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Counselling for eating disorders

01 March 2006

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

The second edition of this fully revised book is an extremely informative text about the use of cognitive behavioural techniques in the treatment of eating...

Models of madness: psychological, social and biological approaches to schizophrenia

01 October 2004

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

This book is underpinned by the editors’ belief that efforts to understand and help people who experience the symptoms of schizophrenia will benefit from a move away...

What scientists think

01 December 2005

Mental Health Practice

Resources

This book starts from the premise that there is currently a lack of public confidence in the science community and, more importantly, that the majority of people...

Nursing Inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa

01 November 2003

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

This book is an introduction to nursing inpatients with anorexia nervosa and is primarily intended for qualified nurses and students who are new to the speciality.

The time of the therapeutic communities

01 April 2005

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

This book is an historical overview of the range of factors that influenced and provided the right climate for the growth of the therapeutic community movement. This...

Diet of Despair: A book about eating disorders for young people and their families

01 July 2005

Mental Health Practice

Book review

Diet of Despair is a self-help manual that provides information about eating disorders, a plan for recovery and hope for those experiencing such difficulties. The...

Running on Empty

01 July 2005

Mental Health Practice

Book review

The second book, Running on Empty, is a novel about three teenage girls who each have a different eating disorder. The story is about the difficulties the girls...

Are we ready to implement the women’s mental health strategy?

01 March 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

Women’s mental health issues are now firmly on the national policy agenda with the publication of the consultation document Women’s Mental Health: Into the...

Are acute inpatient mental health wards an appropriate treatment setting for people with anorexia nervosa?

01 October 2003

Mental Health Practice

Care

Nearly a decade ago, the Eating Disorders Association (1995) argued that every district should have a comprehensive strategy for treating people with eating...

The clinical activity of mental health lecturers in higher education institutions

01 June 2005

Mental Health Practice

Education

Mental health care is in the middle of a period of great change that has huge implications for the education and training of mental health professionals. Major and...