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Camarillo State Hospital, affectionately known as "Cam," officially opened its doors in 1936, during a time when the California State Commission in Lunacy oversaw the treatment and care of those deemed mentally ill. A pioneering research institution in autism and schizophrenia, Cam achieved notoriety as one of two state institutions that accommodated children and as the first state hospital to receive certification for treatment of the developmentally...
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El caso 'Nina', la enuresis infantil, la aplicación de la hipnosis para corregir la sordomudez. He allí algunas de las nuevas entradas que este libro impone al siempre incompleto tesauro freudiano.
Este volumen contiene la traducción al español de materiales autógrafos de Sigmund Freud que no figuran en ninguna de las ediciones de sus mal llamadas Obras Completas, con el agregado de algunas reseñas sobre conferencias que brindara en la Viena...
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Have you noticed the changes between DSM-4 and DMS-5? If not, this is the guide you need to read. Here, some of the major revisions from the two versions are briefly but sufficiently explained. Use this guide to become updated on the definitions of some of the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders.
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Asylums were first, established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylum, author Alma Wynelle Deese explores this issue by dissecting the inner workings of the Eastern Kentucky Asylum, Kentucky's First Asylum and the second state-supported asylum to be, established in the United States. She describes the people, who were involved in the creation and maintenance of a medical...
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For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-the DSM-the American Psychiatric Associations compendium of mental illnesses and what Greenberg calls "the book of woe." Since its debut in 1952, the book has been frequently revised, and with each revision, the "official" view on which psychological...
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Despite the rapid advances in medical science, the majority of people who visit a doctor have medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), symptoms that remain a mystery despite extensive diagnostic studies. The most common MUS are back pain, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, and dizziness. This book addresses the obstacles of managing people with MUS in our modern-day society from both a historical and contemporary perspective.
Most MUS are psychosomatic...
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In a Victorian-era German asylum, seamstress Agnes Richter painstakingly stitched a mysterious autobiographical text into every inch of the jacket she created from her institutional uniform. Despite every attempt to silence them, hundreds of other patients have managed to get their stories out, at least in disguised form. Today, in a vibrant underground net-work of "psychiatric survivor groups" all over the world, patients work together to unravel...
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El doctor Ramon Andreu explora los caminos poco transitados de la mente con la mirada curiosa, perspicaz, sensible y aguda propia de un cineasta. Se adentra en los misterios del alma humana en el seguimiento del proceso esperanzador de sanación que implicará a los lectores en una aventura que les absorberá y motivará a reconocer los propios miedos, necesiten o no terapia o bien si están cerca de quien sí la requiere.
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Raising a child with mental illness is complex by itself, but the way society views and treats mental health issues makes it even harder. In Life in the House of Cards: Parenting a Child with Mental Illness, author Dr. Irene Abramovich talks openly about painful issues encountered by children with mental illness and their parents, including educational struggles, medical challenges, parenting issues, and the effect on other siblings and partners....
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Partnerschaften, in denen die Beziehung ständig thematisiert wird, sind erfahrungsgemäß die schlechtesten. Dabei ist Reflexivität nicht grundsätzlich schlecht. Doch wird sie in unserer Gesellschaft maßlos übertrieben. Eine uferlose Reflexivkultur ist entstanden. Ergebnis sind überdrehte Zeitgenossen, die mit ständigem Psychologisieren und Problematisieren nicht nur nervtötend sind, sondern auch wichtige Entscheidungen blockieren. Ob im Privaten...
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Es muy grato el poder entregarles la segunda edición de esta obra, en la cual se presentan algunos cambios respecto al diagnóstico clínico, toda vez que ya se cuenta para tal fin con la nueva versión de clasificación de los trastornos mentales de la OMS, (CIE 11) la cual fue presentada a la comunidad científica en junio de 2018, esperando su implementación completa para el 2022, razón por lo que en esta se conservaran datos referentes a la...
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Closing The Asylum: The Mental Patient in Modern Society. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of almost everyone, but it has, impacted most severely on disadvantaged groups such as people with severe mental health problems, throwing pre-existing inequalities into sharper and starker relief. Though they had mostly all been closed by the turn of the century, the passing of the old Victorian asylums is still a matter of enduring controversy.
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Finally, a book that explains everything you ever wanted to know about psychiatry!
In Shrink Rap, three psychiatrists from different specialties provide frank answers to questions such as:
• What is psychotherapy, how does it work, and why don't all psychiatrists do it?
• When are medications helpful?
• What happens on a psychiatric unit?
• Can Prozac make people suicidal?
• Why do many doctors not like Xanax?
• Why do we have an insanity...
54) Habit
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William James's fascinating treatise explores the psychology of habitual behavior in human beings, discussing the science of habit and it's drawbacks, benefits, negation, and more. This easy-to-digest volume is highly recommended for students and will appeal those with an interest in psychology. William James (1842 - 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist. He is among the most influential thinkers of the late nineteenth century and is...
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The problem with treating mental disorders starts with a very challenging diagnosis. There are several seemingly similar disorders with interloping symptoms but require different means of intervention. A bottle of pills given incorrectly could result to the worsening of a condition or the emergence of another. To correctly diagnose a condition, here's a reliable professional guide.
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Lunacy, the legendary notion of minds unhinged by the moon, continues to captivate the popular imagination. Although it violates the assumptions of modern science and psychiatry, such belief remains common among mental health workers. Furthermore, several studies have found a small, unexplained correlation between behaviour and the lunar cycle. The book is divided into two parts. It begins with a historical account of the lunacy concept, followed...
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A 32-year-old man with mental illness ends his life. Could he have been saved? What care did he receive? Did antipsychotics help or are they a modern-day straitjacket?
Ferid Ferkovic, the author's son, committed suicide after being refused admission to a Montreal hospital. Throughout treatment, he and his family dealt with changing diagnoses, drugs with devastating side effects, and insensitive health care professionals.
The suicide of Sadia Messaili's...
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A deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality. Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than "worried well" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment. In Saving Normal, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists,...
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Este libro reúne una selección de entrevistas realizadas a José María Álvarez a lo largo de los ya casi 30 años dedicados al estudio de la locura, su pasión. En él se expone, con prosa sencilla y elegante, su pensamiento en torno a la locura en todas sus variedades. En este sentido, Las heridas del alma es una recopilación de sus puntos de vista sobre el pathos y su tratamiento, una breve y amena antología de su pensamiento. Generoso en...
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Contiene explicaciones claras y sencillas sobre los diferentes aspectos de los trastornos psiquiátricos de niños y adolescentes. Aborda conceptos básicos como el interrogatorio clínico y las teorías del desarrollo infantil para mayor compresión de los trastornos. Escrito por psiquiatras infantiles, psicólogos y neuropediatras que dan un enfoque más integral a los diferentes trastornos que se desarrollan en el texto. Presenta útiles recomendaciones...
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