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This book comprises 26 exciting chapters by internationally renowned scholars, addressing the central psychological process separating humans from other animals: the ability to imagine the thoughts ……続きを見る

Depression affects 14.8 million American adults every year. How do I know if my sadness is actually depression? What conditions often coexist with depression? How can I help a family member or frien……続きを見る

In Brief The discovery of mirror neurons has caused an unparalleled wave of excitement amongst scientists. The Empathic Brain makes you share this excitement. Its vivid and personal descriptions of ……続きを見る

A revised edition of Madness Explained, Richard Bentall's groundbreaking classic on mental illness In Madness Explained, leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall shatters the modern myths that ……続きを見る

This groundbreaking book explores the psychodynamics and socio-politics of the forensic therapeutic milieu, addressing some of the most difficult and complex issues facing practitioners. It sets out……続きを見る

Offender profiling is now viewed as an integral part of serious crime investigations by many law enforcement agencies across the world and continues to attract a high public and media profile. Despi……続きを見る

This book aims to demonstrate how forensic psychology contributes to police investigations, providing practical information about the type of reports provided by psychologists and behavioural adviso……続きを見る

Anchoring his schema in the belief that nonorganic disorders are disturbances in adaptation explicable within a depth-psychological framework, Gedo posits two broad categories of functional disorder……続きを見る

Alors que les polémiques concernant le père fondateur de la « science de l'inconscient » n'ont jamais cessé de remplir les rubriques de l'actualité culturelle et scientifique (Livre Noir de la psyc……続きを見る

L'objet général de ce livre est de démontrer l'existence de ce qu'on a coutume d'appeler l'âme. Pour aboutir dans sa démonstration, l'auteur rapporte quantit&eacut……続きを見る

Falling Into the Fire is psychiatrist Christine Montross’s thoughtful investigation of the gripping patient encounters that have challenged and deepened her practice. The majority of the patients Mo……続きを見る

Based on former FBI Special Agent Joe Navarro’s experience as a criminal profiler and behavior specialist, this short booklet/checklist - "How To Spot A Histrionic" - provides the average person wit……続きを見る

The number of eating disorders patients presenting with symptoms of self-harm is growing quickly, and yet there is surprisingly little known about this unique population. Self-Harm Behavior and Eati……続きを見る

Parkinson's disease is a chronic disorder characterized by progressive idiopathic parkinsonism is not associated with a widespread neurological involvement. Often the patient will realize later that……続きを見る

This new textbook provides students with the basic principles and practice standards of forensic victimology--the scientific study of victims for the purposes of addressing investigative and forensi……続きを見る

The extraordinary and fascinating new book by the author of the award-winning bestseller The Jigsaw Man Forensic psychologist Paul Britton can 'walk through the minds' of those who murder, rape, tor……続きを見る

Volume 12 of the Progress in Self Psychology series begins with reassessments of frustration and responsiveness, optimal and otherwise, by MacIsaac, Bacal and Thomson, the Shanes, and Doctors. The p……続きを見る

The essential features of Avoidant Personality Disorder are feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to the opinions of others and rejection, and a common mode of social inhibition. Patients wit……続きを見る

An introduction to and evaluation of the conceptual models of mental health problems and their treatment, with valuable analyses of various disorders. 続きを見る

Personality is relatively stable and that thing we just arrange the elements cognitive, emotional and sensory-motor of our experience. A personality is abnormal if a considerable tract personologica……続きを見る

We have all experienced that sinking feeling that somehow, someone else just took control of our lives and that we are powerless to do anything about it. Maybe, we just accepted a heap of lies from ……続きを見る

This book offers a concise, readable, research-grounded synthesis of the special concerns mental health and other helping professionals need to address when working with men today, and explains a we……続きを見る

Paranoid Personality Disorder is basically characterized by the tendency, persistent and unjustified, to perceive and interpret the intentions, words and behaviors of others as malicious, degrading ……続きを見る

In any given year, one in five Canadians will experience symptoms of mental disorder. So why do we still have such a long way to go towards true understanding and acceptance? Because people are afra……続きを見る

In contrast to the widely held assumption that terrorists as crazed fanatics, Jerrold Post demonstrates they are psychologically "normal" and that "hatred has been bred in the bone". He reveals the ……続きを見る

The effects of fears and phobias can be devastating, causing people to completely avoid the situations that they fear most. At the extreme, fear can disable people's lives so much that it results in……続きを見る

The objective of this book is to review the position of investigative interviewing in a variety of different countries, with different types of criminal justice systems, and consists of chapters wri……続きを見る

More than a century of scientific research has indicated that the majority of crime that occurs in society is committed by a small percentage of the population, meaning that most criminals are repea……続きを見る

Object relations, which emphasizes the importance of the preoedipal period and the infant-mother relationship, is considered by many analysts to be the major development in psychoanalytic theory sin……続きを見る

The essential character of the Dependent Personality Disorder is a pervasive and excessive need to receive care that results in submissive behavior and excessive attachment. Individuals with depende……続きを見る