Psychiatry: An evidence-based text
Psychiatry: An evidence-based text

Author: Bassant Puri

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2009-11-27

Total Pages: 1337

ISBN-13: 0340950056

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Succinct, user-friendly, thoroughly referenced and prepared by leading experts in the field, this book is the only single textbook you will need to succeed in the Royal College of Psychiatrists' MRCPsych and other related higher examinations. Chapters follow the structure and syllabus of the examination ensuring that you receive the necessary essential information to pass and indeed succeed Approachable and succinct text with colour illustrations and key summary points further help to clarify complex concepts and provide you with useful revision tools The evidence-based approach used throughout is important to help you relate theory and research to clinical practice The book is carefully structured and sequenced to building upon the basic sciences underpinning psychiatry, through to an in-depth description of pharmacological and psychological treatments used.

Putting Psychology in Its Place
Putting Psychology in Its Place

Author: Graham Richards

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781841692340

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Graham Richards gives historical perspective to key issues in contemporary psychology such as psychology and women and psychology and race as well as more traditional topics like behaviourism and Gestalt psychology. --From publisher's description.

Ineffability and Philosophy
Ineffability and Philosophy

Author: André Kukla

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1134299710

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This book asks whether the notion of there being a truth, or a state of affairs, or knowledge that can't be expressed linguistically is a coherent notion.

The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Author: Richard Noll

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0816075085

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Deals with the subject of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. With more than 600 entries, this work features a foreword and an introduction, and references and appendixes. Its coverage includes the history, treatment, diagnosis, and medical research and theories regarding this class of mental illness.

Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder

Author: Francis Mark Mondimore

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0801889294

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Bipolar disorder can be devastating. It can disrupt relationships and careers, it can wreak havoc on family life, and, when not properly treated, it can be fatal. Since 1999 this compassionate and comprehensive guide has helped tens of thousands of people cope with this complex disease. This, the second edition of Bipolar Disorder, is thoroughly updated and discusses promising new options for diagnosis and treatment along with new information on the disease's genetic components. Bipolar disorder is difficult to diagnose. Dr. Mondimore explains how symptoms fluctuate in persons with seasonal affective disorder, how they can lead to a mistaken diagnosis of attention deficit–hyperactivity disorder in children, and how they may be made worse by alcohol or drug addiction. The disease can also be difficult to treat. Dr. Mondimore gives advice about how to pick a psychiatrist and cope with the stigma of psychiatric diagnosis. He provides extensive information on treatment options, including the advantages, disadvantages, and side effects of various drug therapies. He also describes what it is like to live with bipolar disorder and discusses how lifestyle changes can improve quality of life. Throughout, he focuses on the importance of building a support system, planning for emergencies, and giving yourself permission to seek help.

Manic Minds
Manic Minds

Author: Lisa M. Hermsen

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2011-11-22

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0813552036

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From its first depictions in ancient medical literature to contemporary depictions in brain imaging, mania has been largely associated with its Greek roots, "to rage." Prior to the nineteenth century, "mania" was used interchangeably with "madness." Although its meanings shifted over time, the word remained layered with the type of madness first-century writers described: rage, fury, frenzy. Even now, the mental illness we know as bipolar disorder describes conditions of extreme irritability, inflated grandiosity, and excessive impulsivity. Spanning several centuries, Manic Minds traces the multiple ways in which the word "mania" has been used by popular, medical, and academic writers. It reveals why the rhetorical history of the word is key to appreciating descriptions and meanings of the "manic" episode." Lisa M. Hermsen examines the way medical professionals analyzed the manic condition during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and offers the first in-depth analysis of contemporary manic autobiographies: bipolar figures who have written from within the illness itself.