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  • Unanswered Questions in Psychiatry

    by Joel Paris ...
    Unanswered Questions in Psychiatry is a critical yet illuminating exploration of the mysteries that still plague mental health care. Renowned psychiatrist Professor Joel Paris examines the biggest unanswered questions in the field-from the evolutionary roots of mental illness to the limitations of our diagnostic systems, the stalled progress in drug development, and the difficulties of suicide ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Half in Love with Death

    Managing the Chronically Suicidal Patient

    by Joel Paris ...
    The second edition of Half in Love with Death gives therapists new tools to help manage chronically suicidal patients. Clinicians will learn how to tolerate suicidality, understand the inner world of patients, avoid repeated hospitalizations, and focus on life situations that maintain suicidal ideas and behaviors. This new edition includes a number of major updates and a new chapter on the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Myths of Trauma

    Why Adversity Does Not Necessarily Make Us Sick

    by Joel Paris ...
    Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and sometimes debilitating mental disorder. Yet only about one in ten people who are exposed to significant traumatic events develop PTSD. Since its inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in 1980, the definition of PTSD has been controversial. Various changes made to the criteria have gradually widened the diagnostic criteria, ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Fads and Fallacies in Psychiatry

    by Joel Paris ...
    This text examines the fads and fallacies, both past and present, that have plagued psychiatric diagnosis, treatments and research. It argues that such practices have led to an over-diagnosis of conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, PTSD and autism. It examines the over-treatment of psychiatric disorders with pharmaceuticals, and asks if neuroscience will actually hold the answers ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry

    How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life's Misfortunes

    by Joel Paris ...
    Dr. Joel Paris' Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry takes a much-needed look at the dangerous epidemic of unnecessary or incorrect treatments in contemporary psychiatry. The last 30 years of psychiatry have seen the development of a system of classification aimed at establishing greater scientific credibility. Unfortunately, the current categories are based entirely on signs and symptoms rather than on ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Prescriptions for the Mind

    A Critical View of Contemporary Psychiatry

    by Joel Paris ...
    Prescriptions for the Mind has been revised from its first edition in light of new developments in research and practice over the last 15 years. (These updates involve changes of 50% in the text). The book will be a critical assessment of where psychiatry stands today, as a science, and as a method of treatment. While the text acknowledges the triumphs of psychiatry, it takes a critical view of ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Clinical Implications of Personality for Mental Health Practice

    by Joel Paris ...
    Clinical Implications of Personality for Mental Health Practice explores the importance of personality traits that shape all forms of psychopathology seen by mental health clinicians.Patients in mental health settings can have problematic personality traits or a diagnosable mental disorder or personality disorder, many of which do not respond to standard treatment. The author argues that taking ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Use and Misuse of Psychiatric Drugs

    An Evidence-Based Critique

    by Joel Paris ...
    "Dr. Paris has written an honest, balanced presentation of the ways in which psychiatric drugs are evaluated and prescribed. He highlights the complexity of the task, the limits of what is known and the mixed picture that research often produces. His conclusions are refreshing because they are built from an even-handed, pragmatic assessment of the empirical evidence. The result is a stimulating ... Read more

    $50.00 USD

  • Stepped Care for Borderline Personality Disorder

    Making Treatment Brief, Effective, and Accessible

    by Joel Paris ...
    Synthesizing the latest research and treatment developments, Stepped Care for Borderline Personality Disorder: Making Treatment Brief, Effective, and Accessible aims to make treatment for borderling personality disorder (BPD) more accessible by providing clinicians with innovative brief and targeted intervention methods. Focusing on integrative treatment models, it offers clinicians a vital guide ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry

    How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life's Misfortunes

    by Joel Paris ...
    Dr. Joel Paris's Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry takes a much-needed look at the dangerous epidemic of unnecessary or incorrect treatments. The last 30 years of psychiatry have seen the development of a system of classification aimed at establishing greater scientific credibility. Unfortunately, the current categories are based entirely on signs and symptoms rather than on causes, which remain unknown ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Nature and Nurture in Personality and Psychopathology

    A Guide for Clinicians

    by Joel Paris ...
    Psychiatry and clinical psychology have long been divided about the roles of nature and nurture in the pathways to psychopathology. Some clinicians offer treatment almost entirely based on neuroscience. Some psychologists offer psychotherapies almost entirely based on the impact of environmental stressors. Paris argues for a balanced middle ground between nature and nurture in human development. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5®

    by Joel Paris ...
    The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5® is the second edition of the widely-read book first published in 2013. This second edition is thoroughly revised, and has several new chapters describing the response to the publication of the new manual, as well as suggestions on its use in clinical practice. The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5®, Second Edition reviews the history of ... Read more

    $41.39 USD