This book is neither a textbook nor a critical dictionary but it can be used as both. Its main purpose is to allow... Læs mere
Isabel Menzies Lyth has formulated a way of thinking about social structures as forms of defence. The author extends her analytic range to cover themes of children in long-stay hospitals and day-care institutions, and the maternal role today.
This text is concerned with knowledge and how it is generated within complementary therapies: what kind of authority can be accorded to such knowledge; the nature of research agendas; and what ideas and skills are central to training and how they are transmitted.
An analysis of the recent exlposion of research and literature on the enhancement of self-esteem. On both theoretical and practical levels, the author defines self-esteem and how it can be developed or enhanced.
A distillation of the author's 25 years experience of working with children whose parents have divorced. A positive approach suggests interventions based on knowledge and understanding can greatly improve the situation for both children and their parents.
Looks at the social problems encountered by those involved in the adoption and fostering of children who have been sexually abused. This book includes chapters on recognizing the signs of sexual abuse, helping children talk about their experiences and support services available.
Applies poststructuralist and postmodern ideas to issues of health and health care to provide a radical re-think of how health is to be understood. This text... Læs mere
This is the best single account of the psychoanalysis of creativity, pseudo-creativity and the perverse mind. The author explores art, film and literature to show the relations between true creativity and the artful universe of the pervert.
This pioneering study shows that it is possible to establish a dialogue with a psychotic child and that schizophrenia in small children in treatable.
In this account of their research, the authors describe the anxiety, loneliness and despair of young children in hospital, foster homes and institutions in Britain in the... Læs mere
Taking in many different perspectives, this book sheds light on the many aspects of postnatal depression in fathers - an unknown subject to many... Læs mere