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Demystifies borderline personality disorder in young people by using the principles of good psychiatric management to offer clinicians essential guidelines for generalist care. The authors outline common problems that arise during treatment, from diagnosis and pharmacology to family interventions, and discuss how to address them.
Maternal filicide -- the killing of a child by the mother -- is not a new phenomenon. Evidence of mothers killing their infants dates back to at least 2000 b.c.e. and the ancient Chaldean civilization. When a mother kills her children, it breaks a cardinal rule that violates the natural course of life.
Offers clinicians a comprehensive, compassionate presentation of this specialized psychodynamic psychotherapy. Like the transference-focused psychotherapy model developed for borderline personality disorder in adults, the version for adolescents is based on contemporary psychoanalytic object relations theory as developed by Otto Kernberg.
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: A Clinician's Guide provides comprehensive, clinically relevant information for mental health practitioners and professionals in educational, vocational, legal, child welfare, and correctional settings who may encounter individuals with a "hidden disability" that compromises their success in career, family, and life. The ......
Although books on the cultural aspects of mental health already exist, Cultural Psychiatry With Children, Adolescents, and Families is one of only a few to focus specifically on the role of culture in mental health assessment, diagnosis, and care of children, adolescents, and their families
Recent surveys have found that the vast majority of the public believes that mental illness is real and treatable. And yet, fewer than half of people with diagnosable mental illnesses get treatment in any given year, and of those who do, only half adhere to it. What accounts for the disconnect?
Solidly grounded in contemporary research, yet appealing to therapists who prioritize the patient-therapist relationship, Trusting in Psychotherapy presents psychotherapy as a craft, and embraces the developmental perspective that mastery is the work of a lifetime.
This book examines health and wellness concerns of people with mental illness, as well as possible solutions to these concerns. Through multiple case vignettes, the book delves into challenges of health and wellness for people with mental illness, summarizing the research on mortality and morbidity in this group as well as information about the ......
The subject of personality-what makes each of us unique and different from one another-has long been a topic of universal fascination. From a medical perspective, research on personality disorders has expanded with the advent of standardized diagnostic systems.
