Medicine
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Behavior and Medicine
by Danny Wedding, Margaret L. StuberA unique textbook, comprehensive and up-to-date, with a practical, clinical emphasis and a structure that is ideally suited for teaching behavioral sciences in the medical school classroom.This new edition of one of the most popular and highly regarded texts on behavioral and social science in medic…
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Diagnostic and Management Guidelines for Mental Disorders in Primary Care
ICD-10 Chapter V Primary Care Versionby World Health OrganizationThis volume has been prepared in light of the experiences of primary care physicians and other health care providers, taking into account their specific needs. Short, user-friendly and oriented towards management, the book contains essential information for both physicians and other primary care staff on how to help patients with mental disorders. The book provides helpful guidelines on diagnosis …
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ICF Core Sets
Manual for Clinical Practiceby Jerome E. Bickenbach, Alarcos Cieza, Alexandra Rauch, Gerold StuckiICF Research Branch in cooperation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International Classifications in Germany (at DIMDI) Practical, standardized tools to assess and document functioning, disability, and health according to the WHO ICF in a variety of health conditions and settingsThe WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is the accepted co…
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Involuntary Childlessness
Psychological Assessment, Counseling, and Therapyby Bernhard StraußA revised and adapted English edition of a successful German book for an international audience.
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Multiple Sclerosis
by Pearl B. Werfel, Ron E. Franco Durán, Linda J. TrettinEarn 5 CE credits for reading volumes of the Advances in Psychotherapy book series. Click here to find out more!Comprehensive, practical, concise, and…
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Orbital Fractures
Diagnosis, Operative Treatment, Secondary Correctionsby Beat HammerThe term "orbital fracture" refers to any fracture that involves the bony cavity containing the eyeball. Such traumatic injuries of the ocular region are found in about 80% of cases of central facial fractures, and their spectrum ranges from a simple fracture of the cheek bone to a complex comminuted fracture of the orbit. The possible treatments begin with closed repositioning and end with extens…
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Practical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for Pediatrics and Primary Care
by Harsh K. Trivedi, Jeryl Dansky KershnerPediatricians and primary care providers (PCPs) commonly encounter youth with mental health problems in their practice. The aim of this practical handbook is to facilitate the triage, differential diagnosis, treatment, and referral of youth in an efficacious and safe manner. Starting with common chief complaints, this ground-breaking text provides systematic algorithms which guide you through each…
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Practical Psychiatry in the Long-Term Care Home
A Handbook for Staffby David K. Conn, Nathan Herrmann, Alanna Kaye, Dmytro Rewilak, Barbara SchogtThis is a practical book, aimed at providing training and guidance for staff members in long-term care facilities. The goal is to help staff understand and solve the wide range of psychiatric and behavioral problems which are encountered on a day-to-day basis. Numerous clinical illustrations are presented. This material is invaluable for all team members: nurses, physicians, social workers, psycho…
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Practicing Psychology in Primary Care
by H. Russell SearightThis book equips mental health professionals, students, interns, and post-graduate trainees to work effectively in a primary care setting – which today is the principal site for psychiatric care, behavioral health risk reduction, and psychological treatment of physical or functional complaints such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, fibromyalgia, or irritable bowel syndrome. The primary care setti…
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Schizophrenia, Sleep, and Acupuncture
by Peggy Bosch, Maurits van den NoortThis book is an introduction for professionals in Western medicine and for acupuncturists on the use of acupuncture in treatment of schizophrenia and sleep disorders.Acupuncture has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in mental health and sleep disorders. This book aims to build a bridge between “conventional” medicine research and practice, which is increasingly interested in the…
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Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine
by Kewal K. JainThis textbook, now appearing in its 5th, fully updated, and expanded edition, has become widely recognized as the best exposition available on the topic of hyperbaric medicine and the wide range of applications of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO). In addition to explaining the basic principles of HBO therapy, and its application in carbon monoxide poisoning and decompression sickness, the textbook looks ob…
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The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care
by Olle Jane Z. Sahler, John E. Carr, Julia B. Frank, João V. NunesBehavioral sciences for the next generation of health care providersThe fourth edition of The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care provides trainees in…