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EMDR in Family Systems - An Integrated Approach to Healing Trauma (Paperback): Diana Mille EMDR in Family Systems - An Integrated Approach to Healing Trauma (Paperback)
Diana Mille
R1,087 Discovery Miles 10 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

EMDR in Family Systems provides clinicians with a clear account of the EMDR process and a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to healing trauma through integrating EMDR with other therapeutic tools. The book provides a unique protocol utilizing numerous evidence-based diagnostic assessments; in-depth psychoeducation on attachment issues, Internal Family Systems therapy, and mindfulness; and Metaframeworks, a Family Systems modality, as a model to enhance EMDR. Filled with a wealth of information on the latest clinical studies on topics from the neurobiology of trauma to the effectiveness of mindfulness practices in EDMR, this book will open up a host of productive new avenues for EMDR therapists to pursue with their clients.

Advanced Perioperative Crisis Management (Hardcover): Matthew D. McEvoy, Cory M. Furse Advanced Perioperative Crisis Management (Hardcover)
Matthew D. McEvoy, Cory M. Furse
R4,554 Discovery Miles 45 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Advanced Perioperative Crisis Management is a high-yield, clinically-relevant resource for understanding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and management of a wide variety of perioperative emergencies. Three introductory chapters review a critical thinking approach to the unstable or pulseless patient, crisis resource management principles to improve team performance and the importance of cognitive aids in adhering to guidelines during perioperative crises. The remaining sections cover six major areas of patient instability: cardiac, pulmonary, neurologic, metabolic/endocrine, and toxin-related disorders, and shock states, as well as specific emergencies for obstetrical and pediatric patients. Each chapter opens with a clinical case, followed by a discussion of the relevant evidence. Case-based learning discussion questions, which can be used for self-assessment or in the classroom, round out each chapter. Advanced Perioperative Crisis Management is an ideal resource for trainees, clinicians, and nurses who work in the perioperative arena, from the operating room to the postoperative surgical ward.

Wilderness Medicine - Beyond First Aid (Paperback, 7th Edition): William W Forgey Wilderness Medicine - Beyond First Aid (Paperback, 7th Edition)
William W Forgey
R352 R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Save R19 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Now fully revised and updated, Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid is essential reading for any trail user, from trip leaders and guides to EMTs and paramedics. You'll learn vital skills, such as: *How to survey, assess, and stabilize the victim and the medical situation *How to manage physical symptoms *What questions to ask to gain necessary vital information *How to care for wounds and orthopedic injuries, and much more Packed with useful information, Wilderness Medicine is the ultimate resource for anyone faced with providing immediate care when access to a medical facility is difficult or impossible.

Senseless Violence and Its Ramifications (Hardcover): Ami Rokach Senseless Violence and Its Ramifications (Hardcover)
Ami Rokach
R2,476 Discovery Miles 24 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The baby boomer generation grew up in the 1950s when there existed the general belief that the Cold War was the greatest threat to the world order, and a frightening possibility. It was difficult to believe, then, that it could get worse, but the same threat of violence is now a daily occurrence around the globe. People are being shot, slaughtered, maimed, and disappear for a multitude of reasons, none having any connection, most of the time, with the victims. The scale of loss when these tragedies occur is devastating, leaving the public as well as policy makers and legislators scrambling for solutions, clarification, and understanding of how we have become a society where violence is so rampant, so frequent, and so senseless. This book includes contributions by leading experts on violence and its ramifications, who review the devastation, reasons, and consequences of violence which is senseless, cruel, and aims to hurt and destroy anyone in its path. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Psychology.

Classic Morita Therapy - Consciousness, Zen, Justice and Trauma (Paperback): Peg LeVine Classic Morita Therapy - Consciousness, Zen, Justice and Trauma (Paperback)
Peg LeVine
R1,036 Discovery Miles 10 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Shoma (Masatake) Morita, M.D. (1874-1938) was a Japanese psychiatrist-professor who developed a unique four stage therapy process. He challenged psychoanalysts who sanctioned an unconscious or unconsciousness (collective or otherwise) that resides inside the mind. Significantly, he advanced a phenomenal connection between existentialism, Zen, Nature and the therapeutic role of serendipity. Morita is a forerunner of eco-psychology and he equalised the strength between human-to-human attachment and human-to-Nature bonds. This book chronicles Morita's theory of "peripheral consciousness", his paradoxical method, his design of a natural therapeutic setting, and his progressive-four stage therapy. It explores how this therapy can be beneficial for clients outside of Japan using, for the first time, non-Japanese case studies. The author's personal material about training in Japan and subsequent practice of Morita's ecological and phenomenological therapy in Australia and the United States enhance this book. LeVine's coining of "cruelty-based trauma" generates a rich discussion on the need for therapy inclusive of ecological settings. As a medical anthropologist, clinical psychologist and genocide scholar, LeVine shows how the four progressive stages are essential to the classic method and the key importance of the first "rest" stage in outcomes for clients who have been embossed by trauma. Since cognitive science took hold in the 1970s, complex consciousness theories have lost footing in psychology and medical science. This book reinstates "consciousness" as the dynamic core of Morita therapy. The case material illustrates the use of Morita therapy for clients struggling with the aftermath of trauma and how to live creatively and responsively inside the uncertainty of existence. The never before published archival biographic notes and photos of psychoanalyst Karen Horney, Fritz Perls, Eric Fromm and other renowned scholars who took an interest in Morita in the 1950s and 60s provide a dense historical backdrop.

Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care (Paperback, 8th edition): Ena Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care (Paperback, 8th edition)
Ena
R1,894 R1,708 Discovery Miles 17 080 Save R186 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care, 8th Edition offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the essentials emergency nurses need to know. Each condition commonly seen in the emergency setting is thoroughly addressed, from signs and symptoms, to diagnosis, treatment, developmental considerations, patient education, and more. Updated material and easy-to-reference contents make this resource a must-have for current practice. Quick-reference format is ideal for updating emergency nursing knowledge and improving patient care. Detailed discussions for each condition include signs and symptoms, diagnosis/diagnostic testing, treatment/interventions, age/developmental considerations, and patient/family education/discharge instructions. Authorship from the Emergency Nurses Association for more than 30 years ensures this book is a mainstay for best practices in emergency nursing. Content presented in a bulleted format provides quick and easy access to vital information. Practice points highlighted in special boxes offer quick reference to important content. NEW! Restructured table of contents presents anatomically related medical and trauma chapters sequentially for quick reference. NEW! Considerations for critical care in the ED. NEW! Considerations for the transgender patient. NEW! Section on human trafficking in the Interpersonal Violence and Abuse chapter. NEW! Section on violent risk assessment in the Workplace Violence chapter. NEW! Color photos insert visually highlights and clarifies key content. EXPANDED! Substance Abuse and Addiction Emergencies chapter covers methamphetamines, bath salts, marijuana edibles, opioid abuse/prescription drug abuse, heroin/Narcan, and substance abuse disorder. EXPANDED! Chapter on end-of-life includes information on palliative care considerations. UPDATED! Infectious Diseases chapter addresses coronavirus 19 (COVID-19), Ebola, and vector-borne malaria.

Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas - A Guide to Building Resilience and Hope in Communities (Paperback): Bob Doppelt Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas - A Guide to Building Resilience and Hope in Communities (Paperback)
Bob Doppelt
R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As the new UN IPCC climate report issued on August 9 states, humanity is in the midst of a civilization-changing event. The book will offer hope, inspiration, and a positive path forward to billions of people in North America, the EU, and worldwide who already are, or are certain in the near future, to experience severe mental health and psycho-social-spiritual problems due to being directly impacted by climate change-related disasters, emergencies, and toxic stresses. It will also offer hope, inspiration, and a positive path forward to the millions who are experiencing intersectional traumas, vicarious (or secondary) trauma, and eco-grief (or eco-anxiety) resulting from seeing climate impacts from afar or worrying about what the future holds for their children and them. The book will challenge the thinking and approaches that dominate the mental health, disaster management, and human services fields today by describing why individually-focused clinical treatment, disaster mental health, and direct service programs--which are crisis and illness, not wellness and resilience focused--are woefully incapable of preventing or healing climate change-generated individual and collective traumas. It will also describe a proven empowering and hopeful alternative: a public health and prevention science approach to organizing community-based, culturally-tailored, population-level wellness and resilience building initiatives for relentless adversities in every community and region of North America and worldwide. The book will offer a practical how-to guide that civic, community, and government leaders can use to organize, fund, facilitate, evaluate, and continually improve community-based mental wellness and resilience initiatives that prevent and heal individual and collective traumas and help people find meaning, purpose, and realistic hope even as the global climate emergency worsens.

Updates in Diagnostic Pathology (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): David C. Chhieng, Gene P. Siegal Updates in Diagnostic Pathology (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
David C. Chhieng, Gene P. Siegal
R5,716 R4,303 Discovery Miles 43 030 Save R1,413 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

by CDs, but we continue to utilize the same general format of morning didactics and afternoon glass slide review and small group interactions. One of our biggest successes was in the ever-expanding set of didactic lecture notes and radiologic, gross, microscopic, ultrastructural, and other images that course participants received, so it wasn't much of a surprise when we were approached by the publisher to consider creating an updated compilation of some of the best talks and packaging them in a monograph available to a broader population of physicians and scientists. With the extraordinary attention to detail that he is known for, my co-editor David Chhieng has been both the brains and the brawn of this project, resulting in the bringing together of such a collection while trying to be sensitive and representative of the various branches of pathology reflected in the actual course. From surgical pathology, chapters cover select topics in endocrine, gynecologic, GU, and GI pathology with contributions from Walter Bell, Michael Conner, Katrin Klemm, and Audrey Lazenby, respectively. Tom Winokur has begun to prepare us for the near future with a treatise on molecular markers in breast cancer. The interactive nature of cytopathology and surgical pathology are brought together by Claudia Castro [now at the U. T. Medical Branch at Galveston] and David Chhieng in three chapters covering mediastinal, pleural, and pulmonary pathology.

Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low- and Middle-income Countries (Paperback, 2nd edition): Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Thara Rangaswamy Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low- and Middle-income Countries (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Thara Rangaswamy
R1,767 Discovery Miles 17 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is a need to not only understand psychiatric emergencies in low- and middle-income countries but also to formulate logical and acceptable forms of intervention. This book gives the reader an overview of the kinds of psychiatric emergencies that can occur and the strategies employed to manage these in developing countries. The book covers anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse disorders, grief, suicidal behaviour and psychiatric emergencies following disasters. It also deals with special population groups, such as women, children and the elderly, who require different modes of intervention.

High Altitude Sickness - Solutions from Genomics, Proteomics and Antioxidant Interventions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Narendra... High Altitude Sickness - Solutions from Genomics, Proteomics and Antioxidant Interventions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Narendra Kumar Sharma, Aditya Arya
R4,582 Discovery Miles 45 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book reviews the recent advances in the development of proteomics-based biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of altitude sickness and explores the potential of antioxidant therapy for this sickness. The first chapters introduce the associated pathophysiology and provide mechanistic insights into the enhanced generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS), which leads to an increase in oxidative damage to lipids, proteins, and DNA. The book then highlights the current problems relating to the diagnosis and treatment of altitude sickness and summarizes novel approaches for identifying potential biomarkers and therapeutics. Lastly, it explores the therapeutic efficacy of antioxidant agents.

Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low- and Middle-income Countries (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Thara Rangaswamy Emergencies in Psychiatry in Low- and Middle-income Countries (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Thara Rangaswamy
R5,146 Discovery Miles 51 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is a need to not only understand psychiatric emergencies in low- and middle-income countries but also to formulate logical and acceptable forms of intervention. This book gives the reader an overview of the kinds of psychiatric emergencies that can occur and the strategies employed to manage these in developing countries. The book covers anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, personality disorders, substance abuse disorders, grief, suicidal behaviour and psychiatric emergencies following disasters. It also deals with special population groups, such as women, children and the elderly, who require different modes of intervention.

Professional Practice in Paramedic, Emergency and Urgent Care (Paperback): V Nixon Professional Practice in Paramedic, Emergency and Urgent Care (Paperback)
V Nixon
R895 Discovery Miles 8 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Professional Practice in Paramedic, Emergency and Urgent Care" explores a range of contemporary relevant topics fundamental to professional practice. Written for both pre- and post-registration paramedic students, it is also ideal for existing practitioners looking to develop their CPD skills as well as nursing and other health professionals working in emergency and urgent care settings.Each chapter includes examples, practical exercises and clinical scenarios, helping the reader relate theory to practice and develop critical thinking skillsCovers not only acute patient management but also a range of additional topics to provide a holistic approach to out-of-hospital careCompletion of the material in the book can be used as evidence in professional portfolios as required by the Health and Care Professions Council

"Professional Practice in Paramedic, Emergency and Urgent Care "is a comprehensive, theoretical underpinning to professional practice at all levels of paramedic and out-of-hospital care.

Handbook of Vitreoretinal Surgery (Hardcover): Pradeep Venkatesh Handbook of Vitreoretinal Surgery (Hardcover)
Pradeep Venkatesh
R4,874 Discovery Miles 48 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1. Features recent developments like 3-D surgery, telescopic IOL, bionic implants and robotic surgery. 2. Highlights case selection and important precautions to be taken by vitreoretinal surgeons and senior residents. 3. Covers the controversies surrounding primary VR versus RD surgery in Phakic, fresh retinal detachments; Positioning after macular hole/ VR surgery; and to peel or not peel ILM in non-macular hole retinal surgery.

When Therapists Cry - Reflections on Therapists' Tears in Therapy (Paperback): Amy Blume-Marcovici When Therapists Cry - Reflections on Therapists' Tears in Therapy (Paperback)
Amy Blume-Marcovici
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When Therapists Cry addresses one of the most authentic and singularly human experiences a therapist can have in therapy: crying. While therapist crying in therapy is the explicit focus of this book, it is used as a springboard for understanding the various ways in which therapists' emotions come alive-and become visible-in the therapy room. In depth clinical examples and conceptualizations from expert contributors illustrate what the experience of therapist crying looks and feels like: why therapists cry, how crying impacts the therapist and the treatment, what therapists feel about their tears, and the many ways in which therapists may engage with their own tears in order to facilitate therapeutic progress, ensure appropriate professional conduct, and deepen their clinical work.

The Psychological Autopsy - A Roadmap for Uncovering the Barren Bones of the Suicide's Mind (Hardcover): Antoon Leenaars The Psychological Autopsy - A Roadmap for Uncovering the Barren Bones of the Suicide's Mind (Hardcover)
Antoon Leenaars
R4,029 R3,749 Discovery Miles 37 490 Save R280 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The best way to grasp the essence of death scene investigation (DSI) is to witness its application, called the psychological autopsy, by an expert forensic scientist/clinician. This remarkable book affords the opportunity to delve into the challenges that the forensic mental health specialist and public safety professional confront in DSI. Suicides, and often death, are complex, multidetermined events. People, whether police investigators or mental health professionals, are generally perplexed, and even confused, when they are confronted by the equivocal case. Was it a suicide? Homicide? Accident? These are critical questions. Dr. Leenaars shows that DSI is, however, not mysterious; the reader can learn the generally accepted, evidence-based protocols of the psychological autopsy. Illuminated by individual (idiographic) case studies and general (nomothetic) research, this definitive guide allows the investigator to uncover the bare bones of a suicide or death.

The Psychological Autopsy - A Roadmap for Uncovering the Barren Bones of the Suicide's Mind (Paperback): Antoon Leenaars The Psychological Autopsy - A Roadmap for Uncovering the Barren Bones of the Suicide's Mind (Paperback)
Antoon Leenaars
R1,361 Discovery Miles 13 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The best way to grasp the essence of death scene investigation (DSI) is to witness its application, called the psychological autopsy, by an expert forensic scientist/clinician. This remarkable book affords the opportunity to delve into the challenges that the forensic mental health specialist and public safety professional confront in DSI. Suicides, and often death, are complex, multidetermined events. People, whether police investigators or mental health professionals, are generally perplexed, and even confused, when they are confronted by the equivocal case. Was it a suicide? Homicide? Accident? These are critical questions. Dr. Leenaars shows that DSI is, however, not mysterious; the reader can learn the generally accepted, evidence-based protocols of the psychological autopsy. Illuminated by individual (idiographic) case studies and general (nomothetic) research, this definitive guide allows the investigator to uncover the bare bones of a suicide or death.

Pocket Emergency Medicine (Loose-leaf, 5th edition): Richard D. Zane, Joshua M. Kosowsky Pocket Emergency Medicine (Loose-leaf, 5th edition)
Richard D. Zane, Joshua M. Kosowsky
R1,583 Discovery Miles 15 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Pocket-sized and easy to use, Pocket Emergency Medicine, Fifth Edition, provides accurate, actionable, and up-to-date information essential to caring for patients in life-threatening situations. Edited by Drs. Richard D. Zane and Joshua M. Kosowsky, this handy, loose-leaf resource is designed to be used at the bedside by clinicians on the front lines of emergency care. A volume in the popular Pocket Notebook series, it organizes chapters by presenting condition and supports the thought processes needed to hone everyday diagnostic decision making. Offers easily accessible information on the entire field of emergency medicine-from history and physical exam to differential diagnosis testing to therapeutics to disposition-all in one easy-to-navigate notebook Follows the popular Pocket Notebook format, featuring bulleted lists, tables, diagrams, and algorithms that make essential facts easy to find and retain Features fully updated content throughout, including the latest research and best practices, as well as a new subsection on COVID-19 Covers all major organ systems, plus emergencies related to the environment, pediatrics, the psychiatric patient, toxicology, airway management, trauma, and more Contains useful quick-reference appendices on abbreviations, PALS, ICU medications, equations, and more Written by emergency medicine residents from the University of Colorado and Harvard Medical School, and edited by senior faculty

Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy - Research and Practice (Paperback): Joshua L. Cohen, J Lauren Johnson, Penny Orr Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy - Research and Practice (Paperback)
Joshua L. Cohen, J Lauren Johnson, Penny Orr
R1,187 Discovery Miles 11 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While film and video has long been used within psychological practice, researchers and practitioners have only just begun to explore the benefits of film and video production as therapy. This volume describes a burgeoning area of psychotherapy which employs the art of filmmaking and digital storytelling as a means of healing victims of trauma and abuse. It explores the ethical considerations behind this process, as well as its cultural and developmental implications within clinical psychology. Grounded in clinical theory and methodology, this multidisciplinary volume draws on perspectives from anthropology, psychiatry, psychology, and art therapy which support the use and integration of film/video-based therapy in practice.

Emergency Triage - Telephone triage and advice (Paperback): Alsg Emergency Triage - Telephone triage and advice (Paperback)
Alsg
R941 Discovery Miles 9 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Emergency Triage: Telephone Triage and Advice complements the highly successful Emergency Triage. The algorithms are rooted in the Manchester Triage System (MTS), which is used in hospitals around the world and which is acknowledged as an effective means of clinical prioritisation. This telephone iteration of a triage system which prioritises millions of patients each year provides a robust, safe, evidence-based system for managing the clinical risk in patients who are at a distance from health care providers. The basic principles that drive the MTS remain, but this book addresses the specific difficulties of assessment by telephone. The possible triage outcomes are "face-to-face now", "face-to-face soon" and "face-to-face later" together with a self-care option. Information and advice is suggested at every level. The advice ranges from life-saving interventions, which can be carried out until health care arrives, to self-care instructions. Emergency Triage: Telephone Triage and Advice provides all the necessary information that telephone triage staff must have to hand as well as including examples of questions to be asked. It will be a valuable resource for staff working in emergency departments, health centres and telephone triage organisations. Furthermore hospitals that are already using Emergency Triage will benefit from being linked with a telephone triage system that follows the same protocols.

Emergency War Surgery - The Survivalist's Medical Desk Reference (Paperback): Department of the Army Emergency War Surgery - The Survivalist's Medical Desk Reference (Paperback)
Department of the Army
R469 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R63 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the illustrated official field manual used by US Army doctors and soldiers in the field. It offers profession, proven advice on dealing with infections, head injuries, fractures, burns, and more. For active-duty soldiers, first-responders, and anyone who might find themselves in a survival situation, it is a remarkable resource. Military surgeons must assume a leadership role in combat casualty care in circumstances that are far less than ideal. This handbook provides much of the information needed to tackle these issues and features state-of-the-art principles and practices of forward trauma surgery as used by military physicians in far flung locations around the globe. Subjects include: Hemorrhage Control Shock and Resuscitation Vascular Access Anesthesia Face and Neck Injuries Thoracic Injuries Wounds and Injuries of the Spinal Column and Cord Amputations Radiological Injuries Biological Warfare Agents Chemical Injuries And much more! Featuring nearly 200 illustrations demonstrating proper techniques, Emergency War Surgery is the most trusted and up-to-date manual offered by the Department of Defense for military medical personnel in the field.

Trauma-Informed Care in the NICU - Evidenced-Based Practice Guidelines for Neonatal Clinicians (Paperback): Mary E Coughlin Trauma-Informed Care in the NICU - Evidenced-Based Practice Guidelines for Neonatal Clinicians (Paperback)
Mary E Coughlin
R2,367 R1,533 Discovery Miles 15 330 Save R834 (35%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This innovative book for Neonatal Nurses and NICU clinicians provides evidence-based clinical guidelines proven to mitigate and reduce the often profound trauma experience and subsequent developmental challenges for vulnerable hospitalized infants and their families. Each in-depth guideline includes the latest scientific research explaining the clinical rationale for the recommended practices, associated short-term and long-term outcomes, and implementation strategies to support practice improvement. The text reflects a trend - the provision of trauma-informed care in the neonatal intensive care unit - that has recently gained increasing momentum. With endorsements by respected transdisciplinary neonatal clinicians, it provides guidelines that encompass the five core measures for age-appropriate care, including the Healing Environment, Pain and Stress, Protected Sleep, Activities for Daily Living, Age-Appropriate Infant Guided Feeding, and Family-Integrated Care. The book also features downloadable sample competencies and parent teaching guides, along with additional eLearning modules with Nursing CE. A self-assessment checklist and teaching sheets, sample competencies, and sample algorithms add to the book's utility. Key Features:Provides clinically relevant, evidence-based practice guidelines for minimising trauma in neonates.Encompasses the five core measures for age-appropriate care.Includes proven implementation strategies to facilitate practice transformation.Offers downloadable sample competencies and parent teaching guides and eLearning modules with Nursing CE.Reviewed and endorsed by transdisciplinary neonatal clinicians.

Psych ER - Psychiatric Patients Come to the Emergency Room (Hardcover): Rene J. Muller Psych ER - Psychiatric Patients Come to the Emergency Room (Hardcover)
Rene J. Muller
R3,746 Discovery Miles 37 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on the experience of evaluating over 2000 emergency room patients, Rene Muller explores the important role of psychiatry in emergency room medicine. He discusses some of his most challenging cases, showing how psychiatry comes to the aid of medicine in managing the crises - real, imagined, and contrived - that are the everyday fare of clinicians who work in the ER. We are introduced to a world in which lies are exposed, manipulations revealed, diagnoses made, medications adjusted, and even very brief psychotherapy attempted. Muller begins with patient narratives rooted in the mental disorders most commonly encountered in the ER: Depression, panic disorder, drug dependence, bipolar depression, bipolar mania, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's dementia. These stories pave the way for more puzzling ER cases, which Muller gathers into sections of "Veiled and Bizarre Stories" and "Stories with a Medical Component." He introduces us to the meanings of ER malingering and offers hard-won insights into managing "dumps" (when patients are dumped into the ER by families, police, doctors) and "stumbles" (when patients' bizarre behavior lands them in the ER). The stories patients tell - and the questions these stories raise - drive Muller's text. A young man has seriously overdosed, but with what? Why has a successfully medicated schizophrenic suddenly begun hearing voices again? And what are we to make of a patient who is willing to risk death attempting to "drown" his hiccups by drinking up to 12 liters of fluid a day? For these and equally fascinating questions, Muller is a sure-handed guide, working his way through one ER challenge after another with psychiatric acumen and a balanced appreciation of the medical, custodial, socioeconomic, and legal dimensions of ER work. An intriguing account of the competing agendas that enter into the handling of emergencies, Psych ER is also a compilation of evocative patient stories about the subjective experience of being ill.

Demons in the Consulting Room - Echoes of Genocide, Slavery and Extreme Trauma in Psychoanalytic Practice (Paperback): Adrienne... Demons in the Consulting Room - Echoes of Genocide, Slavery and Extreme Trauma in Psychoanalytic Practice (Paperback)
Adrienne Harris, Margery Kalb, Susan Klebanoff
R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Demons in the Consulting Room: Echoes of Genocide, Slavery and Extreme Trauma in Psychoanalytic Practice isthe second of two volumes addressing the overwhelming, often unmetabolizable feelings related to mourning, both on an individual and mass scale. Authors in this volume explore the potency of ghosts, ghostliness and the darker, often grotesque aspects of these phenomena. While ghosts can be spectral presences that we feel protective of, demons haunt in a particularly virulent way, distorting experience, our sense of reality and our character. Bringing together a collection of clinical and theoretical papers, emons in the Consulting Room, reveals how the most extreme types of trauma can continue to have effects across generations, and how these effects manifest in the consulting room. Essays in this volume consider traumas that have affected multiple generations of people, such as the Holocaust, experiences in the gulags, and the experience of slavery. Authors here consider the clinical challenges of working with the demonic force in severe childhood abuse and the effects of serious and prolonged physical injury and illness. Inevitably, there is in such difficult clinical work, the combined effects of hauntings in the analysts and in patients and often in the surrounding culture. In this book, distinguished psychoanalysts explore the myriad forms of ghosts and the demonic, which interfere and disrupt the endlessly difficult psychic work of mourning. It will be of interest to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, as well as social workers, family therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. emons in the Consulting Room ill appeal to those specializing in bereavement and trauma and, on a broader level, to sociologists and historians interested in understanding means of coping with loss and grief on both an individual and larger scale basis.

Demons in the Consulting Room - Echoes of Genocide, Slavery and Extreme Trauma in Psychoanalytic Practice (Hardcover): Adrienne... Demons in the Consulting Room - Echoes of Genocide, Slavery and Extreme Trauma in Psychoanalytic Practice (Hardcover)
Adrienne Harris, Margery Kalb, Susan Klebanoff
R4,867 R4,587 Discovery Miles 45 870 Save R280 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Demons in the Consulting Room: Echoes of Genocide, Slavery and Extreme Trauma in Psychoanalytic Practice isthe second of two volumes addressing the overwhelming, often unmetabolizable feelings related to mourning, both on an individual and mass scale. Authors in this volume explore the potency of ghosts, ghostliness and the darker, often grotesque aspects of these phenomena. While ghosts can be spectral presences that we feel protective of, demons haunt in a particularly virulent way, distorting experience, our sense of reality and our character. Bringing together a collection of clinical and theoretical papers, emons in the Consulting Room, reveals how the most extreme types of trauma can continue to have effects across generations, and how these effects manifest in the consulting room. Essays in this volume consider traumas that have affected multiple generations of people, such as the Holocaust, experiences in the gulags, and the experience of slavery. Authors here consider the clinical challenges of working with the demonic force in severe childhood abuse and the effects of serious and prolonged physical injury and illness. Inevitably, there is in such difficult clinical work, the combined effects of hauntings in the analysts and in patients and often in the surrounding culture. In this book, distinguished psychoanalysts explore the myriad forms of ghosts and the demonic, which interfere and disrupt the endlessly difficult psychic work of mourning. It will be of interest to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, as well as social workers, family therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. emons in the Consulting Room ill appeal to those specializing in bereavement and trauma and, on a broader level, to sociologists and historians interested in understanding means of coping with loss and grief on both an individual and larger scale basis.

Using Neuroscience in Trauma Therapy - Creative and Compassionate Counseling (Hardcover): Julie A. Uhernik Using Neuroscience in Trauma Therapy - Creative and Compassionate Counseling (Hardcover)
Julie A. Uhernik
R4,301 Discovery Miles 43 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using Neuroscience in Trauma Therapy provides a basic overview of structure and function of the brain and nervous system, with special emphasis on changes that occur when the brain is exposed to trauma. The book presents a unique and integrative approach that blends soma and psyche beyond the purview of traditional talk therapy and introduces a variety of trauma-informed approaches for promoting resilience. Each chapter includes case studies, examples, and practical and adaptable tools, making Using Neuroscience in Trauma Therapy a go-to guide for information on applying lessons from neuroscience to therapy.

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