Sport, Mental Illness and Sociology (Atkinson Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Sport, Mental Illness and Sociology (Atkinson Michael)(Pevná vazba)

This book approaches the study of mental illness in sport cultures from a variety of social scientific perspectives. Contributions focus on the multiple manifestations of mental illness within sport cultures, and the degree to which sport may be utilized as a means of helping people who struggle

Violence in Psychiatry (Warburton Katherine D.)(Pevná vazba)

The association between violence and mental illness is well studied, yet remains highly controversial. Currently, there does appear to be a trend of increasing violence in hospital settings, including both civilly and forensically committed populations. In fact, physical aggression is the primary

The Sociology of Health and Illness (Nettleton Sarah)(Paperback)

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the field. Building on these strengths, the third edition integrates fresh insights from the current literature with the core

Mood Disorders: Brain Imaging and Therapeutic Implications (Selvaraj Sudhakar)(Pevná vazba)

Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder are common mental illnesses, affecting millions of patients worldwide. The application of newly available brain imaging methods to the study of mood disorders holds substantial promise in uncovering the brain mechanisms affected in these

Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism: Depression and the Politics of Existence (Szymanski Adam)(Pevná vazba)

The hegemonic meaning of depression as a universal mental illness embodied by an individualized subject is propped up by psychiatry's clinical gaze. Cinemas of Therapeutic Activism turns to the work of contemporary filmmakers who express a shared concern for mental health under global capitalism to

Harleen (Sejic Stjepan)(Pevná vazba)

New York Times Bestseller! Dr. Harleen Quinzel has a theory: mental illness is a survival mechanism. As she seeks to help the broken souls of Gotham City piece together their sanity she will become the one thing she fears the most: one of them. A bold new retelling of the tragic origin of Harley

Tackling Mental Illness Together - A Biblical And Practical Approach (Thomas Alan (Reader))(Paperback / softback)

This book offers a biblical framework for understanding mental illness and helping the mentally ill. It synthesises the relevant biblical material with our scientific understanding of mental illness and equips the reader to deal wisely, intelligently, and compassionately with issues of mental

An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness (White Kevin)(Paperback)

Facing Serious Illness (Finne Stephanie)(Library Binding)

In this book, readers will learn about serious illnesses and the physical, mental, and emotional effects the illness can have one loved ones. Readers will learn about healthy ways to cope and understand, as well as helpful ways to help and support their loved one. Social and emotional learning

Antipsychiatry: Quackery Squared (Szasz Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

More than fifty years ago, Thomas Szasz showed that the concept of mental illness--a disease of the mind--is an oxymoron, a metaphor, a myth. Disease, in the medical sense, affects only the body. He also demonstrated that civil commitment and the insanity defense, the paradigmatic practices of

Psychiatric Tales: Eleven Graphic Stories about Mental Illness (Cunningham Darryl)(Pevná vazba)

Psychiatric Tales draws on Darryl Cunningham's time working in a psychiatric ward to give a reasoned and sympathetic look into the world of mental illness. In each chapter, Cunningham explores a different mental health problem, using evocative imagery to describe the experience of mental illness,

Winston Churchill's Illnesses, 1886-1965 (Vale Allister)(Pevná vazba)

Allister Vale and John Scadding have written the definitive account of Churchill's illnesses and document all Churchill's major illnesses, from an episode of childhood pneumonia in 1886 until his death in 1965. They have adopted a thorough approach in gaining access to numerous sources of medical

Understanding Survey Methodology: Sociological Theory and Applications (Brenner Philip S.)(Pevná vazba)

1. Why Survey Methodology Needs Sociology and Why Sociology Needs Survey Methodology.- Part I: Sociological Theory and Survey Methodology.- 2 Towards Survey Response Rate Theories That No Longer Pass Each Other Like Strangers in the Night.- 3. Advancing Theories of Socially Desirable Responding:

Unicorns 101 (Atkinson Cale)(Pevná vazba)

Ethnopsychiatry, 56 (Delille Emmanuel)(Paperback)

What is the relationship between culture and mental health? Is mental illness universal? Are symptoms of mental disorders different across social groups? In the late 1960s these questions gave rise to a groundbreaking series of articles written by the psychiatrist Henri Ellenberger, who would go on

Sociology for Nurses (Denny Elaine)(Pevná vazba)

'Sociology for Nurses' has become a leading textbook and an invaluable companion for students wishing to get to grips with how sociology can positively transform professional nursing practice.This thoroughly revised new edition maintains its commitment to providing jargon-free explanations of

Understanding Mental Health and Counselling (Moller Naomi)(Pevná vazba)

Understanding Mental Health and Counselling provides a critical introduction to key debates about how problems of mental health are understood, and to the core approaches taken to working with counselling and psychotherapy clients. In drawing out the differences and intersections between

Clearing - A memoir of art, family and mental health (Clark Samantha)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful memoir about mental illness and grief, interspersed with meditations on nature, philosophy, literature and science. For fans of The Lonely City and The

Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi (Trembinski Donna)(Pevná vazba)

Wisdom Won from Illness: Essays in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis (Lear Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Wisdom Won from Illness brings into conversation two fields of humane inquiry--psychoanalysis and moral philosophy--that seem to have little to say to each other but which, taken together, form a basis for engaged ethical thought about how to live.Jonathan Lear begins by looking to the ancient

The Illness Lesson (Beams Clare)(Pevná vazba)

Psychotic (Mathis Jacques)(Paperback)

A moving autobiographical portrayal of psychosis and mental illness as shown through the experiences and writings of writer-poet Jacques Mathis. Jacques Mathis tells his own story--of a megalomaniacal man stuck in a body too small for his ideas. His childhood, spent in a dreary little town in

Emerging Infectious Diseases and Society (Washer P.)(Paperback)

Shortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize in 2011 By the 1970s, medicine appeared to have conquered infectious diseases. A century before, newly discovered germ theory had laid the foundations for advances in vaccines and antibiotics, but

Cat's Guide to the Night Sky (Atkinson Stuart)(Pevná vazba)