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The Anger Box: Sensory Turmoil and Pain in Autism

02 February 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

I REVIEWED this book with another on the same subject and thought at first that this was the least appealing. It has an unusual shape and is an unpleasant colour,...

Autism Breakthrough

02 February 2015

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

WITH 17 chapters over almost 370 pages, this book may appear daunting. However its writing style is accessible and there are case studies throughout to further...

Nursing in Criminal Justice Services

09 April 2015

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

I AM fortunate that I get asked to review books. However when this title arrived on my desk, my heart sank a little. There have been many populist attempts to...

Sexual Offending and Mental Health

01 December 2008

Mental Health Practice

Resources

As part of the Forensic Focus Series, this book is a welcome addition to a family of publications that aims to use forensic psychopathy as a vehicle for the...

Psychiatry in Prisons

11 September 2014

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

WHEN I was sent this book I realised that I have been lucky enough to review several others from this ‘forensic focus’ series. It hasn’t changed my life – that would...

Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma

26 February 2014

Learning Disability Practice

Book Review

IN LIGHT of recent scandals involving the late Jimmy Savile and other celebrities who are subject to the police investigation Operation Yew Tree, and the child...

Personality Disorder: The Definitive Reader

01 February 2010

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

In THE brief introduction, the editors state that they wanted to deliver a ‘…collection of papers that focused on the complexities of working with patients with...

Mental Health Aspects of Autism and Asperger Syndrome

01 November 2005

Mental Health Practice

Resources

The subject of autism, Asperger syndrome and mental illness has become more prevalent. The whole debate over the potential relationship between childhood...

Therapeutic relationships with offenders

01 December 2010

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

PART OF the excellent forensic focus series of books that explore a range of challenging clinical and theoretical issues related to forensic psychotherapy, this is a...

Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma: Healing from Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse

13 February 2014

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

IN LIGHT of the recent scandal surrounding Jimmy Savile and others, subject to the police investigation Operation Yew Tree, and the child sexual grooming by gangs in...