Psychiatry

This is the first historical dictionary of psychiatry. It covers the subject from autism to Vienna, and includes the key concepts, individuals, places, and institutions that have shaped the evolution of psychiatry and the neurosciences. An introduction puts broad trends and internationaldifferences in context, and there is an extensive bibliography …

In our time, the view that parent-child relationships play a central role in a child's psychological development has been widely accepted. This was not always the case. Attachment theory and the research it generated played an important role in producing the empirical evidence needed tosupport this view, and over the last 30 years, there has been a …

The fourth edition of this well-established textbook offers a thorough, readable, and up-to-date survey of the field of family therapy, providing coverage of all contemporary schools of thought. The book has been comprehensively revised to take account of recent advances in the field madesince the last edition was published in 1992. The author pres …

Psychiatry today is a barren tundra, writes medical historian Edward Shorter, where drugs that don't work are used to treat diseases that don't exist. In this provocative volume, Shorter illuminates this dismal landscape, in a revealing account of why psychiatry is "losing ground" in thestruggle to treat depression.Naturally, the book looks at such …

Bipolar disorder affects up to 5% of the general population and the condition is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. There has been an explosion of research into the neurobiology and treatment of bipolar disorder over the past 15 years. This has led to increased understanding of the disorder and development of many new treatments …

Cannabis, marijuana, pot, ganja - it goes by many names - is by far the most widely used illegal substance, and accounts for more arrests than any other drug. Barely a week goes by without this drug appearing in the newpapers, and politicians have famously tied themselve in knots, trying todecide just how to deal with this recreational drug. While …

The only Canadian text of its kind, this new topical introduction to child development employs the unique perspective of evolutionary psychology as a jumping-off point into the discipline. All the key areas of developmental psychology are covered, including its history, foundational theories,and core research methodologies. The author provides comp …

Developed to assist users of M.D. Rutherford's Child Development: Perspectives on Developmental Psychology, this comprehensive student study guide summarizes the core concepts presented in each chapter of the main text. Its main purpose is to assist students with lecture and test preparationby reinforcing the information gleaned from the main text. …