Mental Health Books

New and Published Books

1. Men, Addiction, and Intimacy

   Strengthening Recovery by Fostering the Emotional Development of Boys and Men

   By Mark S. Woodford

   Series: The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men

   In the substance abuse and addiction treatment realm, males outnumber females two to one. While gender-issues are seen as a key element of women’s treatment, the acknowledgement that males are "gendered beings" who have lived lives full of male-specific developmental challenges is often overlooked....

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
2. Solution Focused Brief Therapy

   100 Key Points and Techniques

   By Harvey Ratner, Evan George, Chris Iveson

   Series: 100 Key Points

   Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach, which enables people to make changes in their lives quickly and effectively. It covers: The history and background to solution focused...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man

   Psychoanalysis and Masculinity

   By Donald Moss

   Images and ideas associated with masculinity are forever in flux. In this book, Donald Moss addresses the never-ending effort of men—regardless of sexual orientation—to shape themselves in relation to the unstable notion of masculinity. Part 1 looks at the lifelong labor faced by boys and men of...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. Improving Organizational Interventions For Stress and Well-Being

   Addressing Process and Context

   Edited by Caroline Biron, Maria Karanika-Murray, Cary Cooper

   This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. The book explores how context and process can be incorporated into...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. Protecting the Public?

   Executive Discretion and the Release of Mentally Disordered Offenders

   By Tessa Boyd-Caine

   The separation of powers and independent, judicial decision-making are generally accepted as hallmarks of the rule of law in democratic societies. Yet the exercise of executive discretion remains an important aspect of criminal justice in many areas. Protecting the Public? explores the tension...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. Contemporary Psychotherapies Streaming Video Printed Access Card

   Edited by Jon Frew, Michael D Spiegler

   This online streaming video database will provide readers of Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World with a unique visual teaching and learning tool. Based on the dynamic platform from the Alexander Street Press Counseling & Therapy database, this video package...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World

   Book and Video Bundle

   Edited by Jon Frew, Michael D Spiegler

   The bundled set of the Contemporary Psychotherapies for a Diverse World textbook and the printed video access card gives the instructor and the student the tools needed to learn and master the content in the book. The text offers comprehensive coverage of key concepts in the field with a&...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. Managing Depression, Growing Older

   A guide for professionals and carers

   By Kerrie Eyers, Gordon Parker, Henry Brodaty

   Even when he’s grey around the muzzle, the black dog of depression can still deliver a ferocious bite. Depression can strike at any age, and it may appear for the first time as we get older, as a result of life circumstances or our genetic makeup. While older people face the same kinds of mental...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Educating Children and Young People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

   Constructing Personalised Pathways to Learning

   By Carolyn Blackburn, Barry Carpenter, Jo Egerton

   The range of learning difficulties associated with children and young people who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) has been highlighted as an emerging but little understood area of Special Educational Needs. This engaging, timely and highly practical book will raise awareness about FASD...

   Published May 6th 2012 by Routledge
10. Art Therapy and Learning Disabilities

    "Don't guess my happiness"

    Edited by Stephanie Bull, Kevin O'Farrell

    In this book Stephanie Bull and Kevin O’Farrell bring together practising clinicians who provide an insight into using contemporary art therapy with people with learning disabilities. The authentic voice of people who have learning disabilities is central to the book, and case examples, snapshots...

    Published April 29th 2012 by Routledge