Care of the mentally ill books

A fresh and unusual perspective on the conflict, revealing the devastating impact on British mental health, how...  Read More >>

Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary...  Read More >>

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Equips helping professionals with the tools needed to administer spiritual assessments ethically and professionally....  Read More >>

In examining how our identity shapes the knowledge we produce, Mental health service users in research considers...  Read More >>

Using rare interviews with former inmates and workers, institutional documentation, and governmental archives, Claudia...  Read More >>

Using rare interviews with former inmates and workers, institutional documentation, and governmental archives, Claudia...  Read More >>

Qigong is the centuries-old practice of moving vital energy (Qi) through the channels of the body, known as meridians,...  Read More >>

The social support someone receives or has access to plays a vital role in their mental health and wellbeing. This...  Read More >>

Opioids are potent respiratory depressants, and overdose is a leading cause of death among people who use them....  Read More >>

The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and...  Read More >>

Imagine feeling cold hard steel against your spine as a young psychopath presses a drill into it. Imagine the despair...  Read More >>

This unique and topical companion provides expert analyses that explore the interface between criminal justice and...  Read More >>

Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian...  Read More >>

This unique and topical companion provides expert analyses that explore the interface between criminal justice and...  Read More >>

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Tracing how the meanings of a barbaric surgical procedure emerged, accrued, and transformed within medicine and...  Read More >>

Explores the general consensus that societal ills were at the root of mental illness. This book chronicles the surge...  Read More >>

Psychology of Trauma 101 is exceptionally well-written, easy to read, and enriched with empirical findings and discussions...  Read More >>

Community Psychology and Community Mental Health provides empirical justification and a conceptual foundation for...  Read More >>

Individuals with feelings of sadness and irritability are encouraged to 'talk to your doctor'. These have become...  Read More >>

Whether a research student or experienced researcher, this book explains how to conceptualise and ethically conduct...  Read More >>

Whether a research student or experienced researcher, this book explains how to conceptualise and ethically conduct...  Read More >>

In this fundamentally important work, Professor Brendan Kelly explores the background to Irish psychiatry in the...  Read More >>

An unprecedented number of people were sent to 'lunatic asylums' in the nineteenth century. But what was life like...  Read More >>