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This unique guide enhances readers understanding of the dimensional approach of depression by focusing on the cognitive, emotional, and social cognitive processes.
The second edition of this successful pocketbook has been updated to include new developments in the diagnosis and management of patients with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. The revised text also summarizes the implications of the publication of DSM-5 on clinical practice.
'These effective, life-changing strategies have the potential to change your chronic pain experiences into something more hopeful...The essential information in this book can help you retrain your brain and reset the pain-brain connection' MARIAN T. HANNAN, DSc, MPH, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and professor of epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health An indispensable guide to the key role your brain plays in processing chronic pain, and the small, simple actions that can make profound changes in how you experience it. Using the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy, you'll try one new evidence-based strategy each day for 30 days, from paced breathing and healthy sleep hacks to mindful walking and acts of kindness. The ones that work best will go into your Thriving Plan, a personalized pain-management tool kit that you design to help you lead a life with less pain, greater purpose, and more joy. Chronic Pain Reset will help you evaluate your pain and its triggers, offering straightforward and often fun strategies to improve it.
Learn how to navigate your partner's bipolar disorder and strengthen your relationship Utilizing the most up-to-date information available on treatment and management, this book provides you with a variety of written and interactive exercises and strategies that both you and your partner can use to foster a healthier and more balanced relationship. When Your Partner Has Bipolar Disorder includes: Modern approaches—Discover resources derived from current understandings of bipolar disorder as well as information about the bipolar spectrum and its symptoms. Evidence-based exercises—Combine journaling, mindfulness exercises, and conversation prompts to work with your partner and take care of yourself. Real-life examples—Draw support from real-life examples of others facing the challenges of living with a partner suffering from bipolar disorder. When Your Partner Has Bipolar Disorder will help you support your partner and yourself through both good and tough times.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relatively common psychological problem. The symptoms - which can be seriously disabling in extreme cases - can include excessive hand-washing or other cleaning rituals, repeated checking, extreme slowness and unwanted, repugnant intrusive thoughts. This book covers the nature, symptoms, causes and theories of OCD. It discusses the treatments that are available and provides valuable practical advice to those who may need help. Numerous case histories are given throughout the book, highlighting various aspects of the disorder and its treatment. There are in-depth sections on scrupulosity, culture and OCD, mental pollution, OCD in children and on the si...
Le développement des différentes techniques d’imagerie cérébrale a permis d’étudier, in vivo, le fonctionnement du cerveau humain dans des conditions physiologiques et pathologiques. Avec la place plus importante de la neuro-imagerie dans la pratique clinique, après avoir été essentiellement réservée à la recherche, une synthèse devenait nécessaire pour exposer les apports de l’imagerie cérébrale à la compréhension des maladies psychiatriques et à leur prise en charge. Sont ainsi abordés : • les différentes techniques : IRM structurelle et fonctionnelle, magnéto-encéphalographie et électro-encéphalogramme, spectroscopie, tomographie par émission de positons, ...
The word ‘addiction’ these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is an unhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by many different factors – physiological, psychological, environmental and social. If we say that it is all about X, we miss V, W, Y and Z. So, some people think addicts are using drugs to escape from unhappy lives, feelings of anxiety and so on; many are. Some people think drugs become addictive because they alter the brain chemistry to create powerful urges; that is often true. Others think that drug taking is about seeking after pleasure; often it is. Some take the view that addiction is a choice – addict...
From ostracism on the playground to romantic rejection, bullying at work, and social disregard for the aged, individuals are at constant risk of experiencing instances of social exclusion, including ostracism, rejection, dehumanization, and discrimination. These phenomena have a powerful impact as testified by their immediate influence on people’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Social Exclusion: Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Its Impact investigates different psychological approaches, across multiple psychological subdisciplines, to understanding the causes and consequences of social exclusion and possible ways to reduce or buffer against its negative effects. T...
Using a transdiagnostic framework, this book describes how mental health professionals can diagnose and treat OCD and related disorder.