Psychiatry Books

New and Published Books

1. Behavioral Health Response to Disasters

   Edited by Julie Framingham, Martell L. Teasley

   Disasters can cause long-term disruptions to the routines of individuals and communities, placing survivors at risk of developing serious mental health and substance abuse problems. Disaster behavioral health services provide emotional support, help normalize stress reactions, assess recovery...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by CRC Press
2. Working in Mental Health

   Practice and Policy in a Changing Environment

   Edited by Peter Phillips, Tom Sandford, Claire Johnston

   A paradigm shift in the ways in which mental health services are delivered is happening – both for service users, and for professional mental healthcare workers. A more influential service user movement, a range of new community-based mental healthcare programmes delivered by an increasing...

   Published March 22nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Handbook of Health Psychology

   Second Edition

   Edited by Andrew Baum, Tracey A. Revenson, Jerome Singer

   Considered the most comprehensive handbook in the field, this rich resource reviews the biological, psychological, and social factors that affect health, health behavior, and illness. Many chapters review the latest theories and research while others illustrate how research is translated into...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Psychology Press
4. Forensic Mental Health Consulting in Family Law

   Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

   Edited by Robert L. Kaufman, Margaret Lee

   Forensic Mental Health Professionals have entered the fray of child custody litigation in ways that could not have been predicted even a decade ago. Traditionally engaged as neutral court appointed evaluators or mediators, or as treatment providers for children, parents or families, FMHPs are...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
5. Neurobiology of Depression

   Edited by Francisco Lopez-Munoz, Cecilio Alamo

   Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

   Major depressive disorders have recently been associated with impairments in signaling pathways that regulate neuroplasticity and cell survival. Agents designed to directly target molecules in these pathways hold promise as new therapeutics for depression. With the collaboration of the most...

   Published September 8th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Neurobiology of Sensation and Reward

   Edited by Jay A. Gottfried

   Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

   Synthesizing coverage of sensation and reward into a comprehensive systems overview, Neurobiology of Sensation and Reward presents a cutting-edge and multidisciplinary approach to the interplay of sensory and reward processing in the brain. While over the past 70 years these areas have drifted...

   Published March 27th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Talking Back to Psychiatry

   The Psychiatric Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement

   By Linda J. Morrison

   Series: New Approaches in Sociology

   Linda Morrison brings the voices and issues of a little-known, complex social movement to the attention of sociologists, mental health professionals, and the general public. The members of this social movement work to gain voice for their own experience, to raise consciousness of injustice and...

   Published October 27th 2009 by Routledge
8. Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders

   DSM-V and Beyond

   Edited by Paul F. Dell, John A. O'Neil

   Winner of ISSTD's 2009 Pierre Janet Writing Award for the best publication on dissociation in 2009! Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders is a book that has no real predecessor in the dissociative disorders field. It reports the most recent scientific findings and conceptualizations about...

   Published April 19th 2009 by Routledge
9. Near-Death Experiences

   Exploring the Mind-Body Connection

   By Ornella Corazza

   Near death experiences fascinate everyone, from theologians to sociologists and neuroscientists. This groundbreaking book introduces the phenomenon of NDEs, their personal impact and the dominant scientific explanations. Taking a strikingly original cross-cultural approach and incorporating new...

   Published June 29th 2008 by Routledge
10. Biobehavioral Resilience to Stress

    Edited by Brian J. Lukey, Victoria Tepe

    Military service involves exposure to multiple sources of chronic, acute, and potentially traumatic stress, especially during deployment and combat. Notoriously variable, the effects of stress can be subtle to severe, immediate or delayed, impairing individual and group readiness, operational...

    Published March 18th 2008 by CRC Press