Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

CBT for Psychosis

A symptom-based approach

• Edited by Roger Hagen, Douglas Turkington, Torkil Berge and Rolf W Gråwe.

Published November 2010

This book offers a new approach to understanding and treating psychotic symptoms using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT for Psychosis shows how this approach clears the way for a shift away from a biological understanding and towards a psychological understanding of psychosis. Stressing…
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Attachment, Trauma and Multiplicity, Second edition

Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder

• Edited by Valerie Sinason.

Published November 2010

This revised edition of Attachment, Trauma and Multiplicity investigates the still unaddressed and unexplored subject of Dissociative Identity Disorder. With brand new chapters on police work and attachment theory it has been fully updated to include new research and the latest understanding of…
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How to Talk to a Borderline

• By Joan Lachkar.

Published November 2010

In How to Talk to a Borderline, Joan Lachkar introduces Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and outlines the challenges and difficulties it presents to clinicians. She expands current understanding of BPD by outlining eight different kinds of borderline personality disorders and how each of these…
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Problematic and Risk Behaviours in Psychosis

A shared formulation approach

• By Alan Meaden, and David Hacker.

Published November 2010

In spite of improved access to psychosocial interventions, many people with psychosis continue to experience persistent problems which act as significant barriers to their recovery. This book investigates risk and problem behaviours in psychosis including staff and service factors that can impede…
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Therapeutic Processes for Communication Disorders

A Guide for Clinicians and Students

• Edited by Robert Fourie.

Published November 2010

Why do many people with disorders of communication experience a sense of demoralization? Do these subjective experiences have any bearing on how such problems should be treated? How can professionals dealing with speech, language, hearing and other communication disorders analyse and respond to the…
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Compulsive Buying

Clinical Foundations and Treatment

• Edited by James E. Mitchell, and Astrid Muller.

Published October 2010

Rooted in research and clinical practice, Compulsive Buying examines the drive that compels people to compulsively purchase and hoard their acquisitions. The authors and contributors cover the entire scope of this behavior and discuss what clinicians need to know in order to better understand…
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Grief After Suicide

Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors

• Edited by John R. Jordan, and John L. McIntosh.

Published October 2010

There are over 30,000 suicide deaths each year in the United States alone, and the numbers in other countries suggest that suicide as a cause of death will be around for the foreseeable future. A suicide leaves behind more victims than just the individual, as family, friends,…
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Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse

Tackling the Health and Mental Health Effects

• By Catherine Itzin, Ann Taket and Sarah Barter-Godfrey.

Published September 2010

Domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, and sexual exploitation through prostitution, pornography and trafficking can have many significant adverse impacts on a survivor’s health and wellbeing, in the short, medium and long-term. Taking a life-course approach, the book…
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Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being

The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'

• By Helga Dittmar.
• Series Edited by Professor Rupert Brown.

Published September 2010

Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer…
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Managing Trauma in the Workplace

Supporting workers and organisations

• Edited by Noreen Tehrani.

Published August 2010

Managing Trauma in the Workplace looks at the impact of trauma not only from the perspective of the employees but also from that of their organisations. In addition to describing the negative outcomes from traumatic exposure it offers solutions which will not only build a more resilient workforce…
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