychology: Narratives on Identity and Commitment in a Postmodern Age
ISBN: 9780761903789 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of this volume examines seven psychologists' personal accounts of their moral and professional development. In doing so she develops and applies a conceptual framework that links knowledge interests and creativity in professional life to identify development and existential choices.
The author of this volume examines seven psychologists' personal accounts of their moral and professional development. In doing so she develops and ap...
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386,63 zł |
Exploring Adolescent Happiness: Commitment, Purpose, and Fulfillment
ISBN: 9780761907305 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the results of a decade of extensive studies with over 2500 adolescents which explored the young people's perceptions of the relationships between happiness, positive experiences and commitment, as mediated by diverse sociocultural factors and personality attributes.
This book examines the results of a decade of extensive studies with over 2500 adolescents which explored the young people's perceptions of the relati...
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615,56 zł |
Exploring and Treating Acquisitive Desire: Living in the Material World
ISBN: 9780761913610 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Demonstrates how what we can finally control us - the terminal stage of the social disease of acquisitive desire for material things. Jeffrey Kottler makes clear that satisfaction comes not from owning possessions, but from their legitimate use for amusement, stimulation or learning.
Demonstrates how what we can finally control us - the terminal stage of the social disease of acquisitive desire for material things. Jeffrey Kottler ...
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274,71 zł |
The Body and Psychology
ISBN: 9780761955337 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The body has come to provide a central site for theory and debate from social theory to cultural studies. This important and compelling book looks beyond psychology's traditional biological body to explore what insights can be gained from recent theories of embodiment.
Taking the body as inscribed by social and disciplinary practices, leading contributors explore a wide range of psychological topics in new and challenging ways. Questions surrounding health, gender, history and culture are addressed in contexts such as the psychology of pain, the treatment of anorexia nervosa, and... The body has come to provide a central site for theory and debate from social theory to cultural studies. This important and compelling book looks bey...
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722,39 zł |
The Body and Psychology
ISBN: 9780761955344 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides a range of possibilities, suggestions and manifestos for the importance of the body to the discipline of psychology. Each contributor invites us to consider certain questions and possibilites of psychological and social life that the body opens for revaluation.
This work provides a range of possibilities, suggestions and manifestos for the importance of the body to the discipline of psychology. Each contribut...
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274,71 zł |
The Singular Self: An Introduction to the Psychology of Personhood
ISBN: 9780761957393 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A reappraisal of the concept of selfhood seeking to demonstrate that despite the centrality of our social and cultural identities the self must be understood as autonomous, distinct and continuous - as singular.
A reappraisal of the concept of selfhood seeking to demonstrate that despite the centrality of our social and cultural identities the self must be und...
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269,63 zł |
When the Body Is the Target: Self-Harm, Pain, and Traumatic Attachments
ISBN: 9780765702562 / Angielski / Twarda / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive and insightful work, Dr. Sharon K. Farber provides an invaluable resource for the mental health professional who is struggling to understand self-harm and its origins. Using attachment theory to explain how addictive connections to pain and suffering develop, she discusses various kinds and functions of self-harm behavior. From eating disorders to body modifications such as tattooing, Dr. Farber explores the language of self-harm, and the translation of that language and its psychic functions in the therapeutic setting. She tells us, 'When the body weeps tears of blood,...
In this comprehensive and insightful work, Dr. Sharon K. Farber provides an invaluable resource for the mental health professional who is struggling t...
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1118,58 zł |
Me Nobody Knows Teen Survivors Rev P
ISBN: 9780787939601 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first book for sexually abused teens to turn to
When teenagers are victims of sexual abuse, the 'normal' problems of adolescence are exacerbated. The authors validate the conflicting emotions aroused by sexual abuse and offer these adolescents simple, concrete advice about reporting the abuse and how to seek counseling. This unique book is for teenagers in therapy that have been victims of sexual abuse, as well as for their therapists. Through written, visual, and relaxation exercises, the book shows survivors how to begin to cope. The first book for sexually abused teens to turn to
When teenagers are victims of sexual abuse, the 'normal' problems of adolescence are ... |
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90,98 zł |
"I Never Told Anyone This Before": Managing the Initial Disclosure of Sexual Abuse Re-Collections
ISBN: 9780789004611 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I Never Told Anyone This Before" is the first book that will enable you to work in an ethical, effective manner, based on empirically tested guidelines, with clients who disclose memories of sexual abuse You'll find that these guidelines result in the creation of a helping environment conducive to the sharing of traumatic re-collections. At the same time, this environment is structured to keep you free from legal risk amidst the "false memory" debate era.With "I Never Told Anyone This Before," you will overcome your specific concerns for working with special populations, such as...
"I Never Told Anyone This Before" is the first book that will enable you to work in an ethical, effective manner, based on empirically tested guidelin...
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508,67 zł |
Diagnosis in Social Work: New Imperatives
ISBN: 9780789008718 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How can you make necessary professional judgments without being judgmental?Assessment and diagnostic skills are essential professional tools for the social worker, but all too often they are neglected or downplayed. Diagnosis in Social Work argues for the reinstatement of social diagnosis to its former place as an essential concept in social work. This courageous book demonstrates the detrimental impact of the loss of diagnostic skills on the quality of social work intervention.Combining meticulous history with insightful analysis, Diagnosis in Social Work shows how the...
How can you make necessary professional judgments without being judgmental?Assessment and diagnostic skills are essential professional tools...
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249,23 zł |
A New View of Women's Sexual Problems
ISBN: 9780789016812 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Take a new look at women s sexuality This fascinating book looks at the wide-ranging therapeutic, social, and political implications of the new paradigm of women s sexuality. International in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, A New View of Women s Sexual Problems examines the theoretical and practical effects of the landmark document produced by the Working Group on a New View of Women s Sexuality. The book brings together gender theory, psychology, social science, and medicine in a powerful cultural critique of the reigning medical approach to women s sexual health....
Take a new look at women s sexuality This fascinating book looks at the wide-ranging therapeutic, social, and political implications of the ...
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585,04 zł |
Mental Health Care for New Hispanic Immigrants : Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Clinical Practice
ISBN: 9780789023070 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While many Hispanic groups have lived in the mainland United States for years, there now is a growth of new groups, such as Dominicans in New York City and Cuban refugees that are in need of culturally competent mental health care. Mental Health Care for New Hispanic Immigrants: Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Clinical Practice will help mental health clinicians gain insight into essential clinical issues facing those who work with these new immigrants. This text, designed to aid in direct clinical practice, will guide you in the effective delivery of comprehensive psychosocial...
While many Hispanic groups have lived in the mainland United States for years, there now is a growth of new groups, such as Dominicans in New York Cit...
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534,17 zł |