Product details
ISBN
9780198862987
Published
2024
Publisher
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Weight
302 gr
Height
12 mm
Width
190 mm
Thickness
245 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
160
Author
Biographical note
Dr Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist and EDMR-Europe accredited consultant and trainer. She has a PhD in developmental cognitive psychology and a DClinPsy, both from King's College London. She has over 17 years of clinical experience. She has worked in primary care and specialist services in the NHS, with the police, in the voluntary sector and in private practice. Recent research collaborations have looked at using EMDR therapy with autistic clients and working therapeutically online. She now runs her own clinical psychology practice as well as supervising and training trauma therapists and running psycho-educational webinars for parents. She works with children, adolescents and adults.An innovative book that addresses mental health from a non-pathologising perspective, while promoting critical thinking about the long established medical model and health system. The book also discusses the complexities of clinical psychology and its practice encouraging critical thinking.
Inês Mendes, Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
An accessible and clear text that covers the key concepts and recent developments in mental health. The book is enjoyable to read and includes relevant and relatable examples and experiences of professionals and individuals with lived experience.
Sally Adams, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
A clear and engaging introduction to the psychology of mental health, which takes account of a range of perspectives and illustrates how psychologists work in the field today.
Psychology of Mental Health will place our current understanding of mental health in context, both historically and culturally. It will discuss various models for understanding mental health, research on causes of mental health problems, and will introduce recent psychology-led alternatives to diagnosis.
This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.
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Psychology of Mental Health will place our current understanding of mental health in context, both historically and culturally. It will discuss various models for understanding mental health, research on causes of mental health problems, and will introduce recent psychology-led alternatives to diagnosis.
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1: What is Mental Health?
2: Conceptualising Mental Health
3: What Causes Mental Health Problems?
4: Offering Explanations: Diagnosis, Formulation, and the Power Threat Meaning Framework
5: Mental Health Across the Lifespan
6: Interventions
7: The Experience of Mental Health
8: Technology and Global Mental Health
9: Biological Advances and Dimensionality
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Dr Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist and EDMR-Europe accredited consultant and trainer. She has a PhD in developmental cognitive psychology and a DClinPsy, both from King's College London. She has over 17 years of clinical experience. She has worked in primary care and specialist services in the NHS, with the police, in the voluntary sector and in private practice. Recent research collaborations have looked at using EMDR therapy with autistic clients and
working therapeutically online.
She now runs her own clinical psychology practice as well as supervising and training trauma therapists and running psycho-educational webinars for parents. She works with children, adolescents and adults.
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A clear and engaging explanation of the key concepts and controversies in the field.
Includes case studies from real-life service users and psychologists working in mental health.
Accounts for the influence of contextual, as well as biological factors in mental health.
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Product details
ISBN
9780198862987
Published
2024
Publisher
Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press
Weight
302 gr
Height
12 mm
Width
190 mm
Thickness
245 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
160
Author