Brain Damage
Overcoming Cognitive Deficit and Creating a New You
Dick Schmelzkopf
Emerald Ink: 2001
Brain damage affects thousands of people every year. Brain injuries are caused by car wrecks, sports, and even surgery. Living with someone with a brain injury it is almost as hard as actually having one.
The author himself suffered a brain injury and is now coping with it’s many after effects that make life difficult for him and those around him. He has developed many creative ways of dealing with the affliction, and the humorous, non-clinical approach he uses in this book is a testimony to his recovery. BOK/06-46/OT
The Center Cannot Hold
My journey through madness
Elyn R. Saks
Hyperion: 2007
An extraordinary, gripping account of Sak’s struggle with schizophrenia. BOK/07-42/SZ |
One Way Ticket to Kansas
Caring About Someone With
Borderline Personality Disorder and Finding a Healthy You
Ozzie_Tinman
Bebes & Gregory Publishing: 2005
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can be a crippling illness, not only for the person that is diagnosed, but also for friends and family that care for them.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
In order to explain what BPD is you must first understand what a “Personality Disorder” is and how it differs from other forms of mental illness.
A “Personality Disorder” is an enduring pattern of behavior that deviates considerably from the expectations of an individual’s culture. The pattern of behavior is pervasive, unlikely to change, and eventually leads to distress and impairment in interpersonal relationships.
To be classified as a personality disorder, that person’s behavior must be so pervasive that it causes distress, both for the individuals with the disorder as well as those that interact with them. Does it make sense now? The author, Ozzie_Tinman, is not a formally trained professional in BPD, nor a trained counselor or therapist. He is just a person who learned about BPD through the life experiences of being married to a woman diagnosed with the malady for 9 years. During that time he did a great deal of research, participated in scores of support groups, and educated himself through the internet, books, and talking with experts, developing a wealth of information on the disorder. He presents his facts in layman’s terms, with honesty, and without pulling any punches. BOK/06-74/PD
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Assessment of Eating Disorders
James E. Mitchell, Carol B. Peterson
The Guilford Press: 2005
Patients with eating disorders “present” in a variety of settings with complex histories and a wide range of symptoms. While the two most well-defined syndromes, anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are readily recognizable if a complete history is available, many patients often do not provide a complete description of their symptoms.
The goal of a clinical assessment is to elicit information that will permit the accurate description of presenting symptoms, the identification of specific syndromes, and appropriate treatment recommendation.
This volume offers up-to-date tools needed for the assessing anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and related problems. BOK/06-65/PD
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See My Pain !
Creative Strategies and Activities for Helping Young People Who Self-Injure
Susan Bowman, Ed.S., LPC & Kaye Randall, LISW-CP
YouthLight Inc.: 2006
With Princess Diana and other famous people revealing their struggles with self-injury (SI), professionals have taken a more in-depth look at this behavior. According to a study done in 2002, the incidence of habitual self-injurers is nearly 1% of the population.
This book is intended to be used by the helping professional who has encountered a child or adolescent who engages in SI. The purpose of this book is to provide professionals with a collection of creative approaches that can help children/adolescents who self-injure to: express their feelings, understand what motivated them to self-injure, and explore new methods of coping.
A review of current professional literature has been provided, for those who need updated research on the topic of self-injury. If you are just interested in finding creative ways to reach these troubled young people, many different approaches are provided. These activities are intended to help you connect with the young person and help them learn to understand their thoughts and emotions and help them explore other ways of coping.
BOK/06-07/Y
The Spanish Version of “Depression for Dummies”
Depresión para Dummies
Charles H. Elliot, PhD
Laura A Smith, PhD
Wiley Publishing: 2003
¡El libro de consulta para todos!
Guía para sobreponerse a la tristeza profunda, la desesperanza y la incapacidad placer.
Incluye ejercicios y estrategias para luchar contra la depresiÓn.
BOK/06-93/SP
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The Handbook for Helping Kids With Anxiety and Stress
Kim “Tip” Frank, Ed.S., LPC
YouthLight Inc.: 2007
Today most people, even kids, are stressed more than ever. This book was written in hopes that children reading it will find practical help in coping with the stresses of today’s world.
This book is divided in to two sections. The first section includes insights, hints and suggestions for helping professionals and parents who are working to help kids learn to cope with anxiety and stress. The second section is for kids themselves. It includes stories, activities, and suggestions to help kids face fears such as :
v Sleeping Alone v School Phobia
v The Dark v Germs/Sickness
v Separating from Trusted Adults |
v Monsters v Bullies
v Test Anxiety vTerrorism |
BOK/06-59/CB
Child Trauma Handbook
A Guide for Helping Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents
Ricky Greenwald
Hayworth Press: 2005
Trauma was previously defined as a horrific event “beyond the scope of normal human experience”. To qualify as traumatic, an event should be perceived as a threat to a person’s life or physical integrity, and should include a sense of helplessness along with fear, horror, and disgust.
Trauma-informed treatment is distinguished in part by the way standard interventions are informed by, and organized around, trauma theory. When it is understood the way that past trauma may contribute to present-day problems, the treatment model guides us to specific strategies, specific ways of using one’s clinical skills, and sequencing one’s repretoire of interventions.
The Child Trauma Handbook is a comprehensive plain-language guide to treatment of trauma exposed children and adolescents and those with trauma or lost related issues. It was designed as the text for a five-day course for mental health professionals and others who work with kids, including paraprofessionals, child care workers. BOK/06-75/Y
Overcoming Anxiety for Dummies
Charles H. Elliot, PhD
Laura A Smith, PhD
Wiley Publishing: 2003
This book is set up in the same easy -to-use format as the other “Dummies” books. Of course this one is about anxiety.
Anxiety is the most common of all the so-called mental “disorders.” Estimates suggest that somwewhere around 25,000,000 Americans suffer from this disorder in any given year, and some estimate that as many as 25% of Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder over in their life. In other words, you definitely are not alone if you have unwanted anxiety.
There is a lot of good information in this friendly guide. It offers sound advice on identifying anxiety triggers through taking self tests, improving your eating habits, relaxing, and finding support for you and your loved ones.
BOK/06-85/AX
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Depression for Dummies
Charles H. Elliot, PhD
Laura A Smith, PhD
Wiley Publishing: 2003
First of all it’s important to understand that ‘Depression for Dummies’ is not a book for dummies! Rather, it is a book that lays out the principles of various validated therapies, such as cognitive therapy, in exceptionally clear terms.
While the authors try to avoid the use of professional jargon as much as possible, if it becomes unavoidable, and technical terms must be used, they are clearly defined.
Though they take a more “light-hearted” approach to the treatment of depression, which some may find offensive at times, the content of this book is as serious and in-depth as any book on depression.
The authors have two primary goals in writing this book. First, they want you to understand the nature of depression because understanding depression makes dealing with it less frightening.
Second, they present you with what you are probably most interested in discovering--how to overcome depression or help someone you love who has depression.
Most books are written so that you start at the front cover and read all the way to the end. “Depression for Dummies” was written so that you can use the detailed Table of Contents to pick and choose what you want to read based on your individual interests.
Section III of the book contains a variety of ways to overcome the powerful inertia that keeps severely depressed people from taking action.
BOK/06-84/DB
Recovered Not Cured
A Journey Through Schizophrenia
Richard McLean
Marlow & Company: 2004
A powerful and quirky biography in which the author uses his abundant creativity with words and illustrations to giving a unique insight into his life with schizophrenia. BOK/07-44/PD
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