Published May, 2020
By Tom Burns and John Foot
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Basaglia's International Legacy: From Asylum to Community provides an overview of current thinking and the international influence of Franco Basaglia. Examining his influence in Italy and beyond, this book finds lessons in Basaglia's work which can be applied to contemporary international mental health services.

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Published May, 2020
By Michael R. Butz and Michael Butz
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Using Munchausen's syndrome by proxy/factitious disorder by proxy and parental alienation as blueprints, this book advances a new diagnostic category for addressing complex pathological phenomena that integrates individual characteristics and symptoms, family and other system dynamics under one diagnosis.

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Published May, 2020
By Michael R. Butz and Michael Butz
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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Using Munchausen's syndrome by proxy/factitious disorder by proxy and parental alienation as blueprints, this book advances a new diagnostic category for addressing complex pathological phenomena that integrates individual characteristics and symptoms, family and other system dynamics under one diagnosis.

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Published May, 2020
By Vassilis E. Koliatsos
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier - Health Sciences Division)
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Published May, 2020
By Brendan D. Kelly, Richard M. Duffy, Soumitra Pathare and Arjun Kapoor
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Singapore)
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This book comprehensively discusses the background to the passing of India's revolutionary Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, offering a detailed description of the Act itself and a rigorous analysis in the context of the CRPD and the World Health Organization (WHO) standards for mental health law.

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Published May, 2020
By Linda M. Mehrmann and Alexander L. Gerlach
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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Pathologisches Hautzupfen und Hautquetschen - in der Fachsprache Dermatillomanie, auch Skin Picking genannt - ist eine Erkrankung, bei der Betroffene wiederholt ihre eigene Haut bearbeiten, knibbeln, quetschen.

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Published May, 2020
By Alfonso Troisi
Publisher: Springer (Springer Nature Switzerland AG)
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This book offers a step-by-step guide to mental health assessment for bariatric surgery patients.

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Published May, 2020
By Tracey Loughran
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is a study of the formation of the medical diagnosis of shell-shock in First World War Britain. Dr Loughran examines the intellectual resources doctors drew on as they struggled to make sense of nervous collapse and reveals the contribution of shell-shock on the development of psychoanalytic approaches to mind and behaviour.

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Published May, 2020
By Joseph H. Friedman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Covering various drugs including the major classes of medications working primarily on the brain, this all-encompassing review of medication-induced movement disorders aids early recognition and improved treatment. A vital reference for medical specialists and consultants in neurology, neuropharmacology and mental health, and clinicians prescribing medications crossing the blood-brain barrier.

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Published May, 2020
By Kim L. Gratz and Carl W. Lejuez
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is an essential resource for the rapidly evolving field of personality disorders for researchers and clinicians at all career stages in disciplines including psychology, psychiatry, social work, and nursing. It covers the causes, course, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders with commentaries and a rejoinder for each chapter.

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