Mental Health Books

This book is one of the best books on the subject of coping with the adult effects of childhood sexual abuse. I would say it is a must-have for abuse survivors and their loved ones.

I bought this book as a friend of two survivors, but wound up fascinated by the clear definitions of the types of abuse. When I found these definitions, which are near the back of this little treasure of a book, I started to inventory the ways in which I had been abused by others. As I read, however, I discovered how often I have been the abuser, without realizing I was perpetrating various types of mental abuse. Seeing those definitions in black and white helped me to set boundaries to prevent others from abusing me further...and it helped me to recognize--and stop--my own abuse of them. I just backordered a copy for my local library.

Beverly Engle gave us a wonderful gift when she wrote this book. It is the first book I purchased when my sister told me that she was molested as a child. In plain and simple language, the author dispels many of the myths associated with incest and describes the various phases of recovery. I highly recommend this book to anyone with questions and concerns about childhood sexual abuse.

What's tangy and juicy and red all over? A PASSION FOR RED! In this clever cornucopia you'll find the apple, fire engine, lobster, valentine, stop sign, Santa Claus, Judy Garland's legendary red slippers, and lots more. What fun!

This book was entertaining and fact-filled. Only Ellen Stern and Nancy Weber (what a pair!) could think of such an intriguing idea. Full of pictures and facts on the color red. There's so much more to know than you think! Before this book my favorite color was blue. Now it's red.

This cheerful, charming little book is perfect as a hostess gift, a stocking stuffer, a birthday remembrance, or a present for someone who just plain loves the color red. It's a real pick-me-up!

This is an excellent book. Mental health professionals, OB-GYNs, women's health nurses and others don't get near enough training on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Susan Dowd Stone's book provides the kind of research-based knowledge needed on order for healthcare professionals to provide the proper support to women who may be going through antepartum depression, postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and related illnesses.

Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders is an excellent, welcomed addition to this important field of maternal mental health. Written by some of the field's most renowned experts, each book chapter lends a unique view, resulting in a well-rounded picture of these disorders and the approaches which heal them.
--Shoshana Bennett, PhD, former president of Postpartum Support International

Postpartum depression continues to splash the headlines with dramatic impact. The upside to this is that it significantly increases public awareness, which is always a good thing. The downside is that media exploitation often leads to the perpetuation of misinterpretations and misunderstandings, which can impede treatment and recovery.

Although the availability of PPD self-help books and moving personal accounts continues to expand, books that address issues crucial to healthcare professionals who treat postpartum women has been lacking. Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, a pioneer for support and legislation within the postpartum depression community for some time, and Alexis Menken, PhD, another great PPD authority, provide a solid foundation for a book that fills this critical gap in the literature. Together, with the most respected and expert voices in the PPD community, they have succeeded in creating a must-have resource for any healthcare practitioner who works with pregnant and postpartum women. Those of us who work in this field are eternally grateful to Susan Dowd Stone's dedication and hard work which has paid off in this indispensable resource!

This book was the outline for my class, so having the book helped ALOT. Very good examples.

The book was exactly how they described it. They also got the item shipped very quickly. I would use their service again.

Why would anyone want to buy the outdated, clinical-approach-only personality textbooks that are out there when they can have an updated, truly PERSONALITY-ORIENTED personality textbook such as this. This book goes into personality development in greater depth, tying current research and theory together. Written by experts in the field of personality / social psychology, this is a textbook for those who want to actually learn about or teach PERSONALITY development. If you want a clinical/therapy- oriented approach to personality, this text is not for you. If you want an excellent introductory textbook about personality development theories and contemporary research, snap this book up immediately.

This book is major step beyond the clinical assessment of panic and anxiety. The author has taken great care to write in plain english, carefully identifying each disorder, concluding each chapter with practical steps you can take to overcome panic and anxiety in all their forms.

You'll understand the variety of anxiety disorders as fictional characters with "real life" symptoms give gripping detail to the nature of each disorder. All this done in situations with which anyone who's ever had a panic attack, depression, flashbacks associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or moments of heightened anxiety will easily identify. Each chapter also includes practical steps which you and I can take to wrest control of our lives, defeating the crippling effects of panic.

Are you an addict? The principles in this book will give you greater insight into the psychological and emotional elements behind your disease and the steps will enhance your recovery.

If you have ever suffered from panic,anxiety or addiction, this is a book that can indeed change your life!

This book is major step beyond the clinical assessment of, and insight into panic. Written in plain english, it defines a road to victory and gives you practical steps you can take to overcome panic and anxiety in all their forms.

You'll understand the variety of anxiety disorders as fictional characters with "real life" symptoms give gripping detail to the nature of each disorder. All this done in situations which which anyone who's ever had a panic attack, depression, flashbacks associated with Post Traumatic Stress or moments of heightened anxiety will easily identify. Each chapter also includes practical steps which you and I can take to wrest control of our lives, defeating the crippling effects of panic.

If you have ever suffered from panic or anxiety, this is a book that can indeed change your life!

This book is major step beyond the clinical assessment of, and insight into anxiety. Written in plain english, it defines a road to victory and gives you practical steps you can take to overcome anxiety in all its forms.

You'll understand the variety of anxiety disorders as fictional characters with "real life" symptoms give gripping detail to the nature of each disorder. All this done in situations which which anyone who's ever had a panic attack, depression, flashbacks associated with Post Traumatic Stress or moments of heightened anxiety will easily identify. Each chapter also includes practical steps which you and I can take to wrest control of our lives, defeating the crippling effects of anxiety.

If you have ever suffered from anxiety, this is a book that can indeed change your life!

This author presents a very well balanced, objective view on natural supplements as an alternative to drug treatment. Phenomenal book! Covers a whole range of subjects from depression, herbs and the health food industry, prescription drugs, St.John's wort, homeopathy, kava, Fish Oils, B vitamins, DHA, and more. The research is great. Everything here is carefully footnoted and the author makes certain that the reader gets a good understanding of herbs and their biological effects. Over 200 Endnotes. Great resource section.

Ran Knishinsky has created a very thorough reference books here! Each subtopic is carefully explained and the alternative therapies are explored and explained in a way that makes so much sense. I recommend this book to people I know who are wrestling with the ravages of our stressfull lives. The site, PapaNature, corroborates Knishinsky's documentation and offers enough high-quality choices for all of the products mentioned in Knishinsky's book. PapaNature has links to textual documentation as well as good service and diverse products.

Ran Knishinsky has created a very thorough reference books here! Each subtopic is carefully explained and the alternative therapies are explored and explained in a way that makes so much sense. I recommend this book to people I know who are wrestling with the ravages of our stressfull lives. The site, PapaNature, corroborates Knishinsky's documentation and offers enough high-quality choices for all of the products mentioned in Knishinsky's book. PapaNature has links to textual documentation as well as good service and diverse products.

Denise Ramos invites the reader to take an interesting tour in the world of psychosomatics - from early philosophy to modern neuroscience. She proposes a new approach to this field of science, based on her experience as a Jungian Analyst in Brazil and the newest developments in body-mind studies. The clinical cases illustrate her theory that psyche and matter are interconnected. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in further understanding psychosomatics.

I am a senior at university, and this book was really helpfull to me when studying psycosomatics. I particullary enjoyed the chapter where she discusses clinical cases. GREAT BOOK!!

Denise Ramos invites the reader to take an interesting tour into the world of psychosomatics -- from early Philosophy to modern Neuroscience. She proposes a new approach to this field of science, based on her experience as a Jungian Analyst in Brazil, and the newest developments in body-mind studies. The clinical cases illustrate her theory that psyche and matter are interconnected.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a greater understanding of psychosomatics.

Excellent book, it explains very well how to use math and statistics to build a solid study. However (and that's not their fault) it doesn't explain how to build a solid study around an innovative idea! Nevertheless, if you have innovative, peculiar ideas and you want to build a study design able to undergo scrutiny and the proof of time, this is the right book to buy.

This is a wonderful book. It is exceedingly well written, and packed with insights.

One might have expected a book on psychiatric epidemiology to be organized around disorders. Instead, this one has major sections devoted to risk factors, cohort designs, case-control designs, issues in biological psychiatry, data analysis, genetic epidemiology and causality. The examples, however, are psychiatric.

This text represents a new standard for psychiatric epidemiology. But it could equally well serve as a intermediate text in general epidemiology.

The first textbook in psychiatric epidemiology that is not an edited volume in over 30 years, 'Psychiatric Epidemiology: Searching for the Causes of Mental Disorders' actually makes a significant contribution to epidemiology as a whole.

'Psychiatric Epidemiology' is a first-rate text. The authors--Ezra Susser, Sharon Schwartz, Alfredo Morabia, and Evelyn Bromet--build upon a framework for causation, explicated in the final pages of the book, that capitalizes on the conceptual strengths of the counterfactual model Rothman and Greenland employ in Modern Epidemiology (Lippincott, 1998) and the validity scheme of Shadish, Cook, and Campbell (2002). They present epidemiologic concepts with narrative cohesion, drawing on an impressive array of examples that highlights both the diversity and creativity of psychiatric epidemiologists. The book is conceptually oriented and effectively conveys the elegance of epidemiologic thinking; it is a refreshing and much-welcomed addition to the pool of epidemiology texts dominated by quantitative and technical approaches, for students and seasoned epidemiologists alike.

Part I of the book provides an historical overview of psychiatric epidemiology, tracing its roots within the broader history of epidemiology, and bringing the reader into the current era. Parts II-V progress logically and lucidly across the terrain of study design; the authors efficiently present epidemiology's signature cohort and case-control designs and the related issues of confounding, attrition, misclassification, and choice of controls. Part VI is devoted to data analysis, rendered especially clear and accessible with the contributions of biotstatistician Melissa Begg. Likewise, Part VII, which engages genetic causes, the various study designs employed to study them, and new insights, is enriched greatly by geneticist Mary-Claire King. Finally, Part VIII comprises several chapters that address the need to think about causation as complex, multi-level, and dynamic; for considering the future of epidemiology, these chapters are particularly salient.

'Psychiatric Epidemiology' is an indispensable resource. It is remarkably clear and cogent throughout; at times, beautifully written. It is both highly informative and a pleasure to read. Indeed, from the sum of its eight parts, what emerges is a whole that is far greater.

As a clinical psychologist with a background in biochemistry, I am very thrilled to see the author to integrate the gene expression, environment and mind into a coherent and scientifically-based picture. The book offers a solid foundation for the biological bases for psychotherapy and provides a holistic viewpoint upon human activities. It is highly recommended !

I mean this review to be brief so I'll state my conclusion at the start: this is an excellent book covering biochemistry up to psychotherapy. It is a must for any Rossi fan, if only because it has that 'culmination-of-a-brilliant-career' feel to it.

I discovered Rossi in the early 1980's and took one of his "64 questions in search of a graduate student" as my master's thesis. Since then I have digested his work and watched, sometimes in amazement, as clients changed and as I changed. Rossi's view of the mind-body in therapy works and is workable.

I had the pleasure of seeing him in Texas this summer (2003) and was mesmerized (pardon the pun) by the obvious skill of a master therapist. Between his demo to our group and reading this book with a view to integrate it into my work, I have found a revitalizing of my therapy practice that has pulled me out of a 2-year slump... enough said.

Thanks Dr. Rossi.

Dr. Rossi has again written a "trail blazing" book. Those familiar with his previous publications know the breadth of his work - a work spanning Ericksonian Hypnosis, Jungian Psychology, Mind-Body Healing, Biological rhythms, and the psychology of Dreaming. He has not written a book on mathematical models of healing but it is clear that he has also studied this area in considerable depth. All the subjects listed above are revisited and taken to new levels in this book.

In addition to these sections Dr. Rossi also shares some very clear and vivid descriptions of actual therapuetic work. In one section he gives an entire transcription of a therapy he did with a woman during a workshop. In another section he lists a series of therapeutic exercises that can be used to access each person's deeper capacities for self healing.

This latest book also places Dr. Rossi in the ranks of the great detectives. He has been systematically tracking down all of the current research relating experience to gene expression. He regularly scans the internet for all sources that may have new findings related to this subject. He asks us to remember that this is "work in progress." Investigators all over the world are unlocking how specific genes are "turned on" by different experiences. Dr. Rossi is the only person I know who is making an attempt to synthesize this information within in a larger psychological context.

Currently both our medical culture and our larger culture continues to propagate extremely primitive models of human development. According to one of the most popular we inherit certain "tendencies" or diseases that are expressed in a nervous system that is essentially fixed after birth. Thus, our best therapeutic efforts will be directed towards modifying the brains that have genetically predestined defects. With these assumptions pharmacology will be the main (often only) ingredient of help.

At the beginning of the book Dr Rossi points out that recent findings have overturned many of our old theories about how the nervous system is linked to experience. We now know that novelty, life-enriching experiences and physical exercise can activate neurogenesis. Such experiences can turn on gene expression within minutes throughout the body and brain. As a result, "every memory is a reframe." We can actually reconstruct ourselves from a genetic level on up when we are experiencing a healing environment.

Taken as a whole Dr. Rossi has written one of the great sourcebooks for healing to guide us into the 21st Century.

Comprehensive Reference on Psychological and Emotional Abuse:

This book provides one of the first comprehensive scientific treatments of an intrinsic topic in the area of domestic violence. O'Leary and Maiuro have compiled a series of cutting edge papers and commentaries on the assessment of various types of psychological and emotional abuse, the relationship of psychological abuse to physical abuse, and the impact of psychological abuse upon victims. Several new scales for reliably measuring such things as dominance, jealous control, denigration of self-esteem, interfering with work or school are included along with data that substantiates the validity of the tools. A form of victim manipulation called "Stockholm Syndrome" is also included in this volume, assisting the reader to understand why the victim continues to return to the perpetrator of psychological and emotional abuse. This resource is also filled with exceptionally current references for additional reading. This book is a good source for domestic abuse therapists, researchers, teachers, and sophisticated readers who want a state of the art reference book on the most toxic component of domestic abuse - psychological and emotional abuse. I would recommend it very highly.

An excellent compendium of the latest issues regarding violent relationships. Challenging, informative, disturbing, and immensely useful not only for front-line therapists and counselors, but for anyone interested in the topic.

As an educator, I found this to be an excellent reference book on psychological and emotional abuse. The editors have organized and critiqued a nice assortment of contributions from some of the top people in the field of psychology and domestic abuse. As Dr. Maiuro points out in his introductory chapter "Sticks and stones can break your bones, but names (as well as other forms of derogation and abuse) can also hurt you." While some of the work is technical and appropriate for advanced students and professionals, it is clearly written and includes actual tests that are used to determine whether someone is psychologically abused. I highly recommend it.