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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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Depression
Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities
- By Bradley Lewis.
Published October 2011
We live in an era of depression, a condition that causes extensive suffering for individuals and families and saps our collective productivity. Yet there remains considerable confusion about how to understand depression. Depression: Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities looks at the varied…
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Simply Effective Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
A Practitioner's Guide
- By Michael J. Scott.
Published June 2011
Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (GCBT) and guided self-help widen the availability of evidence-based treatment for common mental health disorders. This volume provides GCBT protocols for common disorders as well as session-by-session teaching materials and self-help survival manuals covering:…
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Facing the Storm
Using CBT, Mindfulness and Acceptance to Build Resilience When Your World's Falling Apart
- By Ray Owen.
Published June 2011
We live in a world where bad things can, and do, happen irrespective of whether we are good or bad, whether we consider ourselves lucky or doomed, and with no regard to fairness. Any of us can find ourselves facing redundancy, the breakdown of a relationship, bankruptcy or any number of life…
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The Madness of Women
Myth and Experience
- By Jane M. Ussher.
Published March 2011
Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men?
If madness is a social construction, a gendered label, as many feminist critics would argue, how can we understand and explain women's prolonged misery and distress? In turn, can we prevent or treat women’s distress, in a…
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Object Relations in Depression
A Return to Theory
- By Trevor Lubbe.
Published November 2010
This book examines the role of British object relations theory in order to explore our understanding and treatment of depression. It challenges current conceptualizations of depression while simultaneously discussing the complex nature of depression, its long-lasting and chronic implications and…
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Tackling Depression at Work
A Practical Guide for Employees and Managers
- By Kerrie Eyers, and Gordon Parker.
Published November 2010
If you have depression, do you persevere or do you risk telling your manager? If you are a manager, what can you do to support the employee and ensure the job is done?
Figures suggest that more than ten percent of people in the workforce struggle with depression. Both employees and their managers…
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Depression and the Soul
A Guide to Spiritually Integrated Treatment
- By John R. Peteet.
Published August 2010
In Depression and the Soul, John Peteet proves the old adage that the best physician is also a philosopher. He considers how to approach the problem of depression within a larger context, and reviews current concepts of successful living relative to the heart (emotion and volition), the mind (…
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Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders
From Research to Treatment
- Edited by Giancarlo Dimaggio, and Paul H. Lysaker.
Published March 2010
Many adults who experience severe mental illness also suffer from deficits in metacognition - put simply, thinking about one’s own thought processes - limiting their abilities to recognize, express and manage naturally occurring painful emotions and routine social problems as well as to fathom the…
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The Other Depression
Bipolar Disorder
- By Robert Grieco, and Laura Edwards.
Published December 2009
Bipolar disorder is more common and deadly than we think it is, and does not look like what we think it looks like. The misconceptions about this illness are prevalent in our culture and even permeate the medical and psychiatric communities. How does bipolar disorder manifest itself? Who are the…
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