This text fuses scientific integrity with conversational, humorous presentation of neuroscience knowledge for human services. Knowledge conveyed is essential for practice with mental health, addiction, and developmental challenges, violence, family relationships.
Ego psychology is the aspect of psychoanalytic theory concerned with how people adapt to the demands and possibilities of their worlds in accordance with their inner requirements. All substantial theories of personality refer to adaptation, but there are several features special…
Ego psychology is the aspect of psychoanalytic theory concerned with how people adapt to the demands and possibilities of their worlds in accordance with their inner requirements. All substantial theories of personality refer to adaptation, but there are several features special…
"This practice-oriented handbook stresses the dynamic interplay among biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors that influences the development - and severity - of a person's mental illness."--Cover.
Public alarm for random attacks by mentally ill people is at an all-time high. The brutal killing of Jill Dando, the TV personality, and the assault on George Harrison, the former Beatle, are among the cases which have undermined confidence in the mental health service. Communit…
In this text, Jeremy Laurance explores the tensions between the themes of care and control in our mental health policy. Building each chapter around personal interviews, he looks at the political, medical, legal and community viewpoints.