Psychodynamic testing methods are productive only when they are applied from within the framework of a determining metapsychological theory, says Verh...
In his most important contribution to the Heidelberg school, Jaspers critiques the scientific aspirations of psychotherapy, arguing that in the realm ...
The American Psychiatric Glossary is the standard reference for definitions, abbreviations, medication names, and legal terms of interest to mental h...
Lazarus begins his handbook with an essay detailing the disadvantages and advantages of private practice, cautioning that practitioners must love thei...
Here's a succinct, hands-on guide to interviewing and assessing people with psychiatric disorders! Written by practicing psychiatrists, it clearly exp...
Tapping into the current trend of a new view of genetics exemplified in books like The Biology of Belief, Margaret Ruby, herself a healer, shows how t...
This book provides researchers, clinicians, and students with a useful overview of measuring client change in clinical practice. It reviews the h...
This book integrates object relations theory, ego psychology, and character analytic approaches to provide a new understanding of human behavior and c...
The practice of psychiatry has undergone great changes in recent years. In this book, Joel Paris, MD, a veteran psychiatrist, provides a fluently wri...
This influential book shows how the systematic use of mental imagery can have a positive influence on the course of disease and can help patients to c...
A collection of essays by one of the most influential and original thinkers of our generation. Defining "medicalization" as the perception of nonme...
Forensic psychologist Reid Meloy identifies psychopathology as a deviant development disturbance characterized by inordinate instinctual aggression an...