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A Straight Talking Introduction to Therapy: What it is, why it works, how to get it

ISBN 9781915220332

Introduction 1. Why therapy is worth it, and how it will help you 2. Who’s who 3. What’s what 4. Your preferences and what will work for you 5. What makes good therapy? 6. What does bad therapy look like? 7. Can technology improve therapy? 8. Medication and psychedelics 9.…

A Straight Talking Introduction to the Causes of Mental Health Problems (second edition)

ISBN 9781915220196

Introducing the Straight Talking Introductions series – Richard Bentall and Pete Sanders 1. Our beliefs and values 2. A brief history of beliefs about the causes of human distress 3. The 20th century and beyond: the illness model 4. Do diagnoses help us understand causes? 5. Public opinion: depression is…

A Straight Talking Introduction to Children's Mental Health Problems (second edition)

ISBN 9781910919828

Series introduction 1. The work of culture 2. Childhood in today's world 3. Common diagnoses 4. Common treatments used with children and adolescents 5. Getting help References Indexes

A Straight Talking Introduction to Emotional Wellbeing: From mental illness to Mad Studies

ISBN 9781915220356

Foreword to the first edition – Jan Wallcraft Introduction to the second edition Introduction to the first edition Setting the scene 9 The psychiatric system 15 The language of ‘mental health’ 26 The mental health service user/survivor movement Mental health services and inequality 43 Issues of identity 51 From a…

A Straight Talking Introduction to the Power Threat Meaning Framework: An alternative to Psychiatric diagnosis

ISBN 9781910919712

Series introduction – Richard Bentall and Pete Sanders 1. What this book aims to do 2. The problems with diagnosis and why we need a different approach 3. Introducing the Power Threat Meaning Framework 4. ‘What has happened to you?’ (How is power operating in your life?) 5. ‘How did…

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs (second edition): The Truth about how they work and how to come off them

ISBN 9781910919651

Introduction 1. The place of drug treatment in psychiatry 2. How do psychiatric drugs work? 3. The importance of research 4. Antipsychotic drugs 5. Antidepressants 6. Lithium and other drugs used for bipolar disorder 7. Stimulants 8. Benzodiazepines 9. Withdrawing from psychiatric drugs 10. When might psychiatric drugs be useful?…

A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis (second edition)

ISBN 9781915220066

Contents Series introduction Richard Bentall and Pete Sanders​ 1. What this book aims to do​ 2. Psychiatric diagnosis: The current context​ 3. What are the problems with psychiatric diagnosis?​ 4. For and against psychiatric diagnosis in more detail​ 5. The wider impact of psychiatric diagnosis​ 6. The personal impact of…

We Are the Change-Makers: Poems supporting Drop the Disorder!

ISBN 9781910919644

Foreword Introduction - Jo Watson Decolonising distress Sanah Ahsan Fuck the DSM Jyl Anais Burgundy Jasmine Gardosi I work within the crisis team Amanda Bueno de Mesquita Nocebo effect Dr Julie Carter Tilt Ruth E. Dixon More and less all of this Lydia Daisy Self-discovery Mica Gray Drop the disorder!…