| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"A Norton Professional Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
What is normal? Behind the wizard's curtain -- An overview of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: bedlam classified -- The diagnosis and treatment of depression: despair's pit -- The bipolar spectrum: up the down escalator -- Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders: the mind besieged -- Anxiety and related disorders: freeze frame -- Psychosomatic illness: worry wounds -- Understanding and managing somatoform and factitious disorders: those low-down, mind messin', waitin'-in-the-doctor's office blues -- Personality patterns, conflicts, and disorders: excuses extraordinaire -- Addictions and abuse: traitors of denial -- Emotional problems in children and adolescents: childhood interrupted -- Alzheimer's disease and other age-old concerns: dulled wit -- Sexual dysfunction and romantic resolution: the viagra monologues -- Sleep disorders: nature's soft nurse -- The uses and abuses of psychiatric medications: pills, poisons, and placebos -- Psychotherapy: mending shadows -- Overcoming emotional illness: making change. |
| Subject |
Mental health.
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Mental illness.
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Mental Disorders -- Handbooks.
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Mental Health -- Handbooks.
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Psychotherapy -- methods -- Handbooks.
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| ISBN |
9780393706239 paperback |
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0393706230 |
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