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The South African edition of Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach offers students a local version of this well-known text by David Barlow and V. Mark Durand. Balancing biological, psychological, social and cultural approaches, the ground-breaking integrative approach followed is the most modern, scientifically valid method for studying abnormal psychology.
This edition successfully blends local and sophisticated research and an accessible writing style with the most widely recognised method of discussing psychopathology. Going beyond simply describing different schools of thought on psychological disorders, the authors explore the interactions of the various forces, both global ones and those unique to South Africa and Africa, that contribute to psychopathology.
Furthermore, this South African edition includes a perspective on positive psychology and well-being in the context of psychopathology.
Balancing developmental, clinical-diagnostic, and experimental approaches to child and adolescent psychopathology, Eric Mash and David Wolfe's ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY is one of the most up-to-date, authoritative, and comprehensive books in its market.
The seventh edition is organized to reflect DSM-5 categories, dimensional approaches to classification, and evidence-based assessment and treatment approaches. The authors trace developmental pathways for each disorder and show how child and adolescent psychopathology involves biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors interacting with a youth's environment. Case histories, examples, and first-person accounts illustrate the categorical and dimensional approaches used to describe disorders.
The authors also consistently illustrate how troubled children behave in their natural settings: homes, schools, and communities.
Emphasizing the intersection of multicultural, sociocultural and diversity issues with current societal events, Understanding Abnormal Behavior, 12th edition, highlights the need for expanding conversations regarding race, ethnicity and social justice.
It combines detailed descriptions of a variety of mental disorders with balanced coverage of psychopathology theories that inform treatment. Packed with the latest research and real-world case studies, the 12th edition is fully updated to reflect DSM-5 and integrates the Multipath Model of Mental Disorders to explain how biological, psychological, social and sociocultural factors interact to produce a mental disorder.
A focus on resilience highlights prevention and recovery.
Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr. Bruce Perry, discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking, “what happened to you?” rather than “what’s wrong with you?”
Through wide-ranging, and often deeply personal conversation, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood – both good and bad - influences the people we become. They challenge us to shift from focusing on, “What’s wrong with you?” or “Why are you behaving that way?,” to asking, “What happened to you?” This simple change in perspective can open up a new and hopeful understanding for millions about why we do the things we do, why we are the way we are, providing a road map for repairing relationships, overcoming what seems insurmountable, and ultimately living better and more fulfilling lives.
Many of us experience adversity and trauma during childhood that has lasting impact on our physical and emotional health. And as we’re beginning to understand, we are more sensitive to developmental trauma as children than we are as adults. ‘What happened to us’ in childhood is a powerful predictor of our risk for physical and mental health problems down the road, and offers scientific insights in to the patterns of behaviors so many struggle to understand.
A survivor of multiple childhood challenges herself, Oprah Winfrey shares portions of her own harrowing experiences because she understands the vulnerability that comes from facing trauma at a young age. Throughout her career, Oprah has teamed up with Dr. Bruce Perry, one of the world’s leading experts on childhood trauma. He has treated thousands of children, youth, and adults and has been called on for decades to support individuals and communities following high-profile traumatic events. Now, Oprah joins forces with Dr. Perry to marry the power of storytelling with the science and clinical experience to better understand and overcome the effects of trauma.
In conversation throughout the book, the two focus on understanding people, behavior, and ourselves in the context of personal experiences. They remove blame and self-shaming, and open up a space for healing and understanding. It’s a subtle but profound shift in our approach to trauma, and it’s one that allows us to understand our pasts in order to clear a path to our future - opening the door to resilience and healing in a proven, powerful way.
Grounded in the latest brain science and brought to life through compelling narratives, this book shines a light on a much-needed path to recovery – showing us our incredible capacity to transform after adversity.
Known for its clear, straightforward writing style, grounding in
current research, and well-chosen visuals and examples, Sigelman
and Rider's text combines a topical organization at the chapter
level and an age/stage organization within each chapter. Each
chapter focuses on a domain of development such as physical growth,
cognition, or personality and traces developmental trends and
influences in that domain from infancy to old age. Each chapter
also includes sections on infancy, childhood, adolescence, and
adulthood. The organization helps you grasp key transformations
that occur in each period of the life span. Other staples of the
text are its emphasis on theories and their application to
different aspects of development and its focus on the interplay of
nature and nurture in development. This edition includes new
research on biological and sociocultural influences on life-span
development and offers new media resources that help you engage
more actively with the content.
Essentials of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Health Disorders 5-TR at your fingertips in 6 laminated pages.
Succinctly written by author Rona Bernstein, PsyD to cover the most
used core of the DSM. The previous version of this quick reference
guide (before this TR version) was a best seller on Amazon and was
highly praised by students as well as professionals in the field of
psychology and counseling. Customers say it is great for the EPPP,
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said they use it as a quick review at their practice and as a
deskside refresher in counseling. Even parents, military, and
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investigate mental health issues further in seeking professionals
for help. The value at this price is unbeatable to boost grades,
test scores and awareness so add this tool to your library. 6-page
laminated guide includes: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Schizophrenia Spectrum & Other Psychotic Disorders Bipolar
& Related Disorders Depressive Disorders Obsessive-Compulsive
& Related Disorders Anxiety Disorders Trauma- &
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& Related Disorders Feeding & Eating Disorders Elimination
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of Medication Other Conditions That May Be A Focus of Clinical
Attention Suicidal Behavior and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Abuse,
Neglect & Relational Problems Educational, Housing &
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Medical & Other Health Problems that may be a Focus of Medical
Advice and Clinical Attention
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Boston
Globe An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of
addiction-a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply
misunderstood despite having touched countless lives-by an
addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and
himself "Carl Erik Fisher's The Urge is the best-written and most
incisive book I've read on the history of addiction. In the midst
of an overdose crisis that grows worse by the hour and has vexed
America for centuries, Fisher has given us the best prescription of
all: understanding. He seamlessly blends a gripping historical
narrative with memoir that doesn't self-aggrandize; the result is a
full-throated argument against blaming people with substance use
disorder. The Urge is a propulsive tour de force that is as healing
as it is enjoyable to read." -Beth Macy, author of Dopesick Even
after a decades-long opioid overdose crisis, intense controversy
still rages over the fundamental nature of addiction and the best
way to treat it. With uncommon empathy and erudition, Carl Erik
Fisher draws on his own experience as a clinician, researcher, and
alcoholic in recovery as he traces the history of a phenomenon
that, centuries on, we hardly appear closer to understanding-let
alone addressing effectively. As a psychiatrist-in-training fresh
from medical school, Fisher was soon face-to-face with his own
addiction crisis, one that nearly cost him everything. Desperate to
make sense of the condition that had plagued his family for
generations, he turned to the history of addiction, learning that
the current quagmire is only the latest iteration of a
centuries-old story: humans have struggled to define, treat, and
control addictive behavior for most of recorded history, including
well before the advent of modern science and medicine. A rich,
sweeping account that probes not only medicine and science but also
literature, religion, philosophy, and public policy, The Urge
illuminates the extent to which the story of addiction has
persistently reflected broader questions of what it means to be
human and care for one another. Fisher introduces us to the people
who have endeavored to address this complex condition through the
ages: physicians and politicians, activists and artists,
researchers and writers, and of course the legions of people who
have struggled with their own addictions. He also examines the
treatments and strategies that have produced hope and relief for
many people with addiction, himself included. Only by reckoning
with our history of addiction, he argues-our successes and our
failures-can we light the way forward for those whose lives remain
threatened by its hold. The Urge is at once an eye-opening history
of ideas, a riveting personal story of addiction and recovery, and
a clinician's urgent call for a more expansive, nuanced, and
compassionate view of one of society's most intractable challenges.
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