Psychiatry
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Disorganized Children
A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Edited by Samuel M. Stein and Uttom Chowdhury
In this book, psychiatrists, speech, family and occupational therapists and neurodevelopment specialists present a range of behavioural and psychological strategies to help disorganized children improve concentration and performance in the classroom and deal with a variety of behaviour and social interaction difficulties. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 5.98in / 229mm x 152mm, 344pp, £19.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-148-22006, Ebook, ePUB, 344pp, £19.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-496-0 -
Conduct Disorder and Behavioural Parent Training
Research and Practice
Dermot O'Reilly
This book provides an introduction to conduct disorder and the individual, familial and social factors that influence the development of persistent antisocial behaviour. The book shows how behavioural parent training and applied behaviour analysis can help professionals work with parents to continue improving their child's behaviour. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 208pp, £22.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-163-52005, Ebook, ePUB, 208pp, £22.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-133-4 -
Screening for Perinatal Depression
Edited by Carol Henshaw and Sandra Elliott
This much-needed text provides guidance for health care professionals on the issues and controversies surrounding screening and on good practice in the use of screening tests. The role of the UK National Screening Committee is explored, along with the problems faced when implementing screening programmes in developing countries. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.26in / 232mm x 159mm, 240pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-219-92005, Ebook, PDF, 240pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-124-2 -
Children and Behavioural Problems
Anxiety, Aggression, Depression and ADHD – A Biopsychological Model with Guidelines for Diagnostics and Treatment
Martine F. Delfos
Delfos discusses a variety of childhood behavioural problems, including anxiety problems, depression and ADHD. Presenting a model of the interplay of environment, disposition and central nervous system development, she shows how differences in brain structure between the sexes may play a part in behavioural problems in children and adolescents. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.26in / 234mm x 159mm, 304pp, £22.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-196-32004, Ebook, ePUB, 304pp, £22.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-009-2 -
Promoting the Emotional Well Being of Children and Adolescents and Preventing Their Mental Ill Health
A Handbook
Edited by Kedar N Dwivedi and Peter Brinley Harper
It provides overviews of the key psychological processes affecting mental health, such as development, attachment, emotion regulation, attention and draws out the implications for preventive measures. There is emphasis on the importance of how initiatives in parenting and education can promote children's emotional well-being. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 288pp, £22.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-153-62004, Ebook, ePUB, 288pp, £22.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-011-5 -
Mental Health Services for Minority Ethnic Children and Adolescents
Edited by Mhemooda Malek and Carol Joughin
The authors consider how ethnicity is defined, and how the field of mental health has developed in the West according to Western concepts of health and well-being, and show how an understanding of the key practice issues and policy and academic debates can enable professionals to develop and fine-tune their cultural competence. Learn More2004, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.57in / 233mm x 167mm, 224pp, £21.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-236-62004, Ebook, PDF, 224pp, £21.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-039-9 -
Operative Groups
The Latin-American Approach to Group Analysis
Juan Tubert-Oklander and Reyna Hernández de Tubert
This volume is a thorough introduction to operative groups. It starts by guiding the reader through the ideas of Pichon-Rivière, and then shows how the two schools of group analysis - the British and the Latin-American - coincide, shedding light on the theory behind both and including case material of various groups to illustrate such theory. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.22in / 232mm x 158mm, 256pp, £34.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-094-22003, Ebook, PDF, 256pp, £34.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-427-4 -
The Large Group Re-Visited
The Herd, Primal Horde, Crowds and Masses
Edited by Stanley Schneider and Haim Weinberg
This important and thought-provoking book explores the workings and dynamics of the large group, with clear descriptions of both theory and technique. Engaging with a broad set of contexts, this book will be of practical use to all those who seek fuller understanding of the social and psychological processes underlying group dynamics. Learn More2003, Hardback, 9.45in x 6.30in / 240mm x 160mm, 256pp, £59.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-099-72003, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.14in / 232mm x 156mm, 256pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-097-32003, Ebook, PDF, 256pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-418-2 -
Traumatic Experience in the Unconscious Life of Groups
The Fourth Basic Assumption: Incohesion: Aggregation/Massification or (ba) I:A/M
Earl Hopper
Working within the traditions of Bion, Turquet, Foulkes and Pines, and drawing on concepts and data from psychoanalysis, group analysis and sociology, this volume develops Earl Hopper's theory of the fourth basic assumption in the unconscious life of groups and group-like social systems within a social, cultural and political context. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.14in / 233mm x 156mm, 240pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-84310-087-42003, Ebook, PDF, 240pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-639-1 -
A House Next Door to Trauma
Learning from Holocaust Survivors How to Respond to Atrocity
Judith Hassan
Judith Hassan's book discusses the kinds of demands placed on those who work with war survivors and opens up issues for others in the field of war trauma to answer in their own particular and appropriate way. A House Next Door to Trauma points to a different way of becoming a neighbour to all those who suffer extreme war experiences. Learn More2003, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.46in / 232mm x 164mm, 320pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-867-02003, Ebook, PDF, 320pp, £29.99ISBN: 978-1-84642-191-4