The author of the bestselling An Unquiet Mind -and internationally renowned authority on mood disorders-now gives us something wonderfully different: an exploration of exuberance and how it fuels our most important creative and scientific achievements. John Muir's lifelong passion to save America's wild ... more »

Contributors to the book examine the ways in which paranoia and persecution are experienced at the individual, institutional and macrosocial level, and they discuss the psychological, political and cultural impact of paranoid/persecutory processes. more »

A thought-provoking handbook for practitioners, students and trainers in the mental health field. Addresses controversial issues and offers revealing insights and intelligent suggestions for all those involved with mental health. more »

The book provides counsellors with essential information on how to understand and best work within a school context. It covers a wide range of problems encountered and includes contributions by experienced school counsellors. more »

This book connects two worlds that rarely meet - that of neuropsychology and cognitive science with Freudian theory and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative. Peterson shows that there is an empirical connection between what technologically sophisticated neuroscience tells us about the brain ... more »

Adopting an experiential, or participative learning approach, the authors explore how to train people in areas which are particularly emotionally - and therefore intellectually - challenging, including death, dying and sexuality. more »

This practical guide to communicating with children stresses the importance of learning to listen. Contributors give accounts of their work in education, social services, health, law and voluntary o... more » more »

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Re-examining Psychology takes a critical look at some of the principles underlying the discipline and offers an insight into alternative psychological perspectives deriving from sub-Saharan Africa. more » more »

What can we learn about madness from plays? Plays when they portray madness put it into the context of the events and circumstances that have afflicted the person, and provide models of madness which interest all those who meet madness in their professional work or their daily lives. Derek Russell Davis ... more »