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Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment by Carlton E. Erikson Hardcover - 288 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC2 $ 39.95 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780393704631

A leading addictions specialist presents information about the neurobiology of drug and alcohol addictions and how individuals with addictions respond to various therapies. The strong focus on the most commonly addictive drugs - alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, heroin - as well as others, ensures wide coverage of this issue.

Families, Carers and Professionals: Building Constructive Conversations by Grainne Smith Softcover - 274 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC3 $ 49.95 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780470056950

When caring for a mentally ill patient, professionals and families often communicate poorly, failing to convey critical information to one another. Based on interviews with both professionals and families/carers, Families, Carers and Professionals is designed to improve communication between both groups in order to provide a greater level of support for the troubled individual at the center. Here is a practical handbook full of ideas and resources that professionals can use when working with families (i.e., letter templates) and families can use to better communicate with professionals (i.e., sample diary sheets).

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Janet Treasure.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.

1. Families are fascinating.
2. Families coping.
3. Back to basics.
4. Consequences.
5. Friends and family.
6. Lies, manipulation and control freakery.
7. Difficult scenes and destructive relationships.
8. Resources: creating 24-hour best care.
9. Professionals and carers: pressures, problems and pleasures.
10. Confidentiality: a thorny issue.
11. More assumptions, perceptions and interpretations.
12. Constructive professional–carer conversations.
13. Challenging the behaviour.
14. Communications in difficult days.
15. Actively helping carers cope.
16. Put on your own mask first.

A final word.
Appendix.
References and bibliography.
Index.

Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-being by Daniel Siegel Hardcover - 256 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC4 $ 33.60 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780393704709

An exploration of the nature of our mind, from the inside out,
by a leading neurobiologist

Over the last twenty years, there has been growing attention in the Western world to mindfulness - paying attention to life in the present moment. Here, Daniel J. Siegel investigates the phenomenon of mindfulness as it impacts our daily lives, offering readers insight into personal relationships, emotional behavior, parenting, and work.

ADHD Grown Up: A Guide to Adolescent & Adult ADHD by Joel Young Hardcover - 240 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC5 $ 30.85 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780393704686

An essential clinical resource when working with adult ADHD clients.

ADHD is often cloaked by other psychological disorders, and the emphasis on ADHD in children has left teens and adults overlooked and underserved. Joel Young counters this trend with guidelines for addressing this prevalent disorder. Young's keen diagnostic eye and years of clinical experience come together in this book, which offers clear assessment criteria, effective treatment strategies, and rich case examples.

Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, and Clare Pain Hardcover - 320 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC6 $ 43.60 BUY Published:  2006    ISBN:  9780393704570

The body, for a host of reasons, has been left out of the talking cure. Psychotherapists who have been trained in models of psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, or cognitive therapeutic approaches are skilled at listening to the language and affect of the client. They track the clients associations, fantasies, and signs of psychic conflict, distress, and defenses. Yet while the majority of therapists are trained to notice the appearance and even the movements of the client's body, thoughtful engagement with the client's embodied experience has remained peripheral to traditional therapeutic interventions.

Trauma and the Body is a detailed review of research in neuroscience, trauma, dissociation, and attachment theory that points to the need for an integrative mind body approach to trauma. The premise of this book is that, by adding body oriented interventions to their repertoire, traditionally trained therapists can increase the depth and efficacy of their clinical work. Sensorimotor psychotherapy is an approach that builds on traditional psychotherapeutic understanding but includes the body as central in the therapeutic field of awareness, using observational skills, theories, and interventions not usually practiced in psychodynamic psychotherapy. By synthesizing bottom-up and top down interventions, the authors combine the best of both worlds to help chronically traumatized clients find resolution and meaning in their lives and develop a new, somatically integrated sense of self.

Table of Contents:

• Top-down and Bottom-up Psychotherapy: Hierarchical Information Processing
• From Pierre Janet to the 21st Century
• The Window of Tolerance: Self-Regulation and Information Processing
• Disrupted Memory of the Future: Traumatic Orienting and Defensive Responses
• Introduction to the Clinical Practice of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
• Somatic Awareness: Body Sensation and Psychotherapy
• Working with the Organization of Experience: Tracking, Contact, and Accessing Mindfulness
• Tapping the Intelligence of the Body: Building Somatic Resources
• The Use of Touch
• A Somatic Approach to Phase Oriented Treatment
• Conclusion: Limitations and Future Directions

Changes in Decision-Making Capacity in Older Adults: Assessment and Intervention by Sarah Qualls, and Michael Smyer Hardcover - 368 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC7 $ 72.70 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9780470037980

Emphasizing the distinctive and unique characteristics of practice with older adults, this volume is written for the mental health professional who treats the growing geriatric population. The book provides guidance for caregivers, families, and those who counsel them on assessing and adjusting to changes in mental capacities in older adults.

Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment, Adults by Michel Hersen, and Johan Rosqvist Hardcover - 816 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC8 $171.75 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780471779995

Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment provides in two volumes comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of psychological practice across the age spectrum and features contributions from leading international researchers and professionals. This book gathers contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners to present the latest evidence-based findings regarding best practices for a number of prevalent DSM disorders and other issues facing individuals of all ages, as well as special groups.

Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment, Children and Adolescents by Michel Hersen, and Johan Rosqvist Hardcover - 720 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC9 $171.75 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780471780007

Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment provides in two volumes comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of psychological practice across the age spectrum and features contributions from leading international researchers and professionals. This book gathers contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners and presents the latest evidence-based findings regarding best practices for a number of prevalent DSM disorders and other issues facing individuals of all ages, as well as special groups.

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction: A Treatment Planner for Clinicians by Christos Kouimtsidis Hardcover - 198 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC10 $ 72.70 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780470058527

All opioids have the potential for dependence, although heroin carries the highest risk. In the UK, there are approximately 250,000 opioid dependent drug users, with around 160,000 in treatment at some point during the course of a year. Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction is a treatment manual that can be used by clinicians who have little experience of CBT, for treating their clients. The first two chapters explain how the manual can be used and review the evidence base for CBT as a psychological intervention. Chapter 3 introduces CBT techniques, Chapter 4 outlines assessment and case formulation and Chapter 5 suggests ways of setting up and structuring clinical sessions. Chapter 6 examines core topics such as problem solving and lifestyle changes, while Chapter 7 looks at elective topics such as anger and impulse control and relationship problems. The appendices include therapy worksheets, the daily thought record and drug refusal strategies.

• Aimed at clinicians with little experience in CBT
• Offers specific guidelines on how to structure sessions and deliver treatment
• Topical - NICE guidelines on psychosocial approaches to drug misuse expected late 2008

Table of Contents:

About the Authors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1 Overview and Use of the Book.
Chapter 2 Introduction to Cognitive-Behaviour Theory and Research Evidence.
Chapter 3 Cognitive and Behavioural Techniques.
Chapter 4 Agenda Setting and Structure of Sessions.
Chapter 5 Assessment and Case Formulation.
Chapter 6 Core Topics.
Chapter 7 Elective Topics.
Chapter 8 Therapist Training and Supervision.


Appendix I.
Appendix II.
Appendix III.
Appendix IV.
References.
Index.

Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach by Theodore Millon, and Seth Grossman Hardcover - 360 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC11 $ 59.95 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780471717720

A revolutionary, personalized psychotherapy approach for the treatment of Axis II personality disorders, by renowned expert Dr. Theodore Millon

Acknowledging the primacy of the whole person, Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach takes into account all of the complexities of human nature - family influences, culture, neurobiological processes, unconscious memories, and so on--illustrating that no part of human nature should lie outside the scope of a clinician's regard.

Part of a three book series, this book provides you with a unique combination of conceptual background and step-by-step practical advice to guide your treatment of Axis II personality disorders.

Detailed case studies are provided throughout the text to illustrate the strategies of personalized psychotherapy for:

• Retiring/Schizoid Personality Patterns
• Shy/Avoidant Personality Patterns
• Pessimistic/Depressive Personality Patterns
• Aggrieved/Masochistic Personality Patterns
• Eccentric/Schizotypal Personality Patterns
• Capricious/Borderline Personality Patterns

Destined to become an essential reference for trainees and professionals, this book makes a revolutionary call to return therapy to the natural reality of each patient's life, seamlessly guiding you in understanding the personality and treatment of the whole, unique, yet complex person.

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Part One.

Chapter 1 Personalized Psychotherapy: A Recapitulation.

Part Two.

Chapter 2 Personalized Therapy for the Retiring/Schizoid Personality Patterns.
Chapter 3 Personalized Therapy for the Shy/Avoidant Personality Patterns.
Chapter 4 Personalized Therapy for the Pessimistic/Depressive Personality Patterns.
Chapter 5 Personalized Therapy for the Aggrieved/Masochistic Personality Patterns.
Chapter 6 Personalized Therapy for the Eccentric/Schizotypal Personality Patterns.
Chapter 7 Personalized Therapy for the Capricious/Borderline Personality Patterns.
Chapter 8 Personalized Therapy for the Suspicious/Paranoid Personality Patterns.

References.
Index.

Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice: Improving the Quality of Judgments and Decisions by Eileen Gambrill Hardcover - 648 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC12 $ 66.30 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780471471189

Decisions are influenced by a variety of fallacies and biases that we can learn how to avoid. Critical thinking values, knowledge, and skills, therefore, are integral to evidence-based practice. These emphasize the importance of recognizing ignorance as well as knowledge and the vital role of criticism in discovering how to make better decisions. This book is for clinicians - clinicians who are willing to say 'I don't know.'

Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice, Second Edition is designed to enhance readers' skills in making well-informed, ethical decisions. Making such decisions is no easy task. Decisions are made in uncertain, changing environments with time pressures. Interested parties, such as the pharmaceutical industry, spend millions of dollars to influence decisions made. Drawing on a wide range of related literature, this book describes common pitfalls in clinical reasoning as well as strategies for avoiding them - sometimes called mind-tools. Mental health and allied professionals will come away from this text with knowledge of how classification decisions, a focus on pathology, and reliance on popularity can cause errors. Hazards involved in data collection and team decision making such as groupthink are discussed.

Part 1 provides an overview of the context in which clinicians make decisions.
Part 2 describes common sources of error.
Part 3 describes decision aids including the process of evidence-based practice.
Part 4 describes the application of related content to different helping phases including assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
Part 5 suggests obstacles to making well-informed decisions and how to encourage lifelong learning.

This new Second Edition has been completely updated with expanded coverage on:

• Evidence-based practice
• Screening issues and practice errors
• Lifelong learning
• Problem solving
• Decision making

An interactive, dynamic book filled with insightful examples, useful lists and guidelines, and exercises geared to encourage critical thinking, Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice, Second Edition provides an essential resource for helping professionals and students.

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Stress in Health and Disease by Bengt B. Arnetz, Rolf Ekman, and Arvid Carlsson Hardcover - 434 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC13 $248.15 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9783527312214

This book is the first to address the most urgent issues, combining a solid basic research approach with applied individual and stress issues, including interventions. Throughout, the focus is on our latest knowledge about various causes of stress and its neuro-cognitive and biological implications. World-renowned authors from Europe as well as the US describe how stress affects the brain of young people as well as adults. They cover the topic from all perspectives, showing how stress affects life in general, from the societal and organizational level to the individual, organ and molecular level. While the book clearly points out stress as a risk factor to health, it also offers a number of evidence-based methods to cope with stress and even ride the positive energy of stress - both as an individual, as well as what managers can do to create a healthy and productive workplace.

Written in a reader-friendly and appealing style, the book provides real-life examples from various laboratories, as well as such events as the Volvo Ocean Race, the largest around-the-globe sailing competition.

Essential reading for clinicians and biologists, as well as for a wide range of students, including medicine and public health, but also managers and HR staff.

With a Foreword by Nobel Laureate Professor Arvid Carlsson (Medicine 2000).

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Understanding Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction by Novartis Hardcover - 284 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC14 $183.60 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780470016572

Cigarette smoking is estimated to lead to 4.9 million premature deaths per year worldwide. This is predicted to rise to 10 million by 2020. In western countries it kills half of all smokers who fail to stop.

The prevailing model for tobacco addiction is that nicotine from cigarettes rewards smoking and punishes abstinence, tapping into a motivational system of operant conditioning that requires no conscious awareness. However, there are also accounts which involve cognitive biases and the effect of nicotine on impulse control. The brain pathways involved have been studied extensively, but the role of different nicotine receptor subtypes and other neurotransmitter systems is still subject to debate.

In western countries, cigarette smoking as an adult has a heritability of 30-50% and candidate genes have been identified that may contribute in part to addiction susceptibility. Many socio-cultural correlates of cigarette smoking have been established, but a comprehensive model that accounts for these and links them with the psychobiological aspects of nicotine addiction has not been forthcoming. Structured behavioural support programmes aid cessation attempts, as do a number of pharmacotherapies, most notably nicotine replacement treatments and bupropion, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear.

This book deals with the problems involved in understanding and treating nicotine and tobacco addiction. Topics covered include the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking, the psychodynamics of cigarette addiction, and the basic pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain. Further chapters analyse the genetic basis of susceptibility to nicotine addiction. Finally, the contributors address approaches to therapy. A continuing theme in the discussions throughout the book is how best to treat nicotine addiction, given that many smokers would like to stop smoking but are unable to do so because of their addiction.

This book will be of great value to all psychologists and psychiatrists working on addiction, specifically to nicotine but also to other compounds and behaviours. It will also be of interest to neuroscientists and pharmacologists working on nicotine receptors and the brain pathways involved in dependence, as well as to biochemists, molecular biologist and to public health officials.

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Essentials of Abnormal Psychology by Andrew R. Getzfeld Softcover - 288 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC15 $ 43.60 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780471656234

Essentials of Abnormal Psychology provides students and professionals with a concise overview of the major topics in abnormal psychology as well as chapters on the leading categories of disorders such as eating disorders, schizophrenic disorders, personality disorders, and substance-related disorders. This book utilizes the popular Essentials format and makes a perfect companion to primary texts on the topic or a useful study guide.

As part of the Essentials of Behavioral Science series, this book provides information mental health professionals need to practice knowledgably, efficiently, and ethically in today's behavioral healthcare environment. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself" questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

Condensing the wide-ranging topics of the field into a concise, accessible format for handy and quick-reference, Essentials of Abnormal Psychology is an invaluable tool for learning as well as a convenient reference for established mental health professionals

Other titles in the Essentials of Behavioral Science series:

• Essentials of Child Psychopathology
• Essentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Essentials of Psychological Testing
• Essentials of Research Design and Methodology

Table of Contents:

Series Preface.
Acknowledgments.

One: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology and the DSM-IV-TR.
Two: Essentials of Anxiety Disorders.
Three: Essentials of Mood Disorders.
Four: Essentials of Substance-Related Disorders.
Five: Essentials of Eating Disorders.
Six: Essentials of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders.
Seven: Essentials of Schizophrenic Disorders.
Eight: Essentials of Personality Disorders.

Appendix A: Glossary of DSM-IV-TR Terms.
Appendix B: Essentials of the Multiaxial System and How to Code an Individual Using the DSM-IV-TR.
References.
Annotated Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.

Percept, Decision, Action: Bridging the Gaps by Novartis Hardcover - 314 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC16 $183.60 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780470012338

The title explains how the brain uses sensory information to develop and decide upon the appropriate action and how the brain determines the appropriate action to optimise the collection of new sensory information. Key questions answered include:

• How are percepts built up in the cortex and how are judgments of the percept made?
• In what way does information flow within and between cortical regions and what is accomplished by successive (and reverberating) stages of processing?
• How are decisions made about the percept subsequently acted upon, through their conversion to a response according to the learned criterion for action?
• How does the predicted or expected sensation interact with the actual incoming flow of sensory signals?

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Empathy and Fairness by Novartis Hardcover - 240 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-PSC17 $183.60 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780470026267

This book brings together work from a wide range of disciplines to explain processes underlying empathy and fairness. It approaches the topic of empathy and fairness from different viewpoints, namely those of social cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, evolutionary anthropology, economics, and neuropathology.

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