Author: Dr. Christopher G. Fairburn DM FMedSci FRCPsych
Publisher: The Guilford Pre
Keywords: comprehensive, handbook, second, obesity, disorders, eating
Number of Pages: 633
Published: 2002-01-15
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 1572306882
ISBN-13: 9781572306882

Now in a fully revised and expanded second edition, this unique handbook presents virtually all that is currently known about eating disorders and obesity in one authoritative and readily accessible volume. From leading international authorities, 112 concise chapters encapsulate the latest information on all pertinent topics, from biological, psychological, and social processes associated with risk, to clinical methods for measurement and intervention. Updated throughout to reflect recent developments in theory, research, and practice, the second edition has been reorganized to highlight areas

Author: Christopher Fairburn
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: eating, binge, overcoming
Number of Pages: 247
Published: 1995-03-10
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0898621798
ISBN-13: 9780898621792

Proven Effective in Clinical Research! Do you have a binge eating problem or know someone who does? This authoritative book provides all the information needed to understand binge eating and bring it under control. Whether you are working with a therapist or on your own, clear, step-by-step guidelines will show you how to: * Overcome the urge to binge * Gain control over eating behavior * Reduce the risk of relapse * Establish stable, healthy eating habits This unique book has been tested in controlled clinical research/m-/and its success rate is outstanding. From a leading inter

Author: Humphrey P. Rang MB BS MA DPhil FMedSci FRS
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: transition, technology, development, discovery, drug
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-01-12
List price: $83.95
ISBN-10: 0443064202
ISBN-13: 9780443064203

An ideal introduction to the pharmaceutical industry, this book describes the process of bringing a new drug to the marketplace. It explains why, although thousands of compounds show initial promise, only a small handful will be developed for human clinical trials and perhaps only one will become an approved drug. Describing the huge complexities involved, it shows how new molecular understanding and techniques can make the process more targeted and successful. * Includes the new molecular techniques of drug design and development. * Discusses current therapeutic needs. * Covers pharmacoepidem

Author: Trevor Turner MD FRCPsych
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: answered, questions, anxiety
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2003-06-02
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0443072949
ISBN-13: 9780443072949

St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK. Pocket-sized text provides practical and realistic answers to a series of questions regarding anxiety disorders, seen in both primary and hospital care. Questions are derived from patients and physicians. Softcover.

Author: David Healy MD FRCPsych
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: explained, drugs, psychiatric
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2008-12-03
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0702029971
ISBN-13: 9780702029974

Psychiatric Drugs Explained contains a clear and comprehensive guide to the uses, benefits and impact of psychotropic drugs. It explains how people taking the drugs experience their side effects compared to the benefits they may bring. The fifth edition has been fully revised and updated to include the latest thinking on the rationale for drug treatements to help mental health professionals and service users understand therapeutic decision making.* Organized by disorder* Comprehensive review of drug effects, action and side-effects* ’User issues’ boxes to highlight particular probl

Author: J. H. J. Bancroft MD FRCP FRCPE FRCPsych
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: problems, sexuality, human
Number of Pages: 540
Published: 2008-12-29
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0443051615
ISBN-13: 9780443051616

Prepared by one of the world’s leading authorities, Human Sexuality and its Problems remains the foremost comprehensive reference in the field. Now available in a larger format, this classic volume continues to address the neurophysiological, psychological and socio-cultural aspects of human sexuality and how they interact. Fully updated throughout, the new edition places a greater emphasis on theory and its role in sex research and draws on the latest global research to review the clinical management of problematic sexuality providing clear, practical guidelines for clinical interventio

Author: Femi Oyebode MBBS MD PhD FRCPsych
Publisher: Saunders Ltd.
Keywords: psychopathology, made, memorable, descriptive, introduction, symptoms, mind, sims
Number of Pages: 484
Published: 2008-04-21
List price: $83.95
ISBN-10: 0702028851
ISBN-13: 9780702028854

SIMS’ SYMPTOMS IN THE MIND has, since its first publication in 1988, become established as the leading introductory textbook on clinical psychopathology. This new edition has been fully updated to include advances in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience and changes can be found in the chapters on memory disturbance, disorders of time, pathology of perception, disorders of speech and language, affect and emotional disorders, and disorders of volition and execution. In some cases, novel classifications of the abnormalities under consideration have been provided together with additi