Psychologie / Psychopathologie

The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

de Gary Greenberg

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...

The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

de Temple Grandin & Richard Panek

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate

Asylum: Hollywood Tales from My Great Depression: Brain Dis-Ease, Recovery, and Being My Mother's Son

de Joe Pantoliano

In this deeply moving and resourceful memoir, the beloved actor and New York Times bestselling author takes aim at the stigma attached to mental illness by writing candidly and humorously about his own struggle...

Creating the Capacity for Attachment: Treating Addictions and the Alienated Self

de Karen B. Walant

Detached, alienated people, many of them functioning with a pathologically developed false self, barely navigate life's challenges. Our cultural emphasis on autonomy and separateness has led to a retreat from...

White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin

de Michael W Clune

An In-Depth Look into the Life and Mind of a Heroin Addict

"Then I see a white-topped vial. Wow. I stare at it. It's the first time I've ever seen it. I know I've seen it ten thousand times before. I know it...

Always the Fat Kid

de Jacob Warren & K. Bryant Smalley

Childhood obesity in the United States has tripled in a generation. But while debates continue over the content of school lunches and the dangers of fast food, we are just beginning to recognize the full extent...

ADD / ADHD Breakthrough

de Enza Lyons

ADD / ADHD Breakthrough is about transforming children struggling with learning challenges to succeed at school and in life. Clearly you can see these children are intelligent, just stuck. Enza Lyons shares...

Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson

de Blake Bailey

From the prizewinning biographer of Richard Yates and John Cheever, here is the fascinating biography of Charles Jackson, the author of The Lost Weekend—a writer whose life and work encapsulated what it meant...

Understanding Autism

de Scientific American Editors

The term “autism” first appeared in the early 1900s and comes from the Greek word “autos,” meaning self, used to describe conditions of social withdrawal – or the isolated self. Today, autism is one...

The Alchemy of Wolves and Sheep: A Relational Approach to Internalized Perpetration for Complex Trauma Survivors

de Harvey L. Schwartz

The literature on psychological trauma and traumatic attachment has progressed over the past few decades, however issues of coerced and internalized perpetration have not been fully explored and deconstructed....

Psychotherapy for Neuropsychological Challenges

de A. S. Aniskiewicz

Amidst increasing awareness among clinicians of the impact that psychological factors and treatment of those factors have upon the progress of neurological disease, Psychotherapy for Neuropsychological Challenges...

Cognitive Vulnerability and Stress in Children and Adolescents

de Randy P Auerbach & Benjamin L. Hankin

Presenting cutting-edge research conducted with children, adolescents, and their caregivers, this e-book examines cognitive factors in the development of psychopathology. Investigators at the forefront of the...

Bringing Mulligan Home: The Other Side of the Good War

de Dale Maharidge

Sergeant Steve Maharidge returned from World War II an angry man. The only evidence that he’d served in the Marines was a photograph of himself and a buddy tacked to the basement wall. On one terrifyingly...

Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents

de Russell A. Barkley

From distinguished researcher/clinician Russell A. Barkley, this treasured parent resource gives you the science-based information you need about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment....

The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project

de Murray Bowen, Jack Butler & Joanne Bowen

This book presents original papers from Bowen's NIMH Family Study Project with commentaries concerning the origins and developments of family psychotherapy and the beginnings of a new type of therapeutic relationship....

The Empathy Trap: Understanding Antisocial Personalities

de Jane McGregor & Tim McGregor

If you’re in a relationship where you’re always in the wrong, and emotional chaos is the norm, the chances are you’re with a sociopath – someone without a conscience, whose personality shows extreme antisocial...

Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified

de Claes Norring & Bob Palmer

Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified covers all eating disorders that do not fall into either of the two main diagnostic groups: anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Although these less well known conditions...

The Self-Psychology of Addiction and Its Treatment

de Richard B. Ulman & Harry Paul

In the time of Freud, the typical psychoanalytic patient was afflicted with neurotic disorders; however, the modern-day psychotherapy patient often suffers instead from a variety of addictive disorders. As the...

Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice

de Malcolm M Macfarlane

Use these interventions and treatments to help people with mental health problems and their families!Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice explores the application of family therapy...

Psychoanalysis and Women: Contemporary Reappraisals

de Judith L. Alpert

Within the psychoanalytic framework, there is a growing body of research and thinking about female development.  In addition, there is ongoing research within other areas of psychology, such as developmental...