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Paperback. This book extends the critical scope of the previous volume, De-Medicalizing Misery, into a wider social and political context, developing the critique of the psychiatrization of Western society. It explores the contemporary mental health landscape and poses possible alternative solutions to the continuing issues of emotional distress. Editor(s): Moncrieff, Joanna; Rapley, Mark; Speed, Ewen. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 black & white tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: MBPK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304650
- ISBN
- 9781137304650
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Condition: New
€ 68.92
€ 68.92
Hardback. Therapy Talk aims to help those who apply 'the talking cure' become better at their jobs by enabling them to understand how their verbal responses may channel the conversation partner into a particular direction, promoting conversation analysis as a useful tool to study and enhance the therapeutic alliance between client and practitioner. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; KJW; MMJ; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329516
- ISBN
- 9781137329516
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Condition: New
€ 63.99
€ 63.99
Paperback. Therapy Talk aims to help those who apply 'the talking cure' become better at their jobs by enabling them to understand how their verbal responses may channel the conversation partner into a particular direction, promoting conversation analysis as a useful tool to study and enhance the therapeutic alliance between client and practitioner. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJW; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329523
- ISBN
- 9781137329523
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Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Hardback. Offers a perceptive critique of the universalized model of psychiatry and its apparent exportation from the West to the developing world. Rooted in detailed analysis of the problems this causes, the book proposes new suggestions for advancing the field of mental health and wellbeing in a way that is ethical, sustainable and culturally sensitive. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMP; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329592
- ISBN
- 9781137329592
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Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardcover. Interest in techniques to control the brain and thereby improve its function has surged, yet how realistic are these expectations and what are the ethical implications? This book reviews the main techniques of controlling brain processes for medical purposes, situating them within ethical and legal debates on autonomy and fairness. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; JMP; MJN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137335326
- ISBN
- 9781137335326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137345301
- ISBN
- 9781137345301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardcover. Using the work of Wittgenstein, John Heaton challenges the notion of theoretical expertise on the mind, arguing for a new understanding of therapy as an attempt by patients to express themselves in an effort to see and say what has not been said or seen, and accept that the world is not as fixed as they are constituting it. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367686
- ISBN
- 9781137367686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.51
€ 121.51
Treating Child Sexual Abuse in Family, Group and Clinical Settings
Jones, Adele D.; Breo, Hazel Da; Jemmott, Ena...
Hardback. Num Pages: 355 pages, 34 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JKSB1; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 591.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377685
- ISBN
- 9781137377685
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Condition: New
€ 65.14
€ 65.14
Hardcover. This book argues that narrative practice does not have a coherent formulation of personhood in the way one finds in other fields, such as psychoanalysis and cognitive-behavioural therapy. It examines the post-structural principles that underpin narrative practice, which make available powerful conceptual tools for theorizing the person. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380548
- ISBN
- 9781137380548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.48
€ 143.48
Hardcover. This book confronts the barriers that face the cross-cultural application of western psychotherapy. It puts forward an argument for applying culture analysis, in which the therapist analyses the inconsistencies within the client's culture, before applying psychoanalysis, in which the analyst analyses the intra-psychic conflicts. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 534 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407924
- ISBN
- 9781137407924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.87
€ 110.87
Hardback. This is a manifesto for an entirely new approach to psychiatric care; one that truly offers care rather than coercion, therapy rather than medication, and a return to the common sense appreciation that distress is usually an understandable reaction to life's challenges. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBPK; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408693
- ISBN
- 9781137408693
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Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Hardcover. This book provides new insights into how new biology, and the emergence of "translational" policies to drive the health bioeconomy, is reshaping the innovation ecosystem for new therapies. A key argument is that a broader definition of value (beyond the economic aspects) is needed to understand health innovation in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFMG; MMG; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137436283
- ISBN
- 9781137436283
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Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. In 1986 the first research study investigating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was published. This book, with a foreword by Steven C. Hayes, describes the research journey that ACT has taken over the past 30 years and suggests, in light of the progress that has already been made, how ACT research should move forward in the coming decades. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: MJQ; MMJT1; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440150
- ISBN
- 9781137440150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. In 1986 the first research study investigating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was published. This book, with a foreword by Steven C. Hayes, describes the research journey that ACT has taken over the past 30 years and suggests, in light of the progress that has already been made, how ACT research should move forward in the coming decades. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JMQ; MMJT1; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440167
- ISBN
- 9781137440167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 241 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JPFC; MBS; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460509
- ISBN
- 9781137460509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.79
€ 143.79
Internet Addiction in Psychotherapy (Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsycholo...
Kuss, Daria J., Griffiths, Mark D.
Hardcover. Current knowledge about effective internet addiction treatment is limited. This book explores how 20 international internet addiction therapy experts experience the presenting problem of internet addiction in psychotherapy. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JMH; JMP; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465061
- ISBN
- 9781137465061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Hardcover. This book presents a literary and linguistic reading of obsessive-compulsive disorder to argue that medical understandings of disability need their social, political, literary and linguistic counterparts, especially if we aspire to create a more inclusive, self-reflective society. Series: Literary Disability Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGR; DSB; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493477
- ISBN
- 9781137493477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardback. Therapeutic Songwriting provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary methods and models of songwriting as used for therapeutic purposes. It describes the environmental, sociocultural, individual, and group factors shaping practice, and how songwriting is understood and practiced within different psychological and wellbeing orientations. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVS; MMJ; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499219
- ISBN
- 9781137499219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.53
€ 122.53
Hardback. Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFH; JMA; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503831
- ISBN
- 9781137503831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.19
€ 123.19
Hardback. Psychiatry Under the Influence investigates the actions and practices of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry in the United States, and presents it as a case study of institutional corruption. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MMG; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506948
- ISBN
- 9781137506948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55