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El libro tiene como objetivo exponer de manera introductoria algunos aspectos clínicos y teóricos del ámbito de la psicopatología y la salud mental, especialmente en la etapa del diagnóstico. Está dirigido a estudiantes y profesionales de la salud mental que deseen reflexionar sobre el ejercicio clínico.
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Si definimos el coraje como aquello 'que hace que nos dirijamos a lo que no sabemos' (Laurent, Eric: 'Una conversación sobre el coraje'), una forma de presentación del mismo sería dirigirnos hacia lo femenino, aunque ello implique cierto fracaso, sabiendo que en cada fracaso hay que insistir. Pero también hacia lo indecible, en un intento de atrapar algo que no resiste ningún dicho y aún, aproximarnos tozudamente a lo altero. Este libro, su...
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La práctica de la entrevista clínica. Una perspectiva lacaniana es un curso sobre Teoría y Técnica de la Entrevista Psicológica que Massimo Recalcati dictó entre los años 1999 y 2001 en la Universidad de Urbino. Esta publicación, nace de un conjunto de apuntes que pasaron de mano en mano entre sus estudiantes hasta que las desgrabaciones fueron revisadas por el autor, editadas y publicadas el año 2017 bajo el título La pratica del colloquio...
64) Peculiarities of Behavior - Wandering Mania, Dipsomania, Cleptomania, Pyromania and Allied Impuls
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This fascinating book contains the first of two volumes written by Wilhelm Stekel pertaining to the peculiarities of human behaviour, with this volume covering such phenomena as wandering mania, dipsomania, kleptomania, pyromania, and other allied impulsive acts. Stekel was a pioneer of the study of human instinct and emotions, which were examined here for the first time in the light of their developmental history. This fascinating and accessible...
65) Psychopathy
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In this Psychopathy book, we will discuss some of the exact neuroscience in the brain that is responsible for the poor behavioral controls prominent in a manipulative psychopath who hurts people for his or her own gain. Due to these damaged or under-developed parts of the brain, we can see why psychopaths often cannot change their brain pathology and behavior to match their peers. The psychopathic individual often does not have the learning and...
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¿Existe un humanismo que no sostenga cierta fe en «el hombre»? El psicoanálisis sabe que el mal anida de infinitas maneras en el corazón del ser que habla. Las anotaciones lacanianas de Carmen González Táboas descubren un singular humanismo, el de la América indohispana, con sus mitos, creencias y culturas; sus soledades y sus extremas pobrezas; la rara conjunción de lo premoderno, lo moderno y lo posmoderno. Y que la corriente silenciosa...
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Marshal the Skills and Resources You Need to Live Your Best Life!
This book is about how to recover from bipolar disorder, or at least how to attempt to recover from it. Sufferers will be briefly introduced to new coping skills including: emotional regulation, method acting, empathy development and relaxation. In order to get the most out of this book, you'll need to develop your own strategies, based on the recommendations of this book.
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La importancia de los duelos, las fijaciones tempranas y las combinaciones con patologías corporales son tres ejes de esta exhaustiva investigación llevada a cabo por la autora. Dos aspectos se ponen en foco: por una parte, los procesos psíquicos en juego en la temática del carácter y la tramitación del trauma, por otra parte, la copresencia de adicciones o patologías psicosomáticas, traumatofilias, lo cual lleva a incluir el problema de las...
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Aproximación Psicoanalítica a la Psicopatología, recoge las lecciones entregadas por el Profesor Jaime Coloma Andrews durante la realización del curso del mismo nombre en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, el año 2006. A lo largo de sus páginas, elaboradas a partir de la transcripción de su enseñanza oral, el autor se adentra en la problemática del diagnóstico y en los desafíos de la escucha que el futuro psicoterapeuta deberá...
70) The Terrorist
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In this novel, Ben Fine is no ordinary Australian, but these aren't exactly ordinary times. A clash of cultures has beset the world: George W. Bush has declared the War on Terror, and the Fines have taken in a Muslim homestay student. Not long after he arrives, the Second Lebanon War between Hezbollah and Israel breaks out, and all hell breaks loose.
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"How can Chasing Hunger, the 90 day Bulimia Breakthrough Method help me with my recovery? Whether you are in recovery and taking care of yourself at home now, or attempting to help yourself make a decision about seeking help, this book offers specific step-by-step strategies to help you target areas that can trigger binge eating. In Chasing Hunger, understanding the source that can trigger such behaviour like having certain emotions trigger a binge...
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Just as a photographer might shoot a photo through a colored lens, Wendy Williamson skillfully holds up the filter of mania and depression for her reader to peer through. With heart-wrenching honesty and humor, she shows the effects of bipolar disorder on the mind, body and soul of those who suffer from it. Despite Wendy's struggles, this is a not a book that brings the reader down, rather a road map for wellness and a vastly informative, yet entertaining,...
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La obesidad es omnipresente hoyEn muchas ciudades, más de la mitad de los adultos son obesos y muchos de los niños también lo son. Uno de los mayores contribuyentes a la obesidad es el atracón de comida. El atracón de comida es cuando alguien se ve obligado a comer compulsivamente y sigue comiendo pasando el punto de plenitud e incluso llegando el punto de dolor físico.
A menudo se realiza en un estado alterado de conciencia en el que el comensal...
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Much has been written of the short-term experience of combat trauma. Almost nothing has been documented about how that trauma impacts individuals years after their first conflict experiences and into later life. Here, Johnson relates the stories of fifteen of his combat brothers to share with the world what their terror of four decades ago has done to them and how it affects them to this day. With candor and vivid detail, they reveal how their combat...
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This volume addresses the question of what it is like to be depressed. Despite the vast amount of research that has been conducted into the causes and treatment of depression, the experience of depression remains poorly understood. Indeed, many depression memoirs state that the experience is impossible for others to understand. However, it is at least clear that changes in emotion, mood, and bodily feeling are central to all forms of depression, and...
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Many people who hoard understand the extent of their problem and are open to help. This book is not for them. Digging Out is for the concerned and frustrated friends and family members of people who do not fully accept the magnitude of their hoarding problem and refuse help from others. If you have a friend or loved one with a hoarding problem and are seeking a way to guide him or her to a healthier, safer way of life, this book is for you. In Digging...
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After a significant loss, grief is normal and necessary. But sometimes a mourner's grief becomes naturally heightened, stuck, or made more complex by especially difficult circumstances, such as suicide, homicide, or multiple losses within a short time period. This is called complicated grief. In this primer by one of the world's most respected grief educators, Dr. Wolfelt helps caregivers understand the various factors that often contribute to complicated...
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Of all the books written about eating disorder, only one looks at what the Bible says about this all-too-common struggle in the lives of young women. Hungry Souls digs deeply into God's Word to uncover the origins of eating disorder in history, sins that contribute to anorexia and bulimia, prophecies relevant to eating disorder, the relationship between eating disorder and sexuality, an anorexic woman in the Bible, why eating disorder is prevalent...
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En este libro Noemí Lustgarten aborda una temática crucial para el psicoanálisis, a saber: el cuerpo y sus problemáticas, en la construcción de la subjetividad. Desde una mirada contemporánea, el libro revela la amplia experiencia clínica de la autora así como sus perspectivas teóricas y epistemológicas. La angustia y el desamparo, la sexualidad y el amor, la transferencia y el papel de una escucha sensible, el cuerpo en un espacio de frontera,...
80) Las adicciones
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Este libro que persigue dar una explicación científica de lo que hacen las drogas en el cerebro, explicar sus mecanismos de su acción para producir sus efectos placenteros, sus afectos indeseables, sus efectos enigmáticos.
Pero una obra de esta naturaleza no sólo intenta conocer los mecanismos cerebrales que son afectados por las drogas de abuso, sino también implica entender a los usuarios como personas, todo ellos como prueba fehaciente de...
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