Advances in Mental Health Research
About the Book Series
The Advances in Mental Health series draws together research, theory and practice from within the field of Mental Health, enhancing our understanding of key challenges and facilitate ongoing academic debate.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
AnnaMary Goodall: [email protected]– Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Hardwick: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Vilija Stephens: [email protected] – Editor, Australia & New Zealand
Katie Peace: [email protected] – Publisher, Asia
A Study into Infant Mental Health: Drawing together Perspectives of International Research, Theory, and Practical Intervention
1st Edition
By Hazel G. Whitters
December 28, 2022
This book is a study of infant mental health which blends knowledge and understanding from three perspectives: international research, theory, and intervention. The volume increases awareness of the significance of infant mental health, adding to the growing body of literature on influences upon ...
Mental Wellbeing and Psychology: The Role of Art and History in Self Discovery and Creation
1st Edition
Edited
By Sue Barker
January 14, 2020
This book aims to unpack not only the philosophical and psychological need to understand ourselves but also how, through an exploration of historical archives and artistic creativity, we can build self-identify and self-esteem to improve a sense of wellbeing for ourselves and those for whom we care...
Schizotypy: New dimensions
1st Edition
Edited
By Oliver Mason, Gordon Claridge
December 21, 2017
For several decades there has been an increasing move towards viewing the psychotic illnesses from a dimensional perspective, seeing them as continuous with healthy functioning. The idea, concentrating mostly on schizophrenia, has generated considerable theoretical debate as well as empirical ...
The Prevention of Suicide in Prison: Cognitive behavioural approaches
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel Pratt
December 21, 2017
Suicide is considered to be the leading cause of preventable death in prisons. While there is increasingly expansive literature examining the various risk factors associated with a likelihood of eventual prison suicide, so far this has struggled to lead to successful prevention programmes. An ...
Narratives of Art Practice and Mental Wellbeing: Reparation and connection
1st Edition
By Olivia Sagan
January 19, 2017
Narratives of Art Practice and Mental Wellbeing draws on extensive research carried out with mental health service users who are also practicing artists. Using narrative data gained through hours of reflective conversation, it explores not whether art can contribute to positive wellbeing and ...
Group Therapy for Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Adapting the Tavistock method
1st Edition
By Diana J. Semmelhack, Larry Ende, Clive Hazell
December 20, 2016
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which incapacitate them and may leave them unemployed, lonely, isolated and untreated. In recent years, there has been a ...
Video and Filmmaking as Psychotherapy: Research and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Joshua L. Cohen, J. Lauren Johnson, Penny Orr
November 18, 2016
While film and video has long been used within psychological practice, researchers and practitioners have only just begun to explore the benefits of film and video production as therapy. This volume describes a burgeoning area of psychotherapy which employs the art of filmmaking and digital ...
The Clinical Effectiveness of Neurolinguistic Programming: A Critical Appraisal
1st Edition
Edited
By Lisa Wake, Richard Gray, Frank Bourke
July 03, 2014
Despite widespread use, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) is a topic of much debate, often receiving criticism from academic and professional sectors. In this book international academics, researchers and therapists are brought together to examine the current evidence of the clinical efficacy of ...