American Psychiatric Association Publishing is the world’s premier publisher of books, journals, and multimedia on psychiatry, mental health, and behavioural science. We offer authoritative, up-to-date, and affordable information geared toward psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, psychiatric residents, medical students, and the general public.
APA Publishing is a division of the American Psychiatric Association. Its purpose is twofold: to serve as the distributor of publications of the Association and to publish books independent of the policies and procedures of the American Psychiatric Association. APA Publishing has grown since its founding in 1981 into a full-service publishing house, including a staff of editorial, production, marketing, and business experts devoted to publishing for the field of psychiatry and mental health.
Practical and insightful, this book looks at how behavioral and neural systems develop and how adaptive and atypical patterns influence learning and experience. It offers new information in the developmental psychobiology of early attachment, reading disability, Tourette's syndrome, and schizophrenia and neurodevelopment.
Useful for practitioners, students, and residents as a clinical guide for learning about psychodynamic psychotherapy and its adaptation for treatment of a specific disorder, this practical volume, with its fascinating clinical case vignettes, is also an invaluable text for courses on psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic treatment ......
This reference provides an introduction to the emerging field of brain stimulation in psychiatry. Eight experts present the latest research and results for new techniques to electrically stimulate the central nervous system, including transcranial magnetic stimulation, magnetic seizure therapy, deep brain stimulation, and vagus nerve stimulation.
In this compact, richly detailed volume, 13 distinguished contributors show how CBT's primary focus of identifying and changing maladaptive patterns of information processing and related behaviors is fully compatible with biological theories and treatments and can be combined with pharmacotherapy to optimize treatment results in clinical practice.
This book will benefit clinicians managing catatonic phenomena as well as researchers interested in pursuing further investigations. It covers in great detail the psychopathology and neurobiology of catatonia, focusing on the history, epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of the disorder.
This clinical manual covers all of the major anxiety disorders, with integrated contributions from both psychopharmacologists and psychotherapists -- all in one compact work written for busy clinicians.
Essentials of Neuroimaging for Clinical Practice demystifies the uses of these powerful techniques. An ideal clinical guide for doctors and residents, it offers clear, concise, and practical advice on how to use today's most advanced applications in the diagnostic workup of patients.
An Approach to Moral Issues in Mental Health Treatment
The book offers a new practice model for helping patients understand and face moral decisions in their lives. Illustrated with diagrams and case examples from practice, it offers a paradigm for informed ethical decision-making that can be readily applied by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and all other mental health professionals.
Concise Guide to Evidence-Based Psychiatry (EBP) is a must-have resource for informed decision-making in psychiatric practice today. This single, easy-to-use reference will enable practitioners to find answers to clinical questions, critically appraise articles, and apply the results of their findings to patients.
