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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: A Hodder Arnold Publication; 2 edition (January 26, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0340815736
ISBN-13: 978-0340815731.

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Students who take the MRCPsych exams have often found the Basic Sciences component one of the hardest to pass and while it underpins all clinical practice, it will continue to be a large part of the Part II syllabus. Examination Notes in Psychiatry, Second Edition is a thorough and expanded revision guide that has helped many trainees tackle difficult subjects, such as Psychological Assessment, Psychopharmacology and Neuroimaging. All the material has been reviewed in the light of college recommendations and the changes to the syllabus, and the book now covers every subject in a succinct, easily absorbable style.

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; 1 edition (January 6, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465095658
ISBN-13: 978-0465095650.

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Psychiatrist David Spiegel was the first to demonstrate that group support for cancer patients results in significantly enhanced survival times and in measurably greater quality of life-less anxiety, less depression, and half as much pain. His landmark research was first published in The Lancet and later featured on Bill Moyers’ PBS series Healing and the Mind; now, with psychologist Catherine Classen, he articulates the principles of conducting supportive-expressive group treatment with the medically ill.

Because a shared intimacy with mortality creates concerns very different from those that apply in conventional group settings, Spiegel and Classen tackle priorities for living and fears of dying, strategies for symptom-control (including, hypnosis), questions like whether group members should convene in the bedroom of someone who can’t get to the regular meeting — in addition to sharing the rationale and the practical tools for constructing and facilitating therapy groups with this patient-population.

Their book is rooted in the empirically-validated conviction that meaningful social support is a vital link between medical care and disease outcome. It is at once a model, a manual for clinicians at every level, and a celebration of a kind of helping that actually helps.

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Hardcover: 281 pages
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (June 15, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1433803569
ISBN-13: 978-1433803567.

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Heart disease is the leading cause of the death in the United States, and those who experience cardiac events suffer a wide range of psychological sequelae. Yet, few books show psychotherapy practitioners how they can modify their techniques to accommodate the unique needs of this population.

In this book, the author, an experienced hospital-based psychologist, provides an orientation to this specialization and, drawing on a variety of therapy models, describes empirically-supported intervention strategies. After providing an overview of the cardiovascular system, she discusses lifestyle and psychological risk factors for heart disease. Subsequent chapters cover practical techniques for helping patients overcome depression, anxiety, and hostility, all factors that complicate recovery. A final group of chapters addresses factors that affect treatment effectiveness, such as substance abuse problems, overweight, and sex differences. Case illustrations are provided throughout.

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Hardcover: 298 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 3, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540347186
ISBN-13: 978-3540347187.

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Psychocutaneous Medicine offers an overview of diseases in psychosomatic dermatology and creates a bridge between cutaneous and emotional disorders using extraordinary illustrations and clinical images of psychosomatic dermatology. It covers both common and rare diseases and helps doctors and psychologists recognize and deal with psychosocial features in dermatology and venerology. This superbly illustrated clinical atlas with concise text passages follows the American diagnosis classification DSM-V and current evidence-based guidelines. It allows rapid recognition of masked emotional disorders and thus administration of the most effective and efficient treatment as early as possible.

Hone your diagnostic vision for psychosomatic disorders. Treat your patients efficiently and effectively. Psychocutaneous Medicine is a picture atlas and textbook that is indispensable for dermatologists, psychologists, pediatricians and general practitioners.

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Paperback: 170 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (October 17, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521542294
ISBN-13: 978-0521542296.

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Psychodermatology covers all aspects of how the mind and body interact in relation to the onset and progression of various skin disorders. This book is the first text written by a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, child specialists and dermatologists for all the health professionals who treat patients with skin problems. They cover a broad range of issues affecting these patients, including: stigma, coping, relationships, psychological treatments, the impact on children, comorbidities, psychoneuroimmunology, quality of life and psychological treatments.

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Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 1 edition (September 14, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0824729285
ISBN-13: 978-0824729288.

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Addressing all aspects of borderline personality disorder (BPD) from the course, epidemiology, and history of the disease to the latest guidelines in patient diagnosis, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy, this reference serves as an all-encompassing reference for the mental health professional seeking authoritative coverage of BPD identification, development, and treatment.

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Hardcover: 584 pages
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (September 22, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826118178
ISBN-13: 978-0826118172.

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This book discusses the rationale for the selection of psychosocial measures used to assess adults with serious mental illnesses. The chapters examine the use and efficiency of various measurement tools that intend to evaluate diagnostic and functional specificity, life stressors, supportive resources, quality of life, and more.

The text also analyzes external factors that are vital to clients’ clinical progress and continuing community tenure, such as continuity of care, housing resources, and family measures.

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Paperback: 188 pages
Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (August 28, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572306912
ISBN-13: 978-1572306912.

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This handy 8 1/2″ x 11″ manual provides a step-by-step guide to the clinical strategies and tools presented in Treatment for Chronic Depression. Each chapter summarizes one step of the CBASP technique and details precisely how to implement the skills training procedures. Featuring paper-and-pencil exercises based on realistic case vignettes, the manual helps therapists master the process of clinical decision making within CBASP.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (February 5, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471168874
ISBN-13: 978-0471168874.

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Provides a systematic approach to writing psychological reports for optimal clarity, thoroughness, and impact.

A clinical report should have all the clarity and precision of a military dispatch. Unfortunately, as anyone who deals with psychological reports knows, this is almost never the case. Extensive research has shown that with most psychologist’s reports, there is a dangerously wide gap between author intent and reader interpretation. Since the quality of clinical reports can have a direct bearing on the quality of care a client receives —especially in an age of managed care —it is essential that psychologists arm themselves with a systematic approach to creating reports that in structure, content, and style have the utmost clarity, thoroughness, and utility. Psychological Reports, Third Edition, provides them with such an approach.

The book begins with a theory-based analysis of report-writing problems, which is then used to construct a framework for identifying and correcting them. A valuable working resource for practicing psychologists and psychotherapists, Psychological Reports, Third Edition, is also must reading for students and psychologists-in-training.

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Hardcover: 248 pages
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1 edition (January 31, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591472067
ISBN-13: 978-1591472063.

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Critical Events in Psychotherapy Supervision helps supervisors understand the dilemmas they most frequently encounter when supervising psychotherapist trainees. Such dilemmas may include ambiguity about roles, misunderstandings related to cultural background and gender, problematic attitudes and behavior, skill deficits, countertransference, and sexual attraction to clients. Resolving these difficulties effectively is particularly important in the supervisor-supervisee relationship, because doing so models positive ways of handling interactions with clients. Drawing on their extensive supervisory experience, the authors propose a model for turning problems into opportunities for growth. By closely analyzing transcripts of dialogs between trainees and supervisors, they show how dilemmas can be identified, mutually explored, and overcome. The dialogs make for fascinating reading and illustrate a range of situations commonly encountered during the supervision of mental health professionals. This book offers solutions for academic and clinical supervisors in fields such as counseling and guidance, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, social work, and psychiatric nursing.

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