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Tackling Addiction
Pathways to Recovery
This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and criminal justice and centres on current developments in addiction policy and practice. Tackling Addiction examines what recovery, addiction and dependence really mean. more »
2010, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-017-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: addiction, adults, alcohol, children, counselling, drugs, forensic psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, health care, joint working, nursing, offenders, older people, person-centred, probation, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, residential care, self harm, social care, social policy, social work, substance abuse, teenagers, therapeutic communities, youthwork
Personality Disorder
The Definitive Reader
This book addresses the impact that working with personality disorder patients can have on staff. It offers theoretical explanations for personality disorder, explores other issues such as the concept of boundaries in clinical practice, psychiatric staff and the relationship between severity of personality disorder and childhood experiences. more »
2008, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-640-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp
Keywords: challenging behaviour, community care, counselling, forensic psychotherapy, mental health, mental illness, offenders, psychiatry, psychology, social care, social work
Working with Ethnicity, Race and Culture in Mental Health
A Handbook for Practitioners
This book enables practitioners to understand why it is important to consider the needs of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds in mental health settings. It offers guidance on how they can take positive steps to improve the quality of their work their relationships with BME users, and ultimately how to improve their outcomes. more »
2008, Paperback: £18.99/ $37.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-621-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 208pp
Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, mental health, occupational therapy, offenders, psychiatry, psychology, race, social work
R U Listenin'?
Helping Defiant Men to Recognize their True Potential
Aimed at professionals working with men who are challenging the boundaries of society or any man who feels frustrated by his life, the book offers detailed illustrative case studies, structured exercises and topics for discussion, which can be used by the individual or in a group context. more »
2008, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-616-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: adults, anger management, challenging behaviour, counselling, forensic psychotherapy, offenders, probation, psychology, social work
The Madness of Our Lives
Experiences of Mental Breakdown and Recovery
This book consists of transcribed interviews with people who have had a mental breakdown and come out the other side. Those interviewed, recount painful experiences of being misunderstood, derided, bullied, abused - in their personal and professional lives but also during treatment, by unsympathetic or negligent GPs and mental health practitioners. more »
2006, Paperback: £21.99/ $35.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-057-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 204pp
Keywords: counselling, forensic psychotherapy, mental health, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychology, social work, therapeutic communities
Older Women in the Criminal Justice System
Running Out of Time
What is life like for the women who grow old behind bars? Azrini Wahidin examines in-depth the experiences and needs of this overlooked group. Illuminating reading for all those working in the prison services, probation, and the courts, Older Women in the Criminal Justice System offers a rare view of what happens to women who grow old in prison. more »
2004, Paperback: £25.00/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-170-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: counselling, forensic psychotherapy, offenders, older people, probation, social care, social work, trauma, violence
Violence
Reflections on Our Deadliest Epidemic
He focuses on how feelings of shame cause violent and vengeful behaviour, argues that conventional punitive legal and penal systems which are based on notions of justice and retribution perpetuate violent behaviour. This ground-breaking book is a read for everyone touched by violence, all those who are working to prevent it and its consequences. more »
1999, Paperback: £22.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-842-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, offenders, social work, violence
Good Practice in Risk Assessment and Risk Management 2 volume set
Managers are under increasing pressure to predict risk accurately. This collection explores the arguments and means of assessment in a clear and accessible manner and with a practice-based emphasis. The contributors consider subjects in a wide range of social care settings, all linked by the difficulty of accurately assessing risk. more »
1997, Paperback: £35.00/ $57.50ISBN: 978-1-85302-552-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 640pp
Keywords: forensic psychotherapy, social work
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