Mental Health Books

New and Published Books

1. Motherhood and Maternal Subjectivity

   Transformations of Self and Other in the Maternal Experience

   Edited by Maura Sheehy

   This collection, drawn from twelve years of the influential journal Studies in Gender and Sexuality, offers a groundbreaking advance in thinking and theorizing about what happens to women when they become mothers. It explores how women are changed and shaped by interaction with their children and...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. The Disordered Mind

   An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Mental Illness, 2nd Edition

   By George Graham

   The Disordered Mind: An Introduction to Philosophy of Mind and Mental Illness, second edition examines and explains, from a philosophical standpoint, what mental disorder is: its reality, causes, consequences, and more. It is also an outstanding introduction to philosophy of mind from the...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Early Childhood Education

   A Practical Guide to Evidence-Based, Multi-Tiered Service Delivery

   By Gina Coffee, Corey E. Ray-Subramanian, G. Thomas Schanding, Jr., Kelly A. Feeney-Kettler

   Series: School-Based Practice in Action

   In the past several years, models of multi-tiered service delivery have emerged as a framework for supporting the needs of school-aged children in schools across the country and have received much attention in scholarly publications of education and related fields. Despite the needs of young...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Clinical Management of Early Alzheimer's Disease

   A Handbook

   Edited by Reinhild Mulligan, Martial Van der Linden, Anne-Claude Juillerat

   The enormous human and economic toll of Alzheimer's Disease in societies in which more and more people are living into old age is well-recognized. Scientists and practitioners alike have been working to limit it. Their major focus has been patients in the later stages of the disease, when dementia...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Gender-free Case

   Into the Void

   Edited by Ellen L. K. Toronto, Gemma Ainslie, Molly Donovan, Maurine Kelly, Christine C. Kieffer, Nancy McWilliams

   The past two decades of psychoanalytic discourse have witnessed a marked transformation in the way we think about women and gender. The assignment of gender carries with it a host of assumptions, yet without it we can feel lost in a void, unmoored from the world of rationality, stability and...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
6. The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension

   Eyetracking, ERPs and Beyond

   By Manuel Carreiras, Charles Clifton, Jr.

   This book addresses important findings, assumptions, problems, hopes, and future guidelines on the use of advanced research techniques to study the moment-by-moment mental processes that occur while a reader or listener is understanding language. The core techniques are eye tracking and ERPs, with...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Psychology Press
7. Trafficked Young People

   Breaking the Wall of Silence

   By Jenny J. Pearce, Patricia Hynes, Silvie Bovarnick

   Series: Adolescence and Society

   Human trafficking constitutes one of the most serious human rights violations of our time. However, many social work practitioners still have a poor and incomplete understanding of the experiences of children and young people who have been trafficked. In Trafficked Young People, the authors call...

   Published January 27th 2013 by Routledge
8. Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners

   Instructional Strategies and Assessment Tools for School Psychologists

   By Holly S. Hudspath-Niemi, Mary Lou Conroy

   Series: School-Based Practice in Action

   There is considerable concern surrounding the complex issue of how to meet the learning needs of English-language learners within general and special education programs. Implementing Response-to-Intervention to Address the Needs of English-Language Learners increases school psychologists’ knowledge...

   Published January 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Social Psychology of Aggression

   2nd Edition

   By Barbara Krahé

   Series: Social Psychology: A Modular Course

   The second edition of this textbook provides a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded overview of social psychological research on aggression. The first part of the book covers the definition and measurement of aggression, presents major theories and examines the development of aggression. It...

   Published January 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
10. The Essence of Play

    A Practice Companion for Professionals Working with Children and Young People

    By Justine Howard, Karen McInnes

    A unique companion to professional play practice! All play professionals are united in their belief that play is important for children’s development – and there are inherent characteristics of play that underpin professional play practice across contexts. Providing an overarching concept of play,...

    Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge