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The Bipolar Spectrum
Diagnosis or Fad?
- By Joel Paris.
Published April 2012
In the 1970s, author Joel Paris was one of the first doctors in his hospital to prescribe lithium to a psychiatric patient. In the wake of the drug’s success, both in that case and countless others, why this book? As Dr. Paris’ historical examination of bipolar diagnosis and critique of the…
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Vulnerability to Psychosis
From Neurosciences to Psychopathology
- Edited by Paolo Fusar-Poli, Stefan J. Borgwardt and Philip McGuire.
Published November 2011
Early clinical intervention in psychosis is now a major objective of mental health services and the development of specialist intervention services has greatly facilitated research on the early phases of this disorder.
In this book, contributors provide a review of the neurobiological research in…
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Women, Children, and Addiction
- Edited by Loretta Finnegan, and Stephen Kandall.
Published November 2010
This proposed book draws on the expertise of 35 experts in the field of Addiction Medicine to provide the reader with a current and comprehensive view of addiction as related to women, pregnancy, newborns, infants and children. The volume begins by placing current attitudes towards addicted women…
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Psychotherapy and Medication
The Challenge of Integration
- By Fredric N. Busch, and Larry S. Sandberg.
Published June 2007
Over the past two decades, the use of medication combined with psychotherapy or psychoanalysis has shifted from an infrequent occurrence to common practice. Concurrently, attitudes toward medication have changed from viewing this intervention as disruptive or as a last resort to a welcome aid in…
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The Casebook of a Residential Care Psychiatrist
Psychopharmacosocioeconomics and the Treatment of Schizophrenia in Residential Care Facilities
- By Martin Fleishman.
Published February 2005
Discover an alternative realm of psychiatry—without offices or couches! The Casebook of a Residential Care Psychiatrist: Psychopharmacosocioeconomics and the Treatment of Schizophrenia in Residential Care Facilities addresses the problems involved in the onsite treatment of mentally ill…
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Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists
- By Kia J. Bentley.
Published May 2004
Learn more about psychiatric medications to better understand your clientele! Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists explores a range of issues and dilemmas in psychopharmocology practice that emerge especially for social workers, counselors, and…
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Family Therapy as an Alternative to Medication
An Appraisal of Pharmland
- Edited by Phoebe S. Prosky, and David V. Keith.
Published March 2003