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Mental Health eBooks

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  • Thrive

    How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money

    A compelling argument for improving society's mental health through increased services and better policyMental illness is a leading cause of suffering in the modern world. In sheer numbers, it afflicts at least 20 percent of people in developed countries. It reduces life expectancy as much as smoking does, accounts for nearly half of all disability claims, is behind half of all worker sick days, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Administrations of Lunacy

    Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum

    by Mab Segrest ...
    **"Whew! They going to send around here and tie you up and drag you off to Milledgeville. Them fat blue police chasing tomcats around alleys." —Berenice in The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullersA scathing and original look at the racist origins of the field of modern psychiatry, told through the story of what was once the largest mental institution in the world, by the prize-winning author ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Secret Of Mental Math Arithmetic: 70 Secrets To Super Speed Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks

    How to Do Math without a Calculator

    by Jason Scotts ...
    No matter how simple it may be, solving mathematical equations can be a challenge for quite a number of persons. Through his book titled “Secret Of Mental Math Arithmetic: 70 Secrets To Super Speed Calculation & Amazing Math Tricks”, Jason Scotts seeks to provide the solution to those mathematical problems. The main challenge has come from the fact that most persons have become used to grabbing a ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Train Your Brain & Mental Strength : How to Train Your Brain for Mental Toughness & 7 Core Lessons to Achieve Peak Mental Performance

    (Special 2 In 1 Exclusive Edition)

    by Jason Scotts ...
    Let's face it, especially these days, there's a lot going on and things are constantly coming at us to the point where overload sets in and mentally our brain is just not handling it. If that describes you, there's something you can do about it starting now. Get your hands on "Train Your Brain & Mental Strength: How to Train Your Brain for Mental Toughness & 7 Core Lessons to Achieve Peak Mental ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Conservatorship

    Inside California’s System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness

    Is involuntary psychiatric treatment the solution to the intertwined crises of untreated mental illness, homelessness, and addiction? In recent years, politicians and advocates have sought to expand the use of conservatorships, a legal tool used to force someone deemed “gravely disabled,” or unable to meet their needs for food, clothing, or shelter as a result of mental illness, to take medication ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Breakdown

    A Clinician's Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

    by Lynn Nanos ...
    Series Book 1 - serious mental illness, psychosis, reform
    When hospitals release seriously mentally ill patients too soon without outpatient follow-up, the patients can end up homeless, jailed, harming others, or even dead. When patients are deemed suitable for inpatient care, they can languish for weeks in hospital emergency departments before placements become available. Meanwhile, patients who fake the need for care are smoothly and swiftly moved to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Mental Strength & Positive Attitude: 7 Core Lessons For Achieving Peak Performance In Life

    A Practical Guide to Achieve Positivity

    by Jason Scotts ...
    If you are one of the individuals that is seeking health and wellness on not just the physical level but the mental as well, you need to read "Mental Strength & Positive Attitude: 7 Core Lessons For Achieving Peak Performance In Life." This text gets right to the point and explains the best techniques that can be used to improve mental performance. The author has gone to great lengths to make the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Security Disability Law: A Reference for Social Security Disability Claims

    Do you have a severe physical disability or mental health disorder that keeps you from working full-time? Has it lasted, or is it expected to last, for at least one year? Were your benefits terminated? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may be eligible for Social Security disability benefits. But did you know the government denies the majority of claims, even when people deserve ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding And Treating Bipolar Disorders: Mental Health Issues

    by Desmond Gahan ...
    There are several types of bipolar disorder; all involve episodes of depression and mania to a degree.Bipolar disorder is a lifelong illness. Episodes of mania and depression eventually can occur again if you don't get treatment. Many people sometimes continue to have symptoms, even after getting treatment for their bipolar disorder. Here are the types of bipolar disorder:Bipolar I disorder ... Read more

    $2.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bipolar Disorder :Am I Bipolar ? How Bipolar Quiz & Tests Reveal The Answers

    by Heather Rose ...
    What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder also commonly referred to as the manic depressive disorder, is a brain illness that is associated with abnormal mood swings, activity and energy levels as well as the ability of the affected person to perform normal daily activities. It can range from the lows of depression to the highs of obsession. As a result of the depression one may lose pleasure or ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Laws We Need To Know

    Understanding Rules and Programs for Persons with Mental Illness

    Those suffering from mental illness and their supporters need to understand and access complex rules and programs. As a knowledgeable attorney cannot be called every time a question arises, this book provides a ready reference tool. The author, Baron Miller, is a practicing attorney in San Francisco. He has been dealing for decades with legal issues affecting persons with mental illness. With ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Courage to Surrender

    by Jack Whalen ...
    My college sweetheart was five months pregnant when we got married at a formal wedding her family planned for us. Times were crazy as I'd graduated from college two weeks earlier and was getting ready to move to a strange city to begin a career. My concerns were where would we live; could I do the job I never tried, and would my salary be enough to pay the bills; give my new wife and I a life, and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics

    The disturbing, forgotten history of America’s experiment with eugenics.In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America. Believing that criminality and mental illness were inherited, state legislatures passed laws calling for the sterilization of “habitual criminals” and the “feebleminded.” But in 1936, inmates at Oklahoma’s McAlester prison ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Exercises for the Brain and Memory : 70 Neurobic Exercises & FUN Puzzles to Increase Mental Fitness & Boost Your Brain Juice Today (With Crossword Puzzles)

    by Jason Scotts ...
    Learn the best ways to improve mental health by grabbing a copy of this book. A lot of people today seek ways to retain and improve their memory and there is no better way to improve aside from these exercises. Just as the body needs physical exercises in order to function optimally, the brain needs to be exercised as well to prevent it from becoming sluggish. Get to know these fun and challenging ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Mental Health and Conflicts

    A Handbook for Empowerment

    by Dan Berstein ...
    Mental health needs are universal. About half of us will end up having a diagnosable mental health problem at some point in our lives, and we all know what it is like to have a bad day. We understand that conflicts can be hard and that they can often bring out the worst in us.There are simple ways to be ready for when mental health needs arise during conflicts. Mental Health and Conflicts: A ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Sexual Offending and Mental Health

    Multidisciplinary Management in the Community

    Series series Forensic Focus
    Sexual Offending and Mental Health draws together theoretical, clinical and mental health issues for the range of professionals working in the community and in-patient settings with sex offenders and those who have behaved in sexually inappropriate ways.The contributors describe current influential models of sexual offending and the developmental, psychological and social factors involved. They ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Social Worker's Guide to the Care Act 2014

    by Pete Feldon ...
    This best-selling book helps social workers gain a comprehensive understanding of how to achieve best practice in applying the Care Act 2014.The Care Act 2014 is a pivotal piece of legislation for adults with social care needs. It is particularly important for social workers, as it sets out the legislative context for the core social work processes that apply to all adults.The Social Worker’s ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • O círculo alienista

    Series series Ciências Jurídicas - Direito
    Recupera elementos essenciais da história da psiquiatria e da criminologia para verificar como integram a doutrina da medida de segurança e fundamentam outras espécies de internação penal. Transtorno psíquico e crime passaram a ser vistos como sintomas de periculosidade, justificando providências de defesa social por tempo indeterminado. Atualmente, a Lei de Reforma Psiquiátrica assegura direitos ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Together Unbroken

    Stories, Law, Practice, and Healing at the Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Welfare

    by Sara B. Block ...
    Together Unbroken focuses on the histories, laws, policies, practices, and judicial cases that influence child welfare interventions and impact families. In questioning the traditional orientation and function of child welfare that is fraught with oppression and family separation, the book promotes a new framework for meeting the needs of children and their families and calls for systemic ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights

    Since adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the interpretive General Comment 1, the topic of legal capacity in mental health settings has generated considerable debate in disciplines ranging from law and psychiatry to public health and public policy. With over 180 countries having ratified the Convention, the shifts required in law and clinical practice need to ... Read more

    $90.99 USD $28.99 USD

  • Cyber Crime Analysis

    ABOUT THE BOOK -In the present world, the interaction of people has improved due to the advancement in technology. People are able to communicate easily irrespective of their distances and location in the world. Computers and mobile phones have provided the avenue for the increased interaction. People as social beings are interacting virtually through social media and other technological tools ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Burden of Hope

    Finding Color In A Black & White World

    by David E Kranz ...
    The Burden of Hope: Finding Color In A Black & White World is a story about resilience. Diving deep into the trials of a boy from a young age that has never before been shared. David's trials bring the reader into the dark world of his upbringing. From being kidnapped as a child, physical abuse, substance use in the home, alcoholism, and the judicial system; you as the reader will embark on his ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications

    Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications is for practitioners who need to be at the cutting edge of admissibility in court. The book avoids standard applications, such as the insanity defense and specific capacity assessments, in favor of those that may be controversial or require evidentiary hearings. It is divided into two broad areas: human development and its deviations; and science ... Read more

    $83.99 USD

  • Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychopathy

    This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the rapidly growing research base on child and adolescent psychopathy: its nature, causes, development, assessment, and treatment. The editors and contributors are leading authorities who review state-of-the-art empirical findings and weigh in on pressing questions, such as how the disorder should be conceptualized in youth and how to evaluate it in clinical ... Read more

    $67.99 USD