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Mental Health eBooks

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  • Unconscious Crime

    Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London

    A sleepwalking, homicidal nursemaid; a "morally vacant" juvenile poisoner; a man driven to arson by a "lesion of the will"; an articulate and poised man on trial for assault who, while conducting his own defense, undergoes a profound personality change and becomes a wild and delusional "alter." These people are not characters from a mystery novelist's vivid imagination, but rather defendants who ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Forensic Mental Health System in Ontario

    An Information Guide

    Series series Information Guide
    People who have a mental illness and who come in contact with the law have special needs. The mental health system or the criminal justice system alone cannot always meet those needs. The forensic mental health system is the place where the mental health system and the criminal justice system meet.The forensic mental health system can be confusing for people who have a mental illness. The legal ... Read more

    $4.99 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

  • 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

  • Schizophrenia

    Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy

    From Aaron T. Beck and colleagues, this is the definitive work on the cognitive model of schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological knowledge into a comprehensive conceptual framework. It examines the origins, development, and maintenance of key symptom areas: delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and formal thought disorder. Treatment ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law

    The protection of vulnerable adults is a fast emerging area of work for local authorities, the NHS and other agencies. Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law, sets this within a comprehensive legal framework. The relevant law and guidance is extensive. It includes Department of Health guidance (No Secrets), human rights, the regulation of health and social care providers, the barring of carers ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The Nearest Relative Handbook

    Second Edition

    by David Hewitt ...
    When a person is subject to the Mental Health Act, many of his or her principal rights are taken away. It is the function of the nearest relative to compensate for that loss.This fully updated second edition explains how the nearest relative is identified, and how in some cases he or she might be displaced. It also contains a wealth of new case examples and illustrative scenarios, providing a ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Principles and Practice of Trial Consultation

    A pragmatic guide to a growing area of professional practice, this book describes the multiple roles of the trial consultant and provides tools for carrying them out competently and ethically. Leading authority Stanley Brodsky uses examples from actual trials and depositions to illustrate how knowledge and skills from psychology and related fields are applied in the legal context. He shows how to ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Psychological Science in the Courtroom

    Consensus and Controversy

    This rigorous yet reader-friendly book reviews the state of the science on a broad range of psychological issues commonly encountered in the forensic context. The goal is to help professionals and students differentiate between supported and unsupported psychological techniques--and steer clear of those that may be misleading or legally inadmissible. Leading contributors focus on controversial ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Law and the Disordered

    An Explanation in Mental Health, Law, and Politics

    In the 1970's, sociologists found that mentally disordered patients were routinely committed to state hospitals. By 2005, state hospital facilities had been emptied and, consequently, the patients for whom they cared for had been shuffled elsewhere by the system. Some of these patients were placed in private hospitals. However, for many, there was no asylum-there was only jail or the street. How ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • State of the Art in Clinical Supervision

    There have been many recent developments in the research, theory, and practice of supervision in counseling, but few reliable resources are available for practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge in these areas. Culbreth and Brown have assembled a group of leading researchers, scholars, and professionals in the field to present a collection of chapters on the state of the art in clinical ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Refusing Care

    Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill

    by Elyn R. Saks ...
    It has been said that how a society treats its least well-off members speaks volumes about its humanity. If so, our treatment of the mentally ill suggests that American society is inhumane: swinging between overintervention and utter neglect, we sometimes force extreme treatments on those who do not want them, and at other times discharge mentally ill patients who do want treatment without ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Child Mental and the Law

    The legal aspects of child mental health have changed in recent years, yet many who deal professionally with disturbed children are ill informed about the rights and responsibilities of minors. Child Mental Health and the Law addresses the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date text that describes the evolution of child mental health law and the relevance of the law to the child mental health ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • La nave che affonda

    by AA. VV. ...
    La "nave che affonda" è il vecchio manicomio con tutte le sue catene istituzionali che la legge 180 del 1978 - trent'anni fa - ha fatto scomparire. Quello presentato qui è un documento che viene dall'interno di un'esperienza calda, la battaglia contro i manicomi combattuta da Franco Basaglia, prima a Gorizia e poi a Trieste. Un documento che riporta alla fine degli anni Settanta con un consuntivo ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head

    A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases

    “Stories of human behavior at its most extreme….With humor, compassion, empathy, and insight, Small searches for and finds the humanity that lies hidden under even the most bizarre symptoms.”—Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New MindA psychiatrist’s stories of his most bizarre cases, The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head by Gary Small, M.D., and Gigi Vorgan—co-authors of The Memory Bible ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mental Health Ethics

    The Human Context

    Edited by Phil Barker ...
    All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits. As a result ethical conduct is complex. Despite the proliferation of Codes of Conduct and other forms of professional guidance, there are no easy answers to most human problems. Mental Health Ethics encourages readers to heighten their awareness of the key ethical dilemmas found ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Assassin and the Therapist

    An Exploration of Truth in Psychotherapy and in Life

    Many therapists have likely worked with a client who has caused the therapist to confront his most cherished beliefs, or has changed the therapist in ways that forever altered the way he performs therapy, looks at the world, and sees himself. The author of this book found himself in just such a situation, causing him to begin his own search for truth. This book is the result of his search; it ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Le système ontarien de services psychiatriques medico-légaux

    Guide d'information

    Series series Guides d'information
    Les personnes ayant une maladie mentale qui ont des démêlés avec la justice ont des besoins particuliers et ni le réseau de soins en santé mentale ni l’appareil judiciaire ne peuvent subvenir à ces besoins de manière isolée. Le système de services psychiatriques médico-légaux est le point de rencontre du système de santé mentale et du système de justice pénale.Les personnes qui ont des problèmes ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Science of Evil

    On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty

    An award-winning psychologist draws on years of research to unveil “a simple but persuasive hypothesis for a new way to think about evil.” ―New York TimesHow can we explain both cruelty and kindness? To award-winning psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen, the explanation for cruelty is low levels of empathy, and the explanation for kindness is high levels of empathy. In The Science of Evil, Baron-Cohen ... Read more

    $12.99 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

  • Blowing Smoke

    Rethinking the War on Drugs without Prohibition and Rehab

    Alcohol, opiates, cocaine and marijuana, among other drugs, have been used and abused for millennia. Prior to the disease model approach to drug addiction, which posits that addiction is a psychological and biological problem and that sufferers are victims, societies had a workable solution: let people consume what they want, and let informal cultural controls reinforce responsible behavior. Legal ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Clinical Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology

    An Evidence-Based Approach

    Series series Evidence-Based Practice in Neuropsychology Series
    Written by a foremost expert in the field, this hands-on, evidence-based guide describes how to conduct a comprehensive forensic neuropsychological evaluation and provide expert testimony. All steps are covered--from selecting, scoring, and interpreting tests to writing reports and responding to cross-examination--with special attention to assessing noncredible performance. The book identifies ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health

    A Guide to Implementation and Issues for Practice

    The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented.It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each and offering positive guidance. Contributors also highlight the broader issues associated with achieving ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • New Law and Ethics in Mental Health Advance Directives

    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Choose

    Series series Explorations in Mental Health
    The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently orchestrated a number of reforms in mental health law, bringing increasing entitlement to an array of health services. In this book, Penelope Weller considers the relationship between human rights and mental health law, and the changing attitudes which have led to the recognition of a right to demand ... Read more

    $68.99 USD