Psychotherapy and counselling are now widely available to help people overcome emotional and psychological difficulties in their lives. They involve spending time with a professional in an emotionally safe and structured relationship to explore and express the issues that cause distress and difficul[...]
Psychiatry is now a highly visible activity - care in the community, compulsion, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse mean that few people are not touched by it. Indeed one in four of us will consult a psychiatrist in our life time. This book explains what psychiatry is, and what it is not. It starts w[...]
First published in 1961, The Management of Innovation is one of the most influential books of organization theory and industrial sociology ever written. The central theme of the book is the relationship between an organization and its environment - particularly technological and market innovations. [...]
Widely recognised as the standard text for trainee psychiatrists, the Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry stands head and shoulders above the competition. The text has been honed over five editions and displays a fluency, authority and insight which is not only rarely found but makes the process o[...]
In this deeply thoughtful, descriptive and sympathetic book, Tom Burns reviews the historical development of psychiatry. What he reveals is that mental illnesses are intimately tied to that which makes us human in the first place and have always followed us. The drive to relieve the suffering they c[...]
Our Necessary Shadow is the first attempt in a generation to explain the whole subject of psychiatry, from the UK's leading expert, Tom Burns A lot is written about psychiatry and the things it deals with, but very little that describes psychiatry itself. Why should there be such a need? There isn't[...]
ACT-modellen är ett behandlingsalternativ för svårt psykiskt sjuka. Genom ett aktivt uppsökande arbetssätt besöker behandlingsteamet patienterna i hemmet och erbjuder heltäckande sjukvårdande och sociala insatser. Varje teammedlem ansvarar för ett litet antal patienter och tjänsterna erbju[...]
Den lilla boken Hjärtevänner förmedlar tankar och talesätt om kärlek och vad det innebär att äntligen finna sin själsfrände. Den perfekta gåvan för förälskade par att ge till varandra. Det här är en bok som kanske kan inspir[...]
Your new product has changed the rulesof the market. Now, you have to changethe rules for selling it ...Providing a truly innovative product or serviceis the difference between life and deathfor companies today. But once you've producedit, you have to answer the next bigquestion: How do I sell this [...]
"The Shaping of Social Organization" introduces a new social theory - social rule system theory - and shows how it can provide fresh insights into the major institutions of modern social life. This book advances a distinctive approach to the study of actor-structure dynamics, placing itself in a ric[...]
Today's modern Rails applications have lots of moving parts. Make sure your next production deployment goes smoothly with this hands-on book, which guides you through the entire production process. You'll set up scripts to install and configure all the software your servers need, including your appl[...]