Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

Off the Couch

Contemporary Psychoanalytic Applications

• Edited by Alessandra Lemma, and Matthew Patrick.

Published March 2010

The contemporary relevance of psychoanalysis is being increasingly questioned; Off the Couch challenges this view, demonstrating that psychoanalytic thinking and its applications are both innovative and relevant, in particular to the management and treatment of more disturbed and difficult to…
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Mental Health Services for Adults with Intellectual Disability

Strategies and Solutions

• Edited by Nick Bouras, and Geraldine Holt.

Published January 2010

This book considers how mental health services have evolved over the past three decades to meet the needs of people with intellectual disability, focusing on the ways that theories and policies have been applied to clinical practice. Nick Bouras and Geraldine Holt both have extensive experience in…
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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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Responding to Drug Misuse

Research and Policy Priorities in Health and Social Care

• Edited by Susanne MacGregor.

Published September 2009

Responding to Drug Misuse provides a unique insight into the current shape of the drugs treatment system in England. Reporting findings from research linked to the government's ten year drugs strategy Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain, the book places these in the context of policy,…
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Reaching Out

The Psychology of Assertive Outreach

• Edited by Caroline Cupitt.

Published August 2009

Assertive outreach is a means of helping people with serious and persistent mental health difficulties who have not engaged with conventional mental health services. Reaching Out examines the application of psychological approaches in assertive outreach – a process which involves forming new…
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Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions

Principles, Practice and Pitfalls

• Edited by Phil Hartley, and David Kennard.

Published April 2009

Staff burnout and work-related stress in mental health professionals cost the National Health Service not only millions of pounds each year, but also impact upon the welfare of those being cared for. Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions takes the lead from recent Department of Health…
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Sociology and Health

An Introduction

• By Peter Morrall.

Published February 2009

This lively, introductory text provides students and health practitioners with the foundations of a sociological understanding of health issues. Written for anyone who is interested in health and disease in contemporary global society, this book engages the reader to act upon their occupational and…
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Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression

Debates and Challenges

• Edited by Barbara Fawcett, and Fran Waugh.

Published November 2007

Everyone working in health and social care is at one point or another confronted by violent behaviour and its consequences. Addressing Violence, Abuse and Oppression provides a broad overview of violence in relation to a range of groups and areas that involve human service professionals.…
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Managing Personality Disordered Offenders in the Community

A Psychological Approach

• By John Dowsett, and Jackie Craissati.

Published October 2007

Drawing on the latest evidence from the disparate worlds of mental health and criminal justice, Managing Personality Disordered Offenders in the Community provides a practical guide to the management and treatment of a group who comprise some of the most troubled offenders, who provoke the most…
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Experiences of Mental Health In-patient Care

Narratives From Service Users, Carers and Professionals

• Edited by Mark Hardcastle, David Kennard, Sheila Grandison and Leonard Fagin.

Published March 2007

Commended in the Mental Health category of the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition. This book offers an insight into the experience of psychiatric in-patient care, from both a professional and a user perspective. The editors highlight the problems in creating therapeutic environments within…
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