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“prof derek bolton”

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  • Being Ill

    On Sickness, Care and Abandonment

    by Professor Neil Vickers, Prof Derek Bolton ...
    A serious illness often changes the way others see us. Few, if any, relationships remain the same. The sick become more dependent on partners and family members, while more distant contacts become strained. The carers of the ill are also often isolated. This book focuses on our sense of self when ill and how infirmity plays out in our relationships with others.Neil Vickers and Derek Bolton offer ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

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    by Lars Svendsen ...
    Translated by Kerri Pierce ...
    Loneliness is a difficult subject to address, because it has such negative connotations. But the truth is that wherever there are people, there is loneliness: everyone is lonely at some point in their lives. You can belonely in a crowd or at home, outdoors or in an empty church, and countless songs have been written about the condition. For many people, loneliness can significantly impact their ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Psychotherapy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Tom Burns ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Psychotherapy and counselling are now widely available to help people overcome emotional and psychological difficulties in their lives. They involve spending time with a professional in an emotionally safe and structured relationship to explore and express the issues that cause distress and difficulty, whether long term self-doubts, relationship problems, or the impact of a trauma or crisis. As a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • How Doctors Think

    Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine

    by Kathryn Montgomery ...
    How Doctors Think defines the nature and importance of clinical judgment. Although physicians make use of science, this book argues that medicine is not itself a science but rather an interpretive practice that relies on clinical reasoning. A physician looks at the patient's history along with the presenting physical signs and symptoms and juxtaposes these with clinical experience and empirical ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Neuroexistentialism

    Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience

    Edited by Gregg Caruso, Owen Flanagan ...
    Existentialisms arise when the foundations of being, such as meaning, morals, and purpose come under assault. In the first-wave of existentialism, writings typified by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Nietzsche concerned the increasingly apparent inability of religion, and religious tradition, to support a foundation of being. Second-wave existentialism, personified philosophically by Sartre, Camus, ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine

    by Rita Charon, Sayantani DasGupta, Nellie Hermann, Craig Irvine, Eric R. Marcus, Edgar Rivera Colsn, Danielle Spencer, Maura Spiegel ...
    Narrative medicine is a fresh discipline of health care that helps patients and health professionals to tell and listen to the complex and unique stories of illness. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine expresses the collective experience and discoveries of the originators of the field. Arising at Columbia University in 2000 from roots in the humanities and patient-centered care, ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • Being Brains

    Making the Cerebral Subject

    by Fernando Vidal, Francisco Ortega ...
    This "interesting, informative, and provocative book" explores the pervasive influence of neuroscience and "the view that we are essentially our brains" (History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences).Being Brains offers a critical exploration of neurocentrism, the belief that "we are our brains," which came to prominence in the 1990s. Encouraged by advances in neuroimaging, the humanities and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Child, Adolescent and Family Development

    by Phillip T. Slee, Marilyn Campbell, Barbara Spears ...
    The third edition of Child, Adolescent and Family Development provides a comprehensive, readable study of human development from conception to adulthood. It explores the foundations of modern developmental thought, incorporating the latest in international research set within a cultural and historical context. Richly illustrated and enhanced by a range of practical teaching resources, this clear ... Read more

    $126.29 USD

  • Concepts of Psychiatry and Psychopathology

    Psychology Today: Mood Swings, #8

    by Nassir Ghaemi ...
    Series Book 8 - Psychology Today: Mood Swings
    In this selection of posts from Psychology Today, Nassir Ghaemi discusses ideas in psychiatry, such as the harmful effects of postmodernist assumptions, and psychopathology, such as the invalidity of the concept of narcissism, and the experience of what it means to recover from psychiatric illness.Table of Contents:CONCEPTS OF PSYCHIATRYThe consequences of truth: Postmodernism and American ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Logic of Madness

    A New Theory of Mental Illness

    by Matthew Blakeway ...
    Series Book 2 - The Logic of Self-Destruction
    A radical reappraisal of mental illnessMadness, melancholy, insanity, lunacy, craziness, loco: a dizzying litany of words are used to describe a condition we don’t truly understand.Despite centuries of scientific study, many mental disorders remain untreatable and their causes not understood. The consequences are terrible, both in human suffering and the economic impact of millions of unproductive ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Great Ideas in Psychology

    A Cultural and Historical Introduction

    by Fathali M. Moghaddam ...
    This book focuses on the key ideas of the most important modern psychologists. Nineteen classic "great ideas" in psychology are critically assessed in their cultural and historical context, with topics ranging from neuroscience to personality, development to socio-cultural issues. The simple narrative style and chapter structure, combined with "critical thinking questions" and a shortlist of ... Read more

    $27.00 USD

  • Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering

    Trauma, History, and Memory

    by Michael O'Loughlin, Marilyn Charles, Judy Atkinson, Claude Barbre, Avigail Gordon, Marie C. Hansen, Richard T. Johnson, Karen L. Lombardi, Barbara Ann McLeod0, Jeff Moore1, Cate Osborn2, Michael B. Salzman3, Annie Stopford4, Christine Thornton5, Janice A. Walters6, Ingo Lambrecht7, Trisha Ready8, Cora Smith9, Kirkland C. Vaughans0 ...
    Series series New Imago
    Fragments of Trauma and the Social Production of Suffering: Trauma, History, and Memory offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives that highlight the problem of traumatic memory. Because trauma fragments memory, storytelling is impeded by what is unknowable and what is unspeakable. Each of the contributors tackles the problem of narrativizing memory that is constructed from fragments that have been ... Read more

    $121.49 USD