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A Short Introduction to Psychiatry is designed to give readers a clear picture of the profession of psychiatry as it is today as well as an understanding of the subject from which to develop further study.
The author describes the development of the profession, the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2004-06-22
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This is a comprehensive resource of original essays by leading thinkers exploring the newly emerging inter-disciplinary field of the philosophy of psychiatry. The contributors aim to define this exciting field and to highlight the philosophical assumptions and issues...
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Oxford University Press
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2004-06-10
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Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) have evolved over the last 30-40 years to serve patients with mental illnesses who would previously have been treated in large mental hospitals. They play a pivotal role in the provision of mental health care in the developed world....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-04-01
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Despite a rich and turbulent history spanning several centuries, malingering continues to be a controversial and neglected clinical condition that has significant implications for medical, social, legal and insurance interests. Estimates of malingering - the wilful,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2003-10-02
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The new edition of this critically praised text continues to provide the most comprehensive overview of the concepts, methods, and research advances in the field. It has been revised and enhanced to capitalize on the strengths of the first edition while keeping it...
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Wiley-Liss
Parution :
2003-03-31
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This is a thorough revision of one of the landmark books in the field of neuropsychiatry. The authors, one a distinguished neurologist and the other an eminent psychiatrist, provide a clear, well-integrated account of the behavioral aspects of neurological conditions...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2002-10-03
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In this fully-revised fourth edition of what has long been the standard textbook for the field, Dr. Richard Abrams once again demonstrates his unique ability to analyze and present a wealth of new(and often technical) material in a lucid, compelling, and highly readable...
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Oxford University Press
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2002-06-27
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Over the last two decades, scientific articles on schizophrenia have doubled in number, and prophecies of breakthrough have appeared and receded. The result is a scattered and confusing mass of evidence that is difficult to evaluate. How much progress has really been...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2001-03-29
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Hypochondriasis remains controversial, despite its 2000-year history. Although it is considered a mental disorder, hypochondriasis is often regarded as a defense mechanism, peculiar cognitive/ perceptual style, means of nonverbal communication, response to stress,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2001-02-01
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This handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of the key elements which should be part of any successful program tailored to the needs of children with diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorders. The overall goal of the book is to provide an overview of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2001-01-11
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Increasingly, psychiatrists make little distinction between psychiatric and neurologic disorders, considering them all as dysfunctions of the central nervous system. This is a practical how to book intended primarily for trainees and practicing clinicians unfamiliar...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1999-08-05
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Traditionally, non-medical, developmental intervention with premature infants has been a controversial topic in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). However, a small but growing band of researchers have been pushing for the acceptance of alternative interventions, such...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1999-04-29
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"Adversity" involves exposure to unpropitious or calamitous circumstances. It occurs in extreme situations such as prolonged combat or natural disasters, both of which affect whole groups or communities of people simultaneously. It is found as well in more individually...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1998-08-20
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Seven million youngsters--one in four adolescents--have only limited potential for becoming productive adults because they are at high risk for encountering serious problems at home, in school, or in their communities. This is one of the disturbing findings in this...
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Oxford University Press
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1991-08-29
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Maria Montessori ha sviluppato un approccio pedagogico che ha rivoluzionato il modo di concepire l'educazione infantile. La sua visione si fonda su un profondo rispetto per il bambino, considerato non come un semplice destinatario di conoscenze, ma come un individuo...
Editeur :
Cactus
Parution :
2024-08-24
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Opera completa e illuminante, La scoperta del bambino riassume tutte le esperienze di ricerca portate avanti da Maria Montessori nel corso della sua carriera di pedagogista. Il volume segue lo sviluppo psicologico del bambino da quando, dopo il segreto travaglio...
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Cactus
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2024-08-24
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È nei primissimi anni di vita che la mente di un essere umano assorbe, crea, impara in maniera profonda e priva di mediazioni, del tutto diversamente da quanto accade in età adulta. Quella del bambino è una mente assorbente, che possiede lo straordinario potere di...
Editeur :
Cactus
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2024-08-23
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A 32-year-old man with mental illness ends his life. Could he have been saved? What care did he receive? Did antipsychotics help or are they a modern-day straitjacket?
Ferid Ferkovic, the author’s son, committed suicide after being refused admission to a Montreal...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
Parution :
2020-08-28
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“Psychedelic Revolutionaries is not only beautifully written—it is timely. We are in the midst of a rebirth in interest in the psychedelic group of drugs with increasingly strong research evidence for their clinical benefits and a growing popular turn to daily...
Editeur :
U of R Press
Parution :
2018-06-09
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“Psychedelic Revolutionaries is not only beautifully written—it is timely. We are in the midst of a rebirth in interest in the psychedelic group of drugs with increasingly strong research evidence for their clinical benefits and a growing popular turn to daily...
Editeur :
U of R Press
Parution :
2018-06-09
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