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Is mental illness a disease of the brain or a disease of the mind

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A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness.

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A seminal account of the history and contemporary landscape of psychiatry

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What causes people to continually relive what they most want to forget, and what treatments could help restore them to a life with purpose and joy This book offers a new paradigm for effectively treating traumatic stress.

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Using case studies of patients the author had worked with, this title argues that psychosis is not a medical condition but an outcome of the 'divided self', or the tension between the two personas within us: one our authentic, private identity, and the other the false, 'sane' self that we present to the world.

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This book is written specifically for family or primary care physicians who encounter substance abuse in their daily practice.

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Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today.

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Kiesler's Beyond the Disease Model of Mental Disorder goes beyond recent volumes which argue that psychotropic medications are being overused and abused in contemporary mental health settings.

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Kiesler's Beyond the Disease Model of Mental Disorder goes beyond recent volumes which argue that psychotropic medications are being overused and abused in contemporary mental health settings.

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Synthesizing mental health history, law, policy, and treatment, Donna Kemp highlights mental health and reproductive technology and research, prevention issues, identification of and intervention in cases of mental disability, and drug treatment and experimentation issues.

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In this book, psychologist Sharna Olfman leads a team of widely known experts who examine that astonishing rise in the diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder, particularly in the absence of any compelling evidence for either the validity of the criteria being used to diagnose it or the safety and effectiveness of the drugs being used to treat it.

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This book is an ideal resource for general readers who want a clear understanding of people suffering with chaotic emotions, and for clinicians treating patients for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

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This comprehensive reference provides a useful survey and synthesis of recent advances in providing care in psychiatric hospitals.

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A concise, accessible introduction to anxiety covering everything from its causes to its symptoms, available treatment options, and prevention.

While anxiety is commonly associated with modern stresses and problems, few realize that disorders of this kind have existed since the beginning of time.

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Written to encourage defensive action, Levine's book is meant both as a guide and a reference to understanding and preventing dementia. First, Levine explains the various types of dementia, its increasing incidence and current treatments, and the treatments being tested and on the horizon.

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Examines various aspects of depression, including how depression is portrayed in the arts; the demographics of the disorder - who is most likely to have depression, and what the prognosis would be. This book provides an examination of the research, and the possible treatments. It also includes a glossary of terms.

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Traditional pathology models do not provide a satisfactory framework for professional practice with families of people with mental retardation.

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Tessler and Gamache provide substantial research on the impact of mental illness on the family through interviews conducted with hundreds of family members between 1989 and 1997.

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Tessler and Gamache provide substantial research on the impact of mental illness on the family through interviews conducted with hundreds of family members between 1989 and 1997.