Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis (Williams Paris)(Paperback)

Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis (Williams Paris)(Paperback)

A CBT Approach to Mental Health Problems in Psychosis (Williams Emma)(Paperback)

This book draws together advances in the understanding, assessment and treatment of stress, negative symptoms, social anxiety, OCD, PTSD and mood disturbance in people with a diagnosis of psychosis, providing a practical guide for clinicians. CBT for psychosis draws on the principles and

Rethinking Children's Rights: Attitudes in Contemporary Society (Jones Phil)(Paperback)

Rethinking Children's Rights explores attitudes towards and experiences of children's rights. Phil Jones and Sue Welch draw on a wide range of thought, research and practice from different fields and countries to debate, challenge and re-appraise long held beliefs, attitudes and ways of working and

Natural Causes - Life, Death and the Illusion of Control (Ehrenreich Barbara (Y))(Paperback / softback)

The seminal thinker offers a new understanding of our bodies, our selves and our powerlessness in controlling

History In Fragments - Europe in the Twentieth Century (Vinen Richard)(Paperback / softback)

* A significant contribution to our understanding of how politics affects real people, and a brilliant blend of sweeping narrative and detailed analysis: this is a major and potentially prize-winning work

Illustrated Pharmacology for Nurses (Simonsen Terje)(Paperback)

Drug therapy is an increasingly important element in the treatment of patients, and understanding how a drug works is essential for all nurses. Illustrated Pharmacology for Nurses is a fully comprehensive and beautifully illustrated textbook covering both the basic principles and the clinical

Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder (Green Dr Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Fully revised to take account of the latest developments in the treatment and diagnosis of ADHD, this text covers topics such as: the causes; how to help improve behaviour at home and at school; making the diagnosis; medication and alternative therapies; and boosting self

Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy (Williams James)(Paperback)

Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every day does not distract us from pursuing our true goals in life. As information becomes ever more

Pandemics, Politics, and Society (No Contributor)(Paperback)

This volume is an important contribution to our understanding of global pandemics in general and Covid-19 in particular. It brings together the reflections of leading social and political scientists who are interested in the implications and significance of the current crisis for politics and

The Age of Disruption: Technology and Madness in Computational Capitalism (Stiegler Bernard)(Paperback)

Half a century ago Adorno and Horkheimer argued, with great prescience, that our increasingly rationalized world was witnessing the emergence of a new kind of barbarism, thanks in part to the stultifying effects of the culture industries. What they could not foresee was that, with the digital

Switched On - My Journey from Asperger's to Emotional Awareness (Robison John Elder)(Paperback / softback)

A moving first-hand account of a major breakthrough in the understanding and treatment of autistic

Microhistories of the Holocaust (Zalc Claire)(Paperback)

How does scale affect our understanding of the Holocaust? In the vastness of its implementation and the sheer amount of death and suffering it produced, the genocide of Europe's Jews presents special challenges for historians, who have responded with work ranging in scope from the world-historical

Ironies of Solidarity: Insurance and Financialization of Kinship in South Africa (Bhre Erik)(Paperback)

Ironies of Solidarity makes an important and empirically rich contribution to our understanding of what finance does to society. Set in one of the world's most unequal and violent places, this ethnographic study examines how insurance companies discovered a vast market of predominantly poor African

Miracles of Our Own Making: A History of Paganism (Williams Liz)(Paperback)

A bewitching and authoritative historical overview of magic in the British Isles, from the ancient peoples of Britain to the rich and cosmopolitan landscape of contemporary paganism. 'An absolute must for anyone interested in the development of paganism in the modern world. I cannot recommend this

Qualitative Research in Psychology: Expanding Perspectives in Methodology and Design (Camic Paul M.)(Paperback)

Qualitative methods of research contribute valuable information to our understanding and expanding knowledge of psychological phenomena. This updated edition of Qualitative Research in Psychology builds upon the groundwork laid by its acclaimed predecessor, bringing together a diverse group of

Bipolar II Disorder: Recognition, Understanding, and Treatment (Swartz Holly A.)(Paperback)

This text examines every aspect of the disorder in an up-to-date, rigorous, and clinically oriented manner. The editors address the disease in a systematic, accessible way, identifying the challenges of diagnosis and

Reading Fashion in Art (Mida Ingrid E.)(Paperback)

Dress and fashion are central to our understanding of art. From the stylization of the body to subtle textile embellishments and richly symbolic colors, dress tells a story and provides clues as to the cultural beliefs of the time in which artworks were produced. This concise and accessible book

Birds and Habitat: Relationships in Changing Landscapes (Fuller Robert J.)(Paperback)

The successful conservation of bird species relies upon our understanding of their habitat use and requirements. In the coming decades the importance of such knowledge will only grow as climate change, the development of new energy sources and the needs of a growing human population intensify the,

Metaphors We Live by (Lakoff George)(Paperback)

The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless

Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850 (Benton Lauren)(Paperback)

This wide-ranging volume advances our understanding of law and empire in the early modern world. Distinguished contributors expose new dimensions of legal pluralism in the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Ottoman empires. In-depth analyses probe such topics as the shifting legal privileges

The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris (Petitjean Marc)(Paperback)

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist's work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to

Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness (Roth Alisa)(Paperback)

An urgent expos of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons from a veteran public radio journalist. America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago each house more people with mental illnesses than any hospital. As many as half of all people

Holocaust Representations in History: An Introduction (Magilow Daniel H.)(Paperback)

How the Holocaust is depicted and memorialized is key to our understanding of the atrocity and its impact. Through 18 case studies dating from the immediate aftermath of the genocide to the present day, Holocaust Representations in Historyexplores this in detail.Daniel H. Magilow and Lisa Silverman

Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565 (Kia Chad)(Paperback)

Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind enigmatic figures and scenes that have puzzled modern scholars, focusing on five 'miniature' paintings. Chad Kia