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Handbook of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Volume II: Phenotypic and Endophenotypic Presentations
ISBN: 9789401781312 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A few disorders have some of the same symptoms as schizophrenia including schizoaffective disorders, schizophreniform disorder, schizotypal and schizoid personality disorders, delusional disorder, and autism (schizophrenia spectrum disorders). Since the 2000 there has been significant progress in our understanding of the early presentations, assessment, suspected neuropathology, and treatment of these disorders. Recent technological breakthroughs in basic sciences hold promise for advancing our understanding of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. This collective monograph...
A few disorders have some of the same symptoms as schizophrenia including schizoaffective disorders, schizophreniform disorder, schizotypal and schizo...
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1082,03 zł |
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The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project
ISBN: 9781442247765 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Family therapy has become a well-established treatment modality across many mental health disciplines including clinical social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and counseling. This book tells the story of how family therapy began based on the work of one of the pioneers of family theory and therapy, Murray Bowen, M.D. Bowen's psychiatric training began at the Menninger Foundation in 1946. It was during the later part of his eight years at Menninger's that he began his transition away from conventional psychoanalytic theory and practice. Bowen left Menninger's in 1954 and began a...
Family therapy has become a well-established treatment modality across many mental health disciplines including clinical social work, psychology, psyc...
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216,30 zł |
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Schizophrenia
ISBN: 9781503084544 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected people throughout history. About 1 percent of Americans have this illness. People with the disorder may hear voices other people don't hear. They may believe other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. This can terrify people with the illness and make them withdrawn or extremely agitated. People with schizophrenia may not make sense when they talk. They may sit for hours without moving or talking. Sometimes people with schizophrenia seem perfectly fine until they...
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected people throughout history. About 1 percent of Americans have this i...
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64,45 zł |
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Lover in the Nobody
ISBN: 9781505562460 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Book One of the groundbreaking bestseller Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, Lover in the Nobody, introduces Benjamin (Ben, Benjy) Schreiber, who has Tourette's syndrome, which causes him to display uncontrollable tics and hops, and to stutter and swear inappropriately. He is bullied through his school years and can never form firm friendships, especially with women. He is simply incapable of happiness. In his late twenties, he plunges into a downward spiral of drug and alcohol abuse, which culminates in an attempted bank robbery using a cell phone as a fake bomb. He is arrested and placed...
Book One of the groundbreaking bestseller Jonathan Harnisch: An Alibiography, Lover in the Nobody, introduces Benjamin (Ben, Benjy) Schreiber, who has...
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34,44 zł |
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Understanding Schizophrenia: A Practical Guide for Patients, Families, and Health Care Professionals
ISBN: 9781440831508 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Schizophrenia is a devastating illness that affects more than two million Americans. Written to help anyone who is faced with managing schizophrenia, whether as a patient, friend, or family member, this accessible book is an ideal first stop for practical, up-to-date information. It includes an overview of schizophrenic disorder and provides answers to common questions that arise at different phases of the illness. This brief and to-the-point guide focuses on dealing with many aspects of schizophrenia--complying with treatment, managing crises, being a caregiver, communicating with the... Schizophrenia is a devastating illness that affects more than two million Americans. Written to help anyone who is faced with managing schizophreni... |
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232,52 zł |
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Journey Into a Disturbed Mind
ISBN: 9781935130864 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After a serious head injury at age 4, the author developed intense headaches and a tendency to daydream. When doctors stopped medication he had been receiving for migraine headaches, he began self-medicating with non-prescription, street drugs. He soon started hearing voices that directed his activity. He developed bizarre beliefs, an altered reality and a life of personal horror. Earl Lynn Surrett takes the reader with him on this journey into madness and successful intervention. His memoir is a gift to those striving to understand the inner struggle of mental illness, specifically...
After a serious head injury at age 4, the author developed intense headaches and a tendency to daydream. When doctors stopped medication he had been r...
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45,75 zł |
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Borderline (Psychology Revivals): A Psychological Study of Paranoia and Delusional Thinking
ISBN: 9780415724807 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1992, Borderline presents a unique study of the disturbed mind. Professional psychologist Peter Chadwick draws upon his own personal experience of madness to provide a valuable exploration of the psychology of paranoia and schizophrenia. The book goes beyond a narrowly focused analytical approach to examine schizophrenia from as many perspectives as possible. Using participant observation, introspection, case study and experimental methods, Chadwick shows how paranoid and delusional thinking are only exaggerations of processes to be found in normal cognition. Impressed...
Originally published in 1992, Borderline presents a unique study of the disturbed mind. Professional psychologist Peter Chadwick draws upon his own pe...
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200,30 zł |
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Crook Frightfulness
ISBN: 9780986403507 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Crook Frightfulness, an anonymous victim, writing in the 1930s, exposes an international syndicate of mind-reading criminals who used ventriloquism to harass and intimidate him. Their relentless campaign spanned three continents and more than ten years. From Britain to New Zealand, from New Zealand to the West Indies and home again, they followed his every move; read his innermost thoughts. Wherever he turned, he was plagued by murderous stares, lewd insults and deadly threats delivered by subtle ventriloquism. Nowhere was safe, and no one would believe.
In Crook Frightfulness, an anonymous victim, writing in the 1930s, exposes an international syndicate of mind-reading criminals who used ventriloquism...
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81,85 zł |
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Recovering from Psychosis: Empirical Evidence and Lived Experience
ISBN: 9780415822046 / Angielski / Twarda / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The use of first-hand service user accounts of mental illness is still limited in the professional literature available. This is, however, beginning to change, with a new 'recovery' focus in mental health services meaning that the voices of service users are finally being heard. Recovering from Psychosis: Empirical Evidence and Lived Experience synthesises a narrative approach alongside an evidence-based review of current treatment by including Stephen Williams' own personal experience as it relates to psychosis, recovery and treatment. A mental health professional himself,... The use of first-hand service user accounts of mental illness is still limited in the professional literature available. This is, however, beginnin... |
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667,83 zł |
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Recovering from Psychosis: Empirical Evidence and Lived Experience
ISBN: 9780415822053 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The use of first-hand service user accounts of mental illness is still limited in the professional literature available. This is, however, beginning to change, with a new 'recovery' focus in mental health services meaning that the voices of service users are finally being heard. Recovering from Psychosis: Empirical Evidence and Lived Experience synthesises a narrative approach alongside an evidence-based review of current treatment by including Stephen Williams' own personal experience as it relates to psychosis, recovery and treatment. A mental health professional himself,... The use of first-hand service user accounts of mental illness is still limited in the professional literature available. This is, however, beginnin... |
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143,79 zł |
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Compliance with Treatment in Schizophrenia: Maudsley Monographs Number Thirty-Seven
ISBN: 9781138871816 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a myth that people with mental disorders comply poorly with treatment. In fact, psychiatric patients are no more likely than patients in other medical specialities to go against the advice of their doctor. That said, it is easy to find instances where psychotropic medication is refused by the supposed beneficiary. The value of neuroleptic treatment in schizophrenia is now widely accepted. Failure to take such treatment is associated with relapse and relapse may endanger the patient and other people. Despite this, people with schizophrenia frequently fail to take their treatment. This...
There is a myth that people with mental disorders comply poorly with treatment. In fact, psychiatric patients are no more likely than patients in othe...
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87,28 zł |
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Hallucination-focused Integrative Therapy: A Specific Treatment that Hits Auditory Verbal Hallucinations
ISBN: 9781138932302 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hallucination-focused Integrative Treatment (HIT) is a specific treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations which integrates techniques from CBT, systems therapy, psychoeducation, coping training, rehabilitation and medication. It emphasises active family involvement, crisis intervention when required and specialised motivational strategies. In clinical trials HIT has been proven to have longer lasting and wider ranging effects than other therapies, high patient satisfaction scores and a low drop-out rate. In Hallucination-focused Integrative Therapy, Jack Jenner... Hallucination-focused Integrative Treatment (HIT) is a specific treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations which integrates techniques from CBT, ... |
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873,32 zł |
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Hallucination-Focused Integrative Therapy: A Specific Treatment That Hits Auditory Verbal Hallucinations
ISBN: 9781138932319 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hallucination-focused Integrative Treatment (HIT) is a specific treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations which integrates techniques from CBT, systems therapy, psychoeducation, coping training, rehabilitation and medication. It emphasises active family involvement, crisis intervention when required and specialised motivational strategies. In clinical trials HIT has been proven to have longer lasting and wider ranging effects than other therapies, high patient satisfaction scores and a low drop-out rate. In "Hallucination-focused Integrative Therapy, "Jack Jenner presents a full... Hallucination-focused Integrative Treatment (HIT) is a specific treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations which integrates techniques from CBT, ... |
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220,85 zł |
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Schizophrenia - Who Cares?: A Father's Story
ISBN: 9780993307027 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tim Salmon dedicates this frank, no-holds-barred account to all those who find themselves in the same boat, both sufferers and relatives, all of whom, once this bizarre illness strikes, find themselves thrown into a chaotic situation that is always bewildering and often as downright terrifying as it is heartbreaking. His story includes his dealings with the mental health care services, "a pretty shameful record of incompetence, buck-passing and lack of communication and co-ordination" and the mental health charities, whom he has not spared - "for in their devotion to the sloppy, evasive... Tim Salmon dedicates this frank, no-holds-barred account to all those who find themselves in the same boat, both sufferers and relatives, all of wh... |
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61,54 zł |
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In Search of a Vivid Blue: How a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder doesn't mean the end of a functional life.
ISBN: 9780692439753 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In search of a Vivid Blue is a captivating look into the life of one man living with the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, PTSD, and OCD. Part memoir, part self-help book, and is an intensely personal series of reflections on living with mental illness. The book shows that although mental disorders can cause pain, confusion, and guilt, proper treatment can lead to a life that is fulfilling, hopeful, and successful. Readers should find comfort in the reminder that mental disorders are nothing to be ashamed of, and that there are many effective ways to manage the devastating plight. The...
In search of a Vivid Blue is a captivating look into the life of one man living with the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, PTSD, and OCD. Part me...
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51,51 zł |
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Beyond Schizophrenia: Living and Working with a Serious Mental Illness
ISBN: 9781442248335 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The experience of living and working with schizophrenia is often fraught with challenges and setbacks. This book is a comprehensive attempt to explain why, in spite of near-miraculous advances in medication and treatment, persons with mental illness fare worse than almost any other disadvantaged group in the labor market. As a researcher of economics and disability and the mother of a son with schizophrenia, the author speaks from both professional and personal experience. First, she looks at societal factors that affect employment outcomes for persons with schizophrenia (or other serious...
The experience of living and working with schizophrenia is often fraught with challenges and setbacks. This book is a comprehensive attempt to explain...
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210,89 zł |
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Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a new approach
ISBN: 9781138918160 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a new approach focuses on the limitations in current psychiatric practice and research. Many professionals working in mental health care, as well as patients with psychiatric symptoms, are dissatisfied with what is currently offered by the discipline, with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This book discusses possibilities and opportunities for change, and is the first to combine recent scientific research results with insights from philosophy and art. Illustrating these points with elaborate case studies,... Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a new approach focuses on the limitations in current psychiatric practice and research. Many professiona... |
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241,40 zł |
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Cognitive-Behavioral Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia: A Practical Treatment Guide
ISBN: 9781462524716 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique manual presents cognitive-behavioral social skills training (CBSST), a step-by-step, empirically supported intervention that helps clients with schizophrenia achieve recovery goals related to living, learning, working, and socializing. CBSST interweaves three evidence-based practices--cognitive-behavioral therapy, social skills training, and problem-solving training--and can be delivered in individual or group contexts. Highly user friendly, the manual includes provider scripts, teaching tools, and engaging exercises and activities. Reproducible consumer workbooks for each module...
This unique manual presents cognitive-behavioral social skills training (CBSST), a step-by-step, empirically supported intervention that helps clients...
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210,57 zł |
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The Psychosis Response Guide: How to Help Young People in Psychiatric Crises
ISBN: 9780826124371 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Approaching the issue of psychosis from a staged, public health approach has momentum nationally. How to understand and intervene in the early stages is a compelling challenge. This book is a comprehensive, readable resource for teachers, physicians, and others to help them understand this important issue. " Ken Duckworth, MD, Medical Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness In recent years, there has been increasing attention given to young people with emerging psychotic illness, both in media coverage of current events aswell as in policies... "Approaching the issue of psychosis from a staged, public health approach has momentum nationally. How to understand and intervene in the earl... |
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216,25 zł |
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I, Me and Us
ISBN: 9789385152139 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What insights can an ex-schizophrenic share with anyone at all? While there are many books assuring formulae to win and techniques to succeed, this is not one of them. I, Me and Us does not promise anything miraculous. It o ers new knowledge and skills to help create, discover and unleash a personal sense of sanity, success and wellness. Insights to help acquire such a personal sense emerged in the course of the author's recovery from schizophrenia. Ganesh N. Rajan's rst book aims to resolve the aberrations that mental illness may cause, and awaken a sense of purpose in the here and now, for...
What insights can an ex-schizophrenic share with anyone at all? While there are many books assuring formulae to win and techniques to succeed, this is...
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94,38 zł |