Routledge

Those who spend most of their time dealing with other people's stress are most vulnerable to stress themselves. Stress in Psychotherapists highlights the pressures experienced by psychotherapists and examines how the effects vary according to the problems they treat, the settings in which they work and their professional and personal development....

Intellectual Property and Access to MedicinesIn developing countries, access to affordable medicines for the treatment of diseases such as AIDS and malaria remains a matter of life or death. In Africa, for instance, more than one million children die each year from malaria alone, a figure which could soon be far higher with the extension of patent...

A Practical IntroductionUsing the Creative Arts in Therapy and Healthcare provides a practical introduction to the uses of arts and other creative processes to promote health and encourage healing.    This latest edition includes newly edited chapters from the original and second edition covering the therapeutic use of dance, drama, folklore and...

Psychological PerspectivesDesigned to help clinicians, people who self-harm and their families and carers to understand its causes, meaning and treatment, this book explores unconscious meanings for self-harming and the sense in which it is a language of the body....

What is single-case research?How can single-case methods be used within sport and exercise?Single-case research is a powerful method for examining change in outcome variables such as behaviour, performance and psychological constructs, and for assessing the efficacy of interventions. It has innumerable uses within the context of sport and exercise...

Develop a comprehensive understanding of cardiac disease process Cardiovascular problems are on the rise in America. Care providers need to understand the overall clinical and statistical significance these life-changing events have to patients and families alike. Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients is a pragmatic guide that helps social...