Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

Get the Diagnosis Right

Assessment and Treatment Selection for Mental Disorders

• By Jerome S. Blackman.

Published May 2010

Dr. Jerome Blackman, author of 101 Defenses, How The Mind Shields Itself, has once again crafted an extraordinarily user-friendly book that demonstrates to all readers, from trainees to advanced analysts, the process of diagnosing mental disturbance. Get the Diagnosis Right provides a systematic…
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Working Together to Reduce Harmful Drinking

• Edited by Marcus Grant, and Mark Leverton.

Published October 2009

This book is intended to contribute to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. It explores areas where alcohol producers’ technical competence can and does make a positive contribution to reducing harmful drinking and where industry…
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Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work

Guidance on Training Course Assignments and Research for Psychotherapists and Counsellors

• Edited by Fiona Gardner, and Steven J. Coombs.

Published September 2009

Researching, Reflecting and Writing about Work provides a guide to the research skills and critical thinking required to complete a research project for professional learning courses in counselling and psychotherapy. Written at a level easily accessible to those enrolled on a work-based…
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What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults?

A Review of Research on the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy

• By Alan Carr.

Published July 2008

What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults? provides an up-to-date review of research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy and psychological interventions with children, adolescents, adults, people in later life, and people with intellectual and pervasive developmental disabilities.…
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Hands-on Help

Computer-aided Psychotherapy

• By Isaac M. Marks, Kate Cavanagh and Lina Gega.

Published April 2007

Hands-on Help is a narrative review of the mushrooming field of computer-aided psychotherapy for mental health problems as a whole, from the time it began in the 1960’s through to the present day. The many types of computer-aided psychotherapy and how each might be accessed are detailed together…
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The Great Ideas of Clinical Science

17 Principles that Every Mental Health Professional Should Understand

• Edited by Scott O. Lilienfeld, and William T. O'Donohue.

Published December 2006

The idea that there is a fundamental rift between researchers and practitioners should not come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the current literature, trends, and general feelings in the field of clinical psychology. Central to this scientist-practitioner gap is an underlying disagreement…
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Choosing Methods in Mental Health Research

Mental Health Research from Theory to Practice

• Edited by Mike Slade, and Stefan Priebe.

Published July 2006

Choosing Methods in Mental Health Research develops a new framework for mental health research. It is concerned with how to choose the most appropriate mental health research method, not only to address a specific question, but to maximize the potential impact on shaping mental health care. Mike…
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Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research In Higher Education

Fundamental Elements and Issues

• By Susan R. Jones, Vasti Torres and Jan Arminio.

Published May 2006

Negotiating the Complexities of Qualitative Research In Higher Education addresses the fundamentals of qualitative research that is rigorous, thoughtful, and theoretically coherent. This book provides valuable reflections from the research experience of Jones, Torres, and Arminio, clearly laying…
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Research for the Psychotherapist

From Science to Practice

• By Jay Lebow.

Published May 2006

While empirical, scientific research has much to offer to the practice-oriented therapist in training, it is often difficult to effectively engage the trainee, beginning practitioner, or graduate student in a subject area that can often glaze over the eyes of a reader focused on practical work.&…
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Treating Sexual Offenders

An Integrated Approach

• By William L. Marshall, Liam E. Marshall, Geris A. Serran and Yolanda M. Fernandez.

Published January 2006

Through extensive consideration of current research, theory and practice, Treating Sexual Offenders provides a guide to the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of a number of different disorders. Provides therapists with the means to have a continued positive impact on the sex offender, from…
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