Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis
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The Industrialisation of Care: counselling, psychotherapy and the impact of IAPT
This book has been edited by Catherine Jackson and Rosemary Rizq. The publishers say: “The UK government’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has transformed the landscape of counselling and psychotherapy across England. Local IAPT services provide therapy to thousands…
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Diverted: A journey of resilience to the newest frontier of inclusion
Skogluft
“It’s about bringing plants and light into the rooms in which you spend most of your time – the right light and the right plants.” “Skogluft” is a Norwegian word that translates to “Forest Air”. It’s a method for bringing…
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Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations
Different Patients, Different Therapies
Subtitled “Optimizing Treatment Using Differential Psychotherapeutics”, this book has been written by Deborah Cabaniss and Yael Holoshitz. The publishers say: “Different Patients, Different Therapies is a guide to choosing among the many psychotherapeutic options available to patients and therapists today. Offering…
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Can’t You Hear Them?
“On finishing this book my initial instinct was to re-read it in order to appreciate its insights for a second time. Can’t You Hear Them? is not only a work of impressive scholarship but a compelling, beautifully-written story of human…
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The Science of Well-Being
Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes?
“As I researched this book, I came to realise that there were actually two separate stories that needed telling. One was the story of biological psychiatry, with its emphasis on bio-genetic explanations for mental illness and somatic remedies, and the…
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Beyond Best Practice: How Mental Health Services Can Be Better
“… massive amounts of time and energy are spent defining the scope of clinical practice and standardizing service delivery. Despite our best intentions … rules ultimately replace our client’s reality. Defining their problems, and regulating the methods used to treat…
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