Mental Health
Here you will find books on the subject of mental health. Reviews are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent review appearing first in the list.
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Anthology of a Crazy Lady
This book is a good idea; the author’s story of how she overcame her mental illness through writing and drawing about it and thinking through the meaning…
Women Who Hurt Themselves
There is a very personal language used by those who hurt or abuse themselves. It involves grief and rage, and it is usually related to the abuse they exp…
Essentials of Cas Assessment
This book belongs to a series edited by Alan and Nadeen Kaufman. The author, Jack A. Naglieri, lives up to the Kaufmans’ standards and does a wonderful j…
The Chemical Dependence Treatment Documentation Sourcebook
This is a book in the Practice Planners series. Unfortunately, it does not live up to the quality of some of the others in this series. The title for thi…
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The Forensic Documentation Sourcebook
This is a great book to get if you are in the Forensic Psychology field, are tired of the paperwork, tired of figuring out which forms you need, finding…
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Am I Okay?
TheraScribe 3.0 for Windows
Fast easy treatment planning If you are in clinical practice and DON’T have these tools at your disposal, you probably … well … ought…
Transforming Madness
I was very favorably impressed with Neugeboren’s previous book, Imaginin…
Essentials of Wais-III Assessment
Essentials of WAIS-III Assessment is an excellent and refreshing book. Kaufman does his usual outstanding job of explaining context in a simple bu…
Handbook of Attachment
One would be hard pressed not to appreciate the depth and extensiveness of the Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications.…
Managed Care Contracting
Managed care contracting is a must read for professionals working with managed care organizations. Information presented by Garofalo, Horwitz and Reardon…
Unspeakable Truths and Happy Endings
As neither a trauma therapist nor a survivor, Rebecca Coffey, a mental health researcher, believes she has a unique perspective on the issue of trauma an…
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Theoretical Evolutions in Person-Centered/Experiential Therapy
Clinical practice with severely retarded and psychotic clients requires a change in theory and technique. Based on original research and practice, Prouty describes the changes needed to reach “low-functioning” clients not generally accessible to psychothe
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Life Is Not a Game of Perfect
Life is Not a Game of Perfect is from a sports psychologist known more for his books about golf and improving one’s performance across a wide range o…
Spontaneous Healing
The subtitle is actually a better description of the book: How to Discover and Enhance Your Body’s Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself. Inter…
Taking the Fear Out of Changing
You probably don’t know even one person who doesn’t want or need to change something. Think of all the people who over-eat (50% of teens and adults are over…
Mental Health Policy in Britain
The asylum casts a long shadow over psychiatry. Broad picture policy debates are frequently framed in terms of whether deinstitutionalization has ‘worked’, whether ‘community care’ is working, and whether, with the loss of the physical locus for the activ…
A Beautiful Mind
It is hard to understand why Ron Howard’s movie A Beautiful Mind, the story of a Nobel Prize winning mathematician with schizophrenia, won so much praise and so many awards. It is of course entertaining, with plenty of drama, chase sequences, mystery, an…
Living with Schizophrenia
Living with Schizophrenia is a 39-minute video explaining what it is like to have schizophrenia and how people cope with it. Several people with the illness discuss their own experience, and an expert, Dr. Andy Campbell, also gives his own perspective. …
Surviving Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is viewed as a four-letter word, something that shouldn’t be discussed in polite society or around the dinner table. It is a word feared by those who are told they are inflicted with it. It is regarded with disdain by almost everybody w…
The Employee Assistance Treatment Planner
Includes disk with software. Also available in a version without disk.
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Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Mondimore’s book, Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and Families, is certainly a welcome addition for the bookshelf of anyone struggling with bipolar disorder, or those who have a loved one with the illness. The book covers the wide range of…