Maladies mentales

Clinical decision making in mental health practice

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Overview and challenges of clinical decision making in mental health practice / Jeffrey J. Magnavita -- Clinical expertise and decision making : an overview of bias in clinical practice / Jeffrey J. Magnavita & Scott O. Lilienfeld -- A dual process perspective on the value of th…

Creativity and mental illness

by Kaufman, James C.

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Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill? This basic question has been debated for thousands of years, with the 'mad genius' concept advanced by such luminaries as Aristotle. There are many studies that argue the answer is 'yes', and several prominent scholars who argu…

Creativity and mental illness

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Re-examines the common view that a high level of individual creativity often correlates with a heightened risk of mental illness.

Psychological testing that matters: creating a road map for effective treatment

by Kleiger, Mary Jo Peebles, Bram, Anthony D.

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"In clinical settings, the ultimate value of a psychological test report is a function of its ability to guide treatment planning in meaningful ways. Psychological test data are a rich mine of potential treatment-relevant inferences. For example, test data can inform psychologis…

A metaphysics of psychopathology

by Zachar, Peter

fromPhilosophical Psychopathology

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In this study Peter Zachar considers such terms as 'real' and 'reality' - invoked in psychiatry but often obscure and remote from their instances - as abstract philosophical concepts. He then examines the implications of his approach for psychiatric classification and psychopath…

Representing autism: culture, narrative, fascination

by Murray, Stuart

fromRepresentations (Liverpool, England)

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From concerns of an 'autism epidemic' to the MMR vaccine crisis, autism is a source of peculiar fascination in the contemporary media. Discussion of the condition has been largely framed within medicine, psychiatry and education but there has been no exploration of its power wit…

Fundamentals of psychiatry

by Mohr, Wanda K., Tasman, Allan

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Allan Tasman, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, has teamed up with Wanda Mohr, Professor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, to produce a user-friendly textbook for Ps…

Clinical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

by First, Michael B., Tasman, Allan

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Two key challenges face mental health practitioners: making the correct psychiatric diagnosis and choosing the most appropriate treatment option. This book helps with both. Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders, 2nd Edition, combines clinically-releva…

Clinical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

by First, Michael B., Tasman, Allan

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Two key challenges face mental health practitioners: making the correct psychiatric diagnosis and choosing the most appropriate treatment option. This book aims to help with both. Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders - Second Edition combines clinica…

Clinical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders

by First, Michael B., Tasman, Allan

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Two key challenges face mental health practitioners: making the correct psychiatric diagnosis and choosing the most appropriate treatment option. This book aims to help with both. Second Edition combines clinically-relevant information about each of theDSM-IV-TR diagnoses with c…

Abnormal child psychology

by Wolfe, David A., (David Allen), Mash, Eric J.

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Through a thoughtful and accurate balance of developmental, clinical-diagnostic, and experimental approaches to child and adolescent psychopathology, Eric Mash and David Wolfe's Abnormal Child Psychology remains the most authoritative, scholarly, and comprehensive book in its ma…