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Anorexics on Anorexia
Edited by Rosemary Shelley
Recovering sufferers of Anorexia Nervosa describe in their own words their personal experiences of this illness, providing not only support for fellow sufferers but also invaluable insights for the families of sufferers and for carers and professionals. Learn More1997, 160pp -
Surviving Post-Natal Depression
At Home, No One Hears You Scream
Cara Aiken
Research indicates that at least one in ten new mothers experience post-natal depression, yet there is little help available to sufferers. The book raises awareness of the illness and the destructive effect it can have on individuals and families. It offers positive suggestions and practical advice, based on personal and professional experience. Learn More2000, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 176pp, AU$34.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-861-82000, Ebook, ePUB, 176pp, AU$34.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-262-1 -
Tiny Bites
A Guide to Gastric Surgery for the Morbidly Obese
Saundra Beauchamp-Parke
The author outlines the practicalities of considering, undergoing and recovering from gastric surgery. It enable families and friends of sufferers to understand the problem better and people who are seriously overweight to recognize that they are not alone. It is an essential guide for health and social care professionals. Learn More2001, Paperback / softback, 8.43in x 7.01in / 214mm x 178mm, 128pp, AU$29.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-704-02001, Ebook, PDF, 128pp, AU$29.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-286-7 -
The Pits and the Pendulum
A Life with Bipolar Disorder
Brian Adams
Spending a week doing nothing but exploring the possibilities of Lego, risking yet another job; impulsively sinking all his savings into impractical self-employment ventures; sleepless nights, gripped by the need to write - these are just some manifestations of the often damaging periods of manic, uninhibited energy of bipolar disorder. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.22in / 234mm x 158mm, 160pp, AU$38.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-104-82002, Ebook, ePUB, 160pp, AU$38.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-358-1 -
Experiences of Donor Conception
Parents, Offspring and Donors through the Years
Caroline Lorbach
Drawing on the experiences of parents, offspring and donors and including her own and her family's story, this thought-provoking and informative book explores the process of donor conception. She provides practical suggestions as well as in-depth consideration of the emotional and ethical issues involved. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.18in / 233mm x 157mm, 208pp, AU$36.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-122-22003, Ebook, ePUB, 208pp, AU$36.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-711-4 -
Asperger Syndrome and Psychotherapy
Understanding Asperger Perspectives
Paula Jacobsen
Jacobsen demonstrates how to interpret classic analytic and psychodynamic theories in relation to people with AS and explains how revised theories of mind, executive functioning and central coherence have helped provide new concepts and language with which to properly articulate the experiences of those with AS. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.25in x 6.18in / 235mm x 157mm, 176pp, AU$29.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-743-92003, Ebook, ePUB, 176pp, AU$29.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-613-1 -
Washing My Life Away
Surviving Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Ruth Deane
OCD affects one in fifty people and one of them was Ruth Deane. In this frank and personal account she shares her own experience as an OCD sufferer, taking the reader on a moving, honest and at times light-hearted journey, from washing her hands until they cracked and bled, to hospital admission and eventual management and recovery from OCD. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 8.50in x 5.47in / 216mm x 139mm, 96pp, AU$27.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-333-22005, Ebook, ePUB, 96pp, AU$27.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-097-9 -
Relative Grief
Parents and children, sisters and brothers, husbands, wives and partners, grandparents and grandchildren talk about their experience of death and grieving
Clare Jenkins and Judy Merry
In this collection of accounts, people share their experiences of losing loved ones through death from natural causes, genetic conditions, accident, suicide and murder. Looking at death from different perspectives, it encourages people to understand their own grief and how those around to them might be affected by what can seem a very private loss. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.09in x 6.10in / 231mm x 155mm, 208pp, AU$35.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-257-12005, Ebook, PDF, 208pp, AU$35.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-127-3 -
Love and Grief
The Dilemma of Facing Love After Death
Catherine O'Neill and Lisa Keane
Love and Grief offers sympathetic support to adults who have lost a partner, helping them to explore the difficult and often painful process of forming new relationships. Through personal accounts and poems, the authors show how the challenges of grief are experienced and dealt with by the bereaved and all around them. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 160pp, AU$36.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-346-22005, Ebook, ePUB, 160pp, AU$36.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-243-0 -
Touch and Go Joe
An Adolescent's Experience of OCD
Joe Wells
As many as 2 in every 100 people suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and 16-year-old Joe Wells is one of them. Here, he tells the story of his battle with OCD from its insidious beginnings at age 9 and increasingly intrusive symptoms, to diagnosis at age 12. This book is packed with advice and coping strategies. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 8.54in x 5.51in / 217mm x 140mm, 128pp, AU$23.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-391-22006, Ebook, ePUB, 128pp, AU$23.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-489-2
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