Social Work and Mental Health
ISBN: 9780745646114 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Work and Mental Health offers a fresh approach to addressing mental health issues across all aspects of social work practice, emphasising the relevance of mental health for all social workers, not just those in specialist mental health settings.
The book provides critical engagement with the complexities of contemporary theory, policy and practice in this area, recognising developments in user and carer involvement and interprofessional working. Key chapters focus on issues of inequality and diversity, drawing attention to the social determinants of health and the... Social Work and Mental Health offers a fresh approach to addressing mental health issues across all aspects of social work practice, emphasisin...
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144,82 zł |
Sibling Aggression: Assessment and Treatment
ISBN: 9780826124159 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This] book elucidates the often-forgotten sibling subsystem and its importance for illuminating family dynamics; it is unique in its specific approach to violence and aggression."--PsycCRITIQUES Most people see aggression between siblings as an unavoidable, normal and ultimately harmless aspect of child development, yet it can often cause social adjustment and behavioral problems, some of which may be severe and even precursors to other forms of violence. This volume addresses a significant void in family studies and child development literature by providing an empirically... This] book elucidates the often-forgotten sibling subsystem and its importance for illuminating family dynamics; it is unique in its specific appr... |
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236,03 zł |
Evaluation: Seeking Truth or Power?
ISBN: 9781412811415 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evaluation has come of age. Today most social and political observers would have difficulty imagining a society where evaluation is not a fixture of daily life, from individual programs to local authorities to parliamentary committees. While university researchers, grant makers and public servants may think there are too many types of evaluation, rankings and reviews, evaluation is nonetheless viewed positively by the public. It is perceived as a tool for improvement and evaluators are seen as dedicated to using their knowledge for the benefit of society. The book examines the degree... Evaluation has come of age. Today most social and political observers would have difficulty imagining a society where evaluation is not a fixture o... |
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662,64 zł |
Social Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes & Techniques
ISBN: 9781617289101 / Angielski / Twarda / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by marked anxiety about social or performance situations in which there is a fear of embarrassing oneself under scrutiny by others. It is a common disorder with early onset, significant comorbidity and functional impairment. SAD is a disorder with cognitive dysfunction in which a socially anxious individual's biased perspective-taking and expected failure to meet expectations in a situation result in the characteristic symptoms of the disorder. This book presents topical research in the study of social anxiety including assimilation and social...
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by marked anxiety about social or performance situations in which there is a fear of embarrassing onese...
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733,95 zł |
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
ISBN: 9788562022876 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria and compulsion neurosis. By discarding the old methods of treatment and strictly applying himself to a study of the patient's life, he discovered that the puzzling symptoms had a definite meaning, and that there was nothing arbitrary in any morbid manifestation. Psychoanalysis always showed that they referred to some definite problem or conflict of the person concerned. It was while tracing back the abnormal to the normal state that Professor Freud found...
Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria and compulsi...
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44,76 zł |
Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management
ISBN: 9781441922267 / Angielski / Miękka / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite improvements in service delivery, patient violence remains a major problem at mental health facilities. Focusing equally on causes, management, and prevention, this groundbreaking book thoroughly examines this crucial topic. The book reviews the latest theories of violence, proven prevention strategies, and examples of positive organizational change. The material is illustrated with graphs and clinical case examples, and coverage spans the range from patient rights to zero-tolerance.
Despite improvements in service delivery, patient violence remains a major problem at mental health facilities. Focusing equally on causes, managem... |
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389,98 zł |
Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
ISBN: 9780393025606 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. But who were Blanche, Augustine, and Genevieve? What role did they play in their own peculiar form of stardom? And what exactly were they suffering from? Hysteria--with its dramatic seizures, hallucinations, and reenactments of past traumas--may be an illness of the past, but the notions of femininity that lie behind it offer insights into disorders of the present.
But who were Blanche, Augustine, and Genevieve? What role did they play in their own peculiar form of stardom? And what exactly were they suffering fr...
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214,20 zł |
Puzzling People: The Labyrinth of the Psychopath
ISBN: 9781905605286 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As well-researched as a scholarly work, yet with the immediacy and accessibility of a layman, Puzzling People is a first-person account of the cheats, the charlatans, the liars, the neglectful parents, abusive teachers, two-faced politicians and their Psychopathic Control Grid, tyrannical bosses and colleagues from hell we have all encountered, including the lying lovers who use us then lose us in an instant. Puzzling People takes an in-depth look at how the minds of psychopaths work and why, and focusses on what you can do to survive and thrive and ultimately escape forever. Delivered in a...
As well-researched as a scholarly work, yet with the immediacy and accessibility of a layman, Puzzling People is a first-person account of the cheats,...
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90,88 zł |
Vernetzende Soziale Arbeit und Demenz: Bedeutung sozialer Unterstützung bei der Krankheitsbewältigung
ISBN: 9783640412754 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Beratung, Therapie, Note: 2, Universitat Trier, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In meiner Hausarbeit beabsichtige ich eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Krankheitsverarbeitung, am Beispiel der Demenz, in ihrer spezifischen Form als chronisch, progredienter Erkrankung. Besondere Bedeutung soll - neben dem Bewaltigungsverhalten der Dementierenden - der sozialen Unterstutzungsfunktion von Netzwerken im Umgang mit dieser Krankheit sowie der Leistung Vernetzender Sozialer Arbeit hierbei zukommen. Die Unterstutzungsnetzwerke sollen in ihrer...
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Beratung, Therapie, Note: 2, Universitat Trier, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In meiner Hau...
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170,48 zł |
Classifying Madness: A Philosophical Examination of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
ISBN: 9789048168415 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" is important, but it is also controversial. While its publishers claim that the D.S.M. is a scientific classification system based on sound data, many have doubts. Big business has interests in the D.S.M. Perhaps the D.S.M. has been distorted by pressures stemming from insurance companies, or from pharmaceutical companies? Others are concerned that whether a condition is classified as a mental disorder depends too greatly on social and political factors. More conceptual worries are also frequent. If classification requires a... The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" is important, but it is also controversial. While its publishers claim that the D.S.M. ... |
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389,98 zł |
The Sublime Object of Psychiatry: Schizophrenia in Clinical and Cultural Theory
ISBN: 9780199583959 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Schizophrenia has been one of psychiatry's most contested diagnostic categories. It has also served as a metaphor for cultural theorists to interpret modern and postmodern understandings of the self. These radical, compelling, and puzzling appropriations of clinical accounts of schizophrenia have been dismissed by many as illegitimate, insensitive and inappropriate. Until now, no attempt has been made to analyse them systematically, nor has their significance for our broader understanding of this most 'ununderstandable' of experiences been addressed. The Sublime Object of Psychiatry is the...
Schizophrenia has been one of psychiatry's most contested diagnostic categories. It has also served as a metaphor for cultural theorists to interpret ...
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349,16 zł |
Gender in the Therapy Hour: Voices of Female Clinicians Working with Men
ISBN: 9780415885522 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is no shortage of literature about working with men in counseling and psychotherapy, but almost none of it addresses the unique issues that a female clinician can face with a male client. These women do not have a basis for a complete understanding of the impact our society's ideas about gender can have on a man, his masculinity, and his feelings toward talk therapy, in part because they are not men themselves. The contributors to this book, all female clinicians who have worked extensively with men, have set out to provide their female peers with a guide for therapeutically engaging...
There is no shortage of literature about working with men in counseling and psychotherapy, but almost none of it addresses the unique issues that a fe...
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203,84 zł |
Serving the Insane
ISBN: 9781612042213 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1969 to 1974, Bruce Donald Gilham experienced a mental institution from inside its locked doors... as a psychiatric nurse. Written from the perspective of forty years later, this collection of stories lays bare the dramatic characters, colorful events and shattering reality of the experience. This is a book that only someone who was there could create. Fascinating, riveting and completely true, Serving the Insane makes an unforgettable impression. Author Bio: Bruce Donald Gilham was born in Australia and currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania, where he works as a health professional. He...
From 1969 to 1974, Bruce Donald Gilham experienced a mental institution from inside its locked doors... as a psychiatric nurse. Written from the persp...
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46,91 zł |
Good Luck, Mrs. Brown...: The True Story of a Family's Life When the Father Became Mentally Ill
ISBN: 9781432768591 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,32 zł |
2nd Thought on Religion
ISBN: 9780985272913 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,21 zł |
Stronger Than Death: When Suicide Touches Your Life
ISBN: 9780393335613 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On November 16, 1984, Sue Chance's son committed suicide. In this vivid personal account of the aftermath of that event, she shares her pain, guilt, and anger, her expertise as a psychiatrist, and her methods for healing. With incredible power and honesty, she speaks to other survivors of a loved one's suicide, as well as to anyone who has ever contemplated suicide, weaving her personal experience with practical information about "normal" reactions among suicide survivors. For nine months following her son's death, Dr. Chance kept a journal. Excerpts from that journal convey the... On November 16, 1984, Sue Chance's son committed suicide. In this vivid personal account of the aftermath of that event, she shares her pain, guilt... |
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Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder
ISBN: 9780452280076 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In May, 1995, a photograph and an anonymous note arrived at The Harvard Crimson "Keep this picture. There will soon be a very juicy story involving this woman." Soon afterwards, Sinedu Tadesse stabbed her roommate, Trang Phuong Ho, to death, and then hanged herself.
This riveting book recounts the stories of these women, whose admission to Harvard was "halfway heaven," a bridge to the American dream after lives of hardship. Sinedu grew up under communist tyranny in Ethiopia, while Trang was born in a Vietnamese forced labor camp, and fled the country with her father and sister to... In May, 1995, a photograph and an anonymous note arrived at The Harvard Crimson "Keep this picture. There will soon be a very juicy story invol...
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102,82 zł |
Closer to the Edge: A Poetic Journey Through the Skyways, Byways and Tunnels of Reality
ISBN: 9781432745998 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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55,48 zł |
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
ISBN: 9781594485756 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for little...
In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies th...
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77,11 zł |
Scars That Speak
ISBN: 9781935909156 / Angielski / Miękka / 590 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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182,28 zł |